music industry Record labels attempt to bankrupt Internet Archive over grandpa's dusty old 78s Ellsworth Toohey

pop music A playlist of every "Now That's What I Call Music" compilation Thom Dunn

vinyl Iconic ska record label archives destroyed in climate disaster Thom Dunn

right to repair This hidden warning inside Teenage Engineering's hugely popular product has no teeth Lux Sparks-Pescovitz

Guided by Voices interviewed on their 30-year-old EP that became a cult classic  Lee Keeler

music RIAA sues AI music startups over copyright infringement claims Mark Frauenfelder

museums The Busy Beaver Button Co is one of the few museums on earth which is devoted to collecting and displaying pinback buttons Popkin

politics Conservative media goes after Jon Stewart Ruben Bolling

law Tennessee bans using AI to impersonate an artist's voice or likeness Natalie Dressed

copyright Ozzy Osbourne rails at Kanye for using sample despite being denied permission: "he is an antisemite and has caused untold heartache" Rob Beschizza

streaming Spotify's new royalty payment update hurts indie musicians even more than before Thom Dunn

unions Bandcamp Union files Unfair Labor Practice violation against new ownership Thom Dunn

unions Epic Games sells Bandcamp, just six months after employees try to unionize Thom Dunn

cheese Italians are microchipping Parmesan to crack down on bootleg cheese Thom Dunn

History "Washington's Gay General" is a fabulous look at the queerness of America's founding Thom Dunn

music Attn. Stevie Wonder: Release those 200 unused songs you produced for "Songs in the Key of Life" or lose their EU copyright Ruben Bolling

tabloids Bimbo Duchess and a giant UFO in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

politics Who is behind the "No Labels" political action committee bankrolling Kirsten Sinema? Elías Villoro

tabloids Melania's Pay-Off and King Charles "master-stroke" in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

unions Bandcamp reportedly union-busting by pressuring record labels Thom Dunn