AKB48
AKB48 is, according to [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AKB48), “a Japanese female idol group produced by Yasushi Akimoto. The pop group has achieved enormous popularity in Japan. It is also one of…
Tag: music
Fair Trade Music Label
We prefer to know if our coffee & food was produced organically and if the farmers got their fair share, so we buy products that carry a Fair…
Music, Video, Links: Some Brainteasers for the Weekend
Hey there. Since an appointment just got cancelled I figured I might as well put together a post with some brainteasers and fun stuff I stumbled upon over…
iTunes in the Cloud: TheCloudPlayer.com
From the phantastic guys of Soundcloud (Henrik Berggren and Eric Wahlforss comes a new neat little gadget: The Cloud Player. Screenshot of TheCloudPlayer.com The Cloud Player is a…
Social cooperation & music distribution
In the Commons Research wiki, I stumbled upon this Free Culture paper (PDF abstract). In the paper, Yochai Benkler (Harvard Law School, author of The Wealth of Networks…
How I tried (and failed at) legally buying music in Germany
Please note: What’s about to follow is a rant. It’s also advice to music labels. Short-short version, dear content traders: Make your stuff more easily available. This is…