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In The News 07 - 14 April 2006

Posted by Mike (Shmoo) on April 14, 2006 at 11:55 PM (printer friendly)

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independentm...	Date: April 7, 2006 @ 12:07 PM US Department of Justice Says It May Want to File Papers in Elektra v. Barker http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/2006/04/us-department-of-justice-says-it-may.html Manhattan/Westchester RIAA Litigation Roundup http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/2006/04/manhattanwestchester-riaa-litigation.html Best regards, Ray http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com

independentm...	Date: April 7, 2006 @ 12:14 PM Just to let you know that I, and my colleague Ty Rogers, are changing firms this weekend. Effective Monday, April 10th, my new contact information will be as follows: Vandenberg & Feliu LLP 110 E. 42 St. (Suite 1502) New York, NY 10017 Phone 212-763-6800; Direct 763-6809 Fax 763-6810 rbeckerman@vanfeliu.com Best regards, Ray =========================== Folks, Ray Beckerman and his team are someone you might want to call if you are being sued by the RIAA and need help finding an attorney.

independentm...	Date: April 7, 2006 @ 12:39 PM Folks, the previous version of In The News was stolen by Dmusic: http://news.dmusic.com/article/19837 (I could have snitched it back from the Dmusic pages and/or posted it at both places, but it might have messed up the tread order at Dmusic, so I simply made us a new edition.) :)

independentm...	Date: April 7, 2006 @ 3:40 PM Jagger Downplays Chinese Censorship --AP

independentm...	Date: April 7, 2006 @ 3:46 PM Moscowitz tapped to top WMG indie group --Reuters "WMG indie group"? I give you 3 guesses as to what is very WRONG about this oxymoronic phrase. ========= See folks, the RIAA labels are trying to turn the phrase "indie" into nothing more than a marketing genere.

independentm...	Date: April 7, 2006 @ 3:49 PM Thomas Dolby Blasts K-Fed --Yahoo Music ...for allegedly sampling his most famous tune without permission.

cobrastrike	Date: April 7, 2006 @ 4:13 PM How many downloaders could be nabbed by tihs? Our DOJ & AT&T are hard at work! Fron the EFF......... http://www.eff.org/news/archives/2006_04.php#004538

gdZiemann	Date: April 7, 2006 @ 9:27 PM StreamCast Taking RIAA to Court

independentm...	Date: April 7, 2006 @ 10:40 PM Beatles Box endures production snafu --Reuters

independentm...	Date: April 7, 2006 @ 10:45 PM OBIT: Rock Legend Gene Pitney Dies --E!

pepe512000	Date: April 7, 2006 @ 10:48 PM Gene Pitney's 24 Hours From Tulsa was the first '45 I bought..it's all his fault I got started on a downhil road.. :) I really did enjoy his music.

independentm...	Date: April 7, 2006 @ 10:49 PM Ex-music executive pleads guilty in Pellicano case --Reuters Pfeifer is one of 14 people charged -- and the fourth to plead guilty -- in a far-reaching federal probe of Pellicano that has grown into a major Hollywood scandal and threatens to spill the motion picture community's secrets. Pellicano, who has worked for some of the biggest names in Hollywood, is the principal defendant in a 110-count indictment charging him with wiretapping and obtaining confidential records of performers, journalists and business executives. The indictment accuses the one-time gumshoe of setting up a criminal enterprise to secure clients willing to pay large sums of money to dig up incriminating or embarrassing personal information to use against their opponents in court.

independentm...	Date: April 7, 2006 @ 10:56 PM Old Media Faces A Hard Lesson On Sharing --AdWeek YouTube has received hundreds of requests to remove content from its site under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Now, some content companies are striking a balancing act, angling to harness the viral power of YouTube while simultaneously squelching its piracy potential... (They want cake and eat it too.)

independentm...	Date: April 7, 2006 @ 11:01 PM A judge has approved a $2.65 billion class-action settlement of claims that advertising revenue was counted in a fraudulent manner prior to the merger of America Online Inc. and Time Warner Inc. --AP

independentm...	Date: April 7, 2006 @ 11:24 PM Will your cell phone soon start ratting on you? --WSJ Integrated Media Measurement Inc., a start-up led by some prominent technology entrepreneurs that is using specially adapted cellphones to measure what consumers listen to and see. The company has developed software that helps the phones take samples of nearby sounds, which are identified by comparing them against a database. Besides television and radio, IMMI, as the San Mateo, Calif., company calls itself, says the technology can track exposure to CDs, DVDs, videogames, sporting events, audio and video on portable gadgets and movies in theaters. The closely held company has been testing its system for nine months with about 200 consumers in Sacramento, Calif., and hopes to help answer some tricky questions. They include: � How often are TV shows watched outside the home? � Which songs prompt listeners to change radio stations? � Which movie trailers get viewers to go to the theater?

