Music piracy research - news archive

Music piracy ('muziekpiraterij' in dutch) is a very complex phenomenon to comprehend. These pages wishes to address all of you who are interested in music piracy in a broad sense. You'll find 2721 articles related to music and video piracy (with special attention to articles from Belgium and the Netherlands) originating from 526 unique (web)sources. I started archiving news articles about music and video piracy since 1999. In 2001 I wrote a scientific dissertation about music piracy for my Master's degree in Communication Sciences at the K.U.Leuven. This dissertation incluced a survey among 1500 individuals.

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Archive for June 2005

Uitspraak vonnis Auvibel versus Memo Media (PDF)

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Auvibel PDF, Transcriptie Jan Verkoyen, 2005, June 30th | Language: NL | 1 words

FIOD-ECD doet invallen na grootschalig onderzoek piraterij

De aangehouden personen worden verdacht van het kraken van de kopieerbeveiliging van onder meer spellen, films en muziek. De verdachten zijn op het spoor gekomen door een onderzoek naar illegale warez van de Amerikaanse federale recherche FBI. Overigens zijn de verdachten inmiddels wel weer op vrije voeten gesteld. Met de achterhaalde ip-adressen in de hand, heeft de FBI vervolgens bij de FIOD-ECD aangeklopt om meer informatie over de ip-adressen te kunnen achterhalen.

Webwereld, 2005, June 30th | Language: NL | 274 words

RIAA Continues Enforcement Of Rights With New Lawsuits Against 784 Illegal File Sharers

As part of its continued efforts to promote legal online services, educate fans about the right and wrong way to enjoy digital music, and enforce its rights through the legal system, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), on behalf of the major record companies, today announced a new wave of copyright infringement lawsuits against 784 illegal file sharers.

Riaa, 2005, June 29th | Language: EN | 443 words

[VIDEO] DVD-hacker breekt in bij Google Video Viewer

Jon Lech Johansen, de Zweed die wereldberoemd werd toen hij de codering op DVD-films doorbrak, neemt nu de videospeler van Google in het vizier. Amper een dag nadat de software verscheen, heeft de mediagenieke hacker al een patch uitgebracht.

Zdnet, 2005, June 29th | Language: NL | 274 words

Grokster en Streamcast niet vrijgepleit

(...) Door die uitspraak keert de zaak terug naar een lagere rechtbank. Die zal moeten beslissen of ze Grokster en Streamcast effectief veroordeelt. Het vonnis is niettemin al een eerste overwinning voor de entertainmentindustrie in haar strijd tegen de illegale downloads. Grokster en Streamcast kunnen nu niet veel anders dan technische maatregelen nemen om de illegale uitwisseling van bestanden onmogelijk te maken.

De Standaard, 2005, June 28th | Language: NL | 244 words

Q&A: File-sharing ruling

The US Supreme Court has ruled against file-sharing firms In a shock decision the US Supreme Court has ruled that the firms behind file-sharing networks must answer for what people do on these systems. Here we take a look at the decision and the implications it has for the future.

Bbc, 2005, June 27th | Language: EN | 701 words

File-sharing suffers major defeat

The legal case against Streamcast Networks - which makes the software behind Grokster and Morpheus - began in October 2001 when 28 media companies filed their legal complaint. (...) However, the attempts to win damages suffered a series of defeats as successive courts sided with the file-sharing networks. The judges in those lower courts cited a ruling made in 1984 over Sony's Betamax video recorder. (...) In the ruling Justice David Souter wrote: "The question is under what circumstances the distributor of a product capable of both lawful and unlawful use is liable for acts of copyright infringement by third parties using the product." He added: "We hold that one who distributes a device with the object of promoting its use to infringe copyright ... is liable for the resulting acts of infringement by third parties."

Bbc, 2005, June 27th | Language: EN | 805 words

Ruildiensten krijgen klap

Een Amerikaans gerechtshof heeft vandaag geoordeeld dat digitale ruildiensten zoals Grokster verantwoordelijk zijn voor wat hun klanten met hun ruilsoftware aanvangen. (...) De zaak tegen Grokster werd aangespannen door 28 film- en muziekmakers die vonden dat Grokster hun winsten bedreigde.

De Standaard, 2005, June 27th | Language: EN | 71 words

File Sharing-diensten aansprakelijk voor schending auteursrechten

De internationale organisatie van muziekproducenten IFPI sprak in een reactie van een "mijlpaal". "Het is de belangrijkste rechterlijke uitspraak met betrekking tot de muziekindustrie in twintig jaar. Het hof heeft duidelijk en ondubbelzinnig geoordeeld dat verspreiders van technologie geen bedrijf kunnen opbouwen door schending van de auteursrechten te bevorderen". (...) Tot voor vandaag konden enkel individuen die zich aan dergelijke illegale praktijken schuldig maakten, vervolgd worden.

