A recent controversy over Microsoft Windows Media Center has highlighted the perils of DRM (Digital Rights Management). DRM uses secured formats that can cause incompatibilities with other hardware...
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The iPhone is so hot, it's just a matter of time before your get ripped off. ScamBuster publishes the top things to avoid. > iPhone viruses initiated through free iPhone offers, fake iPhone...
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Filed in archive Companies
, Finance
by Marc on July 30, 2007
ROYALTYSHARE ADDS MUSICALC San Diego-based digital media tracker RoyaltyShare acquired UK-based Musicalc. Musicalc provides royalty accounting services and software and enables RoyaltyShare to expand...
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While they say will do not evil, be wary of Google. Microsoft does a better job in protecting you. Slightly. So says Privacy International in A Race To The Bottom: Privacy Ranking Of Internet...
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Filed in archive Apple
, Fun
by Marc on July 27, 2007
The iPhone is great material. This video shows more hidden uses from cheese grater to prophylactic. Get video codes at Bolt.......
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Filed in archive People
, RIAA, IFPI
by Marc on July 26, 2007
Mitch Glazier, Executive Vice President, Government and Industry Relations, RIAA spoke with a blogger Here is one of the questions. What's the single biggest misperception about the RIAA that is...
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Filed in archive Companies
by Marc on July 26, 2007
Music recommender Last.fm is expanding into music video. Users will be able to rate playing videos and enter their preferences just like they do with music to create custom video channels. To compete...
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A Finnish Court rules that effective means effective. The issue is the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and the European counterpart, the European Copyright Directive (EUCD), which says...
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Filed in archive Companies
, Legal
by Marc on July 25, 2007
Media Rights Technologies (MRT) and BlueBeat, which develop and distribute software that blocks unauthorized streaming media recording, have served cease and desist letters to Apple, RealNetworks,...
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... and your mother's credit card. ... Britney spears is gathering fan feedback for her next album. But it's not free. It's strictly members-only only via her official fan club at...
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This article is part of a series on guaranteed success for tech and media marketing. 1. What's Your Story: An iPhone Christmas 2. What's Your Story: Demystifying Apple 3. What's Your...
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Magistrate Judge Lorenzo F. Garcia in Capitol v. Does 1-16 denied RIAA's ex-parte motion to force the University of New Mexico to disclose the identities of its students. RIAA ex-parte motions...
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Filed in archive Apple
, Fun
by Marc on July 20, 2007
You mean you didn't know about the x-ray camera, taser, tricorder, and special phone numbers? eWeek's Spencer Katt spills the beans on hidden iPhone features.......
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This article is part of a series on guaranteed success for tech and media marketing. 1. What's Your Story: An iPhone Christmas 2. What's Your Story: Demystifying Apple 3. What's Your...
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Shelly Palmer interviews activist and attorney Ray Beckerman, author of the blog Recording Industry vs The People, which is "[a]bout the RIAA's attempt to monopolize digital music by...
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Filed in archive Companies
, Legal
by Marc on July 18, 2007
The recording industry lawsuit against limewire has been postponed until March 2008 when the summary judgment motion will be fully briefed and pretrial discovery finished. Justice is slow for the...
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What are the prospects for the P2P industry and music and video distribution now that the legal issues have been decided by the Supreme Court? As I've previously written, the ongoing litigation...
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Filed in archive Legal
, RIAA, IFPI
by Marc on July 17, 2007
The Court ordered RIAA to pay defendant Debbie Foster $68,685.23 in attorney fees and costs. Previously the judge had ruled that Foster could collect a judgment, Foster had submitted a claim for over...
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Filed in archive Artists
, Companies
by Marc on July 16, 2007
Yahoo Music is working with USA Networks to help promote artists. The Yahoo LAUNCHcast streaming music service allows listeners to rate songs. Top-rate artists then will be offered to USA Networks,...
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This article is part of a series on guaranteed success for tech and media marketing. 1. What's Your Story: An iPhone Christmas 2. What's Your Story: Demystifying Apple 3. What's Your...
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