The Copyright Royalty Board yesterday denied the National Music Publishers’ Association’s request for an increase in royalty rates for music sold online. Read more

This Thursday, an upcoming ruling by the Copyright Royalty Board will decide the fate of iTunes as artists demand greater royalties. Read more

Norway's consumer ombudsman, Bjorn Erik Thon, has said he will challenge Apple in court in an effort to open up the iTunes store for customers who own devices other than iPods. Read more

Apple this week reached an agreement with the National Federation of the Blind and Massachusetts Attorney General, Martha Coakley to aide the blind in using Apple’s iTunes. Read more

A federal Judge has thrown out a verdict that would have seen 30 year old Jammie Thomas pay over $200,000 to the RIAA for illegal file sharing. Read more

Believe it or not, musicians may actually start making money from streamed content distributed online. Read more

Microsoft turns to McDonald's for help in super-sizing MP3 player pie with the Zune Read more

Apple has re-released iTunes 8.0 for Windows Vista users following complaints from numerous users that the iTunes upgrade had resulted in the dreaded Blue Screen of Death. Read more

Best Buy Co Inc. announced Monday that it plans to purchase online music service Napster for a cash deal of $121 million. Best Buy indicated that it plans to use Napaster to compete with Apple’s dominating iTunes music store. Read more

The first bit of new Apple product that Steve Jobs chose to unveil during his presentation on Tuesday was iTunes 8. Read more

Apple’s iTunes is apparently back up and running in China following complaints from users and speculation that the site had ben blocked because of the increasingly popular Songs for Tibet album. Read more

Chinese Internet users began complaining late last week that iTunes was inaccessible, and according to the Associated Press, the popularity of a “Songs for Tibet” album may be the reason why access to the site has been blocked. Read more

Oakland (CA) - Escalating music royalties could put Internet darling, Pandora, out of business. Read more

Most people are enjoying their experiences of purchasing music online, thanks to a seemingly tax free system. However, things are about to change. Read more

In an attempt to compete with Chinese search monster Baidu, Google.cn has launched a music tool that will allow the Chinese to search music that is free and 100 percent legal to distribute. Read more