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In The News - July 2007

Posted by Mike (Shmoo) on July 1, 2007 at 11:28 PM (printer friendly)

Last month's edition of "In The News" can be found at: http://www.boycott-riaa.com/article/24680

Folks, this monthy feature is here for me AND you to post links in. (Don't make me do ALL the work by myself!)

:)

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--Shmoo

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independentm...	Date: July 1, 2007 @ 3:09 PM iPhone - Defective By Design The iPhone hype hides a basic problem � Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) inside the iPhone means that it wont be under your control. Apple also want you to switch your cell phone service to AT&T � who collaborated with the National Security Agency (NSA) in a massive, illegal program to wiretap and data� mine Americans' communications.

independentm...	Date: July 1, 2007 @ 3:13 PM RIAA Opposes Ms. Lindor's Request for Discovery into Agreements Among RIAA Members to Pursue Cases Collectively RIAA Opposes Boston University Student's Motion to Vacate and to Quash Lava v. Amurao Docket Entry Corrected; Declaratory Judgment Counterclaim Dismissed; Copyright Misuse Counterclaim Stands Best regards. Ray http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com http://info.riaalawsuits.us

independentm...	Date: July 1, 2007 @ 3:23 PM Cryptography to be used to fight customers of printers from refilling ink jet cartridges (The orginal title says something about "piracy" ...but I don't see how even the RIAA's definition could apply.)

independentm...	Date: July 1, 2007 @ 3:31 PM FTC Says 'Slow Down' on Net Neutrality: The Washington Post reports that the Federal Trade Commission has fumbled the Network Neutrality Act, again FTC urges "caution" With the stalling tactics now being employed how long will it be before opponents (our enemy) draft their own legislation to counter Net Neutrality?

independentm...	Date: July 1, 2007 @ 3:39 PM Mizled called the Apple support line and the rep said he needed to downgrade his computer from a 64-bit operating system. Posts about this in the Apple forums were deleted. Neither XP 64-bit nor Vista works with the iPhone

independentm...	Date: July 1, 2007 @ 3:46 PM See y'all Thursday or Friday! (I'm done with my weekend dayjob and am going home to my currently Internet-less abode where we hope to finish a VIDEO for our newest cover-tune, Summer Breeze in time for the 4th of July celebrations (assuming terrorists don't cause our Govt to put them on hold.)

gdZiemann	Date: July 1, 2007 @ 3:47 PM Wait a freakin' minute. "Cryptography to be used to fight customers of printers from refilling ink jet cartridges"????? Their current price of $1,250 a gallon for ink isn't profitable enough??? How do they intend to do this? Are they going to check all my outgoing mail? Come in the house and look at printouts? Demand monthly samples from every purchaser? This is so incredibly unrealistic. "fight customers of printers..." Just makes you want to run right out and buy one doesn't it? I know that if I were thinking about buying a printer, "manufacturer puts up a tough fight" might not be on my list of features I'm looking for. What's next? Can't put air in your tires? Can't refill empty water bottles?

independentm...	Date: July 1, 2007 @ 3:48 PM did I say "Govt" ? ...I meant "chicken-sh*t Govt"

Alwex	Date: July 2, 2007 @ 1:14 PM Just keeps pissing me off all the time, and the government are surprised that people break the "law" and hate the government. They keep fucking us up... "The only difference between dictatorship and democracy is that in a democracy, you have to vote for your dictator(s)"

ChillinBuzz	Date: July 3, 2007 @ 8:38 AM just like with disks, cartridges will be breakable and it won't matter whether it generates a random key. think of the mod chips for PlayStations and imagine one of those for a printer, that will automatically allow any ink cartridge to work... i bet they spent months devising a way to make this work, it'll take coders and hackers a fraction of the time to break it.... and along will come the DMCA... what will happen if they can't get their own way? force us all back to pen and paper? :s

Alwex	Date: July 3, 2007 @ 12:21 PM ITs Sick, its fucking Sick, and the most sick part is that we allow this to happen! Revolution may not be the way, but a bloody NO! might just do the trick, "best way to crush the state is by not paying any taxes"

pepe512000	Date: July 3, 2007 @ 8:25 PM Music labels win fight to close Russian download site Another one bites the dust...

pessimist	Date: July 3, 2007 @ 9:58 PM But that won't stop the sharing of music.

pepe512000	Date: July 3, 2007 @ 10:07 PM No, likely 20 more new ones started up...that's the humor in this whole thing...

