Thirty years ago, Santa Cruz-based indie rock band The Ugly Mugs was looking to grow its fan base. “We were trying to publish a tape, get it out there into people’s hands so they could hear it,” ...

Greetings and welcome to another edition of Injustice System. Before we dig into the legal news, I wanted to let you know that Reason's annual webathon is currently underway. If you find this ...

As one may suspect, working in digital music gives a person a somewhat skewed view about the permeation of online music in the general population. Everyone (aside from audiophiles and vinyl buffs) is ...

Verizon has floated a proposal that the firm says could break the digital music logjam: an across-the-board Internet tax that would be used to pay artists and record companies for online uses of their ...

Musicians Tegan & Sara, Open Mike Eagle, Kathleen Hanna of Bikini Kill and more have signed a letter organized by Fight for the Future demanding music labels drop their lawsuit against the Internet ...

Prevent your car singalong from getting ruined.

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on March 25 ruled against the music industry’s effort to punish internet service providers that allow users to illegally copy and share content. The justices said a ...

The Internet Underground Music Archive became a pioneering distribution platform for independent bands—and foreshadowed the music industry’s digital future. Pandora Boosts Its Desktop Music Streaming ...

The major record labels have rolled out their much-anticipated subscription music services — the ones that are supposed to be legitimate alternatives to the free file sharing services spawned by ...