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- Music sites caving to pressure from labels?
- Music sites caving to pressure from labels?It's time...It's time for all decent, freedom-loving people to call on the DoJ to start an investigation of the RIAA for violation of RICO statutes.These thugs will destroy anything they perceive as a threat and there are currently too few consumer protections. No one...
- Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), RIAA, illegaly, Music Site, piracy
- Discussion threads 2005-09-22
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- Microsoft's quarter, outlook mixed; Client revenue misses; Xbox shines
- Microsoft's quarter, outlook mixed; Client revenue misses; Xbox shinesFor reference:This quarter was the one year anniversary of all those Vista coupons being cashed and the profits recorded. That's a reason the numbers were lower this year.Vista SP 1 was not released in time to produce a level of new...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Taxes, Microsoft Xbox, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-04-24
- U.S. may take action on EU electronics tariffs
- U.S. may take action on EU electronics tariffsJust bring in before the U.N. and let them handle itthey're supposed to be some important world political force, let them act it.WHAT WHAT WHAT ... what a bunch of sick hypocritsMAn the USA will do what turn to WTO for help...
- Tags: Free trade, tariff, World Trade Organization, electronics tariff, electronics, Canadian Softwood
- Discussion threads 2008-01-09
- 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
- TorrentSpy shuts down in the U.S.
- TorrentSpy shuts down in the U.S.the dmca isnt that bad after all huh?loggin your ramz.torrent spy sucked anywaysThere are so many better torrent sites out there, its funny. One dies and 3 others rise in its place.And another one bites the dust.Go ahead, rant all you like, won't change a...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, TorrentSpy, MPAA, software
- Discussion threads 2007-08-27
- Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage system down for the count?
- Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage system down for the count?The WGA Team Resolved This Issue Quickly!To the very, very few that eXPerienced an issue with validating Windows XP or Windows Vista, the problem was resolved in short order. Anyone who did eXPerience an issue should visit http://www.microsoft.com/genuine/default.aspxand click on "Validate...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, Bloatfarm, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-08-25
- Podcaster loses cybersquat of 'Simpsons Movie' site
- Podcaster loses cybersquat of 'Simpsons Movie' siteCybersquatting is a common problemIn this case a relatively small guy wronged a very big entity and lost. In my experience, I ‘backordered’ a domain with Godaddy, didn't get it, but was contacted by BuyDomains.com and offered to domain for $10,000. I should never...
- Tags: Podcaster, Simpsons Movie, domain, WIPO, Cybersquatting
- Discussion threads 2007-07-25
- A YouTube Competitor in Silverlight and 1080p Flash Video
- A YouTube Competitor in Silverlight and 1080p Flash VideoHow is DRM important for consumers?Since this is a blog post about video, I'll assume you are referring to DRM and video files. How exactly is DRM more important? It's a nuisance at best, and more often than not it inhibits people...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Video Platform, 1080p, Microsoft Silverlight, YouTube Inc., digital-rights management, DRM IS, content creator
- Discussion threads 2007-06-12
- It's official - Microsoft has closed the door to modded Xbox consoles
- It's official - Microsoft has closed the door to modded Xbox consolesMy Hardware, my rightsSound like the WGA fiasco. Peoples will come up with way to bypass that illegal console check and regular console will be illegaly tagged as modded. MS as no right to ban people for having a...
- Tags: Game players, Games, Microsoft Corp., console, Microsoft Xbox, XboXes, game
- Discussion threads 2007-05-18
- Politicos take on YouTube, video's future
- Politicos take on YouTube, video's futureInteresting but...Trying to argue with the guys that make the laws that the DMCA protects them is a sure fire way of making certain they change the law so it doesn't.So, I wonder and I am certain so does Congress how if they can keep...
- Tags: Corporate communications, YouTube Video, YouTube Inc., video, permission, U.S. Congress, DMCA
- Discussion threads 2007-05-10
- Net crackdown in China continues
- Net crackdown in China continuesUnlegitimate contryChina as no credibility of any kind. it should be totaly isolated from the reste of the world and all company stopped from doing business with a despot goverment.... until china as democracy implemented. The free world's power need to clean the planet one and...
