Trickle Down Innovation Alert: Mr. Pandora the secret censor
“Have you seen the bigger piggies in their starched white shirts You will find the bigger piggies stirring up the dirt Always have clean shirts to play around in. In their sties with all their backing...
View ArticleMr. Pandora stays silent on Draconian IRFA Court Packing and Union Busting
It’s really stunning that Tim Westergren and Pandora’s Minister of Truth Mollie Starr have been absolutely silent about the IRFA court packing and union busting sections. Why is this? Are they trying...
View ArticleTim Westergren’s Million a Month from Music: UPDATE 1
UPDATE (11/7/12): Pandora has now filed a new lawsuit against creators in federal court in New York, familiar ground for their legal counsel who will likely pocket more in legal fees than Pandora will...
View ArticleIn Which We Find Out What IRFA Author Jason Chaffetz Really Thinks About Artists
Ben Sisario has an excellent article about the Internet Radio Fairness Act in the New York Times. I have to commend Mr. Sisario–he wrote a mistake-free analysis of the rights involved. That’s a...
View ArticlePandora CEO Joe Kennedy Tells Paul Resnikoff He Doesn’t Know How Much Money...
Must be nice to be able to forget your salary–Paul Resnikoff of Digital Music News gets the scoop: So let’s help Joe refresh his recollection. According to the Securities and Exchange Commission,...
View ArticleDon’t Get IRFA’d: Westergren’s Fake “Tour Support”
Not surprisingly, Tim Westergren is rallying the troops at the Consumer Electronics Show–the locus of those just like him who want to enrich themselves from commoditizing music. Remember, Westergren...
View ArticleMore Corruption on the Potomac: Here comes the okie doke on Pandora’s royalty...
Rumor has it that the new and “improved” Internet Radio Fairness Act is about to be introduced by Rep. Chaffetz in the House IP subcommittee–which means someone is scurrying around the halls of...
View ArticleMore on Pandora’s Bait and Switch Campaign
MTP readers will remember the short lived legislation to lower artist royalties that Pandora backed last year. That was called the “Internet Radio Fairness Act” and it never came to a vote. The House...
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