independentm...	Date: April 7, 2006 @ 11:28 PM Senate Confirms New Head of Tech Administration --CIO "The Senate has confirmed Robert Cresanti as the Commerce Department's new undersecretary for technology. Who's that, you ask? He was the former vice president of public policy at the Business Software Alliance. Does this give anyone else the Heebie Jeebies??"

independentm...	Date: April 7, 2006 @ 11:34 PM 'Star Wars Kid' cuts a deal with his tormentors --Globe and Mail Oddly enough, it appears the "Star Wars Kid's" main complaint was for cyber-bullying and not copyright infringement.

independentm...	Date: April 7, 2006 @ 11:47 PM Hunt for private file sharers is over - prosecutor --The Local Sweden: "I interpret this as a clear decision that individual file sharers, if they don't earn money from file sharing, won't get anything more than a fine. That means we can't trace IP addresses, which means that we can't trace private file sharers," said prosecutor H�kan Roswall to TV4. If only fines are imposed, then the crime is not so serious that IP addresses, each computer's unique identifier on the internet, can be requested from internet service providers.

pepe512000	Date: April 8, 2006 @ 12:28 PM Update Stones Play to Packed House in China I swear the Stones have sold their souls to the devil...Mick Jagger is way older than me, and still races across stages like a kid...how else can one explain that? Tons of Ibuprofen maybe?

OldCodger	Date: April 8, 2006 @ 1:25 PM I've read somewhere that Mick stays fit by eating right and exercising. A bit of luck doesn't hurt either. (If he's blessed, it ain't been by God. Maybe he HAS had a little help from the other side, who knows.)

autodidact	Date: April 9, 2006 @ 12:14 AM Plastic surgery, for sure. Monkey glands, maybe? IV vitamin drip before each show? What I can't figure out is how Keith Richards is still alive. Or is that just a clever illusion?

pepe512000	Date: April 9, 2006 @ 12:42 AM Keith Richards is still alive??? :)

CopyrightLaw...	Date: April 10, 2006 @ 1:05 PM lmao at pepe!!! Of course he is. So is Harry Morgan, Sherman Potter from M.A.S.H.

independentm...	Date: April 10, 2006 @ 6:05 PM Motion to Quash Denied in Interscope v. Does http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/2006/04/motion-to-quash-denied-in-interscope-v.html Best regards, Ray http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com

independentm...	Date: April 10, 2006 @ 6:19 PM EFF PSAs for Your Podcast or Online Radio Show If you podcast or produce online radio shows, you can help support EFF by featuring our PSAs in your programs. EFF Fellow Cory Doctorow along with EFF Boardmembers Larry Lessig, John Gilmore, Brad Templeton, Joe Kraus, and Sarah Deutsch have all recorded clips for your listening pleasure. Download EFF PSAs here: http://www.eff.org/press/PSA/

independentm...	Date: April 10, 2006 @ 6:20 PM Here's a belated April fools: http://www.mafiaa.org/

independentm...	Date: April 10, 2006 @ 6:34 PM ~ Beware Zombies Bearing EULAs Video store customer inadvertently hands over soul, becomes undead.

independentm...	Date: April 10, 2006 @ 7:10 PM Is DRM embedded in New Intel Macs? --Real Tech News

independentm...	Date: April 10, 2006 @ 7:30 PM Digital Music Identification Takes Fraction Of A Second --All Headline News

OldCodger	Date: April 11, 2006 @ 10:16 AM So, I wonder if we can visualize the RIAA salivating at an opportunity to use this new powerful music I.D. device on file sharing networks. If they did try it against individual computer users, wouldn't that be intrusive if not illegal (so perhaps the RIAA can't use data gained from such against infringers in their litigation crusade). Interesting to contemplate.

