Ghosts I-IV, I bought it, what?
Mar132008 9:42AM — JohnSo yeah, the very minute I heard that a major band who I respected was officially ditching the major record labels and putting out an entire album solely on their own, unlike Radiohead who still rely on the major labels for B&M physical CD sales, I bought it, sight unseen. The new entirely instrumental album from Nine Inch Nails consists of thirty-six tracks in four nine track albums, ergo Ghosts I-IV. It can be had as a digital download for $5 in either losses or super-high quality 320kbps LAME encoded MP3s, including a 40 page PDF of album art and both standard and widescreen wallpapers of each. 
Beware of OiNK scams, any site collecting money on behalf of OiNK
Oct262007 8:28PM — JohnThere are currently NO authorized websites that are working on behalf of OiNK to collect money for a new tracker or legal fees, this has been confirmed with Mr. OiNK himself. DO NOT give any of these sites money.
The Pirate Bay to resurrect OiNK as BOiNK
Oct262007 7:47PM — JohnThe Pirate Bay has announced their own OiNK.cd replacement, BOiNK.cd, to be launched in the next few days. BOiNK will be a solely The Pirate Bay effort, not involving the previous admin of OiNK, yet relying on the now rogue OiNK community to congregate and provide and seed their torrents to kick start the tracker.
To iTunes: Warner music threatening to take ball and go home
Oct252007 9:57PM — JohnIn a move that’s becoming more common amongst content providers, Warner music is threatening to pull it’s content from the iTunes Music Store, seemingly over Steve Job’s insistent control of the prices for for said content. This in the wake of NBC choosing not to put their fall season on the iTunes Music Store
Danish record labels love the pirate tax
Oct242007 7:07PM — JohnDanish record labels are looking into levying a $19 pirate tax per user on all Danish ISPs to cover the imminent piracy that all users engage in. This tax would be MANDATORY for ALL users regardless of their downloading habits. This sort of preemptive pirate tax has been in place in Canada for decades and levies a tax on all blank media sold.
OiNK misreporting, propaganda continues
Oct232007 7:25PM — JohnAlmost all of the major news sources are misreporting the facts of the case in regards to the function and purpose of OiNK claiming that the site was “for-pay” or subscription based and “hosted copyright music on the server” when the site was COMPLETELY donation based and NEVER hosted files on the server
OiNK shutdown, servers raided, admin arrested curtesy of the IFPI
Oct232007 6:20AM — JohnThe hugely popular invite-only p2p music site OiNK was shut down by British and Dutch police in conjunction with the IFPI after a 2 year on-going investigation. Several data centers in Amsterdam were raided, servers seized and the sites proprietor, a 24 year old IT worker, arrested.
Apple to drop Pirate Tax on DRM-Free music?
Oct152007 10:35PM — JohnAccording to Infinite Loop Apple may soon drop the price of their DRM-free music to 0.99 per song from $1.29. Abolishing the Pirate Tax tacked on to the normal cost of the download for the inevitable piracy that occurs when you don’t lock down your music with chains, barbed wire, murder dogs and a fat guy named Sal, or at least so they would have you think.
thanks a million - it was very irritating problem, it is resolved with your suggestion.