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- Congress reluctant to 'save net radio'
- Despite a flood of input from voters, calling for Congress to "save net radio" by overturning the new royalty rates imposed by the Copyright Royalties Board, House members evinced substantial reluctance to get involved at a recent committee hearing, reports Ars Technica. In a meeting of the House Committee on...
- Tags: Web, Congress
- Blog posts 2007-06-29
- 'Day of Silence' for Internet radio
- Gandhi would be proud of what probably is the Internet's first passive resistance protest--the "Day of Silence" coming to Internet radio on June 26. As a response to a court ruling that imposes huge increases on the royalty rates Internet radio operators must pay - which are applied retroactively, no...
- Tags: Courts, Congress
- Blog posts 2007-06-22
- NPR file suit in net radio royalty conflict
- National Public Radio has joined the ranks of online radio broadcasters objecting to recent ruling to increase music royalty fees, reports the Associated Press.NPR filed a notice with the DC Circuit Court of Appeals this week, stating that it would challenge the ruling by a panel of copyright judges that...
- Tags: Courts, Congress
- Blog posts 2007-06-01
- Bill wants online, sat broadcasters to deploy DRM
- Democrats and Republicans are cosponoring yet another bill that requires technology companies to deploy DRM technology that would hamstring their users legal uses of copyright material in order to prop up the Hollywoods business models. Under the Platform Equality and Remedies for Rights Holders in Music PERFORMAct, reintroduced today...
- Tags: Government technology, Congress
- Blog posts 2007-01-11
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- Music execs crying about royalties again; Time for a start-over
- Once Upon a TimeWhen we had music stores and vinyl discs and LPs were premium items, stores had listening booths for people to check the recording out. Since that was a performance in commercial context, publishers and songwriters could have asked for performance rights back then. They didn't because it...
- Tags: Performance management, Advertising & Promotion, media cartel, U.S. Congress, start-over, performance, RIAA
- Discussion threads 2009-09-17
- Microsoft: Google Books is illegal 'joint venture,' not settlement
- M$ is enviousThey could not embrace and extend, so it sound like sour grapes.oh the tragedy..... Sounds like a win-win for everyone. I am quite suprised they came up with a deal that didnt transfer money.I wonder if they pulled the old.. virutal library card. The one that...
- Tags: Litigation, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Google Book, settlement
- Discussion threads 2009-09-09
- News to know: Smartphones; Windows 7; Palm Pre; EU and Sun-Oracle
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Andrew Nusca: Smartphones to eclipse desktop PC sales by 2011 Sam Diaz: Facebook Mobile: Now 65 million strong...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Palm Inc., Dana Blankenhorn, Andrew Nusca, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Smartphone, Sam Diaz, European Union, Microsoft Windows 7, Palm Pre, Microsoft Windows, Smart Phones, Sales Strategy, Operating Systems, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sales
- Blog posts 2009-09-04
- Sony loses bid to force royalties out of webcaster
- On the hunt for money to beef up their rapidly deteriorating industry, the Big Four record labels sued LAUNCH, owned by Yahoo, and currently operated by CBS Radio CBS also owns ZDNet. Their gripe: LAUNCH lets users create channels by genre and skip songs they don't like. This, they claimed,...
- Tags: Sony Corp., Predictability, Advertising & Promotion, Digital Media, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-08-24
- Should radio have to pay royalties? Pandora, labels say yes
- For 80 years, radio has not had to pay for the privilege of playing records over the air. In legal terms, it has not had to pay royalties for the "performance right." Stations still have to pay composer royalties to ASCAP. Web radio, satellite and all...
- Tags: Performance, Radio, Royalty, Pandora, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-07-14
- Analyst: Forget the Feds, Apple is 'doing just fine at wrecking the wireless business'
- Analyst: Forget the Feds, Apple is 'doing just fine at wrecking the wireless business'that's like SAP "wrecked" outsourcing...while I agree the govt inquiry may come to nothing, Moffat's argument is ingenious. By agreeing to a locked SIM, allowing AT&T to continue to play games with 3rd party apps like Skype...