ShadowMom	Date: April 11, 2006 @ 12:53 PM You all need a laugh... here... http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20060411&mode=classic :)

independentm...	Date: April 11, 2006 @ 9:10 PM Thanks 'Mom, the "User Friendly" toons are always funny AND often very relevent to our agenda.

gdZiemann	Date: April 12, 2006 @ 4:20 PM Seen at Fark -- Dutch police confiscate saxophone from street-corner musician who played badly off-key. We had to do that to a singer once.

pepe512000	Date: April 13, 2006 @ 8:55 AM Democrats more likely to favor iTunes taxes ~~"I'm sure that state and local officials, given enough time, will come up with a sky-is-falling study saying that if they're not allowed to tax this, they'll lose a trillion dollars a year,"~~ Sound Familiar?

cobrastrike	Date: April 13, 2006 @ 9:13 AM http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/13/business/media/13music.html?ei=5090&en=708b8015cfbd9a97&ex=1302580800&adxnnl=1&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&adxnnlx=1144933243-yrFvBGJQra7XBJsuwqMFKA

cobrastrike	Date: April 13, 2006 @ 11:28 AM June Pointer Of The Pointer Sisters Dies At 52 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060412/ap_en_mu/obit_pointer_6

cobrastrike	Date: April 13, 2006 @ 11:40 AM Hundreds Mourn Death Of Gene Pitney: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060413/ap_en_mu/gene_pitney;_ylt=ArtJZyEpnkCATTR25NJbuxWs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3YXYwNDRrBHNlYwM3NjI- pepe512000, I like 24 hrs. From Tulsa also, but I think Gene Pitney's version of Dallas Fraziers "I'm Gonna Listen To Me" would have to be my favorite.

gfmlcka	Date: April 13, 2006 @ 9:12 PM CRIA bleeds independent members http://michaelgeist.ca/component/option,com_content/task,view/id,1204/Itemid,85/nsub,/

independentm...	Date: April 13, 2006 @ 11:44 PM Check it out folks! They did a story about that guy who does the Music Industry Mafia website! (Look under "picks" on the left of this page for our link.) http://p2pnet.net/story/8503

OldCodger	Date: April 14, 2006 @ 6:39 AM I recall Dallas Frazier's hit "Elvira".

cobrastrike	Date: April 14, 2006 @ 2:33 PM Ain't This Some SHIT........ http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/2006/04/one-mans-first-hand-account-of-being.html Anyone here anything new about Santangelo?

independentm...	Date: April 14, 2006 @ 11:58 PM EFF Defends American's Free Speech Against Foreign Court Ruling (.pdf) Sarl Louis Feraud International v. Viewfinder Inc., ...the French companies had won a default judgment in France against Viewfinder Inc., an American company that maintains websites of photographs from fashion shows. The French designers claim that Viewfinder's posted photographs infringed rights in their dresses. The companies then tried to enforce the judgment in New York federal court... Just because your online speech may be read in another country doesn't mean that country's law should bind you. Joined by ACLU and CDT, EFF supported the district court's decision and this week filed its brief opposing the French companies' appeal to the Second Circuit.

independentm...	Date: April 15, 2006 @ 12:01 AM Does OK Spyware Bill Give Carte Blanche to EULAs? --Oklahoma Gazettee An Oklahoma bill would enshrine in law software's ability to root through your hard drive if you click the "Agree" button.

independentm...	Date: April 15, 2006 @ 12:03 AM Ex-MPAA Anti-Piracy Enforcer Joins MySpace as "Chief Security Officer" --Businesswire Hemanshu Nigam will be protecting the children for News Corp.

independentm...	Date: April 15, 2006 @ 12:05 AM Expanding the Market�s Role in Advancing Intellectual Property --CEI Another Think Tank Turns Against the DMCA The Competitive Enterprise Institute says big rights holders shouldn't be subsidized by the state.

independentm...	Date: April 15, 2006 @ 12:09 AM RIAA Stonewalling Discovery in Santangelo case http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/2006/04/riaa-stonewalling-discovery-in.html One Man's First Hand Account of Being Put Through Hell by the RIAA http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/2006/04/one-mans-first-hand-account-of-being.html How the RIAA Litigation Process Works http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/2006/04/how-riaa-litigation-process-works.html Index of Litigation Documents http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/2006/04/index-of-litigation-documents.html Ray Beckerman Vandenberg & Feliu LLP 110 East 42 St. New York, NY 10017 (212) 763-6800 Fax: (212) 763-6810 Direct dial: (212)763-6809 Email: rbeckerman@vanfeliu.com Web site: http://www.vanfeliu.com

OldCodger	Date: April 15, 2006 @ 1:01 AM Microsoft wants to legally be granted the privilege to check your computer's software and other contents without your knowledge or consent. That's a form of taking away your rights to privacy. Microsoft can go where the weather never cools down.