Het Laatste Nieuws, 2005, June 27th | Language: NL | 321 words

Hollywood Can Sue Over Movie, Music Piracy

The justices, aiming to curtail what they called a "staggering" volume of piracy online, largely set aside concerns that new lawsuits would inhibit technology companies from developing the next iPod or other high-tech gadgets or services. The unanimous ruling is expected to have little immediate impact on consumers, though critics said it could lead companies to include digital locks to discourage illegal behavior.

Forbes, 2005, June 27th | Language: EN | 684 words

Ring tones make sweet music for record label

Ring tones have emerged as a promising source of revenue for music publishers and record labels still struggling to connect with a generation used to getting music for free through Internet "peer to peer" services. Ring tone sales topped $4 billion worldwide in 2004 and $300 million in the United States, according to the market-research firm Consect. (...) "Crazy Frog Axel F," a remake of the 1980s synth-pop hit by Harold Faltermeyer, has boosted sales of Jamster's "Crazy Frog" ring tone as well, said an official with the company that owns the rights to both.

Reuters, 2005, June 27th | Language: EN | 805 words

One in three music discs is illegal but fight back starts to show results

A total of 1.2 billion pirate music discs were sold in 2004 - 34% of all discs sold worldwide. But growth in disc piracy has slowed to its lowest level in five years, partly thanks to stepped up enforcement efforts in countries including Mexico, Brazil, Hong Kong, Paraguay and Spain.

IFPI, 2005, June 23rd | Language: EN | 1284 words

Een op drie verkochte cd's is illegale kopie

Een op de drie vorig jaar wereldwijd verkochte muziekcd's was een illegale kopie. Dat blijkt uit het jaarlijkse rapport van de Internationale Federatie van Fonografische Industrieën Ifpi, dat vandaag werd gepresenteerd.

De Standaard, 2005, June 23rd | Language: NL | 187 words

For every DRM download, 16 P2P swaps

More credible analysts peg the number of illegal P2P downloads as rather higher. The Yankee Group's Michael Goodman puts the number of 'legal' DRM-encumbered downloads at 330 million last year - compared to 5 billion downloads from the P2P networks. So for every 'legal' purchase, there are 16 illegal downloads.

The Register, 2005, June 23rd | Language: EN | 618 words

Music makers face it: File sharing here to stay

Recording companies have begun taking steps to legitimize the peer-to-peer technology that lets computer users share songs, video and other files with one another online. (...) ''There's only two options here,'' said Michael Goodman, an analyst at The Yankee Group market research firm. ''You either license it -- and you find a way to license it and monetize it -- or you don't license it and it gets traded anyway.''

Miami Herald, 2005, June 23rd | Language: EN | 601 words

Music pirates head for the minority

Legal music downloads have grown 75 per cent in the past year and look set to outpace illegal downloads, according to analyst firm Entertainment Media Research. The proportion of people who legally download tracks has risen to 35 per cent of music purchasers, compared to 20 per cent last year. Pirated downloads are accessed by 40 per cent of music consumers, according to the report. (...) "Sixty-five per cent of those who have downloaded from unauthorised sites claim that they will download less often in the future, 29 per cent intend to download at the same rate and just six per cent expect to download more often."

Vnunet, 2005, June 23rd | Language: EN | 320 words

New plans for P2P commerce, despite court wait

On Wednesday, a new service called Gnutelligence launched with the aim of bringing something very like Google's sponsored search results to the open-source Gnutella network. Run by a former LimeWire employee, the service is designed to produce clearly marked advertising results in response to specific, pre-purchased keywords inside the Gnutella network. Thus--a hypothetical example only--a search for "Britney Spears" might bring back a link to a record store Web site selling the new Britney Spears album.

Cnet, 2005, June 22nd | Language: EN | 636 words

Moeder dokt voor downloadende dochter

Een Britse moeder moet een boete van 4.000 pond betalen voor het downloadgedrag van haar 14-jarige dochter. De vrouw vreest dat ze vanwege geldgebrek in een gevangenisstraf zal moeten uitzitten. Dat meldt de Britse krant de Guardian. (...) Haar moeder zegt niet bewust te zijn geweest van haar dochters activiteiten. Emily van haar kant ontkent de feiten niet maar zegt zich van geen kwaad bewust te zijn. "Iedereen op school doet het, ik wist niet dat het verkeerd was", zei ze (...)

