riaa and grokster ltd.

ZDNet Resources

• sort by:
• Relevance
• Date
• Popularity

Grokster and open source

At the heart of the Grokster decision is the idea that, if your business model is based on infringing copyright, you can be held liable for violations by third parties.Most open source projects don't have a business model.While it's likely that groups like the RIAA will want to pore over...

Tags: open source, RIAA

Blog posts 2005-06-28

Supreme Court takes hard look at P2P

Supreme Court takes hard look at P2PI Hope Grokster Wins This CaseI want to see the floodgates open and peer to peer dominate the world.Take that bitty.David Byrne comments on illegal downloadshttp://www.boingboing.net/2005/03/28/david_byrne_launches.htmlHow do you feel about the fact that some of your fans are downloading your music for free?David Byrne:...

Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), RIAA, music, P2P, Grokster Ltd.

Discussion threads 2005-03-29

Additional Resources

Slash to album poster: 'Rot in jail'

Slash to album poster: 'Rot in jail'Very strong words...RE: Slash to album poster: 'Rot in jail'how did this music get to the web? everything that gets to the web should be free! go after the persons who do the uploading not the down loaders. it got there some how. how...

Tags: Piracy, album poster, Rot, RIAA, Cogill

Discussion threads 2008-09-03

News to know: Google Chrome; CAPTCHA breaking; StatusHQ

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Larry Dignan: Google to launch browser to target IE; Is Firefox a target or tag-team partner? Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Is Google Chrome an IE/Firefox/Opera/Safari killer? Ryan Naraine: Google Chrome, the security...

Tags: CAPTCHA, Google Inc., Web Browser, Web Browsers, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Linux, Internet, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Operating Systems, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-02

Yet again, McCain pisses off musicians

Yet again, McCain pisses off musicians?Where are the RIAA not suing McCains backside for IP infringment. I would at least expected a cease and desist notice.RE: Yet again, McCain pisses off musiciansIf you don't agree with me I'll hate on you, your friends and your pets until you agree...

Tags: Blogging, Digital media, Richard Koman, Sammy Hagar

Discussion threads 2008-08-31

The importance of the Veoh decision

The importance of the Veoh decisionThe problem is "appropriate steps".The question is, how thoroughly does a store-and-serve operation have to police what it's storing?In this case, removing something shown to be violating copyright on notification is sufficient. And that's reasonable.The problem is the situation when there are millions of...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Tools & Techniques, Veoh

Discussion threads 2008-08-28

News to know: IE 8; iPhone password locks; SOA; Palm Treo Pro reviews

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Mary Jo Foley: IE 8 Beta 2 ready for download Ed Bott: Internet Explorer 8 gets a massive makeover Gallery: Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Password, Palm Inc., Palm Treo, SOA, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web Browsers, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Internet, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-28

Defendant in key RIAA decision destroyed evidence

Defendant in key RIAA decision destroyed evidenceSo they are sueing someone with no money. LOLKnow what my insurance company told me when i was hit by a driver with no insurance, no job and was living with relatives.... "to bad for you" I was lucky, my mother insisted...

Tags: E-mail, Insurance, fool, RIAA

Discussion threads 2008-08-27

Defendant in key RIAA decision destroyed evidence

Photo by Luke Gattuso Just because you win a brilliant legal battle doesn't mean you'll win the war. Back in April, Judge Neil Wake handed RIAA opponents a key victory, with a seminal decision against the recording association's "making available" theory of distribution. ...

Tags: Theory, RIAA, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-08-27

Does Psystar have a legit argument in Apple countersuit?

Does Psystar have a legit argument in Apple countersuit?AppleIf Apple wants to grow they need to open up their OS. After using Apple computer for few weeks I realize why people choose Windows over Apple inspite of the issues like system-hang, slower wakeup/sleep, etc. Opening up would resolve such issues...