pessimist	Date: July 3, 2007 @ 11:11 PM Yep, plus the fact that people are sharing CDs and even hard drives containing music at private swap parties. And then, of course, many used CDs manage to sell well, too. Also, there are a number of surreptitious file sharing networks online, some fairly sophisticated in regard to security � accessible by invitation only, using encryption techniques and auxillary random servers. No way the RIAA will be able to defeat those, short of getting a law passed to control the internet's structure. I'm really wondering just how long the cartel will last. About their only hope would be to begin promoting the recording of good music, revamp their outdated business model, and start being fair to artists and consumers. I don't have to tell you the odds against that all happening. So, they're just about the living dead as far as I can see.

pessimist	Date: July 3, 2007 @ 11:14 PM It goes without saying that almost all of us at these websites are waiting for that glorious day when the major labels go into bankrupty reorganization. We really want indies to get their fair shake without being even partly impeded by the cartel.

TrueAudio	Date: July 3, 2007 @ 11:40 PM Some older news you might have missed: MPAA Kills Anti-Pretexting Bill http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2006/12/72214 US ruling makes server RAM a 'document'? http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/US-ruling-makes-server-RAM-a-document-/0,130061733,339278641,00.htm Let's just get it over with and confiscate all PC's in the US at gunpoint, after all the RIAA/MPAA refer to PC's as "piracy machines" that have no business being in the hands of the masses and have no legitimate use (kind of how like the FBI considers people with PC's being in possession of "illegal hacking tools"). Combine this with traitor Gonzales's "attempted copyright infringement bill'--you do the math. Here's my suggestion: Get a hold of the following videos even if you've already seen them and watch them consecutively. "fictional" 1) Red Dawn 2) Swordfish 3) Enemy of the State 4) V for Vendetta 5) Shooter non-fictional 1) Terrorstorm (can watch for free on google video) 2) Aaron Russo's Freedom to Fascism 3) Truth and Lies of 9/11 by Mike Ruppert P.S. Boycott all Airlines http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_M-lLVzFO4c Boycott ALL mainstream media except possibly CSPAN

TrueAudio	Date: July 4, 2007 @ 8:42 PM Audio Watermarking DRM set for HD DVD & Blu-ray http://www.cdfreaks.com/news/Audio-Watermarking-DRM-set-for-HD-DVD--Blu-ray.html Whoever works on developing new DRM anti-technologies seriously needs to get a life.

independentm...	Date: July 5, 2007 @ 4:12 PM Although AllofMP3.com was shut down by the Russian Government this week, customers from the site who have existing credit can still purchase songs through its downloadable windows desktop and smartphone client, allTunes.com.

independentm...	Date: July 5, 2007 @ 4:13 PM Belgian copyright watchdog SABAM has forced an ISP to begin filtering P2P traffic (PDF)

independentm...	Date: July 5, 2007 @ 4:15 PM A simple way to defeat dumb patents? The big thing that defeats a patent is prior art.

independentm...	Date: July 5, 2007 @ 4:17 PM History of the CD Rom

independentm...	Date: July 5, 2007 @ 4:18 PM Google looses case over Gmail name.

independentm...	Date: July 5, 2007 @ 4:23 PM MPAA caught setting up fake websites to catch downloaders But that's not all; MiiVi also offered client software to speed up the downloading process. The only catch is, after it was installed, it searched your computer for other copyrighted files and reported back.

independentm...	Date: July 5, 2007 @ 4:28 PM BBC warning of a 'ticking time-bomb' where data is going to be lost because of incompatibility in newer versions of software, and software not existing at all.

independentm...	Date: July 5, 2007 @ 4:30 PM Mike Godwin (known for Godwin's law) has been hired as legal councel for Wikipedia

independentm...	Date: July 5, 2007 @ 4:34 PM Steve Wozniak v Stephen Colbert

independentm...	Date: July 5, 2007 @ 4:36 PM For those of you who don't want AT&T on it: DVD Jon has released information on unbricking an iPhone. You sacrifice all cel phone functionality of course, but you have an iPDA that will work on your WiFi. Currently the hack is windows only but it doesn't look very complicated.

independentm...	Date: July 5, 2007 @ 4:37 PM Bill Gates no longer the world's richest

independentm...	Date: July 5, 2007 @ 4:43 PM AzOz reports: Granny Sues RIAA Over Unlicensed Investigator

independentm...	Date: July 5, 2007 @ 4:45 PM iPhone root password already hacked ...took 'em all of 3 days.

independentm...	Date: July 5, 2007 @ 4:47 PM EU antitrust regulators are turning up the heat on the Blu-ray and HD-DVD format consortiums.

