AOL now offers music with Music Now
Add another competitor in the battle for dominance of the digital download market.
AOL, in its quest to stem a long tide of lost subscribers, has decided to add it’s music subscription service “Music Now” to the growing list of AOL features offered to non- subscribers.
Starting today, “outsiders” can pay $10 to $15 a [...]
BPI demands action on pirate CDs
UK record companies have demanded stronger action on CD piracy, saying 37m pirated CDs were sold last year.
The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) says intellectual property crime should be “higher on the police’s agenda”.
A survey suggests CD piracy cost the industry £165m in lost revenue in 2005 – nearly 10% of total sales.
Car boot sales and [...]
Online Downloads Inch Upward In Japan, Mobile Still Dominates
Online downloads inched upward slightly in Japan during the latest quarter, though the rate of increase raised some concerns. According to figures issued by the Recording Industry Association of Japan, or RIAJ, second quarter paid downloads topped 5.94 million units. That is up slightly from a figure of 5.92 million recorded during the first quarter, [...]
Google battles Microsoft with new online software tools
Internet giant Google Inc. took the software battle deeper into Microsoft’s territory with a new package of online services for small-business users.
Google said it would offer businesses tailor-made versions of its free email service Gmail, instant messaging, voice calling, shared calendars and basic design, publishing and hosting of websites.
The company is marketing its “Google Apps [...]
Patent fight rattles academic computing
Blackboard Inc. owns ‘basic framework for learning management systems.’
Every day, millions of students taking online college courses act in much the same way as their bricks-and-mortar counterparts. After logging on, they move from course to course and do things like submit work in virtual drop boxes and view posted grades — all from a [...]
New games turn up music, user control
In the spring, music executives at the E3 video game convention predicted music would take on a greater future role as the game market grows more sophisticated. This fall, that prediction seems poised to become reality.
As the pre-holiday game release schedule swings into high gear, titles expected to hit retail shelves in coming months will [...]
USC’s bizarre, non-legal copyright policy
I’m spending the year at the University of Southern California on a Fulbright chair. Yesterday, some of my students forwarded me a memo sent to them by USC Deputy Chief Information Officer and Vice President for Student Affairs on “Copyright Compliance.”
It purports to inform students about the contours and boundaries of copyright, but actually presents [...]
WinMX Music 4.5.1
WinMX Music description
What is WinMX Music? WinMX Music is an unique file-sharing application. It allows you to connect, download, and share files with MILLIONS of other users through the decentralized Peer Network.
Once WinMX is installed, you’ll have access to one of the largest and most diverse networks of shared media files in the [...]
Long Prison Term for Software Pirate Issued
“Modern-day pirates ought to expect modern-day penalties,” said U.S. Attorney Chuck Rosenberg, who added that the sentence “sends a strong message to those who pilfer the intellectual property of others.” Danny Ferrer, former operator of BuyUSA.com, was sentenced yesterday to six years in prison, ordered to pay restitution of “more than $4.1 million and to [...]
Interview with Cedric Maloux, CEO and Co-Founder in AllPeers
Would you please briefly explain to us what inspired you to create your site?
AllPeers is a P2P extension to the Firefox browser (not a website) to simply enable the sharing of any file within a private group of people. Today there are no easy ways to share files with friends, family or colleagues. AllPeers, with [...]
