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News Links for June, 2007

Posted by Mike (Shmoo) on June 1, 2007 at 6:47 PM (printer friendly)

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independentm...	Date: June 1, 2007 @ 10:07 PM Toronto's Sam the Record Man closing

independentm...	Date: June 1, 2007 @ 10:15 PM Listening Test Compares iTunes Plus to iTunes 128kbps Most tunes at DMusic are 160kbps and higher! (And they are free!)

independentm...	Date: June 1, 2007 @ 10:17 PM Amazing mystery of the new AACS key leak

independentm...	Date: June 1, 2007 @ 10:22 PM music industry overstating threat of P2P piracy Yup! AND they keep secret the fact that the p2p nets actually are only good for the the spreading of RIAA tunes. (I mean c'mon, how are you going to discover an unheard-of indie band via p2p? But folk WILL check out new tunes by already famous artists.) P2p likely BOOSTS RIAA sales. (We have been saying this for years.)

independentm...	Date: June 1, 2007 @ 10:26 PM ISPs Facilitate Filesharing according to the IFPI Duh... The simple act of going on the Internet and looking at a webpage is technically FILESHARING.

independentm...	Date: June 1, 2007 @ 10:27 PM Free Trade vs. Free People: Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Provisions in Korea-US �Free� Trade Agreement (FTA)

independentm...	Date: June 1, 2007 @ 10:44 PM During Arnold Schwarzenegger's visit to Ottawa yesterday, it was confirmed that Prime Minister Stephen Harper will be introducing a bill to make camcording in movie theatres illegal in Canada.

pepe512000	Date: June 1, 2007 @ 11:02 PM And speaking of karaoke.... Man shot dead for bad singing in Philippine karaoke bar The popular Frank Sinatra song "My Way" has been taken off many karaoke bars in Manila after it was found to be the cause of fights and even deaths when patrons sang out of tune. :0) LOL

pessimist	Date: June 2, 2007 @ 4:16 AM I guess no one is supposed to sing "My Way" unless "their way" is totally in tune?? After all, doing a three-minute live cover just right is much more important than that person's life. Hell, if they can't sing well, bang! they deserve to die, that's what I say. What a stupid, lame-brain, dumb-assed world we live in. Wish I could get off and go for another ride somewhere else. I'm tired of all the crap-assed shit going around on our planet these days.

independentm...	Date: June 2, 2007 @ 5:57 AM Yikes! Talk about a tough crowd.

independentm...	Date: June 2, 2007 @ 3:32 PM RealMedia and Window Media and will support video ripping from websites like YouTube or more. The new RealPlayer will not download or record video that is DRM-enabled. But don't forget, RealPlayer is evil. It calls home to mama and tells on you.

independentm...	Date: June 2, 2007 @ 3:36 PM The Power of Lobbying: How Hollywood Got a Canadian Movie Piracy Bill in Under Six Months

pepe512000	Date: June 7, 2007 @ 1:27 PM RIAA sued for extortion >>>>Suzy Del Cid alleges that the RIAA is using private investigators who are unlicensed in her state to collect information.

gdZiemann	Date: June 8, 2007 @ 7:08 PM I guess no one is supposed to sing "My Way" unless "their way" is totally in tune?? Actually, it's simpler than that. No one is supposed to sing "My Way." And Paul Anka deserves a beat-down for covering "Smells Like Teen Spirit."

independentm...	Date: June 8, 2007 @ 10:27 PM Everything you ever wanted to know about video codecs Maybe will be useful for DMusic Artists who want to do a Video.

independentm...	Date: June 8, 2007 @ 10:35 PM Piratbyr�n T-Shirt Delays Travelers

independentm...	Date: June 8, 2007 @ 10:37 PM An update on the innards of iTunes plus files (the ones that are supposed to be DRM free.)