- Tags: Government, Vertical industries, SECURITY, China Continue
- Discussion threads 2007-04-26
- EMI has just killed DRM
- EMI has just killed DRMCopy Protection has *NEVER* workedBack in the pre-CP/M days they tried copy protection. Everything from malformed tracks on floppy disks, to laser drilled holes in diskettes. Lotus 123 tried it, games tried it, CAD systems and other uber-expensive software tried it, and failed.Now it's RIAA's turn.Those...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, copy protection, Now IT, digital-rights management, DRM-free, EMI Group Plc.
- Discussion threads 2007-04-02
- Is Apple "unmodding" modded Apple TV boxes?
- Is Apple "unmodding" modded Apple TV boxes?Classic Apple behaviorI'm not too surprised about this, since Apple is infamous for doing everything possible to keep their software running on their hardware. Here we're seeing the opposite: making sure only their hardware runs their own software.Apple, let the users run what they...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, TVs, Apple Inc., Apple TV, hardware, software, TV
- Discussion threads 2007-03-30
- U of Nebraska can't track down downloading students
- U of Nebraska can't track down downloading students"Me thinks thou does't protests too much"I like a bloody good rant, however, the spelling and poor sentence structure makes me wonder about the education level of the writer.The RIAA and like organizations are trying to protect their interests, and presumably the interest...
- Tags: University of Nebraska, RIAA, music
- Discussion threads 2007-03-19
- Sony's lame response to PS3 backward-compatibility critics
- Sony's lame response to PS3 backward-compatibility criticsSony is KaputSony is paying for all its unpunish illegal activities (especialy the infection of millions of compunter with Virus/Root Kit). Sony is a has been. it was a great hardware company, not it is just a common crook. PS3 is a total flop....
- Tags: Game players, Games, Blu-ray, Sony PlayStation Portable, Sony Corp., Sony PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii
- Discussion threads 2007-02-28
- Steve Jobs, DRM and eating money
- Steve Jobs, DRM and eating moneyDoesn't Microsoft do both?There are still hundreds of players using Microsoft's 'open' DRM to use your coinage and they're not going away. Zune is probably an experiment; possibly a mistake in which Microsoft says 'if the market wants iPod style systems, we'll give it to...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Peer to peer (P2P), Digital media, P2P, digital-rights management, assembler, Microsoft Corp., Apple iTunes
- Discussion threads 2007-02-07
- Jobs on DRM: We want iTunes to be DRM free, but...
- Jobs on DRM: We want iTunes to be DRM free, but...Why not just do it thenThere is a ton of music being sold DRM free on other sites. Sure it might not be from one of the Big Five recording corporations but there are a ton more independent studio out...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Apple iTunes, job, P2P, digital-rights management
- Discussion threads 2007-02-06
- Russia agrees to shut down Allofmp3.com
- Russia agrees to shut down Allofmp3.comAnother battle won while losing the warThey shut down AllOfMp3, well, that sucks for AllOfMp3 and their customers (I never purchased, unlike Itunes, etc where the artist can get from between 0 and 7 cents, they always get nothing from AOMP3), they just can't see...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, MPAA, criminal organisation, RIAA, AllofMP3.com, music
- Discussion threads 2006-11-29
- Latest toe in the movie download pond? Wal-Mart
- Latest toe in the movie download pond? Wal-Martummm, maybe for the average userjust becuase the video come in WMV format doesnt mean a thing, i guarantee i could conver them to the required format to make them play on an ipod, Mac or linux build, linux is especially easy, any...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Consumer electronics, Linux, PRODUCTIVITY, Digital media, DVD, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., computer
- Discussion threads 2006-11-28
- Universal Music sues two video-sharing sites
- Universal Music sues two video-sharing sitesHave some cheeseGoes well with your whine.Ok That a good idea!let's start by:The Digital Mafia (MPAA/RIAA) for countless violation of comsumer rights and illegal mafia like activities and court of law proven criminalSony for infecting millions of computer with rootkit/MalewareMacrovision for breaking consumer rights laws...
- Tags: Corporate communications, big pirate, video, piracy, Universal Music Group
- Discussion threads 2006-10-17
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