- Tags: Wi-Fi, Wireless and Mobility, Telecom & Utilities, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Apple Inc., wireless business, wireless
- Discussion threads 2009-07-13
- SoundExchange, webcasters settle at last
- Let the music play. Finally, after two a half years, we have an agreement on webcasting royalties that doesn't doom sites like Pandora to the ashheap. The LA Times reports that SoundExchange and webcasters have agreed to a structure that doesn't require a per-song royalty payment....
- Tags: Webcaster, Operational Accounting, Finance, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-07-07
- Genachowski sails through FCC confirmation hearings
- The FCC is broken, Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) informed Julius Genachowski, the nominee to head the agency. Fix this agency. Or we will fix it for you. Really. I'm not sure Congress has ever fixed an executive agency. Legislative oversight just...
- Tags: FCC, Agency, Federal Government, Advertising & Promotion, Government, Marketing, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-06-17
- How Obama's electronic medical record plan could jolt content management’s importance
- I had a jolt of enthusiasm the other day when drinking my Red Bull and thinking of President Barack Obama’s push for real electronic records management. As Ron Miller said a while ago on the topic: Bex Huff, who is a consultant specializing in Oracle Enterprise Content Management, wonders...
- Tags: Electronic Health Record, Health Care, Content Management, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Human Resources, Doc
- Sponsored content 2009-06-16
- The case for a Global Digital Public Library Network policy
- By Bill Kallman This guest blog is penned by Bill Kallman, CEO of Scayl, a direct, unlimited secure email solution, a longtime VC and real estate investor. He was a founding director of Streamcast, one of the defendant's in the landmark MGM v Grokster ruling. He holds...
- Tags: Google Inc., Network, Radio, Library, Digital Library, Library Network, GDPLN, Content Industry, Copyright War, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-05-22
- (Photos: Tax day rally draws crowds)
- (Photos: Tax day rally draws crowds)Media seems overcome by lack of understandingI could not make it to one of the rally's but I'm not a right wing conservative either. I did not like how Clinton, Bush or now Obama continue to grow the Gov and take away rights while...
- Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Advertising & Promotion, tax, media, Tax Day, photograph
- Discussion threads 2009-04-17
- Adobe Web Awards at SxSWi 2009
- It's time for the award ceremony for SxSW Interactive. The event was held at the Hilton ballroom and hosted by Onion comedian Baratunde Thurston. The winners are listed below. I am very excited to dig though this list myself because these are the...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Web, Destination, Winner, Channel Management, Web Site Development, Internet, Marketing, Andrew Mager
- Blog posts 2009-03-15
- Internet Inauguration: The Interactive Introduction of the Obama Presidency
- Internet Inauguration: The Interactive Introduction of the Obama PresidencyAm I the only one creeped out by this posterIt looks just a little bit too much like this one.http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/LENIN%203.jpglyvegyde - links to live, inaugural webcastsMy brother and I created a website called lyvegyde (http://www.lyvegyde.com) that provides links to live, online events....
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Internet Streaming, Interactive Introduction, Internet Inauguration, Obama Presidency, Interactive, TV, Internet
- Discussion threads 2009-01-19
- British police can now hack citizens' PCs
- British police can now hack citizens' PCsDifferences...The only difference between Britain and the US... Britian is public with its plans and has government approval. The US has faced scrutiny of Congress but intelligence agencies pressed ahead anyway and already data mine all of your communications.Say hi to your Uncle...
- Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Desktops, Spyware, British Police, PC, e-mail
- Discussion threads 2009-01-04
- No drama, Obama? Sounds dramatic to me...
- In today's radio address, the President-elect specifically said he intends to add jobs in the greentech sector. Here's the specific passage: "We’ll put people back to work rebuilding our crumbling roads and bridges, modernizing schools that are failing our children, and building wind farms and solar panels; fuel-efficient cars...
- Tags: Alternative Energy, Government, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-11-22
- Help Steve Jobs (Or GM) Design The iCar
- Help Steve Jobs Or GM Design The iCarPLEASE............And I suppose when it needs a new battery...I have to spend USD$5,000.00 to ship the car back to Stevie Boy to get it replaced?And is he going to limit what type of fuel it runs on, and how often I can fill...
- Tags: iCAR, Steve Jobs, car, UAW, General Motors Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-11-13
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