independentm...	Date: June 8, 2007 @ 10:41 PM Tips on how not to get busted for file-sharing ------- OUR answer: Simply don't share (and thus help promote) RIAA/MPAA files.

independentm...	Date: June 8, 2007 @ 10:42 PM Congressman Who Took Money From RIAA/MPAA Says Congress Should Cut Funding To Colleges When are we EVER going to stop electing these corrupt critters?

pepe512000	Date: June 9, 2007 @ 4:13 PM Music industry seeks file sharer names from internet providers The Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA), which represents the record industry, brought the case following a six-month investigation into 23 people alleged to have distributed 180,000 songs. Yesterday Mr Justice Peter Kelly ordered six internet firms � Digiweb, Smart Telecom, Irish Broadband, NTL, Eircom and Imagine � to hand over the names and addresses of the 23 to IRMA for the company to start legal proceedings.

independentm...	Date: June 9, 2007 @ 10:18 PM Copyright Buzz over the Electric Slide

independentm...	Date: June 9, 2007 @ 10:26 PM Does Digital Fingerprinting Work?: An Investigative Report

independentm...	Date: June 9, 2007 @ 10:28 PM Pirates Gather at First International Pirate Party Conference

independentm...	Date: June 9, 2007 @ 10:28 PM TorrentSpy Ordered By Federal Judge to Become MPAA Spy

independentm...	Date: June 9, 2007 @ 10:31 PM How the desire to clamp down on Internet openness can be avoided. -An article up at the Harvard Business Review's website by Jonathan Zittrain

pessimist	Date: June 10, 2007 @ 1:20 AM [from the above link] Saving the Internet Those who wish to monitor and block network content will see novel chances for control that have so far eluded them. Cyberspace CAN be made safer from the chaos and crime that threaten to overwhelm it. But most recipes for security and order come at a very steep price: the loss of the Internet�s creative potency.

pepe512000	Date: June 10, 2007 @ 2:01 PM Doonesbury Cartoons I'm sure this is the start of a week long "dig" at McCartney's Starbucks deal....a few frames later it kind of ends up where most of us believe it will all end...cute though...

independentm...	Date: June 14, 2007 @ 3:29 PM If enacted, the Spy Act would block lawsuits similar to the one EFF brought against Sony-BMG for infecting customers' computers with privacy-invasive copy protection. Tell Congress to block it!

independentm...	Date: June 14, 2007 @ 3:32 PM Dear WIPO: Don't Break Internet Broadcasting Last year it was called the WIPO Broadcasting Treaty, it gave traditional broadcasters and cablecasters new copyright-like rights over their signals. It was stopped then... But in May of this year, WIPO released a "new" draft of the treaty that looks disconcertingly like the old one.

independentm...	Date: June 14, 2007 @ 3:40 PM Spoon-Bending 'Paranormalist' Ramps Up Illegal Attacks on Online Critic DMCA Abuses

independentm...	Date: June 14, 2007 @ 3:42 PM 20th Century Fox v. Cablevision: Remote Computing Under Siege

independentm...	Date: June 14, 2007 @ 3:52 PM EFF's findings thus far on the supposedly DRM free iTunes "plus" files. (They contain something sneaky.)

independentm...	Date: June 14, 2007 @ 3:54 PM FasTrak data can be subpoenaed and used in court for any reason.

independentm...	Date: June 14, 2007 @ 3:55 PM Does Digital Fingerprinting Work?: An Investigative Report

independentm...	Date: June 14, 2007 @ 5:21 PM Ha! The US Mint says Hollywood's Silver Surfer Coin is breaking the law.