Zdnet, 2005, June 22nd | Language: NL | 193 words

Mother faces music for girl's illegal downloads

A teenager's penchant for the bands Coldplay and Oasis left her mother contemplating prison yesterday. Sylvia Price has received a demand for £4,000 in compensation by solicitors acting for the music industry after her daughter, Emily, was caught illegally downloading songs by her favourite artists. (...) BPI spokesman Steve Redmond defended the tactic of targeting the parents of downloaders. He said: "If we don't demonstrate that copyright law has teeth, we're going to be out of business and countless musicians will lose their livelihood too."

Guardian Unlimited, 2005, June 21st | Language: EN | 369 words

Apple sued over iTunes interface

A Vermont company has sued Apple Computer, alleging that the interface for iTunes infringes on its patent. Contois Music & Technology filed suit last week in U.S. District Court in Vermont, alleging that Apple's actions are "irreparably" damaging Contois.

Cnet, 2005, June 21st | Language: EN | 291 words

Telly-phone comes of age

British Telecom (bt.com) said on Monday it is considering launching an iTunes-type download store for mobiles next year. The telco also launched a pilot of its mobile TV project entitled BT Livetime. The company is now test-driving the service with 1,000 Virgin Mobile customers, providing them with a selection of satellite channels and more than 50 DAB digital radio channels to choose from. If the response from BT Livetime is positive, the service may be extended to offer a music download function.

Web Host Industry Review, 2005, June 21st | Language: EN | 176 words

BitTorrent-technologie verovert de wereld

Een debat dat momenteel volop woedt, is of BitTorrent zelf - en bijgevolg zijn ontwerper Bram Cohen - verantwoordelijk is voor de piraterij. Niemand twijfelt eraan dat er massaal inbreuken op copyrights gebeuren. Maar de vraag is of je dat wel oplost met het verbieden van de software die dat mogelijk maakt. Fnuik je op die manier niet de ontwikkeling van een nieuwe, revolutionaire technologie die op allerlei andere (legale) gebieden volop zijn nut bewijst? Een gelijkaardig debat woedde in 1984, toen de filmindustrie de videorecorder probeerde te verbieden. De beklaagde toen heette Sony, dat nu - als filmstudio - aan de andere kant van de scheidslijn staat. (...) Met torrent technology wordt het immers mogelijk om eender welk tv-programma op eender welk uur van de dag te zien. De jongste episodes van de grootste Amerikaanse tv-series - 24 , Desperate housewives , Six feet under - verschijnen op torrent-sites luttele seconden nadat ze zijn uitgezonden. Het is eigenlijk een onofficiële versie van video-on-demand : iets wat de digitale kabelmaatschappijen als Telenet ons beloven, maar waarrond nog heel wat scepsis bestaat.

De Standaard, 2005, June 21st | Language: NL | 749 words

Politie Gent treft illegale computerbestanden aan op LAN-party

Bij een inval op een LAN (Local Area Network)-party, heeft de politie van Gent op vrijdag 6 mei 2005 dertien pc's en twee externe harde schijven in beslag genomen. Daarop troffen de speurders van de Computer Crime Unit (CCI) Gent meer dan 40.000 muziekopnamen in MP3-formaat en 1.500 films aan. (...) De party in kwestie werd door een drietal personen georganiseerd in een jeugdlokaal in de Gentse regio. Daarbij maakten zij reclame voor het feit dat tijdens deze LAN-party zowel muziekopnames als films ter beschikking gesteld worden via een aantal servers om gedownload te worden door deelnemers.

Het Laatste Nieuws, 2005, June 20th | Language: NL | 276 words

Sony BMG rolls out CDs that restrict copying

The world's second-biggest music corporation is rolling out its latest answer to digital piracy. The company, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, which is owned by Sony and Bertelsmann, is outfitting a broad selection of its latest CDs with software that restricts copying. The company's use of the software, which is designed to limit consumers to making no more than three copies of a CD, reflects an effort to alter a format that is two decades old and contains music that can be readily copied and digitally distributed.

Rocky Mountain News, 2005, June 20th | Language: EN | 629 words

Planet Internet: gratis concert voor betalende downloaders

"De providers verdienen miljoenen aan abonnees die uit zijn op illegale content en aan mensen die dat aanbieden", zei advocaat Willem Roos van Stichting Brein donderdag tijdens het kortgeding dat Brein heeft aangespannen tegen vijf providers, waaronder Planet Internet. Roos wees op een pagina bij Het Net (evenals Planet Internet eigendom van KPN) waar in tien stappen wordt uitgelegd hoe je films kunt downloaden. Met nauwelijks verholen afkeer citeerde hij: "De beste (en nieuwste) manier om een film te downloaden, is via Bittorrent."

