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BBC NEWS | Technology | Kazaa site becomes legal service
> File-sharing site Kazaa will become a legal music download service following a series of high profile legal battles.
> The peer-to-peer network has also agreed to pay $100m (£53m) in damages to the record industry.
I remember trying Kazaa aaaages ago, and found it to be a [...]
Slyck News – RIAA’s Grand Total: 10,037 – What are Your Odds?
> The RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) began their lawsuit campaign against alleged music pirates in June of 2003. When the first RIAA lawsuits began rolling off the assembly line, an enormous media frenzy accompanied this event. Since that time the lawsuits have [...]
USATODAY.com – RIAA chief says illegal song-sharing ‘contained’
> LOS ANGELES Ã¢â‚¬â€ť Nearly a year after the Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling against online music file-sharing services, the CEO of the Recording Industry Association of America says unauthorized song swapping has been “contained.”
> “The problem has not been eliminated,” says association CEO Mitch Bainwol. “But [...]
I am extremely grateful for your support, no matter which format you choose to legally obtain my music in, so you should do whatever makes the most sense for you personally. But since you ASKED… I actually do get significantly more money from CD sales, as opposed to downloads. This is the one thing about [...]
Free Music Recommendation Services
> With the Internet as a catalyst for accessing information, streaming media, and connecting with others, services dedicated to helping you discover new music have stormed the Internet like wildfire. And they should. A ridiculous amount of talent out there goes unnoticed because of its absence from mainstream media like TV and [...]
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 learned.
> [...]
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 in the [...]
p2pnet.net – the original daily p2p and digital media news site
> The Big Four Organized Music record label cartel’s RIAA is licking its wounds after losing a bid for unfettered access to the hard drive of an Oregon mother it’s victimizing in a p2p file sharing case.
Instead, an independent 3rd party will inspect the hard-drive, [...]
Digital music enjoys a dream week – Yahoo! News
> In the seven-day stretch between Christmas and the new year, millions of consumers armed with new MP3 players (primarily iPods) and stacks of gift cards gobbled up almost 20 million tracks from iTunes and other download retailers, Nielsen SoundScan reports.
And here we thought the music industry [...]
Cereni – Holophonic is a backwards compatible holophonic MP3, which is full 3D surround sound. Quite impressive, when you listen to it in headphones. Sound coming from above and below as well as the normal surround directions.