independentm...	Date: June 14, 2007 @ 5:22 PM NCAA ejects blogger for blogging the game

independentm...	Date: June 14, 2007 @ 5:25 PM Flea Markets Raided In Massive Piracy Sting

independentm...	Date: June 14, 2007 @ 5:27 PM France: The SPPF Sues Morpheus, Azureus and Shareaza

independentm...	Date: June 14, 2007 @ 5:30 PM MPAA Accuses TorrentSpy of Holding Evidence

independentm...	Date: June 14, 2007 @ 5:31 PM Police struggle to come up with file-sharing countermeasures

independentm...	Date: June 14, 2007 @ 5:32 PM Boston U student fights RIAA attempt to discover names behind IP addresses

independentm...	Date: June 14, 2007 @ 6:32 PM The FBI frequently overstepped its bounds in collecting data on US citizens.

independentm...	Date: June 14, 2007 @ 6:49 PM McCartney on ending his long-time relationship with EMI and making the new album fully downloadable through his new relationship with Starbucks' Hear Music label.

independentm...	Date: June 14, 2007 @ 10:18 PM Lou Pearlman charged with bank fraud forced out of hiding Thursday after being expelled by Indonesian authorities and turned over to the FBI. He was flown to Guam to appear before a judge, officials said.

pessimist	Date: June 15, 2007 @ 1:38 AM Get a load of what the RIAA has recently said about their heavy-handed anti-piracy tactics: "We are in a survival mode to maintain our ability to function as we have in the past," said Marcus Cohen, of the Recording Industry Association of America. That about says it all, don't you think? No wonder they won't be able to endure for long into the future.

independentm...	Date: June 15, 2007 @ 9:03 PM Foreign Affairs Launches IP Public Consultation (Canada) A country is gonna listen to its' people about "IP"??? That'd be a first.

independentm...	Date: June 15, 2007 @ 9:05 PM TorrentSpy ruling a 'weapon of mass discovery' -CNet

independentm...	Date: June 15, 2007 @ 9:09 PM Beware of the Pirates! -TechNewsWorld

independentm...	Date: June 15, 2007 @ 9:10 PM The Shrouded Sharing Shenanigans of P2P Programs

independentm...	Date: June 15, 2007 @ 9:10 PM Record exec to academic: stop criticizing us or I'll tell your university hmm... from the title, I might front page this one!

independentm...	Date: June 15, 2007 @ 9:30 PM The site is currently suspended (IFPI/RIAA goons behind it?) But the story from another source is sitting in leflaw's inbox. SOMEBODY POST IT QUICK!!! I won't be able to log into the Dmusic admin section until tommorrow!

independentm...	Date: June 15, 2007 @ 9:31 PM It's good juicy stuff!!!

independentm...	Date: June 15, 2007 @ 9:36 PM NBC Tells FCC To Fight Traffic In Stolen Digital Goods Don't ya just love how all these media conglomerates keep TELLING our government what to do and how to proceed? Does anyone these days not think we live under a Corporate Dictatorship?

independentm...	Date: June 15, 2007 @ 9:41 PM More evidence we are loosing libertys: A bill introduced this week would force cable operators to offer � la carte cable and so-called family-tiers of service. Congress and the Department of Homeland Security are considering several new visa restrictions, including forcing some foreign travelers to register their travel plans online 48 hours in advance.

independentm...	Date: June 21, 2007 @ 1:47 AM Shelly Palmer Interviews Ray Beckerman about RIAA Lawsuits podcast. No transcript yet.

independentm...	Date: June 21, 2007 @ 1:57 AM Judge Deals Blow to RIAA In a ruling issued last month but disclosed today by file-sharing attorney Ray Beckerman, Judge Lorenzo F. Garcia denied the RIAA's motion to engage in discovery.

independentm...	Date: June 21, 2007 @ 2:00 AM The founder of Creative Commons, the Stanford lawyer behind the 'Eldred v. Ashcroft' case, and the author of 'Code' has spent the last 10 years working tirelessly on behalf of limited copyright terms, net neutrality, and the public domain. Tuesday, Lawrence Lessig announced on his blog that he has "decided to shift my academic work, and soon, my activism" from fighting the good fight for the public domain to fighting the good fight against corruption and the influence of big money's effects on legislation in general."

