Category Archives: Music

Why Do We Need to Own Music?

By Mark Evans | Published: October 1, 2009
Lily Allen has attracted a lot of attention recently for leading a public charge against people (aka pirates) who download music. Not surprisingly, her efforts have attracted a lot of attention, including this excellent video by Dan Bull (see below). Amid all the attention being paid to file-sharing, pirates and the RIAA, one of the biggest [...]
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Is P2P Dying?

By Mark Evans | Published: July 29, 2009
Do you download as much free music these days using P2P services? Anecdotally, the number of people building their digital music collections using P2P appears to be shrinking – a development highlighted in a recent New York Times article. It is a stark contrast to not that long ago when downloading free music was something done by [...]
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Minor Miracle: I’m Buying Music Again

By Mark Evans | Published: January 7, 2009
It has been years since I bought a music CD. And although iTunes has made it a breeze to purchase music online, I can’t really claim I’ve jumped on the digital bandwagon…until now. What has turned me into a music consumer again is Rich Terfry (aka Buck 65), who hosts the afternoon drive show on CBC [...]
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RIAA Decides to Play Nice…NOT!

By Mark Evans | Published: December 19, 2008
After years of waging a legal jihad against their customers, the music industry has decided that nasty lawsuits isn’t a good tactic anymore. You have to wonder why the change of heart given the music industry seemed to take great pleasure is suing the pants off people as opposed to working on creating a kick-ass [...]
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Talking with David Usher

By Mark Evans | Published: October 27, 2008
It’s not every day that you get to sit down and talk to a rock star when you write about technology and work for an online travel planning site. So, I’m really excited about doing a “fireside chat” with David Usher in Montreal this Wednesday at an Infopresse conference. David and I are going to talk [...]
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The Lost Video: David Usher on Social Media

By Mark Evans | Published: August 8, 2008
In preparing to transfer data to a new MacBook, I’ve been spending some time cleaning up the old MacBook. In going through things, I found an interview that I did with Canadian musician David Usher at the mesh conference a few months ago. (Apologies for some minor production issues such as the less-than-professional start!) Usher is [...]
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