Tags: Apple Inc., EULA, legit argument, Psystar, Does Psystar

Discussion threads 2008-08-26

Open source extremism lives

Open source extremism livesNot the same thingI admit there's a continuum of opinion. Those who are advocating ogg aren't advocating defiance of the law, but a format more in keeping with the ideals of FOSS, which is a different thing.Userama decided to laugh at Democrats, but he made an apt...

Tags: ZD Net, F/OSS, extremism, Open source extremism, extremist, open source

Discussion threads 2008-08-26

News to know: IE 8; Code name of the day; Facebook security; Office 2.0

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Mary Jo Foley: A Microsoft Codename a day: Rouge Dancho Danchev: Hundreds of Dutch web sites hacked by Islamic hackers Twitter's "me too" anti-spam...

Tags: Security, Facebook, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Office 2.0

Blog posts 2008-08-26

Joe Biden loves RIAA, DRM; hates encryption, George Bush

Joe Biden loves RIAA, DRM; hates encryption, George BushAre You Ready????To have your privacy taken away? For some joker to place more power with the RIAA and MPAA than your own persons.Anyone to push corporate initiatives to be funded by the tax payers should not be in office. ...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, George W. Bush, Dems, digital-rights management, Joe Biden, RIAA

Discussion threads 2008-08-25

Joe Biden loves RIAA, DRM; hates encryption, George Bush

Does Joe Biden have more in common with Metallica's Lars Ulrich than Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg? CNET colleague Declan McCullagh has a superb analysis of Dem. vice presidential candidate Joe Biden, who has an interesting (read: depressing) voting history when it comes to tech issues. ...

Tags: George W. Bush, Declan McCullagh, Digital-rights Management, Presidential Candidate, RIAA, Vice, Encryption, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Federal Government, Professional Development, Peer To Peer (P2P), Security, Government, Career, Internet, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-08-25

News to know: RIP enterprise data center; Red Hat breach; Google

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Dion Hinchcliffe: Are we ready to declare the "time of death" for the enterprise data center? Joe McKendrick: Is SOA an elixir or real fix for 'medieval'...

Tags: Google Inc., Red Hat Inc., Palm Inc., Video, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Corporate Communications, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Open Source, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-25

And your point would be?

And your point would be?Given up on buying CDs from RIAA and NOT stealing.Your generalization about music theft is only partially true. Some of us have given up buying CDs from RIAA companies specifically and are NOT stealing. Many of us are either buying independent music or depending on XM/Sirius/FM...

Tags: RIAA

Discussion threads 2008-08-23

Typosquatting the U.S presidential election - a security risk?

Typosquatting the U.S presidential election - a security risk?Surely.If the RIAA is able to prosecute people for allegedly 'making available' a few music files then why are these 'cyber criminals' not pursued so vigorously? After all your average file sharer is not making any money out of it. ...

Tags: Government, Vertical industries, Cyberthreats, Spam, Typosquatting, U.S, security

Discussion threads 2008-08-21

iTunes Unlimited: music subscription rumor returns

iTunes Unlimited: music subscription rumor returnsI just don't understandwhy Apple doesn't offer a subscription service. They already have the DRM and authentication services in place. It would cost them very little.But I guess this is Apple. They tell you how you will use their products that you...

Tags: Digital media, music, Apple Inc., Apple iTunes

Discussion threads 2008-08-21

News to know: IDF; Windows 7 wishes; IE 8; Salesforce.com

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Larry Dignan: Salesforce acquires InStranet; Will take it SaaS and better target call centers Ed Bott: My Windows 7 wish list ...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, Jason O'Grady, Apple Inc., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Intel Corp., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Microsoft Windows, Corporate Communications, Security, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Operating Systems, Marketing

Blog posts 2008-08-20

Muxtape has RIAA problems

The roll-your-own radio site Muxtape has temporarily closed down due to some "legal kinks" with the RIAA, Cnet's Webware blog points out. EFF's Fred von Lohmann addressed sites like Muxtape in a News.com article, saying that in theory they should be protected by...

Tags: RIAA, Radio, Muxtape, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-08-19