Webwereld, 2005, June 19th | Language: NL | 272 words

'Pedofielen profiteren van verkeerde uitspraak in zaak Brein'

Als de rechtbank van Utrecht de auteursrechtenorganisatie Brein gelijk geeft in een rechtszaak tegen vijf providers, kan dat verstrekkende gevolgen hebben. (...) Als de rechtbank die eis toewijst, heeft dat een 'verstikkende werking' op de vrije meningsuiting en de handel op internet, waarschuwde Alberdingk Thijm. Als elke private partij zomaar de naw-gegevens van internetgebruikers kan opvragen, kan dat leiden tot 'zelfcensuur' bij providers en abonnees.

Webwereld, 2005, June 17th | Language: NL | 1497 words

Microsoft working on file-sharing application

Microsoft is working on its own file-sharing application, code-named Avalanche. (...) While Avalanche is based on a different system than BitTorrent, both are essentially used for the same purpose--to distribute large files between a number of users. In BitTorrent's case, that's largely downloading Linux distributions and cracked versions of movies.

Cnet, 2005, June 17th | Language: EN | 324 words

Justices to rule on fate of file-swapping

With implications that could ripple from Hollywood studio gates to executive suites of the biggest Silicon Valley companies, the case has drawn an impressive list of participants. Groups ranging from state attorneys general to the Christian Coalition all have weighed in, promising near-apocalyptic consequences if the court ignores their advice. At issue is how much responsibility technology companies have for the actions of customers who use products to break copyright laws. Peer-to-peer file-swapping is the heart of the issue, but the court is addressing a delicate legal balance between copyright interests and technological progress that has lasted for two decades.

Cnet, 2005, June 17th | Language: EN | 651 words

OESO-rapport genuanceerd over inkomstendaling muziekindustrie

Een rechtstreeks verband tussen illegaal downloaden van muziek en de lagere inkomsten van platenfirma's is lastig aan te tonen. Dat concludeert een recent OESO-rapport dat niet onverdeeld positief door de muziekindustrie is ontvangen. Vooral de kritiek van de auteurs op het oneerlijke prijzenbeleid voor online muziekverkoop ligt gevoelig.

Zdnet, 2005, June 17th | Language: NL | 424 words

Brein eist via rechter gegevens muziekaanbieders op

Donderdag dient in Utrecht een kortgeding dat de Stichting Brein heeft aangespannen tegen vijf providers: Chello, Planet Internet, @Home, Tiscali en Wanadoo. Inzet van de rechtszaak zijn de naam-, adres- en woonplaatsgegevens van enkele tientallen abonnees die via uitwisselprogramma's muziek hebben aangeboden. Brein heeft van deze mensen alleen het ip-adres en wil dat de providers daar de bijbehorende naw-gegevens bij leveren.

Webwereld, 2005, June 16th | Language: NL | 697 words

Oil costs force 10% DVD±R price rise

Recordable DVDs are likely to become more expensive in coming months as rising oil prices push up plastic costs.

The Register, 2005, June 16th | Language: EN | 213 words

Hopes for legal music podcasts rise

The headaches that Ibbott and other podcasters face come from quirks in copyright law that allow music to be streamed over the Internet without asking permission, but don't allow downloads. Because podcast audio files are designed for downloading to portable devices like Apple Computer's iPod, this law has put anyone who wants to use music in an awkward--and potentially law-breaking--position.

Cnet, 2005, June 16th | Language: EN | 983 words

Ericsson and Napster enter global partnership

The service will carry the universally known Napster brand and combine elements of Napster's popular PC offering and Ericsson's personalized music service, currently utilized by more mobile operators than any other in the world.

Ericsson, 2005, June 15th | Language: EN | 609 words

'Optreden tegen downloaden werkt contraproductief'

Heymans (...) blijft zweren bij een harde aanpak. ,,Als je de pakkans vergroot, zie je dat het gedrag verandert. In de Verenigde Staten heeft men zo het probleem kunnen reduceren en ook bij ons is die pakkans er nu. Het is alleen zaak om mee te zijn met de technologie en deze zaak zo goed mogelijk te verdedigen.'' De Organisatie voor Economische Samenwerking en Ontwikkeling (Oeso) publiceerde ondertussen een rapport over de on line-distributie van muziek. Ze schrijft daarin onder meer dat het moeilijk te bewijzen is dat er een oorzakelijk verband is tussen het illegale downloaden en de dalende muziekverkoop. Heymans vindt die conclusie alvast larie.

