TruemorsOf Tolls and Rivers Chains –The New Robber Barons
For a number of centuries, roughly 800 AD to 1800 AD, feudal lords with land along the Rhine River in Germany, collected tolls from passing cargo ships. In an effective effort to back this control, large iron chains were laid across the river and raised high enough to block...
Jammie Thomas-Rasset to Appeal $2 MIllion RIAA Verdict
Jammie Thomas-Rasset, ordered to pay $1.9 million in fines to the RIAA for copyright infringement, will appeal the ruling, according to her lawyer. This is not surprising, since, once the news of the ruling hit, even those whose songs she downloaded decried the fines as... 
X-Men Origins: Wolverine Leaked Months Before Release
In somewhat shocking news eagerly awaited upcoming sci-fi movie X-Men Origins: Wolverine got leaked on bitorrent portals months before the official release date of 1st May 2009, the leaked version of the movie is... Bono on Theft
People who don't produce books or music probably can't understand the impact of copyright infringement on those who dedicate their lives to their art. Most people assume that when an artist releases a CD, they will earn millions. Only the mega-stars, such as Bono, earn... 
created by Maireid Sullivan | 36 wks ago | updated 36 wks ago
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Cut It Up: Copyright, Creativity and Global Remix Culture
Each new era brings fresh offerings to the creative marketplace in the form of cultural goods, be it through the medium of music, film, art, the written word or cross-disciplinary genres. Likewise, technology is... 
Joost Gives Up on P2P
Joost began life as an online video portal which used a P2P desktop client to show shared videos. However, Flash became monarch of the online video-viewing realm, and Joost then joined the Hulu and Youtube set by offering a flash-based web portal. Today, Joost announced the... 
U2 Tracks Leak from Bono's Window
Paul McGuinness, U2's vehemently anti-file-sharing manager, will be most displeased with the source of the recent leak of several songs from his star band's forthcoming album... Bono himself.Actually, a healthy...
created by Jordan Yerman | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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5+ Ways To Watch The Tour De France
Okay, so we’re a tad late on this one. The Tour de France began earlier today out of Brest, Valverde raised his fists in triumph, and we haven’t told the cycling fans among you how to watch the action....
French Culture Minister, Albanel, wants to reduce piracy from 80%
Christine Albanel, the Culture Minister, plans to reduce internet piracy thanks to HADOPI law. "We can't irradicate 100% of internet piracy. But reduces internet piracy from 70 to 80% should be great." she said....
created by linuxtraveler | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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'Internet Metering' Might Hit Major US Providers
Internet metering - that is, throttling of users based on what kind of data someone downloads or how much of it - might become a normal part of internet life, says a column in the New York Times. Comcast, AT&T...
P2P Bill of Rights: Whose Rights?
The P2P Bill of Rights doesn't seem to have any actual input from users- I'm unsure how this is anything but a PR exercise."Comcast announced Tuesday that it would work with Pando Networks to develop a "P2P Bill...MusicBlob » Hey, there’s pirate music in my Qtrax…! A Musicblob exclusive
"The last find about that improbable digital distributor called Qtrax happened here at Musicblob this morning: there’s apparently pirate music in Qtrax (!)."
The Beatles to Hit iTunes
All you need is love... and four hundred million dollars. Until this agreement, pretty much the only way to download Beatles choons was to steal them. Big news for Apple... both the Apple tech company and the...
created by Jordan Yerman | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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