independentm...	Date: July 5, 2007 @ 4:50 PM Apple's iPhone might run afoul of the GPL Steve Jobs and Apple release a product crippled with proprietary software and digital restrictions: crippled, because a device that isn't under the control of its owner works against the interests of its owner. We know that Apple has built its operating system, OS X, and its web browser Safari, using GPL-covered work � it will be interesting to see to what extent the iPhone uses GPLed software.

independentm...	Date: July 5, 2007 @ 5:12 PM Media Rights Technologies Petitions Librarian of Congress to Revoke Statutory Broadcasting Licenses

independentm...	Date: July 5, 2007 @ 5:19 PM Terra Firma extends offer period for EMI

independentm...	Date: July 5, 2007 @ 5:19 PM U.S. Mayors Pass Piracy-Prevention Resolution

independentm...	Date: July 5, 2007 @ 5:21 PM Hollywood hates pirates, but can it use them? Duh, Hollywood and the RIAA have been already been using them all along.

independentm...	Date: July 5, 2007 @ 5:25 PM The Pirate Bay Wants MediaDefender to Walk the Plank to Bankruptcy

independentm...	Date: July 5, 2007 @ 5:31 PM Many many lawsuit news items at RecordingIndustryVsPeople

independentm...	Date: July 5, 2007 @ 5:32 PM RIAA sued for using illegal investigatory practices (George is also already covering it over at AzOz.com)

independentm...	Date: July 5, 2007 @ 5:53 PM Privatunes 0.9 Does Not Anonymize iTunes Plus Files On Wednesday, Slashdot and Wired Compiler ran posts about Privatunes, a program that claims to remove personally identifying information from iTunes Plus files (the current version is closed source and Windows only, though the site says that this will change in the future.) Privatunes 0.9 overwrites the user's name and address. Unfortunately, the Privatunes coders didn't read our last post about iTunes tracking data -- aside from the name and email address, there are other fields that Apple, or a litigant that subpoenas Apple, could use to identify the purchasers of iTunes Plus files, even if they've been run through Privatunes 0.9.

independentm...	Date: July 5, 2007 @ 6:04 PM Germany's Federal Ministry of Justice has circulated a controversial draft bill that is bad news for online privacy. From preliminary reports, it seems that the bill attempts to outlaw the ability to send anonymous email by ordering ISPs to retain data traceable to individuals, and requiring a passport from anyone attempting to set up a webmail account.

independentm...	Date: July 5, 2007 @ 6:06 PM How Vista Harvests Personal Data A total of 47 Windows Vista features and services collect user data.

independentm...	Date: July 5, 2007 @ 6:07 PM Can Google be held liable for linking to defamatory comments under UK law?

independentm...	Date: July 5, 2007 @ 6:16 PM Just how green is Live Earth? Live Earth organizers have gone to considerable lengths to marry the global event's methods with its message, but they've been called hypocrites by critics as varied as a Congressman and one of the Who.

independentm...	Date: July 5, 2007 @ 6:17 PM Jazz violinist Johnny Frigo dies at 90

independentm...	Date: July 5, 2007 @ 6:25 PM Bill Pinkney, Last of the original Drifters dies at 81

independentm...	Date: July 5, 2007 @ 6:36 PM CD sales drop, digital music jumps in 1st half '07 U.S. sales of digital music albums grew by 60 percent in the first six months of 2007 but failed to offset the rapid sales decline of compact discs, according to data from Nielsen SoundScan.

independentm...	Date: July 5, 2007 @ 6:38 PM Music biz sales off for a seventh year: study

independentm...	Date: July 5, 2007 @ 6:41 PM British jazz singer George Melly dies

independentm...	Date: July 5, 2007 @ 6:42 PM Will Schaefer, TV show composer, dies music accompanied hit television shows such as "I Dream of Jeannie" and "The Flintstones,"

independentm...	Date: July 5, 2007 @ 6:43 PM Boy Band Impresario Indicted

independentm...	Date: July 5, 2007 @ 6:44 PM Album sales down, Downloads up by %50

independentm...	Date: July 5, 2007 @ 7:00 PM U.K. company says it's close to unlocking iPhones

independentm...	Date: July 5, 2007 @ 7:03 PM Baidu Signs Ad-Supported Music Partnership

independentm...	Date: July 5, 2007 @ 7:06 PM In Pictures: Warning Signs of an Internet Attack Internet Threat Protection GuideInternet attacks have become a business. And as with any business, the product must be ever-changing in attempting to entice you. But where a slick legit ad campaign might sway you into buying a gadget you don't really need, these social engineering techniques try to trick you into infecting your computer with malware you surely don't want. Look through these images of some of the latest tricks from malware pushers and phishers so that you can keep your most important security tool--you--up-to-date.

