TAG: p2p
Oink founder: We're just like Google
"If Google directed someone to a site they can illegally download music they are doing the same as what I have been accused of. I am not making any Oink users break the law. People don’t pay to use the site.�
Tags: business copyright bittorrent music mp3 p2p
Sprint Takes Lead as 1st Sponsor of File-Sharing Song
"Sprint has signed on as the first company to underwrite a song to be distributed on file-sharing networks, agreeing to embed its logo on copies of tracks from Atlantic Records hip-hop artist Plies, sources told The Post."
Tags: business marketing music p2p
"Have some invitations that you want to get off your hands? Why not share them with others."
Industry Note: Fading to Irrelevance - Joost vs and Microsoft
"Joost can't build a radically more efficient, productive, or useful value chain - because it's too busy simply rebuilding the same old lame mass media value chain, just made a tiny bit more efficient via p2p distribution."
Tags: microsoft video p2p joost
Interview with the Pirate Party
A new Swedish political party with three goals: "Reform copyright, abolish patents, and strengthen the right to privacy."
Tags: copyright p2p politics sweden
The World's Most Dangerous Geek : News
"Justin Frankel, the man who popularized file-sharing, has even bigger plans"
Tags: music aol p2p mp3 posted
"Simply click one button while you're listening to a favourite shared track and it's copied to your machine, and added to the iTunes Music Library (and a playlist, so you can keep track of your downloads)."
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Supreme Court's unsound decision
Monday's ruling against Grokster will do nothing to stop peer-to-peer file sharing -- but it may well stifle technology innovation.
Tags: copyright law internet google politics p2p posted
File-Swap Services Can Be Sued
Wired: "Internet file-sharing services will be held responsible if they intend for their customers to use software primarily to swap songs and movies illegally, the Supreme Court ruled Monday"
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The worlds largest BitTorrent tracker
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Piracy is Good? Part Two: The New Laws of Television
"The forces that cry "Piracy!" today will be congratulating themselves on their "sound business practices" tomorrow. There's money to be made; there is a viable economic model."
Tags: television media bittorrent p2p postmodernism posted
A Few Notes from the Grokster Argument
A great summary of the MGM v. Grokster case
Tags: copyright innovation law p2p politics posted
Illegal file-sharers under attack
Economist: The entertainment industry has taken its battle against illegal downloading to America’s Supreme Court. But attacking the technology behind file-sharing could stifle innovation without tackling the industry’s long-term problems
Tags: copyright law music p2p innovation posted
Let the truth be told…MGM vs Grokster
Mark Cuban is funding the Grokster defense. "Its about our ability to use future innovations to compete vs their ability to use the courts to shut down our ability to compete. its that simple."
Tags: business copyright innovation law p2p posted
Music and Video Downloading Moves Beyond P2P
Pew: "About 36 million Americansâ€â€or 27% of internet usersâ€â€say they download either music or video files and about half of them have found ways outside of traditional peer-to-peer networks or paid online services to swap their files"
Tags: research p2p music video posted
Rockers Flex BitTorrent's Muscle
The Decemberists are releasing their new video via BitTorrent
Tags: bittorrent music p2p video posted
EFF is listing devices that would be deemed illegal if MGM wins over Grokster
Tags: p2p copyright law technology posted