Deconstructing the Week in Music: 6.8-6.14

Posted on 13. Jun, 2009 by refe.

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Here’s a recap of what went on in the music industry this week. Make sure to check out anything you might have missed and leave your comments. Know something we don’t? Submit a story.
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Amazon to Torrent Site: Stop Letting your Users Buy our Music - Amazon.com refuses to let ‘pirates’ pay for music. Solid business strategy?
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BitBlinder Baits RIAA With Free Anonymous Filesharing

Posted on 12. Jun, 2009 by refe.

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The RIAA is not going to be happy about the newest evolution of file-sharing technology.
BitBlinder is a free new service that claims to hide users’ IP addresses, allowing them to
use BitTorrent anonymously. There is only one reason for this, of course, and that is to
hide illegal activity from the authorities. In the words of one [...]

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Spain Says File Sharing is Legal – Obama Says “Your Wrong”

Posted on 12. May, 2009 by refe.

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Now Obama’s transformation from free-culture savior to copyright lobbyist bulldog appears to be complete. A few months ago the Spanish government ruled that personal use file-sharing is legal and that the sites that host file sharing are protected as long as they don’t directly profit from copyright infringment. The Obama Whitehouse is not happy about this.

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Pirate Bay Founders Sentanced and Fined $3.6 Million

Posted on 17. Apr, 2009 by refe.

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Twitter was on fire about Pirate Bay today. Rightly so, I guess – this case was a pretty big deal in the file-sharing world. The four founders of the Swedish BitTorrent file-sharing site were sentenced to 1 year in prison and ordered to pay a $3.6 million. There has already been PLENTY of media coverage of the verdict, though, so I thought [...]

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The Darknet and the Web Apocalypse

Posted on 01. Apr, 2009 by refe.

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The Chicago Tribune ran an article a couple of days ago by music critic Greg Kot. In it Kot talks about the way that the ‘Darknet’ – closed networks where users engage in illegal file sharing – may cause the government to impose tyrannical restrictions on the Internet in order to protect copyrighted materials.
Kot paraphrases [...]

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Mininova Now Offering Links to Artists’ Merchandise

Posted on 31. Mar, 2009 by refe.

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BitTorrent site Mininova launches a new feature today that will help artists and record labels generate revenue directly from their free torrents by adding links to their products. Users will be able to sell CD’s, merchandise, artwork, concert tickets, or whatever else they would like to offer.
Bands have been using file-sharing services like BitTorrent to [...]

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Google Launches MP3 Search Engine in China

Posted on 31. Mar, 2009 by refe.

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Google officially launched its ad supported MP3 search engine in China yesterday. Similar services have existed in China for some time, including the most popular and widely used, Baidu. Google is the first to offer the service legally, after cutting a deal with all four major record labels that entitles them to a cut of [...]