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- P2P legislation is smart next step in piracy education
- Honesty not intelligence"One of the things that has always bothered me about the Recording Industry Association of America and its file-sharing lawsuits is that, for many of those people, their biggest crime is being uninformed."One of the things that has always bothered me about ZDNET and its file-sharing posts: the...
- Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), P2P legislation, music, file-sharing, P2P
- Discussion threads 2009-10-02
- Can Microsoft, Yahoo and Amazon help scuttle Google's book settlement?
- Microsoft, Yahoo and Amazon are reportedly joining the Internet Archive and other non-profit groups to dismantle Google's book settlement with publishers and authors. According to the Wall Street Journal, New York Times and others, the group of tech giants and library groups will be co-led by Gary...
- Tags: Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Settlement, Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., Litigation, Business Operations, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-08-21
- The First Amendment rights of anonymous defamers
- Photo posted on 'Skanks of NYC' blog Yesterday I wrote that a Manhattan federal judge has ordered Google to tell supermodel Liskula Cohen the identity of the blogger behind the "Skanks of NYC" blog, which brands Cohen "a psychotic, lying, whoring, still going to clubs at her...
- Tags: Defamation, First Amendment, Cahill, Courts, D.C. Case, Internet, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-08-20
- The Speakers Group: 'Women will be better represented'
- The last couple of weeks begot a bit of brouhaha when The Speakers Group posted a "top 10 list" of social media speakers that included only men. The Internet backlash was severe from a social media community up in arms, questioning why the speakers bureau couldn't find at least one...
- Tags: Women, Speaker, Blog, Social Media, Charlene, Gender And Diversity, Human Resources, Jennifer Leggio
- Blog posts 2009-08-04
- Internet Radio agreement: Good enough for now
- Hollywood and Silicon Valley have reached an agreement on Internet radio - an experimental payment structure that is far from perfect but much better than the alternative rate system that threatened to put Web-based streaming sites out of business. The agreement creates a tiered-system for the radio...
- Tags: Revenue, Internet Radio, Agreement, Webcaster, SoundExchange, Operational Accounting, Finance, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-07-07
- RIAA's $1.92 million victory: more about message, less about money
- The Recording Industry Association of America won a big one yesterday - a $1.92 million judgment against a woman charged with copyright infringement. But you won't hear champagne bottles popping open in Hollywood. Is anyone really a winner here? Does the RIAA expect to see a single...
- Tags: Judgment, RIAA, Internet, Productivity, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-06-19
- The Groundswell of Social Media Backlash
- There appears to be a fully fledged backlash against 'social media' marketing emerging, with commentary in both areas you'd expect and in places you might not. This is tough on the people who have solid foundations for what marketing messaging is all about,...
- Tags: Facebook, Procter & Gamble Co., Social Media, Burger King Corp., Josh, Desktop Publishing, Marketing Research, Software, Marketing, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2009-05-23
- 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
- Google on the defensive as book deal starts to come apart
- Google on the defensive as book deal starts to come apartall books should be free in electronic formCan't the publishers see the tidal FOSS wipping out proprietary software?They don't realize that there is an analogy between copyrighted books and proprietary software that points to their demise.It's already happening with the...
- Tags: INTERNET, Google Just, Google Inc., book deal
- Discussion threads 2009-04-29
- Apple to launch 'variable-pricing' for iTunes
- It appears that Apple has finally caved to the pressures of the recording industry. According to a report in the Los Angeles Times, Apple will introduce variable pricing for digital music on the iTunes Music Store starting April 7, raising the price of the hottest and most popular tracks to...
- Tags: Recording Industry, Apple Inc., Apple iTunes, Digital Media, Digital Music, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-03-26
- AT&T is first ISP to bully music pirates for RIAA
- updates below It looks like the Recording Industry Association of America has deputized its first Internet Service Provider to police the Internet for music pirates. CNET reports that AT&T is the the first to team with the RIAA following reports in December that the...
- Tags: Comcast Corp., RIAA, Internet Service Provider, AT&T Corp., Piracy, Music Pirate, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-03-25
- Newspapers as non-profits? Not a bad idea
- If President Obama can argue that AIG going bankrupt would have led to a collapse of the whole financial system and, therefore, was worthy of government assistance, then there's also a valid argument that newspapers, carrying out their roles as watchdogs of government, are worthy of some help from Washington,...
- Tags: Newspaper, Government, Corporate Governance, Advertising & Promotion, Vertical Industries, Taxes, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Financial Planning, Finance, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-03-24
- Barbara Liskov wins 2008 Turing Award
- I don't tend to report or blog much about various scientific awards that get handed out over the year. However, this one is worth a quick note since Barbara Liskov co-wrote one of the canonical college texts on programming Abstraction and Specification in Program Development and has had a...
- Tags: Award, Programming Language, Programming, Programming Languages, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-03-10
- Why I am against pure net neutrality
- Why I am against pure net neutrality100 per cent disagreeLet's compare this to cable TV. Originally all cable providers were supposed to provide a certain amount of channels/bandwidth to public access stations but once they sobbed for similar reasons -- having to monitor for inappropriate content and to keep costs...
- Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Net Neutrality, pure net neutrality, Internet Service Provider
- Discussion threads 2009-02-23
- Student suicide threat over RIAA bullying tactics
- After checking Twitter a few moments ago, I was shocked, horrified and appalled at the news that a student from Chicago threatened suicide over the forceful, bullying tactics of major media corporations. I didn't think my 200th post on ZDNet would result in me saying this. ...
- Tags: RIAA, Music, Thomas Perrelli, Piracy, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2009-02-16
- Why RIAA, ISP cooperation may deliver returns for both sides
- The Recording Industry Association of America and Internet service providers are reportedly pairing up to police illegal downloads. CNET News' Greg Sandoval and Maggie Reardon report: AT&T and Comcast, two of the nation's largest Internet service providers, are expected to be among a group of ISPs...
- Tags: RIAA, Internet Service Provider, CNET News, Downloadeverymovieandsong, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-01-29
- RIAA dumps its primary evidence collector
- The Recording Industry Association has dropped MediaSentry, an outfit that scans the Internet for folks allegedly uploading copyrighted music. According to the Wall Street Journal, the RIAA quietly dropped MediaSentry, a company that provided the RIAA most of its lawsuit firepower. The Journal makes the leap that...
- Tags: Lawsuit, RIAA, Recording Industry Association, MediaSentry, Journal, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-01-04
- ISP to RIAA: Pay up or do your own dirty work
- I love stories of the little guy going head-to-head with the big guys, especially when the big guy looks like a fool in the end. CNET's Greg Sandoval tells the story of a small Internet Service Provider in Louisiana whose owner has refused to play ball with...
- Tags: RIAA, Jerry Scroggin, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Piracy, Internet, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-12-22
- RIAA drops mass lawsuits, recruits ISPs to crack the whip
- The headlines across the blogosphere make it sound like the Recording Industry Association of America has thrown in the towel and decided to stop going after music pirates on the Internet. That's not exactly the case. Instead, the RIAA is teaming up with Internet Service Providers to...
- Tags: Lawsuit, RIAA, Internet Service Provider, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Piracy, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-12-19
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