The Italian parliament yesterday voted in favour of imposing jail sentences of up to three years on anyone caught uploading or downloading unauthorised copyright material to and from the Net. Italy approves ‘jail for P2P users’ law | The Register And here I was considering retirement in Italy when the time came. Guess I need [...]
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RIAA at it again…
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is mounting a new offensive against illegal file sharers. This time around, the RIAA is suing 493 "John Doe" defendants, along with 24 named defendants who had previously been included on earlier John Doe lists and failed to settle out of court. BetaNews | RIAA Targets Over 500 [...]
Will Digital Radio be Napsterized?
The Recording Industry Association of America has discovered that digital radio broadcasts can be copied and redistributed over the Internet. Mindjack – Will Digital Radio Be Napsterized? by J.D. Lasica Well, duh! Same goes for analog signals, people interested in ripping audio will always manage to do it, even if they have to plug the [...]
Ogg Wins Online Listening Contest
Results of Multiformat at 128kbit/s Listening Test Nuff said. I’ve known this for a long time. Just wish it’d be more widely used and supported, but I guess MP3′s are too common for everyone to swap to ogg.