EFF: RIAA Petition > The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is on a rampage, launching legal attacks against average Americans from coast to coast. Rather than working to create a rational, legal means by which its customers can take advantage of file-sharing technology and pay a fair price for the music they love, it [...]
Archives for April 2006
Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 (and more) Available
IEBlog : Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 (and more) Available > This evening we released IE7 Beta 2 at http://www.microsoft.com/ie. This release is not the preview or the update to the preview, but the real Beta 2 of IE7 for Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2003 SP1, and Windows XP 64-bit Edition. Simply: please try [...]
RIAA suing homes, not people.
The Rockmart Journal > A federal lawsuit filed this week in Rome by the Recording Industry Association of America alleges that Carma Walls, of 117 Morgan St., Rockmart, has infringed on copyrights for recorded music by sharing files over the Internet. The lawsuit seeks an injunction and requests unspecified monetary damages. > The lawsuit states, [...]
Court throws out RIAA attempt to sue little girl
Boing Boing: Court throws out RIAA attempt to sue little girl > A judge in Michigan has thrown out a case where the RIAA attempted to sue a small child for file-sharing, after failing in its attempt to prosecute the child’s mother. The recording industry attempted to have a “Guardian Ad Litem” appointed, which would [...]
Can’t Beat Pirates? Compete With ‘Em, Says Warner Home Video
Can’t Beat Pirates? Compete With ‘Em, Says Warner Home Video @ Alice Hill’s Real Tech News – Independent Tech > In a move that will most likely anger DVD buyers in markets such as the U.S. and Europe, Warner Home Video is trying to compete with film pirates in China as they launch a trial [...]
Record labels backing down against iTunes?
APPLE’S NO. 1 HIT By TIM ARANGO - New York Post Online Edition: business > April 20, 2006 — The record industry may be on the verge of waving the white flag in front of Apple boss Steve Jobs, and abandoning its demand for iTunes to charge different prices for different songs, The Post has [...]
RIAA vs MPAA
p2pnet.net – the original daily p2p and digital media news site > The RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America), in its blind obsession with profit, has allowed greed to get in the way of intelligence, provoking a massive confrontation involving Hollywood and its MPAA, the American Association of Publishers and the George W. Bush administration [...]
George Bush vs. The RIAA?
George Bush vs. The RIAA? · TorrentFreak, torrents and more > Bush likes to listen to the Beatles on his Ipod. However, there’s no way Bush can have a legal copy on his Ipod according to the RIAA. We got it on tape. > Earlier this week CNN reported that the Beatles might be available [...]
CRIA Falling Apart
Slyck News – CRIA Falling Apart > The CRIA (Canadian Recording Industry Association) is going through hard times. It seems as though after several bold steps failed, the industry is paying the price for it. It may explain why their last press release was published on March 15. After quite a few setbacks and loads [...]
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS (Dapper Drake) Beta
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS (Dapper Drake) Beta Ubuntu 6.06 Long Term Support Beta is released. Whee. I’ve been running Dapper Drake for a few months now, with very few problems. I can wholeheartedly recommend it to everyone running Linux, or wanting to dabble with Linux. You’ll be hard-pressed to find a more polished distribution which Just [...]