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Reggae single Desperado by Melekel in Gold Status (500K Units), sixteen weeks after its release, catapulting him into the International Mainstream Market.

Capitol Records fails desperate attempt to shut down revolutionary cloud service and marketplace for pre-owned digital music, ReDigi. ReDigi and the people prevail in fight to maintain ownership rights to digital property.

The STR3EM Team releases a Software Development Kit for developers of consumer electronics and PC software to build universally accessible media products.

The STR3EM Team announces a software development kit for consumer electronics developers to deliver the promise of post-optical digital media.

Innovative software that protects P2P file sharers from lawsuits by copyright holders and identity theft due to the inadvertent sharing of private data is now the 11th most popular download on CNET's Download.com

The Recording Industry Association of America reveals list of the highest Gold and Platinum award winners of the decade in a list that includes Beyonce, Lil Wayne, Outkast and D4L.

Revolutionary P2P advertising network allows advertisers the first-ever ability to reach 200 million P2P file sharing users by protecting them against lawsuits and identity theft

New evidence presented to members of Congress, the US Department of Justice, and the US FTC shows that the Chairman of LimeWire LLC perjured himself during his testimony before Congress; threats to national and personal security still exist.

New research finds computers located in Iran, North Korea, China, and Russia scouring computer peer-to-peer file-sharing networks for information that could place national security at risk.

National Recording Artist Plies Receives 2nd Consecutive Gold Certification in One Year for Sophomore project Definition of Real

Independent music artists find welcome channels for Internet radio exposure, with valuable statistics on listening audience. Colaboration enables royalty-free, independent music syndication via Internet, following Copyright Board/RIAA rate increase.

Label represents top artists including Dave Matthews Band, Aimee Mann, and many more

A music fan has started a blog about downloading music online: http://180musicstore.com dedicated to posting the latest news & information about downloading music online.

MP3JACKPOT.COM Announces Their 2,050th Free MP3 "Winner Of The Day!"

Grooveshark announced today that it has contracted with two music industry veterans, Vincent S. Castellucci and Jason Miles, to serve as mentors and as active members of their advisory board.

Starting today, Grooveshark members can share DRM-free music files legally and earn free music through community participation