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Solicitor General, conservatives back Hollywood

Solicitor General, conservatives back HollywoodHere we go again.It's rather sad to see this same battle played out time and again. This battle has nothing to do with infringement -- it has everything to do with control. If the industry can't control the distribution channel, it must be destroyed.The threat to...

Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), Digital music, Digital media, P2P, rampant copyright infringement, Solicitor General, massive copyright infringement, legitimate purpose, software

Discussion threads 2005-01-24

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Seeking a Stallman for open source

Stallman is for OSS what Washington was for USAWe need more people like Stallman to liberate us from the M$ tirany not Benedict Arnolds like Icaza!We need to speek louder about M$ dirty deeds not to seek peace with the devil.Stallman is a liberalJust thought LinuxGeek ought to know that....

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Stallman, open source, Icaza, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-09

Microsoft appeals for stay of Word injunction

Microsoft didn't mention this when they should have!Great day for Open Office - i4i said it has looked at OpenOffice and found it doesn?t infringe on its patents. Oh dear. Poor Microsoft. From Groklaw -http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20090817235436439"I have a question for Microsoft. Why didn't they tell us about this i4i patent litigation...

Tags: Microsoft Word, Mary Jo-Foley, Groklaw, Microsoft Corp., Office Open XML, I4i, patent

Discussion threads 2009-08-19

Tenenbaum admits all, while judge's ruling opens the door to a massive damages award

More high drama in the Tenenbaum trial, as defendant Joel Tenenbaum cheerily admitted illegal downloading and uploading of the 30 songs for which he's accused of copyright violations. Ben Sheffner reports for Ars Technica on Joel's witness box revelations: ...

Tags: Tenenbaum, Filesharers, Piracy, Strategy, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Management, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-07-30

Fearing reversal, RIAA opts for the money in Harper case

Ars Technica reports that the RIAA has changed course in the copyright infringement case of a teenage girl who downloaded 37 songs over Kazaa. The judge in Maverick v. Harper had held that Whitney Harper, 16 at the time of her offenses, was an "innocent infringer" and awarded a...

Tags: RIAA, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-10-19

Thomas case reveals obscene penalties for P2P downloaders

<Update>Further note from Ray Beckerman from Recording Industry v The People on the issue of whether MediaSentry's downloading would suffice for the distribution charge see Investigator Downloading section below: "There still has to be sale or other transfer of ownership, or rental, lease, or lending. And the dissemination has to...

Tags: Distribution, P2P, RIAA, Verdict, Judge, Investigator Downloading, Thomas, Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-09-25

MPAA says proof isn't necessary to convict Thomas

PC World columnist Scott Nichols summarizes the MPAA's arguments in Capitol Records v. Thomas as saying that proof is not required in a trial. The issue, you will recall, is whether mere proof that someone "made available" content is as good as proving that they actually distributed. Says the MPAA:...

Tags: MPAA, Evidence, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-06-23

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

Browser battle v2: Opera's complaint about Microsoft may sell better in Europe

Browser battle v2: Opera's complaint about Microsoft may sell better in EuropeUmm......Opera isn't open-source.One correction[i]Forcing Microsoft to strip IE out of Windows or abandon its web standards charge could be a major setback for Microsoft, which still owns more than 93 percent of the PC desktop market.[/i]This isn't true. Apple...

Tags: Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Opera Software ASA, operating system, Web browser

Discussion threads 2007-12-13

Justice comes out against Jammie Thomas

After Jammie Thomas left court with a $222,000 judgment against her for allegedly illegally downloading music, she vowed to appeal the decision. The basis of the appeal was that the statutory fines the jury levied against her are unconstitutional, considering that the actual value of each download is only about...

Tags: Damage, Infringement, Internet, Workforce Management, Human Resources, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2007-12-05

Warner Music Group boss: We went to war with consumers, and the consumers won

The boss of Warner Music Group has made a staggering admission - the music industry itself has to shoulder at least some of the blame for the rise in popularity of file-sharing. Edgar Bronfman, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Warner Music Group, told the audience at...

