Breakfast briefing: Sims 3 leaks while Napster rises again
Weeks before it is due for release, the latest instalment of the Sims franchise has leaked online - just as the original filesharing site, Napster, attempts to rise from the grave once again
April 2009
Prick up your ears – you can download music online and keep it legal
As the operators of Pirate Bay face year-long jail sentences, Jessica Bown looks at lawful ways to download cheaply
January 2009
Technophile
Play on demand
Technophile: Spotify appears to have created a successful version of the universal jukebox – and best of all, it's legal
September 2008
PDA
Movements in music: Napster, BitTorrent, 7digital...
News in brief
Best Buy makes $121m bid for Napster
Technology blog
Best Buy to acquire Napster - the beginning of the end, or a new middle?
August 2008
Technology blog
Metallica gets the internets!
The digital refuseniks hit Napster - but that's not the whole story
July 2008
Digital rights, digital wrongs
Illegal filesharing: A suicide note from the music industry
The deal between record companies and ISPs will drive music-swapping underground and erode their profits still further
May 2008
Technology blog
Napster launches world's biggest DRM-free music store
How Apple is changing DRM
March 2008
Warner Music appoints development executive
Warner Music has hired former Napster senior executive Leanne Sharman to develop the company's digital and new business strategy. By Mark Sweney
January 2008
Napster joins move away from copy protection
Napster plans to sell downloads in the MP3 format, joining the many companies removing copying protection from online tracks. By Katie Allen
November 2007
Download dads lead the iPod generation
Forget teenagers: it's thirtysomethings who spend most on digital music, writes Jon Robins. And there's plenty of competition for their business.
October 2007
Technology blog
Radiohead album is 160kbps MP3 - another little DRM corner cut away
"In Rainbows", released today by Radiohead only through the band's site, has no DRM. Nine Inch Nails have no record label. The Charlatans album is free. Should Simon Cowell worry?
September 2007
Blocking ads can be fun - and also downright dangerous
John Naughton
John Naughton: If lots of people begin to use Adblock Plus, then the prospects for web-based innovation will grow dimmer.
May 2007
Pirates still have all the best tunes
File-sharing has holed the record industry below the waterline. So why does private equity guru Guy Hands want to buy EMI?
April 2007
Music blog
Has illegal downloading gone too far?
I cheered when Napster made monkeys of Metallica. Last week, though, a plea from an independent record label made me think again.