independentm...	Date: June 21, 2007 @ 2:39 AM AT&T to block pirated content

independentm...	Date: June 21, 2007 @ 2:47 AM M$ is pleading with customers to buy Vista now ...don't fall for it folks! If you feel like updating your OS, take the plunge and get linux or something else.

independentm...	Date: June 21, 2007 @ 2:48 AM YouTube going International Gee, kinda thought they already were.

independentm...	Date: June 21, 2007 @ 2:57 AM EMI says its' drm free music is selling well Darn.

independentm...	Date: June 21, 2007 @ 2:58 AM But Warner's sales are at an all time low! Silver lining in the aforementioned cloud?

independentm...	Date: June 21, 2007 @ 2:59 AM News Corp to trade MySpace for a piece of Yahoo? ...hmm

independentm...	Date: June 21, 2007 @ 3:00 AM SafeNet Launches Piracy-Monitoring Service

independentm...	Date: June 21, 2007 @ 3:07 AM Web traffic overtakes p2p (Due to YouTube?)

independentm...	Date: June 21, 2007 @ 3:08 AM Counterclaims Dismissed in Binghamton, NY, case, Interscope v. Kimmel

independentm...	Date: June 21, 2007 @ 3:09 AM Hostel II flops. Piracy blamed

independentm...	Date: June 21, 2007 @ 3:16 AM SueTube: sex, copyright, rock & roll

independentm...	Date: June 21, 2007 @ 3:17 AM WeedShare is dead.

independentm...	Date: June 21, 2007 @ 3:17 AM Deadlines postponed in Arista v. LimeWire

independentm...	Date: June 21, 2007 @ 4:18 AM Imeem Web social network offers ad-backed music It says they are the 4th biggest multi-media site behind YouTube, MySpace and Google, but I never heard of 'em.

independentm...	Date: June 21, 2007 @ 4:19 AM Jacko settles Beatle Loan Suit

independentm...	Date: June 21, 2007 @ 4:20 AM Motley Crue is suing one of its managers for more than $20 million, claiming he pushed drummer Tommy Lee into doing two disastrous reality shows that took him away from the band and forced the cancellation of dozens of concerts.

independentm...	Date: June 21, 2007 @ 4:22 AM Ringo duped by EMI to release his music digitally And Paul pulled away from EMI to do Starbucks just last week. hmm...

pessimist	Date: June 21, 2007 @ 3:20 PM "Judge Deals Blow to RIAA In a ruling issued last month but disclosed today by file-sharing attorney Ray Beckerman, Judge Lorenzo F. Garcia denied the RIAA's motion to engage in discovery." The universities involved ought to decide NOT to capitulate to the music industry! (They don't have to.)

independentm...	Date: June 21, 2007 @ 11:51 PM The Local Community Radio Act of 2007 (PDF) would remove the artificial restrictions imposed on LPFM by a 2000 law passed at the urging of corporate radio giants and NPR, claiming that small community stations would interfere with the signals of larger stations. If passed, this bill will pave the way for educational groups, nonprofits, unions, schools and local governments to launch new local radio stations across the country."

independentm...	Date: June 21, 2007 @ 11:53 PM Gee, I want my own LPFM station. Why can't I have one? Oh well, there's always the pirate radio option. Arrgh!

independentm...	Date: June 21, 2007 @ 11:56 PM The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is experimenting with reforming the way patents are applied for and processed. Just like copyright, trademark and patent laws are in a sad state. Let's cross our fingers and hope this does some good!

independentm...	Date: June 22, 2007 @ 12:43 AM Michael Geist is reporting that a Canadian parliamentary committee has demanded that the government establish a Canadian DMCA. Just say NO Canada!

independentm...	Date: June 22, 2007 @ 12:47 AM The DVD Copy Control Association is considering an amendment to the agreement equipment vendors must abide by, which would completely ban all DVD backups, whether fair use or not, and prevent DVDs from playing without the DVD disk being present in the drive. Horrible evil afoot here! Talk about abuse of a patent!

