French ISPs sign charter to stop illegal filesharing
French ISPs will collaborate with the music industry to send automatic warnings to any of their subscribers seen illegally sharing copyright-protected files online, as part of an overall move to stamp out online piracy.
The move is one of several contained in a charter for the development of online music distribution in France signed Wednesday [...]
Apple ‘Stunned’ by RealNetworks iPod Move
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Apple Computer Inc. is unhappy with RealNetworks Inc.’s move this week to make its RealPlayer music service compatible with Apple’s market-leading iPod digital music player and may take legal action to counter it, the company said on Thursday.
Apple (Nasdaq:AAPL – news) said in a statement it is “stunned that RealNetworks [...]
UnOfficial Mute Update
1. settings dialog has changed and offers new settings and web links to important MUTE sites. 2. now users can choose individual share, incoming, and hash directories – this allows users to share files from read only sources like CDs.. however… currently incoming files (once completed) will not be moved to the shared directory 3. [...]
Private Picture for All
Most people who use file-sharing networks are looking for music. Rich Vogel uses them to find photos, many of which were never meant to be shared with the world.
One day while searching for new MP3 audio files, Mr. Vogel, a 31-year-old musician in Grand Rapids, Mich., browsed through a user’s shared folder on the [...]
RevConnect 0.403a released
What’s new in 0.403a
* Ensured download integrity * Grouped search results * Enhanced auto search * Publish top requested files to kademlia * Flicker free transfer and search frame
http://www.revconnect.com/
KaZaA 2.7 Beta
Publisher’s Description:
KaZaA Media Desktop offers you a total media experience. It is a second generation peer-to-peer file sharing service with which you can search and download media files from other KaZaA users. You can also organise and play/view your media files through an integrated media jukebox, publish your own work, reach an audience and communicate [...]
Some Online Music Providers Allow Sharing
Entertainment – AP Music
Some Online Music Providers Allow Sharing
Thu Jul 29, 9:01 AM ET
By ALEX VEIGA, AP Business Writer
LOS ANGELES – Free-for-all music sharing online has drawn the ire of the recording industry, but some commercial online music providers and even a few recording artists are opting to allow music fans to share the [...]
iPods at Duke Will Contain Curriculum
Incoming freshmen at Duke will be getting a special gift from the university — an iPod.
Duke has agreed to purchase 1,800 iPods, usually used to store and play music, from Apple Computers Inc.
The Duke-issued version, however, will include school-related information, including information for freshman orientation and the academic calendar.
The university also will create a [...]
Patriot Act Used to Enforce Copyright Law?
“ The Stargate SG-1 Information Archive is reporting that the Feds filed charges against Adam McGaughey, creator of SG1Archive.com. The website is a fan site for the television show Stargate SG-1. The charges allege that Adam used the website to engage in Criminal Copyright Infringement and Trafficking in Counterfeit Services. Two interesting things about the [...]
Apple to Make Music Player for Motorola Phones
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Apple Computer Inc. (Nasdaq:AAPL – news) will make a slimmed-down version of its iTunes jukebox software that No. 2 cell phone maker Motorola Inc. (NYSE:MOT – news) will install on some wireless phones it will start selling in the first half of 2005, the companies said on Monday.
The world’s second-largest cell [...]
