Knowledge Ecology International, a group that seeks to reduce the control wielded by patent and copyright holders, recently posted a list of suggestions that the RIAA purportedly sent to the U.S. Trade Representative for what to include in the proposed Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. …
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RIAA argues against Jammie Thomas retrial
http://opinion.latimes.com/bitplayer/2008/06/riaa-argues-aga.htmlThe major record companies made their written case today (download the .pdf here) against a new trial for Jammie Thomas, the single mom ordered by a Minnesota jury to pay $222,000 for infringing the copyrights on 24 songs through Kazaa. …
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iLike Rhapsody - why don't more people?
http://opinion.latimes.com/bitplayer/2008/06/ilike-rhapsody.htmlToday, Rhapsody (a joint venture between RealNetworks and Viacom's MTV Networks) launches another initiative aimed at selling its subscription music service. My colleague Michelle Quinn has the details here , such as Rhapsody's answer to the new Napster MP3 store, but I wanted to drill down on a couple of elements from the announcement. …
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'Journey to the Center of the Earth' Hype Begins
http://cinematech.blogspot.com/2008/07/journey-to-center-of-...assesses the 3-D elements of 'Journey.' Slashfilm has an early take praising the 3-D effect, but snarking about everything else. VFXworld talks about the film's 3-D production pipeline. The LA Times offers a PDF document from Real D showing the planned 3-D releases for 2008, 2009, and beyond. A dozen are expected next year...
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cinemanow | Popular Science
http://moviesonmycomputer.com/?p=924cinemanow | Popular Science Why wait to buy when you can download now? While the MacBook Air was certainly the sex symbol of Steve Jobss MacWorld keynote today, the product with the biggest impact may be the CinemaNow phones in movies | Bit Player | Los Angeles Times Jon Healey on Hollywood’s love-hate relationship with technology. This morning, CinemaNow announced a mobile version of its downloadable movie site. CinemaNow, Technicolor Become Enablers « Digitalics
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Recording Industry vs. The People
http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.comBroadbandReports.com Digital Media Wire p2pnet.net Ars Technica Afterdawn.com C/Net News p2pnet.net BetaNews Patry Copyright Blog (MPAA brief) Patry Copyright Blog (PFF brief) LiveJournal (Russian) Heise Online LA Times G4TV Wired Audioholics Electronic Frontier Foundation Keywords: digital copyright law online internet law legal download upload peer to peer p2p file sharing filesharing music movies indie independent label freeculture creative commons
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Nokia Gets Ok on NAVTEQ Acquisition, Snags Warner for Comes With Music
http://www.fnprotraining.com/nokia-cellphone/nokia-gets-ok-o...Warner Music Group joins Sony BMG and Universal Music Group, which means Nokia has signed up three of the four largest record labels in Comes With Music. The final holdout, EMI, is apparently still in “licensing talks.” In-depth article at LATimes
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Nokia Gets Ok on NAVTEQ Acquisition, Snags Warner for Comes With Music
http://www.nokiaphoneblog.com/2008/07/nokia_gets_ok_on_navte...Warner Music Group joins Sony BMG and Universal Music Group, which means Nokia has signed up three of the four largest record labels in Comes With Music. The final holdout, EMI, is apparently still in "licensing talks." In-depth article at LATimes
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Top Gear Electronics
http://topgearelectronics.com/blogjust the guy who dreamed up the cosmology, the whole shebang of hobbits and dwarfs, orcs, ents, wargs, trolls, whatnot. Then, there's the other side, pointing out that while it might be true that they legally deserve the money, it doesn't make any common sense: I find it offensive to common sense to argue that the heirs of J.R.R. Tolkien (who are as dismayingly numerous as Kennedys in the court filing) are entitled to a shilling for work in which they had no hand and which was completed in 1949.
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Tech Scoop - Hot Technology Gossip
http://www.techscoop.netjust the guy who dreamed up the cosmology, the whole shebang of hobbits and dwarfs, orcs, ents, wargs, trolls, whatnot. Then, there's the other side, pointing out that while it might be true that they legally deserve the money, it doesn't make any common sense: I find it offensive to common sense to argue that the heirs of J.R.R. Tolkien (who are as dismayingly numerous as Kennedys in the court filing) are entitled to a shilling for work in which they had no hand and which was completed in 1949.
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bitbucket.kylewelsh.com
http://bitbucket.kylewelsh.comjust the guy who dreamed up the cosmology, the whole shebang of hobbits and dwarfs, orcs, ents, wargs, trolls, whatnot. Then, there's the other side, pointing out that while it might be true that they legally deserve the money, it doesn't make any common sense: I find it offensive to common sense to argue that the heirs of J.R.R. Tolkien (who are as dismayingly numerous as Kennedys in the court filing) are entitled to a shilling for work in which they had no hand and which was completed in 1949.
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seriouslytech
http://www.seriouslytech.comjust the guy who dreamed up the cosmology, the whole shebang of hobbits and dwarfs, orcs, ents, wargs, trolls, whatnot. Then, there's the other side, pointing out that while it might be true that they legally deserve the money, it doesn't make any common sense: I find it offensive to common sense to argue that the heirs of J.R.R. Tolkien (who are as dismayingly numerous as Kennedys in the court filing) are entitled to a shilling for work in which they had no hand and which was completed in 1949.
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Do J.R.R. Tolkien’s Kids Deserve Money For The Lord Of The Rings Movies?
http://www.into-tech.co.uk/2008/07/do-jrr-tolkiens-kids-dese...just the guy who dreamed up the cosmology, the whole shebang of hobbits and dwarfs, orcs, ents, wargs, trolls, whatnot. Then, there's the other side, pointing out that while it might be true that they legally deserve the money, it doesn't make any common sense: I find it offensive to common sense to argue that the heirs of J.R.R. Tolkien (who are as dismayingly numerous as Kennedys in the court filing) are entitled to a shilling for work in which they had no hand and which was completed in 1949.
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