independentm...	Date: June 22, 2007 @ 1:07 AM EFF sides with TorrentSpy in MPAA suit

independentm...	Date: June 22, 2007 @ 1:08 AM Deadlines postponed in Arista v. Limewire

independentm...	Date: June 22, 2007 @ 9:46 PM Slyck Interview with the NCRA Canadian College radio faces tough times too! (Internet Broadcasting fees being used to silence all but the largest and richest major media outlets!) Can't our governments EVER stop listening to the whims of the monopolist mega media cartels? Cultural diversity is threatened!

independentm...	Date: June 22, 2007 @ 9:47 PM More on the DVD CCA trying to close copying loophole in response to courtroom setback

pessimist	Date: June 22, 2007 @ 11:42 PM I have recently read somewhere that there is a movement afoot to tie hardware as well as software to DVD DRM. This needs to be vehemently opposed.

independentm...	Date: June 23, 2007 @ 12:07 AM Dissent in the Ranks NPR and Bell ExpressVu balking at some of the NABA's WIPO lobby efforts. (But not loudly enough!!!)

independentm...	Date: June 23, 2007 @ 12:12 AM MusicGiants Joins DRM-free Bandwagon

independentm...	Date: June 23, 2007 @ 12:13 AM RIAA Designates Dr. Doug Jacobson as Expert Witness in Texas

independentm...	Date: June 23, 2007 @ 12:22 AM MusicGiants specializes in offering high quality �lossless� tracks in Windows Media format and are offering McCartney's new album for about $15 ($21 if you want his interview included!) ...sheesh Paul. Glad you not with EMI no more and avoiding DRM, but are you not rich enough already? (...and Windows Media Format sucks!)

independentm...	Date: June 23, 2007 @ 12:25 AM Court Schedules Evidentiary Hearing in Capitol v. Foster

independentm...	Date: June 23, 2007 @ 12:26 AM DRM may be why Microsoft flip-flopped on Vista virtualization Yup. M$ luv's tha DRM's

independentm...	Date: June 23, 2007 @ 12:27 AM Hollywood unveils anti-camcording posters

independentm...	Date: June 23, 2007 @ 12:34 AM Mystery of tiny faces on Vista DVDs solved 'Conspiracy theorists will be disappointed,' says Microsoft

independentm...	Date: June 23, 2007 @ 1:04 AM http://bink.nu/photos/news_article_images/picture17589.aspx

independentm...	Date: June 23, 2007 @ 1:13 AM Cumberland County District Attorney David Freed has reversed himself completely over the charges against Brian Kelly, arrested for wiretapping after videotaping a police stop. Now let's see if they are good enough to compensate Kelly for the 26 hours he spent in jail and the anguish of the cloud over his future caused by a felony arrest.

independentm...	Date: June 23, 2007 @ 1:20 AM Open Source Consortium threatened an anti-trust challenge against the BBC over its use of Windows Media format in its on-demand service, iPlayer.

independentm...	Date: June 23, 2007 @ 1:22 AM Lawyer Asks RIAA To Investigate Bush Twins

independentm...	Date: June 23, 2007 @ 1:34 AM Update: 06/22 18:55 GMT by KD : The lawyer in question has retracted his analysis and now says no laws were broken, probably. ...aw, pooh. Woulda been fun to see this pushed forward.

independentm...	Date: June 23, 2007 @ 1:37 AM hmm... come to think of it, didn't someone previously try to run with this "Bush Twin's CD for papa" story a while back?

independentm...	Date: June 23, 2007 @ 1:41 AM Citing Supreme Court Precedent, 11th Circuit Reverses Major Copyright Ruling

independentm...	Date: June 23, 2007 @ 1:44 AM Slyck disputes the report last week that html was king of bandwidth and contends that P2P remains the "bandwidth heavyweight."