independentm...	Date: July 6, 2007 @ 11:02 PM Apple's Next Big Thing: tiny prices for iTunes albums

independentm...	Date: July 6, 2007 @ 11:19 PM Cory on CBC, talking Universal v. iTunes

independentm...	Date: July 6, 2007 @ 11:20 PM Frith: Canadian law will drive pirates to U.K.

independentm...	Date: July 6, 2007 @ 11:21 PM `Inappropriate downloads' acknowledged by SAP CEO

independentm...	Date: July 6, 2007 @ 11:24 PM Second Life Biz sues for copyright infringement

independentm...	Date: July 6, 2007 @ 11:25 PM Artificial Scarcity and Open Source

independentm...	Date: July 6, 2007 @ 11:26 PM P2p traffic shifting from music to movies

independentm...	Date: July 6, 2007 @ 11:27 PM That fake MPAA vid download site goes offline

independentm...	Date: July 6, 2007 @ 11:31 PM A team of researchers dedicated to finding means to fully control and interact with the new Apple iPhone claim to have successfully gained an interactive shell on the device.

independentm...	Date: July 6, 2007 @ 11:37 PM Man caught with a camcorder at the Transformers movie

independentm...	Date: July 6, 2007 @ 11:56 PM Apple has released what it will cost to replace the battery in the iPhone, and consumers might be a bit put off. Replacement is a tricky ordeal, as the battery is apparently soldered into the device. The service will cost $79, plus $6.95 for shipping, plus an optional $29 'loaner iPhone' rental.

pessimist	Date: July 7, 2007 @ 12:01 PM From the San Francisco Chronicle: "Federal agents do not need a search warrant to monitor a suspect's computer use and determine the e-mail addresses and Web pages the suspect is contacting, a federal appeals court ruled Friday." "In yesterday's ruling, the court said computer users should know that they lose privacy protections with e-mail and Web site addresses when they are communicated to the company whose equipment carries the messages." "The search is no more intrusive than officers' examination of a list of phone numbers or the outside of a mailed package," the panel of judges remarked. "This ruling further erodes our privacy," a California defense attorney said. "The great political marketplace of ideas is the Internet, and the government has unbridled access to it!" I agree with the defense attorney about this issue, and I'm actually quite stewed over the judges' decision.

pessimist	Date: July 7, 2007 @ 12:05 PM It's yet another of a long string of intrusions into the privacy of individuals. Why should the govenment have the right to snoop into people's e-mails and surfing habits without the probably cause necessity of a search warrant? LIbertarian individuals would like to know.

independentm...	Date: July 7, 2007 @ 9:40 PM Crazed lefty liberals like me would like to know as well. Folks, we ALWAYS must be on guard against our own government's errosion of basic civil liberties and privacy!

independentm...	Date: July 7, 2007 @ 9:42 PM The Blame Game: Artists and Ticket Prices George Ziemann really has a great set of articles up over at AzOz about this issue. HIGHLY recommended reading!

independentm...	Date: July 7, 2007 @ 9:55 PM http://slyck.com/story1528_ShareConnector_Trial_Finally_Resumes Legality of linking to be addressed says Slyck.

independentm...	Date: July 7, 2007 @ 10:03 PM "No, I�m not saying the Neo 1973 will blow the iPhone out of the water; perhaps it won�t come even close � Apple�s mojo is far too powerful for that. But the Neo1973 will offer something the iPhone won�t: freedom." --Jack Kapica Open Moko1973 cellphone It is doing what all open-source people are doing: asking the world code-cutting community to come up with applications for it instead of locking you into corporate revenue schemes. [i](Sound's like a plan! Didn't really ever want a gadget filled cellphone due to all the scams attatched, but someone out there can buy me one of these if they wanna.)[/url]

independentm...	Date: July 7, 2007 @ 10:05 PM oops! the closing tag above was supposed to be [/i] instead of [/url] Oh well. No biggie.

independentm...	Date: July 7, 2007 @ 10:13 PM The Rubinoos sue Avril Lavigne over 'Girlfriend' Terry McBride, CEO of Nettwerk Music Group claims the songs are not similar at all, but says he may settle anyways. "You are forced to consider doing this because American lawyers can do these cases on contingency. If I defend and win, it costs me $300,000 U.S. If I go to get my costs back, the other party declares bankruptcy. You end up footing the bill." ----------- ...Hmm, I wonder. Anyone out there familiar with the tunes? Were the Rubinoos ripped off?

