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The Motley Fool April 7, 2004 Alyce Lomax	The Death of Dollar Downloads? If dollar music downloads go away, some good, old-fashioned rock 'n roll rebellion could be cooking.
The Motley Fool April 26, 2005 Alyce Lomax	RealNetworks Gets Real Who is RealNetworks threatening with its new subscription service and monthly music giveaway? It's clear that the market for music is highly coveted, with the potential for plenty of growth -- and it's also clear that Apple's currently got a huge chunk of that market.
BusinessWeek March 29, 2004 Larry Armstrong	E-Tune Shopping With downloading now legit, online music stores have similar catalogs. It's the extras that set them apart.
The Motley Fool October 3, 2008 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Apple Won't Unplug iTunes Unchanged royalty rates keep the virtual doors of Apple's music store open.
BusinessWeek February 2, 2004 Heather Green	Which Format Will Win? A pitched battle for control of the music-downloading business is raging among Apple, Microsoft, RealNetworks, and Sony. Their weapons: software used to buy and listen to music downloads on computers and portable devices.
The Motley Fool March 15, 2004 Alyce Lomax	Rockin' Roxio Is Napster making a comeback?
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The Motley Fool November 22, 2005 Alyce Lomax	iTunes Climbs the Charts Apple's music store makes the third quarter's top 10 music retailers. Surprised? Its investors aren't.
The Motley Fool December 5, 2005 Alyce Lomax	Steaming Streaming Music RealNetworks continues its aggressive stance in the music biz with an Internet-based version of its Rhapsody subscription service that will allow people to use the service anywhere, even when they are not at their own computers.
Knowledge@Wharton July 2, 2003	Online Music Wings its Way to the Celestial Jukebox In a celestial jukebox, instead of downloading songs to a computer hard drive or burning them onto a CD, listeners log onto a site that streams the music directly to their computers for immediate listening. It's like having your own all-request FM channel.
The Motley Fool June 8, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Digital Music's Dirty Little Secret When will the labels embrace the inevitable? Digital music, in both legal and illegal forms, has stimulated consumers' music-listening appetites. Digital music means fewer CDs to press, package, and ship out to retailers.
The Motley Fool April 5, 2005 W.D. Crotty	Napster's Rollin' Along The company raises guidance again, which is music to Wall Street's ears. The fundamental question -- as costs to downloading decline and competitors emerge -- is: Will Napster be able to continue its growth?
The Motley Fool June 18, 2008 Anders Bylund	Kiss Wasn't Made for Lovin' the Internet File-sharing and downloading have put the concrete boots on the traditional business of selling CDs, and some music groups are not happy about it. But the new world order of the music industry might turn up faster than we thought.
The Motley Fool August 17, 2004 Alyce Lomax	Apple's Real Rivalry RealNetworks' two-for-one download sale may not further its long-term agenda much, or take a very big slice of Apple.
The Motley Fool November 12, 2004 Kelvin Taylor	Microsoft Biting the Apple The company is taking ever-closer steps to getting in Apple's musical domain.
The Motley Fool August 29, 2006 Alyce Lomax	Musical Chairs From AOL, Vivendi More companies are jockeying for position in music, but can they take on iTunes and piracy?
The Motley Fool March 11, 2005 Kelvin Taylor	Napster: Can iTunes Do This? A subscription service with unlimited downloads could eat away at Apple's domination.
The Motley Fool June 21, 2005 Alyce Lomax	Play It, Don't Burn It, Sam The controversy over music and copyright continue with word of a new copyright protection technology that severely limits what CD buyers can do with their music. Is the record industry going too far, and hurting its prospects in the process?
The Motley Fool July 20, 2005 Alyce Lomax	Apple of Your Eye? More rumors of video iPods get people buzzing about Apple. Even if Apple unveils such a device, investors need to question whether it will positively affect the iPod's runaway popularity -- or translate into more sales.
The Motley Fool June 19, 2006 Alyce Lomax	Apple's Slow Burn Is Apple lagging behind in digital movie downloads? Apple used to be the first mover in digital content, and its investors may be disconcerted to wonder whether the company's coming late to the party for a change.
The Motley Fool January 24, 2008 Anders Bylund	Yahoo! Saves the Music Yahoo! is discussing launching the music industry's best chance to wipe out piracy.
BusinessWeek December 19, 2005 Peter Burrows	Apple May Be Holding Back The Music Biz Critics say iTunes-only downloads and inflexible pricing are hurting song sales.
The Motley Fool December 6, 2005 Alyce Lomax	Buy, and Buy Again As digital downloading grows ever more popular, perhaps music distribution -- particularly the physical CD model -- will have to evolve into a niche where there is an emphasis on collectibles rather than commodity.
