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- 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
- Could open source exist without the Betamax case?
- The recording industry's legal claim that users can't even copy CDs they have bought envisions a world where the Betamax decision does not exist. The 1984 Betamax case, technically called Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc., held that individuals have a legal right to copies of...
- Tags: Sony Betamax, Recording Industry, Internet, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-01-01
- U of Oregon fights RIAA subpoenas
- The fight against the RIAA seems to be lining up some serious firepower. The University of Oregon and the state's attorney general are asking a federal judge to quash a subpoena issued by the recording industry seeking the names of 17 unidentified UO students, says Ars Technica. The RIAA's...
- Tags: School, Recording Industry, RIAA, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2007-11-02
- Making college students accountable
- Making college students accountableYour right they should, if for no other reason thanCYA. At least that way the university's can say "we are trying!"Give me a break: the music is overpriced, the sales model anachronisticThe "downloading music-is-theft" crowd is of course right by the letter of the law, however it...
- Tags: music, recording industry
- Discussion threads 2007-10-31
- 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
- You're NOT going to believe this about one of the RIAA trial jurors
- You're NOT going to believe this about one of the RIAA trial jurorsWhy do you continue to defending this woman?She clearly was breaking the law. I have seen few people who actually believe she was not guilty. The uproar appears to be centered around the damages awarded (which I think...
- Tags: trial juror, RIAA, uproar
- Discussion threads 2007-10-10
- DRM: The hearse is right on schedule
- DRM: The hearse is right on scheduleRe: Where's Apple?Right where they wanted to be to begin with.Selling iPods.RIP DRM ...DRM doesn't sell ... so much for the tail wagging the dog strategy. No amount of effort on the part of the content industry and no amount of effort on...
- Tags: Apple Inc., digital-rights management, recording industry
- Discussion threads 2007-08-10
- Today's Internet radio boycott won't matter
- Yes, I know its a cliche to call today's Internet music radio boycott "the day the music died," but actually that's not much of a stretch.Backgrounder: numerous Internet radio stations- from large ones operated by Yahoo and MTV to smaller ones operated out of garages- fall silent today in protest...
- Tags: Streaming media, Regulatory
- Blog posts 2007-06-26
- Is EMI the chink in the RIAA armor?
- Does anyone really believe the RIAA when they tell us that 'the sky is falling' from rampant piracy? Just last year, the recording industry, was trying to strong-arm Apple into raising its base price for it's entire DRM-protected music library. Apple held firm on its 99 cent pricing model and drew...
- Tags: Education Technology
- Blog posts 2007-06-04
- EMI and Beatles strike royalty harmony
- EMI and Beatles strike royalty harmonyWow, even the Beatles got ripped offPretty amazing to learn that the RIAA company EMI wasn't living up to the terms of their contract with probably the most famous rock band ever. Failing to pay $59 million in royalties owed to the Beatles. ...
- Tags: recording industry, Beatles, EMI Group Plc., royalty harmony
- Discussion threads 2007-04-13
- Digital culturus interruptus: Right here, right now, the almighty copyright finally comes home to roost
- Digital culturus interruptus: Right here, right now, the almighty copyright finally comes home to roostI liked this article so much...I bought the domain! (theothertube.com)Excellent reporting!Thanks David,this is the sort of in-depth article that ZDNet needs - factual, up-to-date, informative and entertaining. Too often lately others have posted rehashed old non-news....
- Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Strategy, recording industry, Joe Blow, Viacom Inc., media company, Roy Orbison, YouTube Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-03-13
- Technology makes it too easy to break copyright laws
- I'm a firm believer that copyright laws are an essential tool in making sure that the creator of any piece of work whether that work be analog or digital gets a fair opportunity to make a The way that I see current copyright laws being used to criminalize minor copyright...
- Tags: music, piracy, recording industry, copyright law
- Blog posts 2006-06-20
- The DRM nightmare: Not only does it get worse, it recurs
- The DRM nightmare: Not only does it get worse, it recursHave you tried MP3Tunes or Magnatune?Both Magnatune.com and MP3Tunes don't put any DRM on their music. Or you could try BadApple to get iTunes songs onto other players.This is one of many problemswith the current line of thinking within this...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, recording industry, digital-rights management, music
- Discussion threads 2005-09-27
- Prison terms on tap for 'prerelease' pirates
- Prison terms on tap for 'prerelease' piratesSeems to me that pre-release piracywould be an inside job. Can't the studios/labels/software houses see this and put appropriate security in place to keep this from happening? Pharmaceuticals can keep tiny pills from going out the door, jewelers can keep tiny...
- Tags: Taxes, Wi-Fi, Digital media, Apple iTunes, WiMAX, WiMAX STEAMROLLER, piracy, tax, recording industry
- Discussion threads 2005-04-19
- Can IM morph into 'instant music'?
- Can IM morph into 'instant music'?Whats The Poblem?basically this artical says that msn messenger will soon enable peer to peer music sharing right? so if you think about it this is the bestest news the record industry has ever had if they actually thought about it.microsoft is a multi billion...
- Tags: Digital media, Instant messaging, recording industry, Microsoft Corp., music, IM, P2P, software
- Discussion threads 2004-09-22
- Labels to dampen CD burning?
- Labels to dampen CD burning?Just another reason I won't buy CD's anymoreI think the slide in sales is because they treat their customers like criminals, the music being released these days is over manufactured and cheesy, geared towards teens mostly and marketed on sex (if spears was fat and ugly...
- Tags: Consumer electronics, recording industry, CD, piracy, DVD, CD-burning
- Discussion threads 2004-06-02
- EMI chops artists, jobs by 20 percent
- EMI chops artists, jobs by 20 percentI wonder how much of a pay cut the Executive board got.What? The executives all got pay raises???Imagine that.Could the REAL issue be corporate greed????The recording industry and the RIAA scream louder and louder that they are losing billions of dollars, pounds, yen,...
- Tags: Digital media, Peer to peer (P2P), EMI Group Plc., recording industry, job
- Discussion threads 2004-04-01
- Sharman to challenge court order
- Sharman to challenge court orderREALITY CATCHING UP TO THE PIRATESThey can run and they can hide, but there is no escaping from prosecution for conspiracy to steal copyright protected materials. The walls are crashing down on the Pirates everyday, and reality is gonna be a very unpleasant experience for those...
- Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), Digital media, pay service, wall, recording industry, RIAA, Aria, Sharman Networks Ltd.
- Discussion threads 2004-02-09
- Canada ruling won't stop music lawsuits
- Canada ruling won't stop music lawsuitsBring it on!If they think they can double dip, they got a brick wall coming down on their heads.of course not" Last week's ruling in Canada declaring downloading music through peer-to-peer services legal may do little to prevent the music industry from taking its own...
- Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), Taxes, Digital media, Digital music, recording industry, P2P, CRIA, peer-to-peer service, tax
- Discussion threads 2003-12-16
Additional Resources
- Verizon to test sending RIAA copyright warnings
- Verizon is expected to begin issuing 'copyright notices' on behalf of the RIAA to those accused of illegally downloading songs from the web. Verizon Communications, the second-largest phone company in the US, is expected to begin issuing 'copyright notices' on behalf of the Recording Industry Association of America to...
- Tags: RIAA, Verizon Communications Inc., Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Channel Management, Digital Media, Internet, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, copyright, Verizon, Marguerite Reardon and Greg Sandoval CNET News
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