independentm...	Date: July 7, 2007 @ 10:14 PM YouTube Guitar Lessons Pulled in Copyright Spat

independentm...	Date: July 7, 2007 @ 10:15 PM EFF Files Amicus Brief in Support of Dawnell Leadbetter's Attorneys Fee Motion in Seattle

gdZiemann	Date: July 7, 2007 @ 10:15 PM Wow, Shmoo, you're doing a great job! Evil Empire Strikes Out at Guitar Teachers

gdZiemann	Date: July 7, 2007 @ 10:16 PM You posted while I was coding the link.

independentm...	Date: July 7, 2007 @ 10:19 PM More on that (alleged?) MPAA video download entrapment site... Ars Technica covers the response from MediaDefender, which basically states the entire thing was a mistake and was only an internal site they forgot to password protect, and that they were not using this with the MPAA. The article asks: 'If this is true, why did MediaDefender immediately remove all contact information from the whois registry for the domain? [i]They is trying to deny it! lol[/url]

independentm...	Date: July 7, 2007 @ 10:20 PM DRAT! [/url] = [/i] again!!!

independentm...	Date: July 7, 2007 @ 10:28 PM Swedish Police going after Pirate Bay ...again!

independentm...	Date: July 7, 2007 @ 10:31 PM Sprint drops customers who "complain too much" about their bill.

independentm...	Date: July 8, 2007 @ 2:00 AM Nashville sax player Boots Randolph dead at 80

independentm...	Date: July 8, 2007 @ 2:01 AM Are oldies the new Jack on NYC radio? Everything oldies is new again. WCBS-FM, the nation's No. 1 oldies station for more than three decades until a 2005 switch, is ready to shift from its current "Jack" format and re-embrace the classic sounds of its past, according to online reports. George over at AzOz had a great story about "Jack" a couple weeks ago.

independentm...	Date: July 8, 2007 @ 2:14 AM MTV service seeks revenue from fan remixes Oh no. PLEASE avoid it folks.

independentm...	Date: July 8, 2007 @ 2:17 AM Arctic Monkeys sitting out Live Earth They say it would be "hypocritical" ...and they sorta have a point. I'm all for Al Gore's intent and all that, but I fear the Recording Industry has hi-jacked the message of the event and turned it into a huge marketing ploy for its' own artists.

independentm...	Date: July 8, 2007 @ 2:21 AM ...and furthermore, FOX News and the Oil/Energy cartel's talking heads are of course really spinning the fact that the Live Earth event is itself alleged to be energy intensive.

independentm...	Date: July 8, 2007 @ 2:25 AM More on the Denial by MediaDefender on ownership of that MPAA "pirate" trap site

independentm...	Date: July 8, 2007 @ 2:26 AM Live Earth may set new stage for Web viewing

independentm...	Date: July 8, 2007 @ 2:27 AM Filesharing ruling against ISP hailed as precedent Copyright groups have hailed a Belgian court decision making an Internet service provider responsible for illegal file-sharing on its network as a European first that could help the music industry. boo hiss

independentm...	Date: July 8, 2007 @ 2:28 AM Samsung, MusicNet Partner Against Apple The new service will offer portable music subscriptions for unlimited downloads for a flat monthly fee, or the purchase of individual tracks or albums. Expect the usual DRM and RIAA infestation.

independentm...	Date: July 8, 2007 @ 2:31 AM Live Earth Internet streaming sets record: MSN

banshee2x	Date: July 9, 2007 @ 7:01 AM Hello! I am David a boy of Barcelona, Spain. And I have a big debt with the SGAE (spanish association like RIAA), I have been fined to download four songs, exactly 26,400 $. I need your aid to be able to pay the debt. You can help me making a donation or buying a postcard of my city that costs 3 $, my benefit by each postcard is of 1.5 $, I only need to sell 17,000 postal to be saved. Sorry for my level of english, I am using a automatic translator to translate in english and arrive at more people. http://savedavid.freehostia.com

gdZiemann	Date: July 10, 2007 @ 4:44 PM [url="http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/home/filter?wid=379&func=viewSubmission&sid=2802

gdZiemann	Date: July 10, 2007 @ 4:46 PM Aw, crap. [url="http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/home/filter?wid=379&func=viewSubmission&sid=2802"] Universities to RIAA: Take a Hike

gdZiemann	Date: July 10, 2007 @ 4:47 PM I give up.

pepe512000	Date: July 10, 2007 @ 6:30 PM Universities to RIAA: Take a Hike by Charles Nesson & John Palfrey Is this what you were trying for George? :)

gdZiemann	Date: July 10, 2007 @ 6:47 PM Well, yeah. Thanks, pepe. Funny, I knew how to make links yesterday...

