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05Aug
German law enforcement to MPAA: we’re not your bitch any more
Posted by Frank Koehntopp as Blogging
Welcome back!Via Udo Vetter’s law blog: the german state attorney office has declared that they will no longer prosecute minor offenses in regard to copyright infringement. You now need to share more than 3000 MP3 files or more than 100 movies before they will act.
The decision arises from them recognizing that the media companies have [...]
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- Tags: file sharing, mpaa, riaa
Dear RIAA,
the times they are a-changing (is this a copyright infringement already?)
In the last months, a lot has happened:
Apple has launched iTunes Plus, offering DRM free downloads
Amazon has launched a DRM free music store
Musicians like Prince, Radiohead and the Nine Inch Nails are leaving fleeing from your claws and embracing the internet
Even Microsoft starts selling [...]
Here’s another reason why Apple Records may finally give in to reality and agree to sell Beatles music on iTunes:
Beatles tunes copyright may expire in 2012.
There was a discussion around the same issue with Cliff Richards on Adam Curry’s podcast. A listener called in and compared the issue to a worker having 50 years to [...]
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- Tags: copyright, mpaa, riaa, sonny bono
Isn’t it amazing what these idiots think they can do?
“Universal believes that much of the music on portable players is illegal, and the company argues that it deserves a share of the profits from such devices in order to make up for the money lost in album sales. Microsoft’s decision to cut a deal seems [...]
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