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walktalker · 27-03-01, 07:13 AM

MTV's Young Audience, Once a Boon, Now Threatens the Network's Bottom Line
As Hollywood has aimed more and more of its movies at teens and young adults in recent years, it's had an enduring ally in MTV. All of those youthful eyeballs have helped make MTV an immense movie advertising force, accounting last year for an astounding one-fifth of all film spending on cable television. But now, in an odd turn of events, MTV's coveted kid demo is jeopardizing the network's lucrative relationship with Hollywood.

http://www.inside.com/jcs/Story?arti...6880&pod_id=11

K-Tel USA Files for Bankruptcy as Labels Dominate Compilation Business
Swiss parent will close the company responsible for albums containing your favorite artists, and much more. Once considered cheesy, such collections are wildly successful and being kept in-house.

http://www.inside.com/jcs/Story?arti...26622&pod_id=9

MP3.com in Round 2 Against TVT
In what looks like the last leg of MP3.com (MPPP) 's legal tangles, the online music company faced off against the independent music label TVT Records on Monday, the first day of a two-week trial to determine monetary damages owed to the label.

http://www.thestandard.com/article/d...,23122,00.html

Scrapped Dave Matthews Band Sessions Available On Napster
The unfinished Dave Matthews Band album that was shelved in lieu of the group's current chart-topper, Everyday, has been leaked on Napster. Although the group gave the controversial file-sharing service permission to carry the single "I Did It" back in January, a band spokesperson said the Dave Matthews Band is not responsible for the unfinished album's appearance online.

http://www.sonicnet.com/news/story.jhtml?id=1442181

Who is spying on your downloads?
The recording industry would love to keep tabs on every Napster trader or Gnutella user, but even the sneakiest software won't stop music piracy.

http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/20...ker/index.html

Saudis ban Pokemon games, cards
Saudi Arabia’s highest religious authority has issued an edict banning Pokemon games and cards, saying they have "possessed the minds" of children, promote Zionism and involve gambling. It said the video game and cards have symbols that include "the Star of David, which everyone knows is connected to international Zionism and is Israel’s national emblem, as well as being the first symbol of the Freemasons."

http://www.msnbc.com/news/550130.asp?0nm=C13N

Public interest cited in DVD descrambler appeal
Lawyers representing 2600.com, which got into hot water for making a DVD descrambler called DeCSS available on line, have filed a brief with the appellate court rebutting claims made by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and others including the US Government.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/17892.html

'Universal' key claimed to disable MS Office XP security
Microsoft's vaunted Product Activation protection technology may not have been fully implemented in Office XP after all. Product keys claimed to be "universal" have been circulating on the Web for some weeks now, and a WinXP beta tester's newsgroup posting forwarded to The Register suggests that use of one of these keys circumvents the activation process.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/17869.html

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27-03-01, 07:13 AM	#3
walktalker The local newspaper man Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Montreal Posts: 2,036	The Newspaper: the sequel MTV's Young Audience, Once a Boon, Now Threatens the Network's Bottom Line As Hollywood has aimed more and more of its movies at teens and young adults in recent years, it's had an enduring ally in MTV. All of those youthful eyeballs have helped make MTV an immense movie advertising force, accounting last year for an astounding one-fifth of all film spending on cable television. But now, in an odd turn of events, MTV's coveted kid demo is jeopardizing the network's lucrative relationship with Hollywood. http://www.inside.com/jcs/Story?arti...6880&pod_id=11 K-Tel USA Files for Bankruptcy as Labels Dominate Compilation Business Swiss parent will close the company responsible for albums containing your favorite artists, and much more. Once considered cheesy, such collections are wildly successful and being kept in-house. http://www.inside.com/jcs/Story?arti...26622&pod_id=9 MP3.com in Round 2 Against TVT In what looks like the last leg of MP3.com (MPPP) 's legal tangles, the online music company faced off against the independent music label TVT Records on Monday, the first day of a two-week trial to determine monetary damages owed to the label. http://www.thestandard.com/article/d...,23122,00.html Scrapped Dave Matthews Band Sessions Available On Napster The unfinished Dave Matthews Band album that was shelved in lieu of the group's current chart-topper, Everyday, has been leaked on Napster. Although the group gave the controversial file-sharing service permission to carry the single "I Did It" back in January, a band spokesperson said the Dave Matthews Band is not responsible for the unfinished album's appearance online. http://www.sonicnet.com/news/story.jhtml?id=1442181 Who is spying on your downloads? The recording industry would love to keep tabs on every Napster trader or Gnutella user, but even the sneakiest software won't stop music piracy. http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/20...ker/index.html Saudis ban Pokemon games, cards Saudi Arabia’s highest religious authority has issued an edict banning Pokemon games and cards, saying they have "possessed the minds" of children, promote Zionism and involve gambling. It said the video game and cards have symbols that include "the Star of David, which everyone knows is connected to international Zionism and is Israel’s national emblem, as well as being the first symbol of the Freemasons." http://www.msnbc.com/news/550130.asp?0nm=C13N Public interest cited in DVD descrambler appeal Lawyers representing 2600.com, which got into hot water for making a DVD descrambler called DeCSS available on line, have filed a brief with the appellate court rebutting claims made by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and others including the US Government. http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/17892.html 'Universal' key claimed to disable MS Office XP security Microsoft's vaunted Product Activation protection technology may not have been fully implemented in Office XP after all. Product keys claimed to be "universal" have been circulating on the Web for some weeks now, and a WinXP beta tester's newsgroup posting forwarded to The Register suggests that use of one of these keys circumvents the activation process. http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/17869.html The Garfield comic strip of the day ! The Dilbert strip of the day ! The Boondocks strip of the day !