De Standaard, 2005, June 15th | Language: NL | 496 words

Apple computer: Is Piracy the Pathway to Profits?

(...) Say, for example, some company produces a legitimate competitor to Adobe Photoshop. The new product feature all of the pixel manipulating goodness of Photoshop but retails for half the price. In basic economic theory the new product would soon displace Photoshop as the image editor of choice. In reality that is not necessarily the case. If Adobe Photoshop gets passed around on P2P sites there is no incentive for theft happy users to try the new competitor, both are stolen and to the end user stolen=free. Years later the one pirate removes the eye patch and becomes burdened with kids and full employment. Suddenly spending hours on the internet looking for registration codes and illegal copies no longer holds the same appeal, it has become easier and safer just to purchase a legitimate copy.

Apple Matters, 2005, June 14th | Language: EN | 993 words

Sony Ericsson Unveils Walkman Phone

The company said its W600 Walkman Phone will be released in the U.S. in the last quarter of this year. Besides supporting music playback, the device has built-in Bluetooth and EDGE cellular data capabilities, although it doesn't have Wi-Fi support. It comes with software for moving music from PCs or online music stores to the device. It also has a built-in 1.3 megapixel camera.

Mobile Pipeline, 2005, June 14th | Language: EN | 179 words

Rechtszaken tegen muziekpiraterij zijn contraproductief

Rechtszaken en zware straffen tegen personen die vaak illegaal muziek en films downloaden van het internet, hebben niet het gewenste effect. Dat blijkt uit onderzoek van de Gentse Universiteit waarbij een team psychologen, economisten en juristen de gedragingen en het normbesef van 506 studenten aan de UGent onderzochten. (...) In plaats van zich gedeisd te houden, ontwikkelen ze nog meer aversie tegen auteursrecht, zeggen de onderzoekers. (...) De onderzoekers adviseren de platenmaatschappijen om vooral hun pijlen te richten op de jongste internetgebruikers en de occasionele downloaders (...)

Het Laatste Nieuws, 2005, June 14th | Language: NL | 254 words

Internet Piracy Sails On

Combatants and spectators in the Internet piracy war are checking their watches right about now. They're waiting for the Supreme Court to issue a decision that could shape the future of how people in America get their entertainment. (...) "Like thousands of patriotic Americans, I spent Memorial Day weekend illegally downloading a copy of the new 'Star Wars' movie. I was shocked by how quickly I was able to locate a copy on the Net (less than five minutes) and how long it took for the whole thing to end up on my computer (two days and change -- talk about holiday weekend traffic). There were no secret passwords, no locations known only to the cognoscenti. All I had to do was Point, Google, Pilfer."

Washington Post, 2005, June 14th | Language: EN | 1506 words

Klassiek voor de iPod-generatie

Gratis klassieke muziek aanbieden op internet: het wordt een nieuw promotiemiddel. Het Festival van Vlaanderen wil in het najaar archiefmateriaal en nieuwe opnamen downloadbaar maken, een gebaar naar het concertpubliek. (...) Jan Briers, gedelegeerd bestuurder: "Als een van de eerste concertorganisatoren brachten we een compilatie-cd uit, tegelijk met het programmaboek. Maar we willen niet langer de grote verspiller zijn die blinkende schijfjes uitdeelt. Daarom deze gerichte actie, waarbij het publiek zelf een keuze kan maken en zijn favoriete muziek kan downloaden." Marcel Heymans (...) "De bedreiging van downloaden, zeker van illegaal downloaden, ligt veel meer bij de muziek die de hitparades haalt."

De Standaard, 2005, June 14th | Language: NL | 770 words

Online music distribution providing both opportunities and challenges according to OECD report

Online music distribution is set to grow significantly over the next few years, forcing industry to reconsider their business models and posing regulatory challenges to governments, according to a new OECD report on the digital music industry.

Oecd, 2005, June 13th | Language: EN | 681 words

Gratis Beethoven-mp3's op BBC-site

De Britse televisiezender BBC biedt alle negen symfonieën van Beethoven gratis aan op haar website in mp3-formaat. Op de website van Radio 3 zijn de mp3-files gratis te downloaden. De werken, goed voor zes uur muziek, worden uitgevoerd door het befaamde BBC philharmonic, onder leiding van de 41-jarige Italiaanse dirigent Gianandrea Noseda.

De Standaard, 2005, June 13th | Language: NL | 149 words

Keeping Up With Uncle Sam

European recording companies are pushing to extend terms of copyright to nearly 100 years to be more in line with U.S. law. (...) Currently in the EU, there are separate copyright terms for composers and performers. Composers are awarded copyright for the life of the author plus 70 years. Performers hold a copyright for 50 years from the first recording. It's the 50-year term the IFPI wants to extend.

