Anyone heard of BuckCherry? We certainly haven’t. Despite having a really rubbish name for a band, BuckCherry are apparently quite popular, so much so a track from their latest album recently leaked onto BitTorrent.

That’s one track, not even the whole album. BuckCherry are so distraught that one of their tracks has been released to millions of people that they’ve issued a press release through their record company. The track “Too Drunk…” from their forthcoming album Black Butterfly was leaked before its September release.

This would normally be a great thing for an unknown band such as BlackBerry, or whatever they’re called. The press release said, “Honestly, we hate it when this s*** happens, because we want our FANS to have any new songs first.”

Nice use of caps there. So, ChuckCheesy think that their fans don’t use BitTorrent and that they actually have fans in the first place. Way to go, guys. We’ll be sure not to buy your album now. Could this all be a ploy to get people to download the song? Maybe. It hasn’t worked though. It’s put us off even listening to the band.

Yesterday I discovered, to my amazement, that I could fit a LOT of music on my iPhone. My introduction to iPhone music may seem a little belated to some of you techno-whizzes out there, but believe me: this is an incredible achievement for me. I managed to send an SMS on the iPhone only just last week.

My decision to make the most of iPhone music was interrupted, briefly, by a worry that I didn’t know where to start downloading the stuff. A brief bit of research into iPhone music later and I was convinced that even I could manage to download it.

I signed up for a rather excellent iPhone music download service that allowed me, for the cost only of a monthly subscription, to download as much as I liked. The download speed is a little slow (I’m waiting a while longer than I would like for my favorite ABBA track: that’s why I’m here writing this) but I suppose I can live with it. I priced up the music that I would be buying on iTunes and I do believe I’ve made my money back within the first day.

My experience of iPhone music downloads has been rather short, but it has certainly been sweet.

You’d think that finding a free Ares download would be a simple task.

On the face of it, it is. You just type in ‘free Ares download’ into your favorite search engine and hey Presto! several million pages of results to wade through. Even when you do get into the subject you may well find that the sheer number of free Ares download versions available is more than enough to overwhelm.

It is in this situation where you need some kind of advice on the free Ares download that you’re going to finally go for. It is in this situation that a site like OfficialAres.com can be a real life saver.

OfficialAres.com has at its core a wonderful review of most of the big names in the world of the free Ares download. It reviews these pieces of software with passion, élan and verve. Once you’ve been to the site you will be in no doubt as to which free Ares download is the best and which is the worse. The other information on the site includes news on the world of music sharing and filesharing in general. A great read whether you need help or just intellectual simulation.

So the Dark Knight has been in movie theaters for a few days now. In the midst of movie companies, as well as record labels, complaining about filesharing destroying the industry, the new Batman movie earned a reported $155.3 million in its first weekend.

Tight security of the movie meant that only one cam version surfaced on filesharing networks – and it wasn’t a very good version at that. What this proves is that filesharing is not killing the movie industry. People will still pay for stuff if it’s good.

The problem comes with the bar being raised so high. People have access to every movie and every album ever released and so they are becoming increasingly picky about what they pay for. It takes a blockbuster smash such as Batman to motivate people to go to the cinema.

With the advent of the Internet, people just don’t bother to watch bad movies or listen to bad music and they certainly won’t pay to do so.

BskyB in the UK recently signed a major deal with Universal Music to launch a new music service. Sky, one of the fastest-growing ISPs in the UK, is one of the first ISPs to really try and make a go of making money from music downloads.

The new deal gives Sky full access to Universal’s back catalog, which is no small archive. Sky has got quite a deal out of the music giant, with the two companies joining together to bring something new in the form of a subscription-based music service that comes with a set number of DRM-free downloads.

It sounds very cool, right? It will be interesting to see how this pans out. The other three of the Big 4 have yet to jump on board, but this is a bold move by an ISP.

There is still no word on whether Universal will send letter to Sky subscribers to “educate” them about why filesharing is a bad way to get free music downloads, as Virgin recently started doing.

The price and launch date for the new service have yet to be revealed.

