Grateful Dead Label Demands NPR Feature Story To Blog A Grateful...

Courtesy Techdirt  Wed, 05/14/2008 - 22:45

If you haven't followed the "MP3 blogging" scene, it's grown quite big over the past few years, to the point that most folks (including the record labels) have effectively turned a blind eye to the copyright questions it raises (for once, this is a good thing).

In many cases, record labels even treat some of the best music bloggers similar to the way they've always treated radio DJs -- sending them promo CDs and trying to get "air time." Most...


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