Wired, 2005, June 10th | Language: EN | 839 words

Microsoft planning music subscription service

With Apple Computer's dominance over the digital music business growing, Microsoft is planning to bolster its own online song store with a new subscription service later this year, sources familiar with the plans say. (...) The tentative features of the new service--which is still under development--include advanced community aspects and playlist-sharing. But sources say Microsoft is also considering a more direct attack on Apple, seeking rights from copyright holders to give subscribers a new, Microsoft-formatted version of any song they've purchased from the iTunes store so those songs can be played on devices other than an iPod.

Cnet, 2005, June 10th | Language: EN | 770 words

Ouders boeten voor muziekpiraterij van kinderen

Een negentigtal Britse ouders moeten een enorme boete betalen nadat is gebleken dat hun kinderen illegaal muziek downloadden via internet. De kinderen, van wie sommige amper twaalf jaar oud waren, zaten in een netwerk van muziekpiraten. Hun ouders hadden geen benul van de illegale activiteiten van hun kinderen. De boetes lopen op tot 6.000 euro. Eén van de ,,slachtoffers'' is Richard French, een financieel expert uit Leicester. Hij moet 3.700 euro boete betalen omdat zijn dochter Sophie (15) en zijn zoon Josh (12) via een ,,filesharingsysteem'' met hun vriendjes illegaal muziek uitwisselden.

Nieuwsblad, 2005, June 9th | Language: NL | 451 words

Roxio software targets iPod user

Digital media company Roxio is offering a software suite designed to let iPod owners fine-tune their song collections and other audio files.

Cnet, 2005, June 9th | Language: EN | 203 words

In a new international anti-piracy campaign, parents are being asked to be mindful of what their children are doing online.

The international recording industry signed up a global children's charity Wednesday to promote its anti-piracy message to parents around the world, suggesting that many adults have no idea what their children are up to on home computers. (...) [IFPI] ill use record stores, supermarkets and schools, libraries, and web sites to distribute a leaflet aimed at educating parents. (...) The pamphlet, "Young People, Music and the Internet--a guide for parents about P2P, file-sharing and downloading," has been created by Childnet International, a charity that deals with issues of child security on the Internet. (...) The leaflets will be distributed in 19 countries, including Germany, Italy, Spain, Singapore, the United States, and Mexico.

Information Week, 2005, June 8th | Language: EN | 472 words

Study: IM and P2P pests on the rise

Threats to instant messaging and peer-to-peer systems are on the rise, according to security vendor Akonix Systems. In May the company tracked 51 new IM and peer-to-peer threats, more than half the total it recorded for the first three months of the year, it said in a statement Tuesday.

Cnet, 2005, June 8th | Language: EN | 130 words

New international campaign helps parents guide children about music on the internet

Music sector backs new guide on safe and legal music downloading, as research shows that only 1 in 10 parents understand downloading. Children's Internet charity Childnet International, working with the music sector worldwide, is today launching a ground-breaking new information campaign aimed at educating parents about file sharing and music on the internet. (...) Last year alone Childnet worked in over 190 schools across the UK and carried out informal polls with pupils which revealed that in any given class at least 50% of the pupils will have used P2P. This is backed up by research published last year by the London School of Economics which showed that among the 84% of 9-19 year olds who use the internet daily or weekly, 45% download music.

IFPI, 2005, June 8th | Language: EN | 930 words

ITunes in de VS bijna net zo populair als p2p-netwerk

Uit een enquête van de NPD Group blijkt dat iTunes in een hevig gevecht is verwikkeld met WinMX en Limewire als favoriete plaats voor het downloaden van muziek. Volgens de onderzoekers verkiezen vooral consumenten van dertig jaar en ouder met een gemiddeld inkomen van 83.000 dollar iTunes boven het downloaden van muziek met p2p-programma's. (...) Tegelijk met het Amerikaanse onderzoek is ook een onderzoek van Jupiter Research verschenen over wat Europeanen online doen. Hieruit blijkt dat 15 procent van de consumenten de internetverbinding gebruikt voor het downloaden van muziek. Zo schrijft althans de Britse site Webuser.