pepe512000	Date: July 10, 2007 @ 7:57 PM No problem, love to help out. I think the quotations? were the problem, or just one extra space tends to yuk it up....I'm sure you've seen some of my tries...yipes!

independentm...	Date: July 12, 2007 @ 11:49 PM Watchdog says pirate attacks are increasing worldwide ...I assume these are REAL pirates.

independentm...	Date: July 12, 2007 @ 11:50 PM Record labels look to tween market Nothing new. They have always been after our kids.

independentm...	Date: July 13, 2007 @ 12:17 AM Another story about Prince angering music industry with CD "give-away"

independentm...	Date: July 13, 2007 @ 12:19 AM Evel Knievel, Kanye West seek deal over copyright suit

independentm...	Date: July 13, 2007 @ 12:23 AM George Michael fined $250,000 for playing too long at Wembley

independentm...	Date: July 13, 2007 @ 12:25 AM Metallica frontman James Hetfield was stopped by security officials at London's Luton Airport for allegedly having a "Taliban-like" beard.

independentm...	Date: July 13, 2007 @ 12:28 AM Beyonce sets fire to her fans (literally!)

independentm...	Date: July 13, 2007 @ 12:32 AM Avril Lavigne responds to plagiarism claims Suing Songwriters Don't Like Avril's "Girlfriend" Songwriter retracts comments against Lavigne - Chantal Kreviazuk, the fellow Canadian singer-songwriter who dismissed collaborator Avril Lavigne's writing skills in an interview in the June issue of Performing Songwriter magazine, has retracted her comments. "Circle the wagons!"

independentm...	Date: July 13, 2007 @ 1:17 AM Holy cow! Big Blue might return from the dead: Under a pledge issued by the company Wednesday, IBM is granting universal and perpetual access to intellectual property that might be necessary to implement standards designed to make software interoperable. IBM will not assert any patent rights to its technologies featured in these standards. The company believes its move in this space is the largest of its kind.

independentm...	Date: July 13, 2007 @ 1:29 AM Michael Geist has produced Putting Canadian 'Piracy' in Perspective, a video that demonstrates how the claims of the MPAA are hugely exaggerated.

independentm...	Date: July 13, 2007 @ 1:31 AM According to a survey reported at the NY Times, very few people actually have and use DVD copying software.

independentm...	Date: July 13, 2007 @ 1:39 AM Former Surgeon General claims repeated censorship by Bush Administration.

independentm...	Date: July 13, 2007 @ 1:41 AM Games Workshop Forbids Warhammer Fan Films

independentm...	Date: July 13, 2007 @ 1:46 AM Appel patent indicates wireless music sharing and purchase plans

independentm...	Date: July 13, 2007 @ 1:49 AM ISPs stand firm after p2p ruling The Internet Service Providers' Association has repeated its assertion that ISPs should not be responsible for any illegal file sharing that takes place over their networks.

independentm...	Date: July 13, 2007 @ 1:49 AM The Pirate Bay Interview (Video)

independentm...	Date: July 13, 2007 @ 1:51 AM Porn Industries Forms Anti-Piracy Group Who gives a crap about Hollywood style porn?

independentm...	Date: July 13, 2007 @ 1:52 AM Media Defender Buys P2P.net: Preparing for their Next Scam?

independentm...	Date: July 13, 2007 @ 1:54 AM ( BTW, it is NOT the same as Jon Newton's p2pnet.net )

pessimist	Date: July 13, 2007 @ 3:18 AM Re: "The Internet Service Providers' Association has repeated its assertion that ISPs should not be responsible for illegal file sharing that takes place over their networks." That's because ISPs shouldn't have to shoulder a role as gatekeeper of the internet! The people responsible for unlawful content going up on the web are the ones who put it there in the first place, not the conduit i.s.p. That's akin to trying to hold a roadway responsible for an overweight truck traveling on it. Let's get this straight right from the start: This whole misguided idea is about the music and film cartels trying to get ISPs to play policemen for them. Let the damn cartels tend to their own affairs, and fight their own battles with their own devices (i.e., MediaSentry and bots and whatever); that ought to be the limit on the issue!

pessimist	Date: July 13, 2007 @ 9:10 AM iPhone - Defective By Design "The iPhone hype hides a basic problem � Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) inside the iPhone means that it wont be under your control. Apple also want you to switch your cell phone service to AT&T � who collaborated with the National Security Agency (NSA) in a massive, illegal program to wiretap and data� mine Americans' communications." �The problem with the iPhone being bundled with AT&T is kind of like a �Hotel California� service,� Massachusetts Rep. Ed Markey said during a hearing. �You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave.�

