Music downloads overshadow T.V.
More tech-savvy students are using their computers as TiVos, downloading television shows to watch where and when they want.
While most attention has been focused on the ease and frequency of downloading music or movie files, students who want a personal copy of their favorite TV shows as soon as possible are turning to BitTorrent in [...]
NBA offering $3 playoff game downloads
The NBA has quietly rolled out a new video download store that offers playoff games from this season and last.
The NBA Download Store is open for business and offering single game downloads for $2.99, full playoffs for $79.99, and individual series for $12.99. Games are not permitted to be burned onto a DVD, and may [...]
ONLINE GUY: Illegal downloads a matter of economics over ethics, surveyed students say
Most college students wouldn’t dream of walking out of a music store with a compact disc tucked in their pocket, bypassing the cash register. But more than one-third of college students in a recent survey said they illegally download music online from peer-to-peer file sharing networks, even though they know it’s wrong.
The national telephone survey [...]
What’s Holding up Movie Downloads
Studio obstructionism, and lingering tech hurdles, keep Apple’s new online movie store from repeating the success of iTunes.
IT’S A FAMILIAR story line in Hollywood: An innovative high-tech company unveils a revolutionary new way to sell entertainment, only to be waylaid by giant retailers that don’t want to disturb the old ways. This kind of conflict [...]
Tower stacking up downloads
Music retailer Tower Records is preparing to take the shrink-wrap off its digital download store on Tuesday, when Tower.com/Digital goes live with a comprehensive service powered by Puretracks.
Tower will market the digital alternative across all media in tandem with the chain’s retail business, which comprises 89 stores in the United States.
Initially the store will offer [...]
ZeroPaid: Explore the improved software section
As many of you may well know, I was recently appointed as the Program Administrator for Zeropaid and I’ve been working nearly non-stop over the past few weeks giving the software section a good thorough cleaning.
I’m going to give you all some links to the new programs and the many new sections, over 10 [...]
Warner Music faces 14 lawsuits over download fees
Warner Music Group reported on Friday soaring digital music sales, even as the company continues to lose money and faces numerous lawsuits related to alleged price fixing of music downloads.
In documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Warner Music said the company has been named in 14 class-action lawsuits, most of which allege a [...]