The Motley Fool September 16, 2004 Seth Jayson	Success Can Be Bitter, Apple A U.K. consumer watchdog office is investigating claims of Apple's unfair pricing practices.
The Motley Fool January 7, 2004 Seth Jayson	Why the Decline in Downloading? The Pew Internet Project's report on online file swapping doesn't tell the whole story.
The Motley Fool June 6, 2007 Alyce Lomax	Welcome to Lala Land The private start-up is wagering that it can carve itself a niche in the changing landscape for digital music (as well as ride on Apple's coattails). Some of Lala.com's ideas are pretty innovative, and music industry companies should take note.
BusinessWeek June 7, 2004 Burrows & Lowry	Rock On, iPod What CEO Steven Jobs must do to maintain Apple's dominance.
The Motley Fool December 27, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Warner Warms to Amazon Warner Music Group becomes the latest big studio to sell DRM-free tunes through Amazon.com.
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The Motley Fool July 10, 2006 Anders Bylund	Downloads: Music to Labels' Ears The music industry's complaints about dire downloading doom are largely unfounded.
The Motley Fool June 24, 2004 Tim Beyers	Apple Rocks Europe The iTunes music store serves notice with 800,000 downloads in its first week in Europe.
The Motley Fool February 26, 2007 Alyce Lomax	BitTorrent Goes Legit BitTorrent is a private entity, but it could become an interesting player in the budding digital video market, and may even help bring that market into the mainstream.
The Motley Fool February 10, 2005 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Naughty Napster Plays Nice Online music service continues to grow, though it's still far away from toppling the iPod Nation. It now has $4.39 a share in cash and investments.
The Motley Fool February 25, 2008 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Apple in 2010 Let's take a look ahead and see what Apple may be like two years from now.
PC Magazine February 25, 2004 John C. Dvorak	Ode to Napster, Music's Last Hope Protection schemes, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, and lawsuits against file sharers are not going to save the music business. The Recording Industry Association of America is announcing another 532 John Doe lawsuits against peer-to-peer file sharers.
The Motley Fool March 14, 2006 Alyce Lomax	Bad News Day at Apple? Will iPods fall on deaf ears? Will Apple lose the French connection? The downward spiral in popularity can happen so easily, and quite out of the blue, in events nobody could have foreseen. Given most Apple investors' extremely high hopes, they're likely hoping that the news is always good.
Home Theater August 6, 2007	Illegal P2P Rampant in U.K. Despite the fact that U.K. residents are among the world's steadiest CD buyers, apparently they're also among the world's most avid illegal downloaders.
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The Motley Fool July 5, 2006 Alyce Lomax	Universal Music's Bright Idea Can the music industry save the CD format? There's clearly no excuse for the industry to suppose that the old way is the right way any longer.
The Motley Fool October 14, 2005 Nathan Alderman	You're Watching the iTunes Network Apple's new video iPod could change TV forever. Even if downloading video does catch on, Apple may not ultimately be the biggest beneficiary; the company has a history of pioneering great technologies, only to watch rivals capitalize on them.
The Motley Fool March 19, 2009 Anders Bylund	iTunes Is Obsolete iTunes is killing the old CD hegemony. But the next big thing is moving up fast, and it will make iTunes just as obsolete.
InternetNews August 9, 2005 Tim Gray	Japanese Have Yen For iTunes Apple takes a bite out of the Japanese online music market.
Home Theater June 28, 2007	Brits Still Love CDs British music fans were still buying CDs in 2006 at the same rate as in 2005.
The Motley Fool July 9, 2004 Seth Jayson	Piracy Paranoia Results from an eight-country study offer a glimpse of the struggles facing moviemakers such as Time Warner, Lions Gate Entertainment, and Sony in dealing with movie piracy through downloading.
The Motley Fool March 10, 2006 Tim Beyers	A Daily Showing of iTunes A deal with Comedy Central portends the future of Apple's digital entertainment store. Investors, take note.
InternetNews January 2, 2008 Kenneth Corbin	The RIAA's Uphill Battle Recent research on the state of the music industry signals continued obstacles ahead for the RIAA's strategy.
PC Magazine January 18, 2006 Michael J. Miller	Now Showing on Small Screens Technology is poised to change TV and movies in the same way as online music stores and digital music players have rewritten the rules for music distribution.
Home Toys June 2006 Scott Bahneman	Sea Change in the Music Industry Benefits Consumers The digital music revolution is upon us and it's changing the landscape of the music industry as we know it. Accounting for $1.1 billion in 2005 music revenues, online music services now represent six percent of global music sales.