Canadian politicians urged to curb file-swapping
TORONTO (Hollywood Reporter) – Canadian music labels Wednesday called for tougher laws against illegal Internet music downloading in an appeal to politicians at midpoint of a federal election campaign.
The Canadian Recording Industry Assn. called attention to an opinion poll on Internet downloading that indicated 91% of Canadians surveyed favored copyright protection for music artists and [...]
Advanced Azureus Techniques
There are a ton of cool and awesome settings on Azureus that often go either unnoticed or simply overlooked by us all. Here I intend to go over the 5 coolest features of Azureus, showing where they are and how to use them. So sit back, relax, and we’ll tango and tangle with them one [...]
Music downloads up 50% as iTunes dominates
According to figures from Hitwise, the online intelligence company, visits to music download sites, such as Apple’s iTunes Music Store, saw a 50 per cent increase between December 24 and 25.
Hitwise also found that visits to download sites were 15 per cent higher than last Christmas. Even before the Christmas increase, the [...]
Australia might legalize recording of television shows for personal use
After France, it looks like Australia would become the next nation aiming to make lives of regular citizens easier going against the television and media companies. France government is trying to legalize p2p file sharing if the web users are ready to pay a fix monthly royalty charge for doing so. Australian government is also [...]
China cracking down on cell phone fraud, spam
The much-talked-about move is mainly aimed at users of prepaid cell phone accounts, which can be opened easily by anyone with cash and a handset.
These accounts have no monthly fee, but instead are "charged up" using prepaid cards and used until the credit runs out. The new rules, similar to those already introduced [...]
Big Four Music Studios Subpoenaed in Digital-Music Pricing Probe
New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer has subpoenaed three major music labels as yet another controversy in the digital-music industry unfolds.
The subpoenas are in connection with an ongoing antitrust Latest News about antitrust investigation into the pricing of digital-music downloads. Werner Music Group on Friday confirmed news accounts that Spitzer’s office subpoenaed the [...]
RIAA Turns Up Heat on IP Piracy in Russia
The RIAA issued a statement on Tuesday lauding the passage of a resolution last week by the U.S. Senate that asked Russia to work harder to fight piracy of music, software and other works of intellectual property protected by international copyright laws.
The measure was passed by the House of Representatives in November, and [...]
Browser Wars: Network Managers Flee IE
While Internet Explorer usage shows relatively modest drops among consumers, it is in freefall with a critical constituency: SMB network managers. More administrators are running alternative browsers than ever. And when they pull the trigger, they’re taking their users with them.
Music industry lawsuits target some Triad (North Carolina) residents
Bobby Hickman, of Eden, one of the people being sued by record companies, and his family and friends used the file-sharing service Kazaa to download about 800 songs, he said. "Just about everyone who had a computer was doing it so I didn’t think nothing of it," Hickman said.
He’s negotiating a settlement with Maverick [...]
The Fox is on Fire. P2P Coming to Firefox
The open source source nature of Firefox that lets developers everywhere extend Firefox’s core capabilities has led to an interesting new creation.
Called "Allpeers," its a P2P browser advertised as "…a free extension which combines the strength of Firefox and the efficiency of BitTorrent to transform your favorite browser into a media sharing powerhouse."
It’s touted to [...]
