On sustainable creativity, big (gig) stories, and passionate fandom. Herewith, a year inside BitTorrent Bundle. 2014 was bookended by two records, mirrored conversations about the value of digital art as human experience. One challenged the idea of how music should be created. One challenged the idea of how music should be distributed. Both were released…

Secure messaging client Bleep now allows for asynchronous chat. Communicating privately with your friends, coworkers and family isn’t easy as you may think. While sending a “private” message may seem secure, the reality is that message still lives on a server somewhere, remaining vulnerable to third-party infiltration. In the past year alone, we have seen…

Net neutrality is the way to keep independent artists on a level playing field with corporate music. The most remarkable thing about music in 2014 is its diversity. To follow the Top 40 is to just barely scratch the surface of what it means to listen. As Steve Albini noted in his keynote speech at…

The team behind the upcoming Internet freedom doc share the new film in an open discussion with Techdirt, EFF, Engine, and more. The last days of 2014 also, in some ways, feel like the last days of the Internet. Our network is under attack. Basic human rights online have been threatened by surveillance and censorship….