Tags: File-sharing, Warner Music Group Corp., Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2007-11-15

Coming Soon: Microsoft 2.0 the book

Coming Soon: Microsoft 2.0 the bookCan we ban the "2.0" buzzword already?This 2.0, That 2.0, everything 2.0. It should be on that list of banned words/phrases that that one university comes out with every year.Microsoft is 32 years old so 2.0 doesn't seem quite appropriate -- maybe 2.0 was...

Tags: Web 2.0, Desktops, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft 2.0

Discussion threads 2007-09-26

Amazon launches DRM-free iTunes killer

Amazon launches DRM-free iTunes killerIt should be 320K bit rateOr even better, direct full bitrate downloads! Apple needs competition since they're no angels themselves when it comes to DRM.RE: Amazon launches DRM-free iTunes killer89¢ is a lot more than 0, thoughRE: Amazon launches DRM-free iTunes killerI think its a...

Tags: Digital media, EMusic, Amazon.com Inc., DRM-free iTunes killer, DRM-free iTunes, killer

Discussion threads 2007-09-25

No iPhone for me, thanks to AT&T!

No iPhone for me, thanks to AT&T!Don't sweat over pipe dreamsOh please, like they'd ever actually be able to do something about it. This is all just empty rhetoric, wishing for some magical tech solution that will never exist.Remember also with the iPhone that you'll be able to join...

Tags: WIRELESS, Wi-Fi, Apple iPhone, MPAA, RIAA, AT&T Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-06-14

Google CEO tows Google line at D5

Google CEO tows Google line at D5copyright infringement ought to bring Google to its knees." On allegations of "massive copyright infringement" aka Viacom $1 billion dolllar lawsuit."What just $1 billion. That number should be increasing by the day.

Tags: Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-06-01

Google CEO tows Google line at D5

Google CEO Eric Schmidt may have had closing honors at the D5 All Things Digital Conference in San Diego, but he didn't seize the moment to break new Google ground.By all reports, Schmidt offered his standard conference circuit pitch.1) On allegations of "massive copyright infringement" aka Viacom $1 billion dolllar lawsuit.Schmidt: "We follow...

Tags: Google, CEO Interviews

Blog posts 2007-05-31

Why Google is more dangerous than Microsoft

Is Google the next Microsoft? NO, Google will one-up Microsoft.While John The Google Search Battelle pleas "Death of journalism--Blame Google? No. Ask Google to lead? Yes," Google merrily puruses its Google News is NO friend to newspaper stance.Google appears to have learned a thing or two from Microsoft, NOT in a good way.Why is...

Tags: Google, Metrics

Blog posts 2007-05-30

Why YouTube is a losing video proposition

The Google YouTube massive copyright infringement saga continunes, big time. BUT, the New Jersey Turnpike Authority has NOT "jumped on any "let's sue YouTube  bandwagon," as is cavalerily proclaimed: "YouTube just can't seem to keep those lawsuits off its back."Why are the copyright infringement lawsuits "backing up" against YouTube? Because Google's YouTube operations are...

Tags: YouTube, Video, Google

Blog posts 2007-05-25

Google YouTube: Will Microsoft, Yahoo have last laugh?

Robert Scoble headlines: “Google to Yahoo and Microsoft: The $1.65 billion was worth it,” as an end game conclusion to Google’s much ballyhooed Universal Search: Ahh, now you all understand what I meant when I said YouTube is a moat, not a revenue generator. By putting YouTube results into Google’s main...

Tags: Copyright, Content, Google, Google Ads, Microsoft, Search Advertising, Video, Yahoo

Blog posts 2007-05-17

YouTube copyright lawsuits mount: Who needs Google?

The Google YouTube lawsuits for massive copyright infringement are coming at a fast and furious pace.The latest, as reported by Bloomberg News:"Google Inc.s YouTube unit was sued by David Grisman, a mandolin player who once performed with the Grateful Dead, over what he says are unauthorized postings of his music,...

Tags: Google, Video, YouTube

Blog posts 2007-05-15