RIAA Head: Napster Is Done
The great Napster migration has begun, as users slowly leave the file-trading service because of the drop in songs available on the network. Meanwhile, the company continues to fight for its life in federal court. To the recording industry that has fought with loaded guns to shut the system down, however, Napster -- and free, indiscriminate digital music sharing -- is already history.
http://www.wired.com/news/mp3/0,1285,43487,00.html
U.S.: DVD Decoder is Terrorware
To the U.S. government, a DVD descrambling utility is akin to terrorware that could crash airplanes, disrupt hospital equipment and imperil human lives. On Tuesday, an assistant U.S. attorney told a federal appeals court hearing arguments in the Universal Studios v. Reimerdes et al case that the DeCSS utility, which the Motion Picture Association of America has sued to take off a website, should be banned.
http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,43485,00.html
Separating News From Noise
Addiction to online news -- needing to know what's happening everywhere, and right now -- can consume your life. But there are places you can go to make the sifting easier, and new software streamlines the process.
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,43444,00.html
Baseball Fans Shut Out Online
To the chagrin of baseball fans accustomed to hearing games on the Web for free, major league baseball started charging for online audio feeds for the first time this season. But some fans who capitulated and coughed up $9.95 for a season pass and tuned in to hear their team play over the weekend were denied access to the broadcast. It's enough to make a Cub fan commit Harry Carey.
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,43484,00.html
Web piracy crackdown spawns stealth platforms
WITH THE MOVIE INDUSTRY joining the record labels in a bid to police the file-sharing that has proliferated in the wake of Napster, new stealth platforms are emerging that promise to hide communication between Web surfers. “It’s like walking around the street with a cloud around you. Everybody can see the cloud but can’t see what’s inside of it,” said Aram Sinnreich, a Jupiter Media Metrix analyst.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/566587.asp?0nm=C12L
Record makers lock music away
Digital locks are being put on to CDs in a attempt to stop music piracy. Later this month, small independent label Farenheit Entertainment will release the first copy-protected CD, which it hopes will make it easier for artists to control who listens to, and pays for, their music. The system used on the CD is only the latest of many attempts by record makers and publishers to stop people pirating pop.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci...00/1305224.stm
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