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- Judge: Webcasters owe ascap $100m
- Judge: Webcasters owe ASCAP $100mDo the fees match the revenueIf anyone continues to think that webcasting is still a niche business with no revenues, this ruling should show just how much money exists in the current market.I think this ruling proves no such thing. I think it shows [i]how...
- Tags: Webcaster, ASCAP $100m, Webcast, radio, revenue
- Discussion threads 2008-05-01
- RIAA sues Project Playlist
- Is Project Playlist legal? The site allows users to build playlists of music found on other websites (whether they got there legally or not the site claims disinterest) and then streams them to listeners. They pay the relevant performance royalties. A WikiAnswer claims, "It is 100%...
- Tags: Performance, RIAA, Music, Music File, Performance Management, Web Site Development, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Internet, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-04-29
- Teen fined for YouTube karaoke video
- Teen fined for YouTube karaoke videoWhat's the public privacy rules hereis there similar in like in the States, or was this a private event with some expectation of such? What was the libel part? Didn't like the titling? Did it ruin the career? Better yet, did...
- Tags: Corporate communications, Advertising & Promotion, video, YouTube Inc., W/O
- Discussion threads 2007-08-27
- More anti-file-sharing rhetoric in Washington
- More anti-file-sharing rhetoric in WashingtonFundingI don't suppose that this bill contains funding that will not result in other activities, ie: education, being cut during the process of trying to convert colleges and universities to selective law enforcement agencies?Do they know who has control?I find it so funny when people talk...
- Tags: rhetoric, open source
- Discussion threads 2007-07-25
- Music industry overreach?
- Music industry overreach?You're supposed to pay in the U.S. tooHere's the link to ASCAP's sitehttp://www.ascap.com/licensing/generalfaq.htmlI don't know what the various costs are.Licensing fees as a result of piracy? Please.Such blatant belief in the idea that piracy is behind the music industries recent "overreaches" is humorous.Any establishment which will play...
- Tags: CD sale, piracy, music, sales
- Discussion threads 2007-07-13
- Here's how a post-lawsuit YouTube will work
- We're picking up conflicting signals on just what the copyright cartel would like to do with YouTube.Universal Music Group sounds like they are going to sue YouTube for copyright infringement- sooner rather than later.But just today, Warner Music announced a distribution and licensing deal with YouTube.It sounds as though those...
- Tags: YouTube Inc., YouTube
- Blog posts 2006-09-18
- MTV--will digital kill the video star?
- MTV--will digital kill the video star?Music Videos on MTV.......What's that??I think I remember when they played videos, though I can't remember the last time I actualy saw one on MTV proper. I think I saw one on MTV2 when I had it at a former apartment 6 years ago....
- Tags: Corporate communications, Music Video, MTV, video
- Discussion threads 2006-08-28
- MPAA sues BitTorrent, newsgroup search tools
- MPAA sues BitTorrent, newsgroup search toolsOh greatOkay, I have absolutely no problem with them going after sites that distribute copyrighted work. But I do have a problem with the concept of going after search engines and sites that link to illegal content. Microsoft fought a similar battle with...
- Tags: tool, Usenet, MPAA, Google Inc., BitTorrent
- Discussion threads 2006-02-23
- sexy beyonce_screensaver- Babesaver.com (exe)
- A 21-year-old Houston native, Beyonce Knowles is a founding member and chief songwriter of Destiny's Child, one of the biggest selling female acts of all time. With many of the group's hit songs co-written and co-produced by Beyonce, Destiny's Child has sold more than 33 million records worldwide. When Beyonce...
- Tags: Woman, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Desktops, Viruses And Worms, Security, Hardware
- Software downloads 2006-01-06
- Are these the Sony rootkit CDs?
- Are these the Sony rootkit CDs?And here I thought...I was gonna buy the new Our Lady Peace album.. Guess not. :Pi wonder when the artists are going to start complainingespecially if/when sales of their rotten software laden albums plummet.http://www.cafepress.com/helpdeskhell.37118571"take back control, DEATH TO DRACONIAN DRM"artists don't get revenue from record...
- Tags: Sales strategy, Sales force management, Sony Corp., CD, sales
- Discussion threads 2005-11-11
- Judge to rule Tuesday in Kai-Fu Lee case
- Judge to rule Tuesday in Kai-Fu Lee caseIt's times like this when I wish Microsoft wouldspontaneously com bust.Not a good situationfor either party (MS or Google), or Lee for that matter. MS looks bad because a high-profile employee jumped to a would-be competitor. Gogole looks bad for possibly...
- Tags: SECURITY, Chinese Government, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Kai-Fu, Kai-Fu Lee
- Discussion threads 2005-09-07
- Royalty fight clouds music subscriptions
- Royalty fight clouds music subscriptionsKiss those rented songs goodbye......if these negotiations fall through. I prefer to buy them and burn them.The problem is with the distrabutorMusicians hardly make any money off of their albums (much less than 17% of their income, infact). I don't see why record companies (and...
- Tags: music, DVD
- Discussion threads 2005-08-26
- Is Skype inducing infringement? Five things they should do to prove they're not
- Is Skype inducing infringement? Five things they should do to prove they're notone questionwouldnt playing a peice of music on YOUR voicemail be considered fair use?This is the end of the world as we know it.. again?What kind of a joke is this?I guess Logitech is liable if I show...
- Tags: lyric, Skype Technologies S.A.
- Discussion threads 2005-06-28
- Is Skype inducing infringement? Five things they should do to prove they're not
- Skype Journal blogger Phil Wolff thinks that in the light of yesterday's U.S. Supreme Court ruling that software makers are liable for copyright-infringement if they induce or promote such uses, Skype attorneys are probably really busy today.Phil thinks that Skype's lawyers are- or at least should - be checking the...
- Tags: Skype Technologies S.A.
- Blog posts 2005-06-28
- Covering tracks: New privacy hope for P2P
- Covering tracks: New privacy hope for P2PBandwidth pricingI'd like to push my solution to P2P piracy again. Bandwidth pricing. Charge a price based on the upload bandwidth used, set such that the average user pays the same as before.It would defeat both of these systems too.umm...someone is on crack.. even...
- Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), P2P, RIAA, American Public
- Discussion threads 2004-02-24
- Napster to give students music
- Napster to give students musicGood idea as far it goesBut what's the catch?In related news, CNN ran a report that millions of people DELETED all their "shared" music from their PCs in light of the RIAA lawsuits.Yeah, right! Can you say "burner?" Sure. I knew you could. I bet the...
- Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Napster Inc., students music, song file
- Discussion threads 2003-11-06
- Napster sidesteps credit cards
- Napster sidesteps credit cardsStill don't get it, do they?Basically a buck a song?They still don't have a clus in music industry...ZDNN, Isn't This A Better P2P Story?With Cable TV at M.I.T., Who Needs Napster?posted by DudeAsInCool on October 26, 2003 @ 11:57pmTwo students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have...
- Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), Cable, credit card, music, Keith Winstein, music industry, Napster Inc.
- Discussion threads 2003-10-27
- Labels shut down Aussie file-swapping site
- Labels shut down Aussie file-swapping siteZDNN,Isn't This A Better P2P Story?With Cable TV at M.I.T., Who Needs Napster?posted by DudeAsInCool on October 26, 2003 @ 11:57pmTwo students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a system for sharing music within their campus community that they say can avoid the...
- Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), Cable, file-swapping, music, Keith Winstein, music industry
- Discussion threads 2003-10-27
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