Clocked Music News Why Twitch replaced Metallica’s BlizzCon live stream with dorky kids music by Cameron Syme Nothing is funnier than watching Metallica headbanging to royalty-free kiddies music. That’s another strike for Twitch’s charred history regarding copyrighted music. Blizzard’s yearly conference, BlizzCon,…
Features KickassTorrents: the complete saga of the internet’s biggest P2P directory by Happy A remnant of the internet’s wild west, KickassTorrents was once visited by over 50 million people per month. After an FBI investigation it was seized,…
Music News Taylor Swift pledges to re-record her first 6 albums after her masters are sold for a second time by Claudia Schmidt The masters for Taylor Swift’s first six records have been sold for a second time, but the pop icon isn’t going to let that stand…
News Did Led Zeppelin steal ‘Stairway To Heaven’? The enduring copyright saga is finally over by Luka Simonetti The court has spoken: Led Zeppelin did not plagiarise Stairway to Heaven from the melody of Spirit’s instrumental track, Taurus. We’ve all heard the Stairway…
News Artists sign open letter to restrict use of their music at political events by Annalise Travaglione Listen up, politicians! Mick Jagger is telling you that you can’t always get what you want. In an open letter, Lorde, Pearl Jam, The Rolling…
News Trump and Twitter clash again as social media platform disables post featuring Linkin Park by Jenae Madden Linkin Park are joining the long list of musicians to call out Donald Trump over unfair use of music in his campaign promotions, after their…
News Led Zeppelin win big in ‘Stairway To Heaven’ copyright case by Nikki Rosen British rock legends Led Zeppelin have secured a big win in a copyright court case against 60’s band Spirit. The case had questioned the originality…
Lists Be blown away by the top 5 royalty free music sites on the net by Luke Saunders Believe it or not there’s a huge difference between free music and royalty free music. Free music is just free to download and listen to…
News Facing a lawsuit, Lana Del Rey denies her track Get Free was influenced by Radiohead’s Creep by Bill Robinson Radiohead are suing Lana Del Rey for allegedly ripping off elements of their 1993 single Creep in her recent track Get Free, which featured on…
News The man who sold the world: William Sagan’s Wolfgang Vault is facing a hefty legal battle with Michael Stipe, Keith Richards and more by Molly Ulm Like the Australian Music Vault, which is a hall of fame and permanent exhibition of Australian music memorabilia, Wolfgang’s Vault is a repository for rare…
News Majestic Casual is back online! by Shayen de Silva There are many great comeback stories. Vinyl, Jesus Christ, Jean Grey, Robert Downey Jr. These phoenix figures have returned to the fold against insurmountable odds to…
