Face the Music

I was the first among my friends to install Napster. I still remember my parents calling me into the family room to watch a nightly news segment about Shawn Fanning – the backwards-baseball cap wearing undergraduate student – and his innovative new program which allowed users to upload song files and share them with each [...]

Internet Killed the Video Star (And Radio Star. And…)

The issue of music copyright has had a long and contentious history in the United States: from its origins in the Constitution (when the phonograph was the primary method for home listening) to its hot-button status during the current Internet Age (a time when music can be heard on vinyl, cassette tape, compact disc or [...]