Webwereld, 2005, June 8th | Language: NL | 253 words

ITunes Coming Out Strong Against P2P Music Downloads

Apple Computer Inc.'s iTunes music store has become a strong competitor to free peer-to-peer file-sharing services, coming in second as the most popular online music service, a research firm said Tuesday. Apple tied for the second spot with LimeWire, a P2P service, The NPD Group said. The No. 1 service in March was WinMX, a P2P network that was used by 2.1 million households to download music. Apple and LimeWire were used by 1.7 million households. (...) The top ten digital music services, based on the number of households that acquired a digital song in March, were, in order, WinMx, ITunes, LimeWire, Kazaa, BearShare, Ares Galaxy, Napster, Morpheus, Real Player Store and IMesh.

Techweb, 2005, June 7th | Language: EN | 274 words

Apple envy spawns format war

(...) Congress is concerned with those of you who can't understand why your iPods won't play Windows Media-encoded songs. Two months ago, Congressional representatives held hearings on whether the government should encourage (read: mandate) the establishment of a universal music format that would level the playing field between Apple Computer, Inc. and everybody else. Under the fairy-land logic of this proposal, all your Napster, LLC. songs would play in your iPod Mini, and all your iTunes songs would play in your Dell Digital Jukebox. Everyone would have musical freedom of choice, and we'd all live tunefully ever after.

Daily Texan, 2005, June 7th | Language: EN | 571 words

[VIDEO] DVD Decrypter Forced Offline

DVD copying would appear to be within the realms of fair use. (...) Apparently the enforcement arm of the copyright industry does not share this sentiment, and has aggressively pursued those distributing or creating DVD copying software. It all began in 1999 when Jon Lech Johansen and two other programmers wrote a small piece of code called DeCSS. (...) DeCSS would grow to become one of the most widely utilized DVD decrypting programs. An overwhelming majority of past and present decrypting applications use the DeCSS engine to perform this task - including DVD Decrypter. (...) However, its popularity would eventually lead to its undoing. It was surprising DVD Decrypter lasted as long as it did, especially with 321 Studio's DVD-X-Copy being banished to bowels of the Internet in early 2004. Today (...) the developer of DVD Decrypter, "LIGHTNING UK!", has announced he too will cease the future distribution and development of his software.

Slyck, 2005, June 6th | Language: EN | 453 words

Records voor Coldplay

De populariteit van de Britse rockband Coldplay bereikt nieuwe hoogtes. Aan de vooravond van de release van het langverwachte nieuwe album X&Y heeft de band van frontman Chris Martin al een recordaantal voorbestellingen via het internet geboekt. Het aantal voorbestellingen van Coldplay's plaat, die al sinds maart de hitlijst van de internetwinkel Amazon UK aanvoert, klopt het huidige record. (...) Een dag na de release prijkte single Speed of sound op de eerste plaats in de download-hitlijsten van alle vijftien sites van de legale muziekaanbieder iTunes.

De Standaard, 2005, June 5th | Language: NL | 180 words

[VIDEO] Brein pakt distributeurs van dvd-software aan

Stichting Brein heeft twee distributeurs gesommeerd te stoppen met de verspreiding van software waarmee de kopieerbeveiliging van dvd's omzeild kan worden. De distributeurs Micromedia en Teledirekt hebben volgens Brein na 1 september 2004 nog de softwarepakketten DVD X copy Platinum, DVD X copy Gold en DVD Xpress aangeboden. Sinds 1 september is het in Nederland verboden om software te maken of te verspreiden waarmee de kopieerbeveiliging van dvd's, games of cd's te omzeilen is.

Webwereld, 2005, June 4th | Language: NL | 227 words

[VIDEO] New wrinkle in movie swapping

A group of anonymous programmers has released a new software tool online that threatens to raise the stakes for Hollywood studios fighting Internet movie-swapping. Dubbed RatDVD, the new software crunches video from movies into small packages, while creating a single file that keeps intact DVD "extras"--alternate endings, outtakes, director's commentary and the like. Because it retains all these extra features, allowing them to be burned back onto a DVD or browsed on a computer, the software is already being discussed in video-focused Net circles as a potential successor to the most popular formats used for trading movies online today.

Cnet, 2005, June 3rd | Language: EN | 621 words

RIAA files lawsuit against another U. student

For over a month, the RIAA has doggedly pursued its search to theft occurring on the Abilline network known as the "i2hub" run by the organization Internet2. Interestingly enough, the University announced a collaboration project May 13 with eight universities in four countries that will utilize the "i2hub" in the development of media files for Descent to the Underworld, an upcoming video game project created and produced by Druid Media. "Students are ultimately responsible for what they do with their computers in the confines of their residence hall rooms," Associate General Counsel Laure Ergin told The Triangle. (...) In response to the RIAA's recent witch-hunting tactics, the University will be embark on a campus-wide campaign to educate all students about peer-to-peer file sharing, copyright infringement and the RIAA lawsuits that have been filed.

