22.Sep.99 Sony joins the portable digital music player club with its latest Walkman. The annual College Music Journal conference now includes tutorials for helping bands get noticed online. Net Radio 14.Sep.99 Net radio operators discover ways to make money off music streams. Now, the recording industry wants a piece of the pie. The digital music conference closes with a song and a few words of caution.
Executives chide the Net music industry for benefiting from others' work and for being exclusive.
By Louise Knapp. 9.Sep.99 Musician Thomas Dolby Robertson says record companies are about to pay for decades of abusing their power over artists and fans. Matt Welch reports from The Digital Distribution and the Music Industry '99 conference in Los Angeles. The music industry needs to focus on making digital downloads easier, not harder, says the EFF's executive director. Andrew Rice reports from the Digital Distribution and the Music Industry '99 conference in Los Angeles.