TrueAudio	Date: July 13, 2007 @ 5:20 PM FBI lied to get ISPs to turn over data http://www.infowars.com/articles/bb/fbi_lied_to_get_isps_turn_over_data.htm Ron Paul: U.S. In "Great Danger" Of Staged Terror http://www.infowars.com/articles/terror/ron_paul_us_in_great_danger_of_staged_terror.htm

independentm...	Date: July 13, 2007 @ 8:24 PM Ron Paul might be wearing a tin-foil hat, but I too am begining to see the possibility of (for example - the current administration) faking a terrorist attack. Hell, the Bush regime and many pundits (of BOTH partys) ALREADY use the previous actions of the "terrorist boogiemen" to try and get their way (or, elected.) Folks, we not only need be vigilant against Bin-Laden & crew, we need to watch out for our own government and the military industrial complex using the terrorist threat to mind-f**k us citizens.

pessimist	Date: July 13, 2007 @ 8:46 PM Yep, as they were complicit with 9/11.

independentm...	Date: July 13, 2007 @ 9:58 PM Don't know if I'd go so far as to say that, (requires a bigger tin-foil hat than I own) but they sure as hell have used 9/11 as an excuse to bend and warp our laws and constitution.

independentm...	Date: July 13, 2007 @ 9:59 PM Woman settles out of court with RIAA for $300

pepe512000	Date: July 14, 2007 @ 10:36 AM Also on the good news front.. RIAA Ex Parte Discovery Application Against University of New Mexico Denied!!! this is the second judge to rule against the riaa's universities campus reign of terror...three strikes your out? We can only hope

PerilousTimes	Date: July 14, 2007 @ 6:59 PM Regarding 9/11/01, there are a number of reasons to consider complicity.

independentm...	Date: July 14, 2007 @ 11:33 PM When Microsoft tells you 'try-before-you-buy,' the 'buy' part is not meant to be an option. Once you 'try' a Microsoft 'upgrade' you can not easily go back, because your files will be replaced by new versions that you need the new software to read.[/url]

independentm...	Date: July 14, 2007 @ 11:36 PM oops! Forget that last [/url] tag. It is superfluous. (Yawn, I'm sleepy. Just did a wedding after very shut-eye the night before and now gotta work all night.)

independentm...	Date: July 15, 2007 @ 12:03 AM False copyright notices appear on modern reprints of Shakespeare's plays, Beethoven's piano scores, greeting card versions of Monet's Water Lilies, and even the US Constitution. Archives claim blanket copyright in everything in their collections. Vendors of microfilmed versions of historical newspapers assert copyright ownership. These false copyright claims, which are often accompanied by threatened litigation for reproducing a work without the owner's permission, result in users seeking licenses and paying fees to reproduce works that are free for everyone to use...'" http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=787244#PaperDownload (pdf file?)

independentm...	Date: July 15, 2007 @ 12:34 AM Showstash.com - Another streaming video site bites the dust.

independentm...	Date: July 15, 2007 @ 12:35 AM Warner Music To Stream All Its Music Online For Free

independentm...	Date: July 15, 2007 @ 12:52 AM Belgacom urged to block illegal music file sharing Belgian music copyright group SABAM has written to Belgium's dominant telecoms group Belgacom, urging it to commit to blocking or filtering illegal music file sharing, Belgian daily Le Soir reported on Saturday.

independentm...	Date: July 15, 2007 @ 12:57 AM Google, Viacom face off over YouTube ...during a weeklong retreat at a mountain resort that hosts for top CEOs every year, but this week a marketplace clash between Viacom Inc. and Google Inc. just couldn't be kept down.

independentm...	Date: July 15, 2007 @ 12:59 AM Google takes a swipe at Viacom Different source on the above story.

independentm...	Date: July 15, 2007 @ 1:02 AM MTV Founder Bob Pittman Backs Online Video Hub WeShow

independentm...	Date: July 15, 2007 @ 1:09 AM iPod filled with (legal but) still yet DRM infected RIAA tunes angers God and draws lightning The bolt threw the 37-year-old man 8 feet, according to witnesses.

