House of Lord 3 strikes debate under way …
Meanwhile, ‘Hadopi has attracted a maelstrom of criticism both in France and abroad …’
‘Caution! The only thing protecting the movie and TV industries from the fate that has befallen music and indeed the newspaper business is the size of the files.’
P2P — people2people — communications are here to stay. The information-for-all genie is well and truly out of the bottle and nothing will get it back in.
The tunes add up to the first million downloads, say the guys, pointing out the music has been distributed through the BitTorrent and Gnutella networks with FrostWire.
‘ … please understand that a small organization with a low administrative fee must prioritize.’
‘I make no bones about it – if there’s some Thom Yorke EP floating around and it’s not out until next week, then I’ll download it illegally.’
‘Some artists have been owed money for more than a year, and the chance of them seeing any money now is, for all intents and purposes, zero … ‘
But ‘When Google announced that Street View was coming to Saskatoon, a light bulb went on … ‘
Plaintiffs say the labels ” agreed and conspired together to create a scheme where they can not be effectively called to account for infringement of class members’ Copyright.”
Customers and fans don’t count. Now let’s see what eBay, Yahoo, Facebook and Google can do …
“I was naively excited when I opened the envelope. And my answer was right there on the first page. In five years, our three albums earned us a grand total of …
As the debate, organized by The Telegraph and Virgin Media, neared ‘it seems someone took exception to Silver’s involvement and his invitation was rescinded …’
“What they [the P2P community] choose to do and how we work with them will I think define what the industry looks like.”
Helping children in America’s still-recovering storm-ravaged Gulf Coast …
Music is like diamonds. Diamonds aren’t rare, but they’re controlled at the source …