NY Attorney General Investigates Major Lable Practices
Eliot Spitzer, the New York State attorney general, has recently taken on a procession of corporate powers from Wall Street analysts to mutual funds to insurance brokers. Now he is casting his eyes on the music industry, particularly its practices for influencing what songs are heard on the public airwaves.
According to several people involved, [...]
Irish File Sharers Risk Legal Action – IRMA
Following the pattern of the music associations in the USA and UK, the IRMA (Irish Recorded Music Association) is starting to put pressure on music file sharers. They told Digital Lifestyles that the popularity of P2P is strong in Ireland – “Anything that happens there happens here too.”
Dick Doyle, Director General of IRMA explained [...]
P2P: Where Do You Want To Get Sued Today?
I woke up this morning and took a look around to see where things stand on P2P. Vietnam is going crack down harder on piracy, France (probably) affirms downloading is legal, RIAA is rebuffed by the Supreme Court and Dutch experts concluded that current IP laws dont work. P2P: Where Do You Want To Get [...]
Halo 2 Leaked Four Weeks Before Store Release Date
Beijing, Oct. 18 (Xinhuanet) – World’s largest software maker’s best-selling game for Xbox video console – Halo 2– has leaked onto the Internet nearly four weeks before its planned sale date.
Microsoft Corp.’s MSFT.O’s Xbox group product manager Carlos de Leon said in an e-mailed statement:” Microsoft has learned that a version of ‘Halo 2′ has been posted [...]
Peer2Mail v.1.2 Released
The eagerly awaited version is released. Version 1.2 include the following new features:
Auto Download Automatically download files from your web-mail account. Auto download makes your email account act like a regular ftp/http server. Auto download is currently available only for Gmail and Yahoo. Download files at amazing speeds!
Account protection restrict [...]
MP3 losing steam?
After years as the unrivaled king of the digital-media world, the venerable MP3 music format is losing ground to rival technologies from Microsoft and Apple Computer.
MP3 is still the overwhelming favorite of file traders, but the once-universal format’s popularity has been going quietly but steadily down in personal music collections for the last year. According [...]
Court order granted forcing ISPs to reveal file sharers to British Music Industry
Britney Spears fronted an anti-piracy advertising campaign
The British music industry has been granted a court order forcing internet service providers (ISPs) to reveal the names of illegal music swappers.
ISPs have 14 days to hand over names and addresses of 28 alleged uploaders – those who make music available to share with others [...]
MUTE 0.3-t – new
New MUTE 0.3-t
Changelog
The British music industry has been granted a court order forcing internet service providers (ISPs) to reveal the names of illegal music swappers.
–Added translation support.
–Updated list of host caches.
–Made several changes that make compiling on MS VC++ easier. Thanks to Eric .
Italian Translation File : http://www.p2psicuro.it/download/mute03t_Italian_p2psicuro.it_.rar
VedoVa_NeRa
Want a job spying for the RIAA?
A company calling itself MediaSentry posted the following on craigslist.. imho hell will freeze over several times before someone of “Unsurpassed technical savvy” decides to spy for the RIAA…
“We’re looking for the best and brightest of the technology underground to help combat online piracy. The entertainment industry is losing billions of dollars in the [...]
Justice Dept. wants new antipiracy powers
The U.S. Justice Department recommended a sweeping transformation of the nation’s intellectual-property laws, saying peer-to-peer piracy is a “widespread” problem that can be addressed only through more spending, more FBI agents and more power for prosecutors.
In an extensive report (pdf) released Tuesday, senior department officials endorsed a pair of controversial copyright bills strongly favored [...]
