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Probably. @BPGlobalPR is still up one year later, and I heard BP has a good lawyers.

I contemplated not writing this post. This is the kind of post that makes me feel old and bitter and jaded and mean. But this is horrible. I'm getting the feeling that you simply took a bunch of MIDI files you found, imported them into Garageband (I'm assuming) and assigned a bunch of Magical 8-bit Plug instances (again, assuming, from your description) and then didn't edit any of the note data further. The impression I'm getting is that you have little understanding of the music you're covering. What you have created is an album that in many cases lacks the drive and the spirit of the original. Many of the smaller details are missing, which I think would have been completely possible to include within the limits of chip music. A couple of the tracks are so different I would almost call them entirely new songs.

That adapter you have there is useless anyway. You need a special non-standard cable for it to work. Not optimal.
If I would have done this, I would have done it this was, more or less:
Remove the link socket. (You can't really use it anyway when the adapter is permanently connected.)
Put a mini-USB connector in its place. (Not big type B. Too big. Not a micro-USB. Not rigid enough, imo.) The way I would do this is to design a small single sided PCB adapter board which I would glue to the area where the link port was, so that the USB port is facing out the hole.
Then add wires as needed. Since the USB adapter is not longer than originally in any direction, it can fit just about anywhere, such as in the empty pocket in the back part of the case.

For inspiration:

Derpie USB fix by nitro2k01 (Gameboy Genius), on Flickr

I had to fix my derp cart after I managed to rip the USB socket (and the underlying traces) off of it. The way I managed to do this was through a Gameboy drop test from 0.5 meters and more where I left the USB cable plugged in. I didn't anticipate that the force would ripp off the USB connector, but it did. (It didn't fall on the connector or anything. This was just from the sheer force of the cable moving.) I put no blame on the cartridge since I was deliberately abusing it.

Anyway, I'm justing posting this image for inspiration. And this is assuming I would actually do this mod, which I wouldn't.

My solution to the flimsy connection problems one might have with the NL adapter is as follows. Get a spare link connector and solder it to the adapter.

USB Nanoloop adapter improvement 2 by nitro2k01 (Gameboy Genius), on Flickr

Then add some heat shrink tubing around the adapter for isolation, and some hot glue for mechanical stability, and you're good to go. I would recommend not doing this unless you actually need to, to avoid stealing link connectors from perfectly working DMG boards. (Well, it was a GBC in my case.)

USB Nanoloop adapter improvement by nitro2k01 (Gameboy Genius), on Flickr

Another option is to solder the wires of a link cable to the adapter. I have thoughts on how to do this right, as well.

Oh and another thing, make sure you actually have the latest version. Go download it again.

Yes, I don't know a witty answer to the question whether there's anything I don't know. Oh wait...

Some cables are "charge only" cables. These skimp out on the two wires used for communication. Can you use this cable to connect to the Blackberry from the PC? (or Mac ) If so, it should derp along just fine. The cartridge should work under OSX just fine.