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- College Opportunity and Affordability Act passes...Napster anyone?
- The College Opportunity and Affordability Act is a largely benign bill passed by the US House of Representatives Thursday that funds student financial aid, among many other pieces of higher education in the States. As Ars Technica points out, though, COAA makes a host of...
- Tags: University, File-swapping, Napster Inc., Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-02-07
- Digital media ethics: it's personal
- Digital media ethics: it's personalObvious AnswerOf course it is theft to copy cd's you checked out of the library or to copy DVD's you rented from Netflix or Blockbuster. You do not own the copy and have not paid for the right to own the material in question. That is...
- Tags: music industry, file-swapping, CD, X-Copy, recording industry, ethics, digital media
- Discussion threads 2007-10-17
- Terrorized by file swappers
- Terrorized by file swappersMPAA Nothing Has Chaged - Except For Hype.Although the above article is dated way back. I do not find any change in the technology advancements. I am presently working on an anti piracy solution for the analogue celluloid motion picture.There is no external device or IR/laser/finger printing...
- Tags: Piracy, Peer to peer (P2P), camcorder, antipiracy, file-swapping
- Discussion threads 2007-06-16
- File-swapping leaders nearing D-Day
- File-swapping leaders nearing D-DayBecause of Google everything will be FREEAlmost free...Throughout its relatively brief history, Google has enjoyed an excellent reputation with the computer-using public. Its services have been for the most part free, easy to use, and widely available. As they venture into video and music sales they will...
- Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), INTERNET, Strategy, Digital media, theive, P2P, file-swapping
- Discussion threads 2006-02-01
- File-swapping fine upheld by appeals court
- File-swapping fine upheld by appeals courtShe admitted to doingThen didn't even argue against the actual reason she was in court. They weren't after her for illegally downloading. They were after her for making 1300 songs available. That's why this is a civil case. The defendant here encouraged and enable others...
- Tags: CD, Disney Corp., RIAA, music, file-swapping
- Discussion threads 2005-12-12
- Congress to legislate Grokster?
- Congress to legislate Grokster?Senator should get educated before spouting off like a fool[i]A California senator has suggested that because file-sharing networks continue to house illegal files, they should be shut down.[/i]This show's the senator has no clue about the topic in which she is against. Everyone who know anything about...
- Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), file-swapping, content company, intellectual property industry, file-sharing, U.S. Congress, intellectual property, Grokster Ltd.
- Discussion threads 2005-09-28
- Legal music downloads triple worldwide
- Legal music downloads triple worldwideLawsuits not the cause"The group noted that 14,227 lawsuits have been announced against file-swappers in 12 countries since the Recording Industry Association of America first began its campaign in September 2003."Apple iTunes was a success LONG BEFORE THE LAWSUITS, its not a case of cause and...
- Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), Digital music, Digital media, Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, Legal music download, lawsuit, music download, music, file-swapping, Napster Inc.
- Discussion threads 2005-07-21
- Ruling won't slow file-swapping, experts say
- Ruling won't slow file-swapping, experts sayWar-> resistance-> losses-> defeat the war-makers.Why bother to start? NTNTWho are your "experts" your headline speaks of?All I see is comments from the folks that got spanked by the courts. Sorry, you fail horribly...ZDNet, do you have JJJ from Spiderman making up headlines for...
- Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), P2P, music, RIAA, income, file-swapping
- Discussion threads 2005-06-27
- Supreme Court rules against file-swapping firms
- Supreme Court rules against file-swapping firmsGoodbye innovationWow. This is really disappointing. The entertainment industry is going to lock down everything tight and sue innovation away. It's so short sighted of them. The innovation actually benefits all of us. Music file sharing just made them open up a new avenue for...
- Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), Strategy, file-swapping, RIAA, innovation
- Discussion threads 2005-06-27
- Justices to rule on fate of file-swapping
- Justices to rule on fate of file-swappingProtecting big media profitsIt seems to me that copyright infringement should be pursued by the MPAA and the RIAA along with lw enforcement. It is not acceptable to destroy or otherwise limit the file sharing technology that many of us in the FOSS world...
- Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, P2P facilitator, Fedora Project, P2P, facilitator, file-swapping
- Discussion threads 2005-06-17
- FAQ: Betamax--tech's favorite ruling
- FAQ: Betamax--tech's favorite rulingHR2391Is anyone else horrified with HR2391, which I understand is due to be voted on by the Senate imminently? In addition to all the peer-to-peer issues, this bill seems to make illegal to skip commercials. I hope some elected official had the sense to snip...
