Sub Pop is giving away a bunch of its songs as MP3s. The download page they created for it is funny a take-off on 1996-era Web design, with lots of animated gifs and nauseous backgrounds.

http://www.subpop.com/cybersex

Not that I like to defend the RIAA, but this clears up the claim that the RIAA said ripped CD’s are “unauthorized.” Despite what some websites are reporting, the RIAA is NOT saying that ripping CDs into MP3s is illegal.Read Article 

Music search engines like SeeqPod, Songza and Skreemr index the web looking for music files that people have uploaded to servers. For now the search engines are free to link to infringing songs, but could these sites be shut down due to copyright infringement? Read More….