Topic: COPYRIGHT - on August 24, 2008 at 1:08:00 PM CEST
Millionenspiel bei Bier und Wein
Hard-Drive-Partys, so heißt das neue Schreckgespenst der Musikindustrie. Hinter diesem Begriff verbergen sich Partys, bei denen die Gäste den Inhalt ihrer mobilen Festplatten austauschen. Und das können ohne weiteres 500 Gigabyte werden, denn so groß sind mittlerweile handliche und kostengünstige Geräte. Zehntausende oder sogar Hundertausende Songs wechseln dann mitunter den Besitzer.
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Topic: COPYRIGHT - on June 17, 2008 at 12:25:34 PM CEST
COPYRIGHT
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Topic: COPYRIGHT - on June 13, 2008 at 9:53:15 AM CEST
Even Lawyers Are Confused About What's Legal Or Not In The Prince/Radiohead Spat
We were just discussing how copyright has been stretched and twisted so many times that it really just isn't designed properly to handle internet communications -- and a good case in point may be the funny little spat we covered a few weeks back between Prince and Radiohead. If you don't recall, Prince performed a cover of a Radiohead song at a concert. Someone in the audience videotaped it and put the video on YouTube.
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Topic: COPYRIGHT - on June 10, 2008 at 10:28:26 AM CEST
Virgin warns illegal downloaders: stop or face prosecution
The age of illegal music downloads could soon be over. The UK's largest provider of home broadband is to warn internet users building up vast libraries of music that they could be prosecuted.
From next week, Virgin Media will send letters to thousands of households where music is either being downloaded or illegally shared. Many of the recipients are likely to be the unsuspecting parents of teenagers who hoard free downloads offered by file-sharing services. Research shows the majority of them are unaware their children are breaking the law.
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Topic: COPYRIGHT - on June 10, 2008 at 10:26:35 AM CEST
A History of Copy Protection
No technology has played a larger part in the way digital media - including games - is distributed and consumed than the Internet, and its effect on piracy and the efforts to counteract it has been profound. In its earliest days, 'Net connectivity allowed those who knew how to use it to connect via BBS, putting hackers and crackers in touch with each other and allowing them to share ideas. Now, of course, most PC owners have some form of Internet connection, many at speeds that would have been ludicrous even as recently as the mid-'90s, giving them access to entire copies of cracked games that have been made available via IRC or peer-to-peer network.
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Topic: COPYRIGHT - on June 6, 2008 at 2:14:15 PM CEST
U2's Manager Lashes Out Yet Again: Blames Absolutely Everyone For Not Making U2 Even Wealthier
U2's Manager Lashes Out Yet Again: Blames Absolutely Everyone For Not Making U2 Even Wealthier
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Topic: COPYRIGHT - on June 6, 2008 at 2:05:05 PM CEST
Warner Music Admits It Hired Police Investigator Before The Pirate Bay Investigation Was Complete
Back in April, we wrote about the fact that a police investigator in Sweden who had been in charge of the case against The Pirate Bay had been hired by Warner Brothers. At the time, there was no proof that he had been hired during the investigation. In fact, it appeared otherwise. Based on this, I didn't see why this was such a problem -- though many people in the comments felt I was being naive. And, indeed, it turns out that a further investigation has now turned up the news that, in fact, the guy was hired while the investigation was ongoing. Though he's now left that job, this does call into question the entire investigation against The Pirate Bay.
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Topic: COPYRIGHT - on May 30, 2008 at 12:08:39 PM CEST
ACTA: Raubkopierer werden Verbrecher
Den Entwurf des Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) gab es hier schon zu lesen. Das internationale Abkommen soll auf einem der kommenden G8-Gipfel in diesem Jahr beschlossen werden. Mittlerweile haben sich mehr Menschen die durchgesickerte Fassung durchgelesen und es kommen interessante Sachen ans Licht. Da ist zum einen der die uralte Forderung der Musik- und Filmindustrie in dem Abkommen , dass Tauschbörsen-Nutzer kriminalisiert werden sollen. Und zusätzlich sollen noch an den Grenzen der Zoll oder andere Behörden anlasslos unsere Notebooks, MP3-Player und sonstige Datenträger nach “illegalen” Inhalten durchsuchen dürfen. Weiter ist ein “Informationsaustausch und Zusammenarbeitet unserer Strafverfolger, inklusive Zoll und anderer relevanter Behörden” geplant. Internet-Provider sollen haftbar gemacht werden, wenn sie der Aufforderung zur Sperre von Websites nicht rasch genug nachkommen. Und als ob die Abmahngebühren der Musikindustrie für Tauschbörsennutzer nicht eh schon hoch genug sind, sollen die gleich nochmal angehoben werden.
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Topic: COPYRIGHT - on May 7, 2008 at 11:16:00 AM CEST
Isohunt Founder at Center of U.S. Torrent-Tracking Legal Battle
Gary Fung remembers years ago when the first computer he operated was a Pentium 90.
His programming skills have grown considerably since that first computer and his mastery of Pascal. Combined with his business acumen, the 25-year-old Fung now heads the popular BitTorrent search engine Isohunt and two tracking sites, Podtropolis and Torrentbox.
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Topic: COPYRIGHT - on May 3, 2008 at 10:05:00 AM CEST
Recording Industry Funds Charity To Run Its Latest Brainwashing Program
We've already seen the entertainment industry put together propaganda curriculums for kids about "intellectual property" that are so tilted and one-sided that the kids roll their eyes and challenge many of the statements. But that's not stopping the industry.
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Topic: COPYRIGHT - on May 1, 2008 at 2:29:00 PM CEST
Hü und hott beim Filesharing
Juristische Verwirrung um Tauschbörsennutzer: Das Landgericht München schützt ihre Privatsphäre vor der Musikindustrie, das Landgericht Offenburg unterminiert sie. Außerdem im Überblick: Microsoft verschenkt USB-Schnüffelsticks an Polizisten.
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Topic: COPYRIGHT - on May 1, 2008 at 2:26:00 PM CEST
Polizei will Rechner von Tauschbörsennutzer
Bei der Rechtsanwaltskanzlei Wilder & Beuger gibt es den Verwertungsvorschlag einer Staatsanwaltschaft zu lesen, was man denn mit dem beschlagnahmten Rechner eines Tauschbörsennutzers machen kann. Die kreative Idee: Wo eine gültige Lizenz schonmal dabei ist und der Rechner schneller als das eigene Inventar ist, könnte man ihn doch selbst nutzen.
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