- Tags: Consumer electronics, Sales strategy, Peer to peer (P2P), file-swapping, DVD, Beta Max, Sony Betamax, MPAA
- Discussion threads 2005-03-28
- File swapping war takes a dangerous turn
- File swapping war takes a dangerous turnVery dangerous, indeedThis total [u]perversion[/u] of copyright law has gotten completely out of hand. This is the kind of thing we can look forward to for our children. History is only accessible for those with the "proper permission". This link is indicative of where...
- Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), Strategy, Electronic Frontier Foundation, unlawful mean, file-swapping, MPAA, RIAA
- Discussion threads 2005-01-28
- RIAA sues 717 file-swappers
- RIAA sues 717 file-swappersA lame attemptThose comppaney's are the one's responsible for their loses, when somebody ownes a precious diamond he doesn't leave it on the front porch, he gets a safe and installs a sophisticated alram system that is the rational thing to do.if his valuable asset was...
- Tags: Consumer electronics, record company, DVD, RIAA, file-swapping
- Discussion threads 2005-01-27
- eXeem opens new file-swapping doors
- eXeem opens new file-swapping doorsThe site that "dontexist" still lists over 500 BT sitesSilly silly greedy piggys.The next step ...for the enforcers will be to simply identify the ports the new software uses and go knocking on those ports looking for contraband content. It will indeed make it tougher...
- Tags: Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, Peer to peer (P2P), SECURITY, crook, file-swapping, eXeem, MPAA, adware, eMule, Kazaa, RIAA
- Discussion threads 2005-01-21
- BitTorrent file-swapping networks face crisis
- BitTorrent file-swapping networks face crisisWell good!This doesn't mean that torrents can no longer be hosted. It simply means that the hosted torrents had better not link to content that belongs to somebody else. And whats wrong with that. BitTorrent is NOT in a state of crisis. ...
- Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), Sales strategy, Strategy, network, P2P, Napster Inc., RIAA, BitTorrent, MPAA, file-swapping
- Discussion threads 2004-12-20
- RIAA files 754 new file-swapping suits
- RIAA files 754 new file-swapping suitsOUTSTANDING, go for RIAA!!!And demand a bigger settlement this time!Any...Any trolls care to weigh in on this subject?yawn......I see hollywood creating this movie about Witch-Hunts... They know someone is doing something wrong, but are they pointing the finger at the right person.... who knows.....
- Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), Litigation, marketing, RIAA, music, file-swapping
- Discussion threads 2004-12-16
- FTC focuses on file swapping
- FTC focuses on file swappingIf only they invested this much effort into finding out if Iraq had WMDsJust goes to show you where the priorities are. If the movie/record criminal enterprises had no money this would have been a dead issue long ago. It's always funny to watch desperate squirming...
- Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), government, file-swapping, P2P, software patent, FTC, software
- Discussion threads 2004-12-15
- Music industry, file-swappers square off
- Music industry, file-swappers square offKazaa should counter-sueThe recording industry for polluting the network with completely invalid files (not for the act itself, but I wouldn't doubt the recording industry is using some shady or downright illegal practices to make this work..).They've made it virtually impossible to download a high quality...
- Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), IPac, Kazaa, roach, P2P, file-swapping
- Discussion threads 2004-11-30
- RIAA targets students in new file-swapping suits
- RIAA targets students in new file-swapping suitsThe continual lawsuits may build thefoundations for legitimate net music services, or even brink and mortar, but I'm hoping that it'll put more consumer and govt focus on making sure big music does treat the consumer base fairly, including a true, cold hard look...
- Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), SCO Group Inc., RIAA, music, file-swapping, lawsuit
- Discussion threads 2004-10-28
- D.C. showdown over file swapping looms
- D.C. showdown over file swapping loomsDown the Hatch!I wonder if buddy Orrin is running for re-election this year?Seriously, there is NO WAY to prevent media theft. The ONLY WAY to survive this challenge is to GIVE THE CONSUMERS WHAT THEY WANT. Consumers, by and large, want CONVENIENCE! Why do people...
- Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), Web site development, Web technology, RIAA, file-swapping
- Discussion threads 2004-10-07
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