OldCodger	Date: April 15, 2006 @ 1:05 AM Of course the RIAA wants to stonewall discovery; too great a risk something will be smoked out in the open that they don't want the public to know. Perhaps they feel their delaying tactics might deplete Patricia's meager attorney funds, causing her to cave in and settle. Then they wouldn't have to divulge any more stuff through discovery. Hmm.

DeadMan2003	Date: April 15, 2006 @ 7:20 AM http://www.columbiaspectator.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/04/13/443de916e5658 File-Sharing Still Campus Problem

pepe512000	Date: April 15, 2006 @ 9:57 AM ~~~Microsoft can go where the weather never cools down.?~~ You mean Florida??? :)

OldCodger	Date: April 15, 2006 @ 2:03 PM Good one, Pepe.

pepe512000	Date: April 15, 2006 @ 2:35 PM With Shmoo on vacation, someone has to be the smartass around here... ;)

independentm...	Date: April 15, 2006 @ 7:46 PM vacation?

independentm...	Date: April 15, 2006 @ 8:05 PM DJ typing style used to securely distribute music --Register Musicrypt, has applied this technology to incoporate biometrics in its Digital Media Distribution System (DMDS). The first application of DMDS replaces the (expensive) physical distribution of new musical recordings by record companies internally and to radio stations by a secure online distribution system. Musicrypt picked the technology in preference to more recognised forms of biometric authentication - such as fingerprint readers - because it could be used from any computer without any additional hardware, Computerworld reports. Musicrypt's technology is used to distribute approximately half of all new music releases to radio stations in Canada. Canada's three largest broadcasters, Corus Radio, Rogers Media Broadcasting, and Standard Radio, have adopted Musicrypt�s Digital Media Distribution System (DMDS) as an exclusive means to distribute musical files electronically.

gdZiemann	Date: April 16, 2006 @ 6:44 PM From Fark -- After preparing to put Tool's new single on a secure webserver so it's not leaked early, song gets leaked three days early anyway because the record company put it on an unprotected FTP "Microsoft wants to legally be granted the privilege to check your computer's software and other contents without your knowledge or consent." I believe they are simply asking for permission to do what they've been doing since Windows 3, which is the core reason there are so many virus "holes" in their OS.

independentm...	Date: April 16, 2006 @ 8:44 PM I agree. I can't even ever get MSGSVR permanently turned off on my 98SE. Every time I re-boot I have to swat it down with Codestuff Starter. (Yes, I have run msconfig and tried to pull that weed out from the root, but it always manages to come back somehow.)

OldCodger	Date: April 16, 2006 @ 8:50 PM Plus the fact that their operating systems have been poorly written in the first place, cutting corners to save money. Microsoft is notorious for releasing beta versions of what SHOULD be adequately de-bugged new software. But, NO, Gates & Co. can't stand a delay in putting out their product by being responsible! So, instead, what they've done is put the pitfalls on the hapless users of their crap to find out what they didn't want to take the time to prevent or fix in the first place!! And thus the periodic patches and the predictable "oops!" types of damage-control updates that have become an infamous signature S.O.P. with this despicable corporation. It's been that way since I can remember, going back to thirteen years ago at least. Yeah, George, at least since Windows 3.1; you got it right. Maybe you can tell, I have no love lost for Microsoft. I've been primarily using Mac operating systems since 1995, and only recently have tried my hand at Linux.

OldCodger	Date: April 16, 2006 @ 8:54 PM A tip of the hat is in order for guys like Rick (compmore) who has to deal with that stuff from Redmond, WA in the very trenches of his day-to-day computer service career.

independentm...	Date: April 16, 2006 @ 9:08 PM Web offers music fans endless opportunities for discovery --Canadian Press

independentm...	Date: April 16, 2006 @ 9:11 PM Study: Web Radio Listening Up 50% --Billboard

DeadMan2003	Date: April 17, 2006 @ 8:36 AM http://www.abc.net.au/news/arts/articulate/200604/s1616706.htm Science fiction author Cory Doctorow's decision to allow people free access to digital versions of his novels and short stories ties in with his involvement with the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), a non-profit organisation which, according its website, defends consumer freedoms in the networked world.

DeadMan2003	Date: April 18, 2006 @ 5:14 PM Bush caught on video violating copyrights http://www.p2pnet.net/story/8546

OldCodger	Date: April 18, 2006 @ 11:14 PM But that's okay; he has to download stuff every now and then to check if file sharing networks haven't been attacked by computer terrists. Gotta keep a close eye on all kinds of possible terrism, y'know.