Filed in archive
Technology
on January 21, 2008
Calsbay Media Promotions has launched a new video sharing platform for musicians: Calsbay.com. The site is designed to give musicians, as well as comedians and spoken word artists an outlet to market ...
Filed in archive
Companies
, Technology
on August 31, 2007
Live Nation has toys. The world's largest concert promoter last year unveiled a comprehensive web database. This year it's hopped on the Web 2.0 bandwagon to ensure its place as the premier on...
Filed in archive
Apple
, Phones
, Technology
on August 16, 2007
The iPhone sells for $599 and is quite profitable. The actual materials are $265 for a gross profit margin of 55%. Now that doesn't include licensing and internal shipping costs, which could add a...
Filed in archive
Companies
, DRM
, Privacy & Security
, Technology
on July 31, 2007
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 an...
Filed in archive
Companies
, Legal
, Technology
on July 6, 2007
I admire the folks at project playlist. They've developed a service that carefully navigates copyright infringement, at least how the recording industry plays that game today.
I'll ignore th...
Filed in archive
Companies
, DRM
, Marketing
, Technology
on June 28, 2007
Shared Media Licensing's (SML) Weedshare, an early digital music service, has suspended operations. Weedshare was smoked by Microsoft, whose latest version of Windows Media Player was incompatible...
Filed in archive
Internet
, Technology
on June 27, 2007
Jimmy Ruska's Awesome Video Blog at jimmyr.com proves there is plenty of unauthorized music sitting on the web, courtesy of Google and your browser. No need to fire up your P2P software.
The web ...
Filed in archive
Internet
, Privacy & Security
, Technology
on June 21, 2007
With Apple and the major recording labels integrating your name and address into digital music files, it's only a matter of time before the encryption is broken or they or others start tracking yo...
Filed in archive
Education
, Technology
on June 19, 2007
The New York Times ask this question in Where's the Other Half of Your Music File? While data storage for drives in computer and portable music players has zoomed over the past decade, the digitiz...
Filed in archive
Technology
on May 29, 2007
We covered the top PC music software earlier. The top six in order are Windows Media Player (WMP), realplayer, iTunes, RecordNow, MusicMatch, and Winamp.
I put most of thousands of songs in folders b...
Filed in archive
Commentary
, Industry
, Society & Public Policy
, Technology
on May 4, 2007
Open wireless Internet like WiFi represents a huge threat to RIAA. It's virtually impossible to track and identify WiFi users. Wireless users typically share the same IP address. The Internet serv...
Filed in archive
Analysis
, Technology
on May 2, 2007
Research from BigChampange and PC Pitstop shows that Limewire has captured a huge lead as the top P2P software now that former giants like eDonkey and Kazaa have either been put out of business or for...
Filed in archive
Technology
on April 13, 2007
Well, not exactly. The full phone number is 1-800-GOOG-411. No longer content with ruling the Internet, Google is bringing its well-known search to the offline world and a phone near you.
Google Voic...
Filed in archive
Artists
, Companies
, Technology
on March 22, 2007
Personal social networks like Friendster were not designed for entertainment. MySpace broke open the market with great success by integrating artists and their music. musician's Playground 3D at M...
Filed in archive
Technology
on March 15, 2007
A Technology Review article on the top 10 Emerging Technologies of 2007 covers the latest P2P research.
Cornell University computer scientist Paul Francis has developed the Chunkyspread P2P network. ...
Filed in archive
Technology
on February 21, 2007
OnTour offers a concert widget that makes it easy to see where your favorite band is playing or who is coming to town, and to buy tickets. OnTour even retrieves concert listings and highlights the art...
Filed in archive
Technology
on February 6, 2007
The Distributed Computing Industry published a white paper, "Digital Watermarking Technologies - Applications in p2p networks." The paper outlines how digital watermarks can be used in P2P n...
Filed in archive
Technology
on January 31, 2007
eWeek covers that the top 25 Killer Apps of All Time. The lists started with Electric Pencil in 1976 and closes with Firefox in 2004. Browsers take top billing with 3 entries - Netscape Navigator, MS ...
Filed in archive
Technology
on January 26, 2007
Two inexpensive (under $200) turntables are now available that play vinyl records, come with preamplifiers to raise the sound level, plug into a PC or Mac, and create digital and MP3 files. A New York...
Filed in archive
Technology
on January 24, 2007
susan Crawford nicely ties together a few different pieces on asymmetric download and upload rates for residential DSL subscribers. P2P constitutes up to 70% of all ISP traffic. It's inherently sy...
Filed in archive
Industry
, Technology
on January 22, 2007
In Gadgets as Tyrants, Xeni Jordan reviews CES (the consumer electronics show in las vegas) and doesn't like what she sees. The multiplicity of tech formats has resulted in "new products [tha...
Filed in archive
Legal
, RIAA, IFPI
, Technology
on January 9, 2007
RIAA copyright infringement lawsuits are based on an incomplete and faulty chain of evidence. After alleged infractions have been detected, the next step in the RIAA litigation process is identifying ...
Filed in archive
Community
, Technology
on October 31, 2006
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 2...
Filed in archive
Apple
, Commentary
, Innovation
, Society & Public Policy
, Technology
on October 5, 2006
Our article The Chill on Innovation covers part of the entertainment industry's battle to thwart threatening technology. But it's an unwinnable war.
The complex world of technologies, market...
Filed in archive
Apple
, People
, Privacy & Security
, Technology
on October 5, 2006
Photo - DVD Jon by Irina Slutsky
Jon Lech Johansen, aka DVD Jon, is back. He's the programmer who gained fame cracking DVD encryption. He now has moved to the U.S. and turned his attention to App...
Filed in archive
Commentary
, Privacy & Security
, Technology
on September 12, 2006
The Center for Democracy and Technology released the paper "Evaluating DRM: Building a Marketplace for the Convergent World". It strikes a smart middle ground by not evaluating DRM against p...
Filed in archive
Companies
, Innovation
, Technology
on September 5, 2006
Software developer POGO has launched P2P file sharing for Java and WAP-enabled GPRS and 3g mobile phones. The software can be used to share ringtones, music, games, videos and themes. There is no ment...
Filed in archive
Companies
, Major Labels
, Technology
on August 18, 2006
Sony was denied P2P patents in England, which has the good sense to disallow patents for computer programs. In Sony's proposed invention a P2P user with a file could add personal comments about th...
Filed in archive
Companies
, Privacy & Security
, Technology
on August 17, 2006
The iPhantom by Phantom Technologies is a full solution for Internet and P2P privacy and security. A small device sits between your PC or broadband router and your Internet connection, such as cable, ...
Filed in archive
Companies
, Privacy & Security
, Technology
on August 16, 2006
Relakks is a
new Internet privacy service. Relakks uses VPN tunneling for a secure, encrypted connection between services users and the Relakks servers. Internet traffic, such as web, P2P, IM, and Vo...