independentm...	Date: June 23, 2007 @ 1:46 AM ...oops, meant "http" - not "html"

independentm...	Date: June 23, 2007 @ 3:34 AM TV commercials can help promote developing bands

independentm...	Date: June 23, 2007 @ 3:36 AM Weather Channel tunes in to music biz

independentm...	Date: June 23, 2007 @ 3:41 AM Rock act Ash embraces singles-only deal Northern Irish rock group Ash is predicting the imminent demise of the album format as it switches to a singles-only release schedule for its next deal. And other acts may soon follow the band's lead. (hmm... I wonder if it isn't really Ash's LABEL'S idea instead.)

independentm...	Date: June 23, 2007 @ 3:44 AM Spice Girls to return? leflaw oughta dig this news, lol... But then again, maybe not. The Spice Girls have WAY more class than most of the pop diva's he obsesses about. (Not that that's sayin' much.) :)

independentm...	Date: June 23, 2007 @ 3:50 AM ITunes No. 3 music retailer in U.S. ...was the third-largest overall music retailer in the United States, leapfrogging ahead of Amazon.com and Target Corp. in units sold, a market research firm said Friday.

independentm...	Date: June 23, 2007 @ 3:51 AM Lawyer Group Responds To Controversial YouTube Video

independentm...	Date: June 23, 2007 @ 3:52 AM PluggedIn: Online video recorders stoke new piracy concerns It took Brian Baker only five minutes to persuade a major U.S. television network that it needed his company's technology to protect their programs from Web pirates. (Stupid network! You just got took!)

independentm...	Date: June 23, 2007 @ 3:57 AM :sun: Summer Solstice (day #1 of Summer) was Thursday. In celebration, Electric Gypsy released a cover version of an appropriatly titled Seals & Croft tune. Don't forget to always check out other new stuff by idie artists while at DMusic!

independentm...	Date: June 23, 2007 @ 3:58 AM Ok, I'm done for the nite. Happy reading folks!

independentm...	Date: June 23, 2007 @ 10:35 PM Garageband's sister site iLike is now joined with facebook (Link takes you to the FAQ's. If you already have a GB account, you are already added, but check the details folks!)

independentm...	Date: June 23, 2007 @ 10:39 PM "After you have uploaded your music to Garageband.com you need to take one additional step so your music will show up within iLike on Facebook: install the iLike Sidebar and play your music. Once you do that your music from GarageBand.com should automatically show up on iLike.com and on Facebook. We (currently) require this step because our primary source of data about artists and their discography comes from the music that users play in their iTunes. Learn more about how we build our artist database. We know this is more complicated than it needs to be, we're working to make this faster and expect the changes to be ready in 2 - 4 weeks." hmm... you gotta download a toolbar and add it to your browser? Sounds like potential spyware abuse to me. Research the TOS and think about it before you opt in folks!

independentm...	Date: June 23, 2007 @ 10:41 PM Something doesn't quite smell right.

independentm...	Date: June 23, 2007 @ 10:45 PM Learn about the WIPO Development Agenda and EFF's role as a permanent observer.

independentm...	Date: June 23, 2007 @ 10:47 PM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVYhwKu7J5E Michael Moore speaks out on Copyright Law.

independentm...	Date: June 23, 2007 @ 10:47 PM Can the Music Industry Sue Its Way to Profit?

independentm...	Date: June 23, 2007 @ 10:55 PM A Recording Industry EULA, circa 1909 Looks like the fine print has always been bad...

independentm...	Date: June 23, 2007 @ 11:18 PM A Washington woman sued by the RIAA has asked the Court to award her attorneys fees. She should also counter-sue for emotional distress, slander, racketeering, etc.

independentm...	Date: June 23, 2007 @ 11:20 PM Slyck looks at Canada's looming version of DMCA.

