According to the GuardianUK:
“More than half of young people copy the songs on their hard drives to friends and even more swap CD copies, according to research that reveals the huge challenge home copying poses to a music industry already battling internet file-sharing.”
AND
“Overall, 95% of the 1,158 people surveyed had engaged in some form of [...]
Oh, irony, you sweet mistress, you. TorrentFreak (via The Australian) is reporting that hundreds of pirated movie files were found on the computers of an Australian Police IT unit!
“If the officers do go unpunished, it could create a favorable precedent for filesharers in South Australia. If police officers, who are expected to be held [...]
Today I had the pleasure of skyping with Ben and Steve, two of the guys behind GrooveShark, a new (still in beta) site that has some interesting ideas about p2p music sharing, sales and discovery.
In this interview we get a nice overview of the GrooveShark business, a look inside their corporate culture and then chat [...]
There is a totally interesting (and slightly puzzling) post over on TorrentFreak regarding the recent change of policy by UK’s Virgin Media:
“Virgin Media in the UK has announced that it is working with the music industry to chase down its file-sharing customers and disconnect them from the internet. At the same time, it will offer [...]
My very first read every single day, the Gainsville Sun, has a look at GrooveShark, a young company trying to find a legal, for-profit model for p2p music.
“The Grooveshark system works on the basis of a peer-to-peer music sharing system, Greenberg said. Users can upload their personal music library to the Web site.
To legalize the [...]
There is a story over on TorrentFreak about the attempt to stop P2P exchange of copyrighted materials.
“Following a huge increase in complaints from the music, movie and software industries, the four major Japanese ISP organizations have agreed that they will work with copyright holders to track down copyright infringing file-sharers and disconnect them from the internet.”
While I [...]
