The NET Act – Your Worst Nightmare?
On the RIAA website there is news of the NET Act ‘No Electronic Theft law(well I’ve never heard of it) which means that sound recording infringements (including digitally) even if for no monetary or commercial gain can land you as much as 3 years in jail and/or $250,000 in fines, yes this act includes MP3 [...]
U.S. Music Industry Seeks Federal “Payola” inquiry
The recording industry from artists to major labels joined on Thursday in a rare show of unity to demand tougher laws barring what they called “payola“-like promotion of music played on the radio. They also called for a sweeping government review of radio industry consolidation. Deregulation of the radio business and rampant practices that skirt [...]
Interview with Koji Hase, the father of DVD
“Few people can claim to have shaped our lives but Toshiba’s Koji Hase is one of them. He’s the man who has driven the success of the DVD format, first as an advanced developer with Toshiba, and then as the chairman of the DVD Forum.” Click here for the full interview at SMH Australia. And [...]
BSA & MPA call for thougher sentences for software pirates
The BSA (Business Software Alliance and the Motion Picture Association have drawn up a five point proposal to toughen up penalties for piracy in the European Union.
Apparently software pirates in Europe are linked to organised crime and terrorism (yes somehow us pirates are partially responsible for Sept 11th). Read the article HERE
How to own the Internet in your spare time: use KaZaA
“The ability of attackers to rapidly gain control of vast numbers of Internet hosts poses an immense risk to the overall security of the Internet. Once subverted, these hosts can not only be used to launch massive denial of service floods, but also to steal or corrupt great quantities of sensitive information, and confuse and [...]
Yale Law: Correcting defenders of copyright law
A Slashdot reader posted the following over the Memorial Day weekend: “LawMeme has an excellent response to William F. Adkinson’s critique of Larry Lessig’s ideas on copyright reform. What I found most interesting about the article though, was the link to this paper by Ernest Miller (of Yale’s Information Society Project) and Joan Feigenbaum (editor-in-chief [...]
But who are the real pirates?
The writer and director of “Repo Man” and punk classic “Sid And Nancy,” Alex Cox asks, “But who are the real pirates?” Quoting Cox, “The MPAA is a rich lobby group, with powerful allies in the World Trade Organisation and an international copyright regime which favours corporate profits over individual freedoms. But is the MPAA [...]
Spyware in URLBlaze? AdAware Says Yes
Is there spyware in URLBlaze? Looks that way, but it is “optional.” Don’t worry, the good guys at AdAware are looking out for you.
Check out this post on the AdAware forums, and this one at URLBlaze.net.
Hollywood Wants to Plug the “Analog Hole”
Basically, Hollywood wants to insert watermarks into analog signals. If the analog signal tries to go through an ADC, the conversion process will stop. This could cause a lot of trouble. Read the full story here.
Eminem’s Little Pirate War
Eminem has threatened to beat up a few of his so called “fans”. The rapper said bluntly: “I think that sh*t is f*cking bulls*hit. Whoever put my shit on the Internet, I want to meet that motherf***er and beat the sh*t out of him, because I picture this scrawny little dickhead going ‘I got Eminem’s [...]
