Universal's CEO Once Called iPod Users Thieves. Now He's Giving Songs Away.
It's safe to say that increasing his digital IQ and pondering a service-based business model aren't the topics that get him out of bed in the morning.
TheStar.com | Business | Warner Music seeks new deals as net slides
The New York-based company said earnings for the quarter ended Sept. 30 fell to 5 million (U.S.), or three cents per share, from 12 million, or eight cents per share, in the prior year.
Report: EMI looking to slash funding for RIAA, IFPI
British label EMI, which was recently purchased by a private equity fund, is reportedly considering a significant cut to the amount of money it provides the trade groups on an annual basis.
Filesharing: RIAA Told To Provide Breakdown Of Expenses Per Each Downloaded Song
Over the Thanksgiving weekend, a Brooklyn judge made a defendant in an RIAA lawsuit very happy when he ordered the RIAA to document the actual expenses incurred per downloaded song.
Canada's coming DMCA will be the worst copyright yet - Boing Boing
The Canadian government is about to bring down Canada's version of the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act, and it promises to be the worst copyright law in the developed world.
QuebecTorrent Lawsuit: Backdoor to Banning All Canadian BitTorrent Sites? | TorrentFreak
Last month we reported that a relatively unknown torrent site had been ordered to shutdown at the hands of the Canadian recording industry. Now, there are fears that a legal precedent may be being sought by shutting this site, one which could affect all Canadian BitTorrent sites.
Iceland’s biggest torrent site gets taken down
Iceland's largest torrent site, torrent.is has been shut down due to a coalition effort by a few European anti-piracy organizations. The organizations, however, were denied their request to seize all computer hardware associated with the site.
Appeals Court Voids Agreement to Pay Freelancers for Work Published on the Web - New York Times
A federal appeals court yesterday threw out a hard-fought agreement between publishers and freelance writers to pay the writers for electronic reproduction of their work.
MPAA University 'Toolkit' Raises Privacy Concerns - Security Fix
A closer look at the MPAA's software, however, raises some serious privacy and security concerns for both the entertainment industry and the schools that choose to deploy the technology.
E! News - Goldman Drags Pirate Bay for O.J. Book Booty - O J Simpson
Fred Goldman didn't fight that hard for the rights to If I Did It just to let pirates plunder his returns.
Tiffany and eBay in Fight Over Fakes - New York Times
Tiffany has requested injunctive relief that would require eBay to alter its procedures to eliminate counterfeit silver Tiffany merchandise from its auctions.
Fringe Infringements | Civilities
I'm not a lawyer, so I can't interpret the law for anyone else. But I ought to be able to interpret it for myself. I'd like to get a sense for myself whether I am infringing copyright anywhere near where he suggests. Here's his list:
Comic Sharers Abroad Realize US Laws Don’t Apply
“In view of the pressure from Z-Cult’s 70 000 members, all comic fans, and as Marvel have not been available to discuss the matter, Z-Cult has decided to restart the trackers.”
Open Letter From TorrentFreak To Brein | TorrentFreak
The infamous anti-piracy watchdog BREIN infringed our copyright earlier this week as they used a quote from one of our articles without attribution. As a follow up to our previous article, we wrote an open letter to BREIN to educate the public about their lack of respect for the rights of people who don’t pay them millions.
Plagiarize Mashable Stories and Make Money with Associated Content
While seeing Mashable stories re-printed word-for-word on splogs is nothing new, the source here was somewhat surprising: Associated Content.
CLASSIC CONTROLLER: the Irate Plagiarist
It's been compiled to expose a blatant plagiarist calling himself the "Irate Gamer" who's been ripping the Nerd off for quite awhile now - posting horrendously-done remakes of the Nerd's videos on Youtube, bothering to rearrange his words only slightly.
'Grandma Got Run Over' show leads to lawsuit - CNN.com
A feud involving the man who sang "Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer" could wind up in court, just in time for Christmas.
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