Archive for January, 2008

Sweden Accuses 4 of Copyright Offenses (NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance)

Thursday, January 31st, 2008
Prosecutors say that Pirate Bay, a file-sharing Web site, helps others violate copyright laws by linking providers of pirated songs and films with people searching for the same material.

Music industry weighs giving away music (The Pantagraph)

Thursday, January 31st, 2008
CANNES, France -- After years of fighting the Wild West of freely downloaded music, the mainstream music industry welcomed a former desperado to their annual schmoozefest Monday, highlighting the difficulty of their search for a solution to plunging CD sales.

Sweden Accuses 4 of Copyright Offenses (NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance)

Thursday, January 31st, 2008
Prosecutors say that Pirate Bay, a file-sharing Web site, helps others violate copyright laws by linking providers of pirated songs and films with people searching for the same material.

Griping with Gus (Flyer News)

Thursday, January 31st, 2008
One of the most perplexing things I have ever witnessed occurred eight years ago. A guy named Lars Ulrich, who plays drums for a band I don’t really like, got a program called Napster shut down.

Tag: kiting (ZDNet Australia)

Thursday, January 31st, 2008
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has formally announced a proposal to make domain tasting a thing of the past by changing the way it charges for domain names.

Sweden Accuses 4 of Copyright Offenses (NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance)

Thursday, January 31st, 2008
Prosecutors say that Pirate Bay, a file-sharing Web site, helps others violate copyright laws by linking providers of pirated songs and films with people searching for the same material.

Tech: Philanthropy on Facebook (Newsweek)

Thursday, January 31st, 2008
A viral application on the popular social networking site hints at the future of giving.

Sweden Accuses 4 of Copyright Offenses (New York Times)

Thursday, January 31st, 2008
Prosecutors say that Pirate Bay, a file-sharing Web site, helps others violate copyright laws by linking providers of pirated songs and films with people searching for the same material.

Luddite and paranoid - why the big record labels failed at digital (The Register)

Thursday, January 31st, 2008
Martin Mills Midem Interview This is the second of four interviews on the State of Digital Music from this week's Midem event in Cannes. We'll hear from AIM's Alison Wenham next, followed by a view from the songwriters and composers. …

Swedes charge 4 in case involving copyright infringement of music and films (International Herald Tribune)

Thursday, January 31st, 2008
Swedish prosecutors on Thursday charged four men with facilitating copyright infringement in connection with a Web site called Pirate Bay, the entertainment industry's No. 1 target in the fight against the unauthorized digital copying of films, games and music.