The self-proclaimed “music industry champion”, the UK culture secretary Andy Burnham, recently said that he is determined to bring results to the creative industries. What this means is that Burnham is putting his foot down on a number of issues, including filesharing.

Filesharing is under the spotlight in the UK with ISPs and record labels trying to iron out a way to deal with filesharing and the sharing of copyrighted material. Burnham said that a voluntary solution to the issue of filesharing would be the ideal solution.

From the sounds of it, there are some serious talks going on with regards to filesharing and some decisions look set to be made in the very near future. This isn’t good news for UK filesharing fans.

Burnham added that he is in a rush to deal with such issues as filesharing because of the number of other issues on the table. The real winners here will likely be the record companies.

Do you want to enjoy a life most other people only dream about? Are you tired of working more for less, tired of settling for ‘what you can afford’ and do you feel bad about missing time with your spouse, kids and friends? Well here’s the truth: all that can be a thing of the past if you start your own home business.

Just think: you can send your children to college without the worry of how you are going to finance the four years of tuition and cost of books.

Have you ever dreamed of doing something really special for a holiday but have not had the finances or the time, well that dream and many others can now be realized if you have a home based business.

What about your retirement? Have you even considered how you are going to live
financially, will you be able to afford to go out for meals and do the things you want to do? That worry – and so many, many more, will be taken away with a home business.

We are all responsible for the choices we make in our lives. If you want to get out of the humdrum of your current job then start looking NOW, start investigating and researching and get the ball rolling with your own home business. We’re all capable, it’s just that so few people make that final leap into financial freedom.

A while ago, we heard that Apple had planned to cut the cost of legal music downloads through its iTunes store. Well, so much for that, as Apple has cancelled those plans already.

Music downloads bought by UK music fans were set to have their prices slashed to even up the playing fields with what people pay for iTunes music around Europe. The British public was understandably very excited by this news. However, Apple has now come out and said that the music downloads will stay at 79p per file.

Steve Jobs was very vocal about how important it was to level out the cost of legal music downloads across Europe. The trouble is that the value of the euro is rising against the trusty British pound and so there isn’t all that much difference in the cost of a tune from an iTunes Euro store and the UK store anymore.

It’s no longer necessary to cut the cost of the UK’s legal music downloads. It’s a shame for UK music fans, but based on the reasons why the change was to occur in the first place, it’s understandable that the plans have been scrapped.

Just recently as I was walking through town doing some window shopping, I noticed the Apple iPhone. It looked stunning in the window with its crystal clear screen. I immediately knew that I wanted one.

I decided to have a proper look at this iPhone and all the iPhone accessories that are available for it. I was really amazed that the iPhone can support most iPod accessories.

The first thing I needed was something to protect my precious iPhone, because the screen has a propensity to scratch easily, so I bought a screen cover and a case in which to keep my iPhone from the extensive iPhone accessories collection.

After that I decided I needed some comfort for when I travel long haul flights, so I opted for the iPhone travel pillow, which I purchased from Solutions.com. This is one of my favorite iPhone accessories and it provides comfort while you listen.

Also a good buy was the iPhone Bluetooth headset, this was one of the most necessary iPhone accessories for me as I like to answer my calls wirelessly whilst I go about my business.

And last of all I treated myself to a Bose Headset, I know they are the leaders in the market for headphones & speakers, so I wanted the best quality iPhone accessories for listening to my music.

This is the best shopping trip I have had for a long time.

According to Microsoft, school children are the UK’s worst filesharing offenders for downloading copyrighted material such as free music. A new study by Microsoft of 270 kids and 1,200 adults reveals that 54% of children from 11 to 16 years old partake in filesharing. This compares with only 15% of adults.

While we don’t want to discredit Microsoft’s survey, 15% is clearly nowhere near the real figure. Microsoft also said that 61% of kids have bought illegal goods online, while about a quarter of the kids are keen on fake items.

The real kicker is that 60% of the kids said that regular music and movies are too expensive. When you’re young a carefree and can easily get away with downloading copyrighted material, what’s to stop you when companies all around are touting the latest MP3 players, DVD burners and whatnot? The kids are just doing what seems natural to them.