Filed in archive Artists
, Video
by Marc on October 31, 2006
Talent agents now want a piece of the billion dollar (YouTube) action. They are circling sizzling producers and artists. United Talent Agency has established a group dedicated to rising Internet...
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I'm pleased to announce the P2P Search Engine at P2P Seek, which I've developed. P2P Seek provides the latest P2P technology and legal music and video. The P2P Search Engine encompasses over...
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Filed in archive Artists
by Marc on October 30, 2006
SoundExchange is the sole distributor of music royalty payments to artists from Internet and satellite broadcasting and they're looking for you. 9,000 artists haven't been found or filled out...
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Alain levy (pictured) proclaimed the CD was dead at the London Business School. John Paczkowski retorts "So by "value-added material," you mean the jewel case?". My take: right...
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Filed in archive Government
, Legal
by Marc on October 27, 2006
Grant T. Stanley, 23, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to five months in prison for copyright infringement. Stanley worked for Elite Torrents, a torrent web site used for Bit Torrent P2P network...
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Filed in archive Apple
by Marc on October 26, 2006
Apple's quarterly numbers were excellent and better than expected. The company's success in portable music players is starting to spread to the computers that they connect to. Apple continues...
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In its most ambitious action yet against consumer P2P copyright infringement, IFPI, RIAA's international counterpart, has sued 8,000 more people across the world. IFPI is spreading its message of...
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Filed in archive Legal
, Major Labels
by Marc on October 25, 2006
While Time Warner threatened it, Universal did it. And sued. The target though wasn't GoogleTube, but rather video sharing sites Grouper and bolt.com. Grouper was recently acquired by Sony. So...
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Filed in archive Consumer Rights
by Marc on October 24, 2006
ProtectDisc brings the world Protect DVD-Video so that DVDs you legally own cannot be played on a Windows PC using Windows Media Player, Windows Media Center Edition, or any software player based on...
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Filed in archive Commentary
by Marc on October 24, 2006
Entertainment business attorney and consultant Bob Lefsetz thinks so. He credits Edgar Bronfman, Jr. with breaking the hard music party line on licensing and starting the YouTube deals (Warner Music...
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I wrote previously about the open source project Tor in Tor: Anonymity Comes of Age. Now there is a mozilla browser that integrates Tor called Torpark. eWeek reviewed it and like what they saw in...
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Creative Commons has exploded with over 140 million links to their licenses. These links typically are associated with individual files and indicate the applicable license covering copyright and...
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Filed in archive Fun
by Marc on October 20, 2006
Occasionally we like to share a little Friday fun with our readers so they can enjoy the weekend. Check our past Fun entries, especially Weird Al Yankovic's song and video "Don't...
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Filed in archive Retail
by Marc on October 20, 2006
Real Networks rhapsody subscription music service got a boost from the 840 store Best Buy retail chain. Best Buy is countering Apple's iTunes and iPod by teaming with Real and SanDisk for its new...
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Filed in archive Companies
by Marc on October 19, 2006
Skype cuts the cord, or more appropriately the USB cable, with new WiFi phones coming soon. The phones enable wireless use at home, office, or anywhere there is an open access point, such as airports...
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Filed in archive Companies
, Retail
by Marc on October 19, 2006
Music distributor PayPlay plans to offer its 600,00 song catalog in open MP3 format. The announcement was timed to support the "Day Against DRM". On a practical basis, the decision greatly...
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Filed in archive Industry
by Marc on October 18, 2006
NBC Universal chairman and CEO Bob Wright called upon American business and political leaders to fight piracy at a U.S. Chamber of Commerce conference. Not surprisingly, he pulled out the terror card....
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Business 2.0 came out with "DVDs: They will survive." It is a PR piece in disguise for the Sonic Solutions and Macrovision deal it covers. There is no mention about all the problems and...
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Filed in archive Events
by Marc on October 17, 2006
Techweb covers the digital music forum West with "P2P Industry Networks For Legitimacy". Speakers reinforced the evidence that P2P network use continues to rise despite recording industry...
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Filed in archive Companies
, Retail
by Marc on October 17, 2006
Javien Digital Payment Solutions is providing the back-end to support music sales for SNOCAP. SNOCAP licenses music to retailers such as MySpace and legal P2P networks. The Javien platform provide a...
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Filed in archive Major Labels
by Marc on October 16, 2006
If a Song is Played in the Forest, Does It Make a Sound? That depends of the size of the trees. The economic value of music copyrights has come to the forefront with the Google acquisition of YouTube....
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The Swedish Court of Appeal ruled that a consumer's IP address, typically the only evidence provided in P2P consumer copyright infringement lawsuits, is insufficient proof of illegal activity. The...
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Filed in archive Fun
by Marc on October 13, 2006
Occasionally we like to share a little Friday fun with our readers so they can enjoy the weekend. Check our past Fun entries, especially Weird Al Yankovic's song and video "Don't...
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