independentm...	Date: June 23, 2007 @ 11:21 PM Reviled broadcast treaty dies at WIPO

autodidact	Date: June 26, 2007 @ 2:23 AM P2P piracy is now hurting the corn famers! http://www.zeropaid.com/news/8867/NBC+Says+that+P2P+is+Robbing+Poor+Corn+Farmers Oh, the humanities.

pessimist	Date: June 26, 2007 @ 2:20 PM Well, I guess they'll just have to put more of their production into biofuels instead of theater popcorn. Hey, wait a minute. Don't people eat popcorn watching videos at home (rented or "pirated")?

pessimist	Date: June 26, 2007 @ 2:23 PM The whole thing is just a concocted issue made up by the entertainment cartel. It's amazing what lengths they will go to.

Niggardly	Date: June 26, 2007 @ 3:48 PM Freaking jews.

pepe512000	Date: June 27, 2007 @ 10:11 PM Are The RIAA's Investigation Techniques Illegal? This would be SWEET!

independentm...	Date: June 28, 2007 @ 6:13 PM SCOTUS says no to "Bong Hits 4 Jesus"

independentm...	Date: June 28, 2007 @ 6:18 PM FileSharing on Vista - Review of client compatability & etc.

independentm...	Date: June 28, 2007 @ 6:19 PM PrivaTunes - Stripping your Identity from iTunes Interview with the developers.

independentm...	Date: June 28, 2007 @ 6:20 PM Thailand to lift ban on YouTube?

independentm...	Date: June 28, 2007 @ 6:21 PM FTC neutral on Net Neutrality

independentm...	Date: June 28, 2007 @ 6:22 PM More on the Record Industry's Decline from Rolling Stone

independentm...	Date: June 28, 2007 @ 6:23 PM Exonerated defendant sues RIAA for malicious prosecution :)

independentm...	Date: June 28, 2007 @ 6:32 PM Is the CD becoming obsolete? (...sigh, for the 100th time, NO! The RIAA might want it dead, but CD's are too useful to indie artists!!!)

independentm...	Date: June 28, 2007 @ 6:33 PM UW to abet lawsuits against its' own students?

independentm...	Date: June 28, 2007 @ 6:34 PM Aussie ISP as copyright cop - kills user multimedia files nightly

independentm...	Date: June 28, 2007 @ 6:35 PM Lava v. Amurao Docket Entry Corrected; Declaratory Judgment Counterclaim Dismissed; Copyright Misuse Counterclaim Stands

independentm...	Date: June 28, 2007 @ 6:37 PM RIAA Opposes Boston University Student's Motion to Vacate and to Quash

independentm...	Date: June 28, 2007 @ 6:46 PM Bush official goes nuclear in Net Neut row A San Francisco tech show degenerated into a shouting match today, after a pugnacious Bush commerce official squared off with heated supporters of net neutrality.

independentm...	Date: June 28, 2007 @ 7:29 PM BBC chooses M$ DRM boo, hiss

independentm...	Date: June 28, 2007 @ 8:36 PM Ten Years After ACLU v. Reno: Free Speech Still Needs Defending

independentm...	Date: June 28, 2007 @ 8:47 PM Dangerous Ruling Forces Search Engine to Log Users The ruling came in a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by motion picture studios against TorrentSpy, a popular search engine that indexes materials made publicly available via the Bit Torrent file sharing protocol. TorrentSpy has never logged its visitors' Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. Notwithstanding this explicit privacy policy, a federal magistrate judge has now ordered TorrentSpy to activate logging and turn the logged data over to the studios. "This unprecedented ruling has implications well beyond the file sharing context," said EFF Staff Attorney Corynne McSherry. "Giving litigants the power to rewrite their opponent's privacy policies poses a risk to all Internet users."

