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- CD shipments surge after lean years
- CD shipments surge after lean yearsMusic Industry PropagandaScenario 1: "CD sales are down? Well, we obviously need better piracy protection, tougher laws, more lawsuits, and to banish online music sales to the dustbin of history."Scenario 2: "CD sales are flat? Well, we obviously need better piracy...
- Tags: Sales strategy, Sales force management, industry, MP3, sales, tougher law, piracy protection, dustbin, CD, online music sale, RIAA, online music, lawsuit
- Discussion threads 2004-10-20
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- Guns n Roses leaker faces prison time
- How he got ahold of them, he's not saying but LA blogger Kevin Cogill did get ahold and posted unreleased songs from a new Guns n Roses album, Chinese Democracy. Cogill awoke Wednesday to find five FBI agents hauling his ass into a federal district court, charged for...
- Tags: Bail, Agent, Judge, Skwerl, Real Estate, Public Relations, Blogging, Federal Government, Business Operations, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Internet, Government, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-08-28
- It must be a rough day in Cupertino
- It must be a rough day in Cupertinonot having an issuesettings>general>passcode lock on>require passcode immediatelyRE: It must be a rough day in CupertinoThe lawsuit over Psystar has a precedent, in favor of Psystar.Remember that there was a lawsuit like this against Data General some years back, alleging illegal tying because...
- Tags: Apple Inc., RDOS, rough day, Psystar
- Discussion threads 2008-08-27
- Psystar countersues Apple for anticompetitive business practices
- Psystar countersues Apple for anticompetitive business practicesOh this is going to be goodApple is going to have a tough time wiggling out of this one and MS have a great opportunity, ad-wise, to strongly differentiate themselves, not that they had any difficulty with that in the first place, but keying...
- Tags: Printers, Psystar, Apple Inc., printer, Lexmark International Inc., hardware
- Discussion threads 2008-08-27
- Dancing on E-voting's grave
- Dancing on E-voting's graveAgreed - but consider the slippery slopeBecause once you recognized the problem in kind, you ended up arguing (accurately, I think) about degree.Why client-server can't workBecause the expert has to say "yes" to the question in court - no matter how difficult or impractical it may actually...
- Tags: Fair Use, e-voting, client-server, Fairness Doctrine
- 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
- A way to assign copyright globally
- The FLA mainly takes the burden of worrying about international copyright law out of the programmer's hands and places it in the hands of people who care about such things. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Project, KDE, Fiduciary License Agreement, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-08-27
- How the world watched the Olympics online
- How the world watched the Olympics onlineI got sick of itI live in Germany, and the experience sucked big time. For those of you who don't know, in Germany you pay a TV and radio tax of about 26 dollar per month to subsidize public channels. The rule is: if...
- Tags: Taxes, Web site development, Free trade, Web technology, Corporate communications, Advertising & Promotion, Olympic Games, NBC, Microsoft Silverlight, CBC
- Discussion threads 2008-08-26
- 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
- Linux under attack: Compromised SSH keys lead to rootkit
- Linux under attack: Compromised SSH keys lead to rootkitLinux under attack: Compromised SSH keys lead to rootkitLOL! And the hits to linux just keep coming! So thats 4 different incidents within a week's time of how badly linux sucks. Poor linus must be hiding under his bed trying...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Rootkits, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, SSH, attack, Compromised SSH, Compromised, Microsoft Windows, rootkit, security
- Discussion threads 2008-08-26
- Psystar sues Apple! Claims violation of Sherman Antitrust Act and the Clayton Antitrust Act
- Psystar sues Apple! Claims violation of Sherman Antitrust Act and the Clayton Antitrust ActNice!If only Apple didn't ditch a perfectly viable platform in favor of off-the-shelf hardware for their operating system, half of which came from open source freeware, they might actually have an actual claim. Up to 4...
- Tags: Apple Mac OS X, Game players, Games, PRODUCTIVITY, Operating systems, Apple Inc., Psystar, WiI Games, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-08-26
- Psystar sues Apple! Claims violation of Sherman Antitrust Act and the Clayton Antitrust Act
- Reports are coming in that Mac-clone maker Psystar has filed a countersuit against Apple alleging restraint of trade, unfair competition and other violations of antitrust law. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: Antitrust, Restraint, Apple Inc., Psystar, Reports, Apple Mac OS, Corporate Law, Operating Systems, Desktops, Software, Business Operations, Hardware, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 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
- 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
- Mandatory email
- Mandatory emailWe need better emailFrankly, email is currently broken - spam and scams and phishing make it a mess to wade through, even with the best spam blocking stuff.Problem is, we decided to use "adaptive filtering" statistical junk rather than solid encryption and digital signatures. What do the spammers do?...
- Tags: e-mail
- Discussion threads 2008-08-25
- Some serious research into gasoline-free transport
- Some serious research into gasoline-free transportIt's a motor, a battery, and an engine."Not a surprise, the auto industry is crap at explaining these vehicles to potential buyers."It's a motor, engine, and a battery. The motor can power the wheels. It gets great mileage.That's about as much explaining as you need....
- Tags: Engineering, hydrogen, battery, motor, gasoline
- Discussion threads 2008-08-22
- China cuts off iTunes, likely over 'Songs of Tibet'
- China cuts off iTunes, likely over 'Songs of Tibet'Learn from M$, Google and YahooThey cooperated with the local bully, they were allowed to run business over there. Don't p*ss of their government, that's the key in China. Yahoo went so far they handed in evidence to China government to help...
- Tags: Tibetan family, Han, census, Apple iTunes
- Discussion threads 2008-08-22
- Will the EMR movement become a political divide
- Will the EMR movement become a political divideFYI: Its now EHR, not EMR...the change is to include dental, pyschological and other healthcare services.Electronic Health Records.We are in the middle of deployment strategy planning. The cost of deploying equipment and personell to get this up and running is staggering. ...
- Tags: Vertical industries, E-health, HEALTHCARE, Practical Reality, EMR, EMR movement, political divide, divide, government
- Discussion threads 2008-08-22
- Video: Five ethical dilemmas IT leaders must confront
- Professions such as law and medicine have long-established ethical guidelines to govern behavior. But in the IT field there isn't always a consensus about what's right. This episode of Sanity Savers for IT executives highlights five of the ethical concerns that IT leaders must confront. See Jason Hiner's Sanity Savers...
- Tags: Information Technology, Leader, Video, Strategy, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-22
- News to know: Google; Typosquatting; Apple; IDF
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Garett Rogers: Google gains share again, should Microsoft give up? Christopher Dawson: Can Dell compete on cost anymore? Dancho Danchev: Typosquatting the U.S presidential...
- Tags: Google Inc., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp., 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Open Source, Security, Networking, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-22
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