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Monday, 25 April 2005 |
Teen
shot over MP3 player
National
Post - Canada
SWARMING A 15-year-old was shot in the hand over his MP3 player on
Wednesday morning in Etobicoke, when three young men accosted him in a Mill Road
schoolyard.Write Comment (0 Comments) |
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Saturday, 23 April 2005 |
The Death
of illegal P2P?
TechSpot -
USA
In the UK, the record industry there has just announced that it has successfully
won a court order to force Internet service providers to reveal the identities
of 33 suspected file sharers.
The British Phonographic Industry claims that the 33 suspected people have been
responsible for illegally posting 72,000 music files to the Internet, and is
demanding compensation, citing figures like the apparent 654 million pounds
($855 million) the U.K. music industry has supposedly lost over the last two
years due to file sharing. The Five ISPs involved now have just days to turn
over the details of the suspected file swappers.Write Comment (0 Comments) |
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Saturday, 23 April 2005 |
Collectors
Snap Up Early MP3 Players
Slashdot - USA
An anonymous reader writes "It looks like vintage MP3 portables are the
hot new collectible for old radio connoisseurs. On the cover of this month's
edition of Antique Radio Magazine is Sony's first DAP, the Vaio Music Clip. The
cover article is the second part of a series showcasing the first players by
Sony, RCA, I2Go, and Intel (remember the Pocket Concert?).Write Comment (0 Comments) |
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Saturday, 23 April 2005 |
Canada Up to 25% tariff on music downloads
Michael Geist Law
Professor University of Ottawa
THE REAL THREAT TO THE MUSIC DOWNLOAD MARKET
The Canadian Recording Industry Association’s (CRIA) legal campaign against
music file sharing heads back to court later this week. A three judge panel will
hear an appeal of last spring’s decision that denied a request for identifying
information on 29 alleged file sharers due to insufficient evidence, privacy
concerns, and doubts about proof of infringement under Canadian copyright law.
CRIA is likely to use the hearing to again argue that peer-to-peer file sharing
is hurting Canadian artists and the industry, which at long last is seeking to
develop fee-based alternatives such as Apple iTunes, Napster, and Puretracks.
Despite all the rhetoric, there remains much doubt about whether peer-to-peer is
really responsible for declining sales. The industry’s own numbers suggest
otherwise since the popularity of DVDs, changes in the retail distribution of
music, and reduced retail pricing on CDs have all played significant roles in
the industry’s self-proclaimed woes (which themselves are not so woeful with
sales increasing by more than 10 percent in the six months following the federal
court decision last year).
Moreover, there is little doubt that Canadian artists’ royalty losses have been
offset by the private copying levy system. The Canadian Private Copying
Collective has collected approximately $120 million over the past five years
with much of that revenue earmarked for Canadian artists.
While CRIA has argued that the private copying levy was not intended to cover
music downloading those claims ring hollow in light of recent statements and
collection practices. Last month, the industry acknowledged to the U.S. Supreme
Court that users have the right to copy their CDs in order to listen to the same
songs on devices such as the Apple iPod. Given that $30 million was collected
from Canadians last year, it must surely have been paid for something other than
activities already permitted under the law.Write Comment (0 Comments) |
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