Agreeing to agree …
‘Everybody seems to think that a fierce battle is underway between the record companies and the filesharers, but this is a naive assessment – the battle is long since over.’
The ’same old story with a different name, it’s all about control, and continuing to make money from past work indefinitely.’
The UK version of the Three Strikes plan, touted as an independent proposal under the UK Digital Economy Bill, enters the committee stage in the House of Lords tomorrow.
Survey Shows Peer-to-peer use remains level, but other methods of illegal downloading on the rise
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.’
Happy New Year everyone. To make real progress in 2010, we need to change the format.
Today is the last day of 2009 and it’s time, therefore, for a Top 10 Worst of the Year list. But not this year. There’s only one contender.
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.
Fred Wilhelms responds to SX’s Laura Williams, addressing her statements point-by-point.
‘New to the site and would like to see a list of all artists who are into this …’
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.’
‘Casual fans … abandon you the moment you have an opinion on anything … or try something different. Casual fans buy the “greatest hits” compilations because they only want the radio hits.’