independentm...	Date: July 15, 2007 @ 1:14 AM lol. Get this, another bolt victem was listening to Metallica! So says the Register

independentm...	Date: July 15, 2007 @ 1:34 AM NOTE TO leflaw/tracy, I will not be able to log into DMusic's admin section in the morning. There's a couple of articles in the inbox that need approval. See ya folks next weekend! (Hopefully I will have that "Summer Breeze" video finished and ready to upload by then.) In the meantime, you can always download the .mp3 at our Dmusic page

pessimist	Date: July 17, 2007 @ 12:00 AM http://story.news.ask.com//article/20070717/D8QE1K8G1.html Microsoft Copy Protection Cracked Again! Jul 16, 9:22 PM (ET) By JESSICA MINTZ SEATTLE (AP) - Microsoft Corporation is once again on the defensive against hackers after the launch of a new program that gives average PC users tools to unlock copy-protected digital music and movies. The latest version of the FairUse4M program, which can crack Microsoft's digital rights management system for Windows Media audio and video files, was published online late Friday. In the past year, Microsoft plugged holes exploited by two earlier versions of the program and filed a federal lawsuit against its anonymous authors. Microsoft dropped the lawsuit after failing to identify them. The third version of FairUse4M has a simple drag-and-drop interface. PC users can turn the protected music files they bought online - either a la carte or as part of a subscription service like Napster - and turn them into DRM-free tunes that can be copied and shared at will, or turned into MP3 files that can play on any type of digital music player. "We knew at the start that no digital rights management technology is going to be impervious to circumvention," said Jonathan Usher, a director in Microsoft's consumer media technology group, in a phone interview today. . . . . . . . . .[snip] --------------------------

pessimist	Date: July 17, 2007 @ 1:11 AM Hey, Mr. Usher, I wonder if your comment reflects the best damage control that your company (Microsoft) has. Note he says, "We knew at the start that no digital rights management (DRM) technology is going to be imperious to circumvention." Well, I guess that's about par for a company which, in general, functions from patchday to patchday anyhow. . .

pessimist	Date: July 18, 2007 @ 4:20 PM http://story.news.ask.com//article/20070718/D8QF6ADO0.html EU File Sharers Protected in Civil Cases Jul 18, 3:07 PM (ET) By AOIFE WHITE BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - Copyright groups may not be able to demand that telecom companies hand over the names and addresses of people suspected of swapping music illegally online, a senior legal adviser to the EU's highest court said. Advocate General Juliane Kokott, advising the European Court of Justice, said Wednesday that EU law directs governments to resist the disclosure of personal data on Internet traffic in civil cases - unlike criminal cases, where compliance would be required. Promusicae, a nonprofit group of Spanish music producers, made a legal complaint against Spain's largest Internet provider, Telefonica, for not handing over the names and addresses linked to computers the group believes used the peer-to-peer file-sharing tool Kazaa to distribute copyrighted songs. A Spanish court hearing that case had asked the EU court for guidance on what EU law allows. Kokott's legal opinion is meant to help judges at the EU court come up with a recommendation, which the Spanish court can use to rule on the case. The EU court decision could then be cited by other national courts throughout the 27-nation bloc. Telefonica says the law only allows it to share personal data for criminal prosecutions or matters of public security and national defense. Separately, a Belgian court ruled last month that a local Internet provider, Scarlet, must filter or block file-sharing software to prevent users downloading music owned by Belgian copyright owners. It has six months to comply or faces daily fines. Copyright 2007 Associated Press.

independentm...	Date: July 20, 2007 @ 1:07 AM Canada's Copyright Board has given the go-ahead for a new copyright tax on iPods ...the levy could conceivably be applied to cellphones and personal computers.

independentm...	Date: July 20, 2007 @ 1:22 AM Net radio negotiations hit snag over DRM

independentm...	Date: July 20, 2007 @ 1:26 AM RIAA v. Santangelo Default Judgment Vacated

independentm...	Date: July 20, 2007 @ 1:30 AM By executive order, the Secretary of the Treasury may now seize the property of any person who undermines efforts to promote economic reconstruction and political reform in Iraq. The Secretary may make his determination in secret and after the fact. The new authority "will only be used against terrorists" Bye bye 5th amendment.

independentm...	Date: July 20, 2007 @ 1:44 AM NPR is running a story on a safe way to reproduce sound from ancient phonographs that would otherwise be unplayable. The system, called IRENE, was installed in the Library of Congress last year. It can be used to replay records that are scratched, worn, broken, or just too fragile to play with a needle. It scans the groves optically and processes them into a sound file at speeds approaching real time.

independentm...	Date: July 20, 2007 @ 1:46 AM Companies are utilizing the decision in Leegin Creative Leater Products v. PSKS to force the take-down of auctions on eBay because auctions are priced too low or even stating the auction itself is an infringement of their intellectual property rights.

independentm...	Date: July 20, 2007 @ 1:52 AM A new kind of record company, Tailored Music Group, is selling user-customizable songs. Each song is distributed in its 'default' (generic) form, and the customer can change any (or all) of the lyrics. For a few hundred bucks, the original indie musician will re-work the song with the custom lyrics.