UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): ~~February~~March 153, 2009

ARTISTdirect, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	000-30063	95-4760230
(State or other jurisdiction of	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)		Identification Number)
1601 Cloverfield Boulevard, Suite 400 South		~~90404-4082~~
Santa Monica, California		~~(Zip Code)~~90404-4082
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

(310) 956-3300

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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~~Item~~ITEM 53.02. ~~Departure~~Unregistered ofSales ~~Directors or Certain Officers; Election~~ of ~~Directors;~~Equity ~~Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers~~Securities.

~~Effective~~On ~~February~~March 153, 2009, ~~MediaDefender, Inc.~~the Company issued a convertible note (the “MDNote”) to Frederick W. Field, a ~~wholly-owned subsidiary~~director of ~~ARTISTdirect, Inc~~the Company., The Note ~~terminated~~is in the ~~employment~~principal amount of ~~Randy Saaf~~$200,000 with the principal amount and ~~Chief~~accrued ~~Executive~~interest ~~Officer~~at the rate of ~~MD,~~5% ~~and~~per ~~Octavio~~annum ~~Herrera,~~automatically ~~President~~convertible into shares of MDthe Company’s Common Stock at a price of $0.03 per share at such time as the Company has sufficient authorized shares.

~~SIGNATURES~~The issuance of the Note was exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, pursuant of Section 4(2) of that Act as a transaction not involving a public offering. The Note contains a restricted legend.

~~Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.~~SIGNATURES

	ARTISTdirect, Inc.
February 20, 2009	By:	/s/ Dimitri Villard
		Name: Dimitri Villard
		Title: Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

		ARTISTdirect, Inc.


Date:	March 6, 2009	By:	/s/DIMITRI VILLARD
		Name:	Dimitri Villard
		Title:	Chief Executive Officer

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