independentm...	Date: June 28, 2007 @ 8:51 PM In May 2004, Sony opened up its own store for selling digital music: Sony Connect. From the start, the service was plagued with self-inflicted woes. Thanks to Sony's use of DRM and a proprietary music format (ATRAC), music bought through Sony Connect could only be played on Sony's expensive digital music players. And those devices came loaded with software that was awkward and hard to use. Not surprisingly, Sony is rumored to be pulling the plug on Sony Disconnect, or at least downsizing it. In any case, the problems of Sony's premiere music service make a point that deserves emphasis: customers don't like having their options limited and being herded into using poorly designed technology. Of course, these dangers exist whenever you buy DRMed music from any vendor. You're locked into the limited array of players that the DRM is compatible with, and, if that DRM some day is entirely unsupported, you're out of luck. Read EFF Activist Hugh D'Andrade's complete analysis and related links: http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/005328.php

independentm...	Date: June 28, 2007 @ 8:57 PM Another dolphin snared in Viacom's DMCA tuna-takedown net.

independentm...	Date: June 28, 2007 @ 9:02 PM EMI reports that sales of some albums are up as much as 350% now that MP3 tracks without DRM are available. And they'd probably be up 1000% if EMI wasn't an evil RIAA member.

independentm...	Date: June 28, 2007 @ 9:02 PM DRM on Blu Ray

independentm...	Date: June 28, 2007 @ 9:03 PM Music downloaders are circumventing P2P restrictions at universities by using Google instead.

independentm...	Date: June 28, 2007 @ 9:04 PM Preventng iPhone owners from installing software may hurt their privacy.

independentm...	Date: June 30, 2007 @ 1:49 AM YouTube beats Brazilian supermodel after she had sex on the beach

independentm...	Date: June 30, 2007 @ 1:56 AM Rep Inslee: Game not over for 'Net radio, not now or on July 15 Congress disturbed that the issue has not been settled already.

independentm...	Date: June 30, 2007 @ 11:37 PM Exxon Hacks the Yes Men Exxon appears to have used DMCA and copyright to have a parody site blocked by its' IP host.

pessimist	Date: June 30, 2007 @ 11:58 PM I hate Exxon-Mobil and ALL OTHER FAT-CAT oil companies who have been leaching financial life from average citizens. They have been making unconscienable windfall profits from us for years with no accountability, and Congress does not call them to task the way it should at all. The Bush and Cheney families have been part of this too. Bushes with the Carlyle Group of corporations (some of which are oil-energy based) and Cheney with Haliburton (and the improper contracts he secured for them with Iraq's rebuilding and its oil industry). Grrr.

independentm...	Date: July 1, 2007 @ 12:28 AM Baltimore 'On Track' With Catching Music Piracy Pat Warren Reporting Folks, this story is HORRIBLE reporting by a Baltimore news station/site = wjz.com If I had the time and lived in the viewing area I'd complain to the editor. (Anyone who watches WJZ out there?)

independentm...	Date: July 1, 2007 @ 1:00 AM EMI inks deal with SnoCap to sell DRM free music

independentm...	Date: July 1, 2007 @ 1:56 AM Well, it's July. Time for a new "In The News" (It should be up and running in the morning when I can get to a computer capable of logging into DMusic's admin section!)

pessimist	Date: July 1, 2007 @ 2:34 AM Re: the pathetic story about Baltimore's law enforcement chasing after dangerous music infringers: Yeah, I believe the RIAA who say that music "piracy" can be connected to (shudder) terrorism! Wow. That, and I've heard P2P can be a cover for child pornography, too, uh-huh, good grief. So, for the sake of THE CHILDREN and for the SECURITY OF OUR NATION, by God, we'd better put the brakes on music piracy!!! I ask you, what could be more important than that? ooh-whee!

pessimist	Date: July 1, 2007 @ 2:37 AM Way to go, WJZ, for such quality investigative reporting out there! Bless you.

independentm...	Date: July 1, 2007 @ 2:42 AM Told ya it was bad. P-U and BOO to WJZ!