Illegal file-sharers: friend of the struggling musician?

http://arstechnica.com/web/news/2010/12/do-illegal-downloaders-boost-music-concerts.ars

Techdirt article questioning the BPI's approach

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101216/09535012303/bpi-effectively-admits-that-digital-economy-act-was-useless.shtml

blog about when to try microfunding

http://www.musicthinktank.com/blog/microfunding-is-the-future-of-labels-but-kickstarter-is-the.html

OK Go singer on ways of making music beyond record sales

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703727804576017592259031536.html

how much does filesharing really cost record companies?

http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/legal-and-management/how-much-does-file-sharing-really-cost-record-1004134866.story

filesharers consider themselves philanthropists

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/12/p2p-first-seeders-pirates-or-masked-philanthropists.ars

"truly decentralized bittorrent downloading has finally arrived"

http://torrentfreak.com/truly-decentralized-bittorrent-downloading-has-finally-arrived-101208/

record labels should fund music start-ups

http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3ie20540bfc5c51d617ca19082c5202bf7

new Twitter features

http://blog.twitter.com/2010/12/now-playing-on-newtwitter-embedded.html

The Age of Music Piracy is Officially Over

http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/11/st_essay_nofreebird/