Sun, 27 January 2008 Scientology and RIAA websites get hacked. Cease-and-desist letters fall
under copyright. Warner sues SeeqPod over music piracy. StarCraft DS
and Scrabulous games get shutdown. Last.fm frees music. NBC kisses the
ring. More net neutrality stories, ISP tax, and fair use debates.
Alchemist author pirates own work. Show Notes Comments[1] |
Sun, 20 January 2008 Church of Scientology copyright infringement claim backfires with
Mission Impossible background loop playing. Time Warner experiments
with gigage throttling. Everyone is up in arms with RIAA - go figure.
Pirate Bay offers free hosting to Demonoid. MediaDefender hacker story
details revealed. EFF turns 17 & MiniNova turns 3. Film maker sues
over bad movie review. Ford claims all photos with their cars are
copyright/trademark infringements. Show Notes Comments[1] |
Sun, 13 January 2008 AT&T promotes ISP content filtering at CES. UK gets ok to rip CDs
but loses out on Pandora access. EMI considering to stop funding RIAA.
Will other labels follow? Will RIAA need to partner with IFPI to stay
afloat? Voice-over DRM? Arvil settles on Girlfriend. More authors
confronted as plagiarists. Napster now DRM-free. Show Notes Comments[1] |
Sun, 6 January 2008 Six days into the new year and Jonathan's prediction of Sony going
DRM-free comes true. We'll need to wait and see how far they take it.
EU to enforce single DRM format (or none at all). Japan tightens grip
on censorship and looks to enforce watermarks on all media. Have you
heard of COPP (Certified Output Protection Protocal)? You will want to
know more about this software before buying an HDTV. Reznor publishes
online download numbers. Why do musicians make less on digital
downloads than CD sales? Show Notes Comments[1] |