Triangle, 2005, June 3rd | Language: EN | 581 words

Niet alles is slecht aan BitTorrent

(...) BitTorrent heeft ook interessante toepassingen die honderd procent legitiem zijn. Wie een Linux-distributie zoekt of het populaire online rollenspel World of Warcraft speelt, is al in contact gekomen met deze positieve kant van BitTorrent. Nog maar onlangs opende Linux ISO Torrents, een trackingwebsite die probeert BitTorrent-links aan te bieden voor zowat alle Linux-distributies.

Zdnet, 2005, June 3rd | Language: NL | 483 words

eDonkey2000 Nearly Double the Size of FastTrack

The dismal state of affairs in the FastTrack community continue to erode the population of this network. Not since July of 2002 has FastTrack seen its population below 2 million users. Specifically, it has managed to stay below 2 million users since the Memorial Day weekend. One may argue there was simply not as many users online, however rivals networks eDonkey2000 and Gnutella continue to surge ahead.

Slyck, 2005, June 2nd | Language: EN | 717 words

Apple naar rechter om iPod-kloon

Apple onderneemt stappen tegen het Duitse bedrijf Medion, dat onder de naam Micromaxx een mp3-speler op de markt brengt met sterke uiterlijke overeenkomsten met de iPod mini. Het is niet de eerste keer dat Apple's ontwerpen vrijelijk worden gekopieerd. Eerder bood de Aldi een zwarte uitvoering aan van een mp3-speler die sterk leek op de grote iPod, inclusief het unieke ronde clickwheel.

Zdnet, 2005, June 2nd | Language: NL | 264 words

Music CDs from Sony to have anti-piracy technology

Sony has taken what is believed to be the first measured step to control music piracy: Music CDs with anti-piracy technology developed by specialist First4Internet. The Japanese electronics major announced that at least 10 commercial titles would be released immediately to test the technology that can help control 'casual piracy' (i.e. making multiple copies for friends; a.k.a. 'schoolyard piracy').

Earth Times, 2005, June 1st | Language: EN | 467 words

Sony tests technology to limit CD burning

As part of its mounting US rollout of content-enhanced and copy-protected CDs, Sony BMG Music Entertainment is testing technology solutions that bar consumers from making additional copies of burned CD-R discs. Since March, the company has released at least 10 commercial titles -- more than 1 million discs in total -- featuring technology from UK antipiracy specialist First4Internet that allows consumers to make limited copies of protected discs, but blocks users from making copies of the copies.

Cnet, 2005, June 1st | Language: EN | 651 words

Populaire muzieksite Weblisten sluit de poorten

De Spaanse muziekdienst Weblisten heeft het hoofd moeten buigen na een slepende juridische strijd met de muziekindustrie. De rechter beval sluiting.

Webwereld, 2005, June 1st | Language: NL | 227 words

Spaniards stick sword in P2P website

Spanish P2P music website Weblisten is - as of right now - closed by order of the 3rd Criminal Court of Madrid for intellectual property violations. The judgement, as recorded on Libertad Digital (Digital Freedom), prohibits Weblisten from further music distribution activities, and orders the destruction of those databases which "contain music files and other material pertaining to the offence".

The Register, 2005, June 1st | Language: EN | 241 words

RIAA sues another Princeton student

School's out, but the music industry isn't taking a break from litigation. (...) The University has no plans to change the disciplinary process for student violators, Quinones said. Students typically receive a dean's warning for the first violation of the University's file-sharing policies, and six months' disciplinary probation for a second violation or an egregious violation. A dean's warning is not recorded on a student's permanent record.

Daily Princetonian, 2005, June 1st | Language: EN | 492 words

MP3 leaders face off

After dominating their respective markets and seeing their sales multiply during the past year, the top two suppliers of MP3 music player semiconductors are introducing new chips targeting each other's markets. PortalPlayer, the leading supplier of chips used for audio processing and other functions in MP3 players based on a hard disk drive, such as Apple Computer's iPod, recently unveiled its first chips for players that store music in flash memory. Meanwhile SigmaTel, the leading supplier of MP3 audio chips for flash-based players, such as those from Creative Technologies, Dell and Samsung, plans to introduce new chips for hard-disk players in the third quarter of 2005.

Electronic Business, 2005, June 1st | Language: EN | 784 words

Music industry spied on Sharman boss

The Australian music industry's piracy investigations unit conducted extensive surveillance of the Sydney north shore house owned by the chief executive officer of peer-to-peer provider Sharman Networks, the unit's former boss told a court hearing last week.

Silicon, 2005, June 1st | Language: EN | 415 words

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