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Virus Returns To Hewlett-Packard Web Site | 2 June 2006
A virus that first appeared on Hewlett-Packard Co.?s Web site six years ago was recently detected in a device driver being distributed to HP customers over the Internet, a security firm said Thursday. The Funlove virus was discovered Wednesday in a driver available through HP?s FTP servers, BitDefender said. The security company notified the Palo Alto, Calif., computer maker and the application was removed from the Web site.
"This incident highlights the importance of checking outgoing file traffic in a corporate environment and is proof of the uncanny survivability of file infectors in general," Bogdan Dumitru, chief technology officer for BitDefender, set in a statement.
The virus attempts to gain administrative rights on Windows NT, giving a remote computer the ability to read and modify files when a user logs in, BitDefender said. The malware can also infect Windows 9x/ME/2000.
HP was not immediately available for comment.
http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=...
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Warner, Sony sites hacked,
p2p news / p2pnet: Looks like the Swedish police aren't the only ones to be feeling the wrath of angry surfers.
Sites owned by two members of the Organized Music cartel have been defaced, says Zone-h.
Hit were Sony BMG and Warner Music with sonymusic.it, sonymusicstudios.co.uk and warnermusic.com.tw as the affected sites.
The mirrors of the defacements are: sonymusic.it/index.php , sonymusicstudios.co.uk , warnermusic.com.tw, says the post, and, "While writing this article, both sonymusic.it and sony musicstudios.co.uk turn out to be still defaced, whereas warnermusic.com.tw is impossible to reach".
On Sony, Zone-h says it saw another defacement against the website sonymusiceurope.com 10 days ago.
Both the attacks on the Sony BMG websites were by LuCky_Luke.
"The attacked websites, which are on different machines, are hosted by the same provider, that is Savvis.net," says the story. "The defacer reported the breach at the CMS level. About Warner Music, the defacement was performed by a crew of defacers who come from Chile, known as 'byond hackers team'.
"One year ago, the same website was attacked by the XTech Inc, a team of Mexicans and Argentineans who have been defacing for a long time," says Zone-h.
"About those defacements that involved in such a short period of time both Warner and Sony, we wonder if this happened just by chance or if this is the expression of a far more complex plot. It could be interesting drawing out some focus points: let?s start from the concept that lately Major Record Companies are more and more under fire, every day we hear about anti-piracy countermeasures by the RIAA (the Recording Industry Association of America).
"Some of these actions are quite questionable, as the decision to limit information exchanges by closing P2P networks, or by forbidding the use of P2P software. Then we can?t forget their conveying Trojan horses on P2P networks by pretending they were mp3 and videos, in order to punish those who downloaded materials under copyright. Last but not least, the rising of CD and DVD prices and the massive adoption of invasive DRM systems.
"About that we can?t forget the last vicissitude that involved Sony BMG: the case of those root-kits installed on users? systems without tthe user's knowledge. Did the last events start a sort of digital guerrilla against Major Companies? For sure, beyond last issues, there are older reasons: the message posted on www.warnermusic.com.tw home page : "phnx defaced you - byond crew -- f@ck capitalism", is quite clear..."
There have been no reports, so far, of attacks on the other two Organized Music cartel owners, EMI and Vivendi Universal.
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Also See:
angry surfers - Swedish police site hacked, June 2, 2006
Zone-h - Music Companies under hackers? fire, May 31, 2006
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(Friday 2nd June 2006)
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3. June 2006 @ 15:49 |
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Videos: new RIAA p2p targets
p2p news / p2pnet: As if the members of the Big Four Organized Music cartel, "devastated," they claim, by hundreds of millions of file sharing, criminal customers, didn't have enough trouble, they now have something else to worry about.
"The rise of user-generated content sites like YouTube, MySpace, Google Video and iFilm has sparked a revolution in the viral sharing of music videos across these Web communities," says Reuters/Billboard. "The problem is, much of the distribution taking place - outside a select number of promotional deals - is happening without the approval of record companies."
Say it ain't SO!
But it is and the RIAA, owned by Warner Music, EMI, Vivendi Universal and Sony BMG, "recently issued cease-and-desist letters to YouTube users sharing videos from the likes of Nelly Furtado, Beyonce and Rihanna," says the story, going on:
"The site, which now claims more than 6 million visitors and 40 million streams daily, has become a haven for unlicensed music videos, which users are capturing with TiVo and other digital video recorders and then posting the files to the Web. Much of the material is coming from recorded MTV broadcasts."
According to Reuters/Billboard, "one source close to the situation says that the recording industry is lobbying YouTube and other viral video sites to implement content-filtering technologies to identify and block unauthorized distribution of copyrighted works."
DRM.
"Viral video sharing would not have been an issue just 18 months ago, when the labels still viewed music videos as a promotional tool for selling albums, says the story, adding:
"But today videos are a rapidly growing money-maker for the music business. The RIAA estimates that sales of music videos topped $3.7 million in three months, after being introduced in October. Meanwhile, the major labels also are sharing in the profits of ad-supported video-on-demand offerings from AOL, Yahoo, Music Choice and others.
"That is revenue the music industry is keenly interested in protecting."
As far back as 2002, Ispso-Reid estimated some 60 million Americans had downloaded and it's likely the number has grown substantially since then.
Our most recent statistics from p2p research firm Big Champagne are out of date, but they still show the numbers of users simultaneously logged onto the p2p networks at any given moment has been rising steadily.
The labels claim people who share music with each other are criminals and thieves. Accordingly, the Big Four have fired subpoenas at 19,000 American men, women and even children, accusing them of being thieves.
Has singling out 19,000 from 60 million had any effect on file sharing? No, although the RIAA claims it has, in statements repeated as gospel by the the gullible (the most favourable interpretation) mainstream media.
Traditional print and electronic press outlets also give credence to label disinformation which suggests subpoenas amount to actual 'prosecutions,' and that the people who received them have been found guilty of file sharing.
However, file sharing isn't a crime, or anywhere near it. Nothing has been stolen, no money has changed hands, and it's never been shown that a file shared equals a sale lost. In reality, at absolute worst, people who share files may (or may not) have infringed a copyright.
Stay tuned.
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Also See:
Reuters/Billboard - Viral video sharing is new headache for music biz, June 2, 2006
Ispso-Reid - Americans Continue To Embrace Potential Of Digital Music, December 4, 2002
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NOTE: p2pnet is being sued by Sharman Networks and Nikki Hemming, ceo of p2p application Kazaa. "The suit is a little odd, since P2PNet.net is a champion of peer-to-peer file-sharing, which is the same business that Kazaa is in," says The Globe & Mail. If you'd like to help p2pnet, or find out more, please go here.
(Saturday 3rd June 2006)
http://p2pnet.net/story/8957
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4. June 2006 @ 05:23 |
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Me neighbor brought me coffee this morning,like 3 in the morning..
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4. June 2006 @ 05:52 |
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Hope she stayed for breakfast :)
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4. June 2006 @ 05:58 |
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good morning arniebear
sent her home after the free stuff...
12 Free Full Games For Your Collection
They might be a bit old but they are free.
As we promised, we are back with a new pack of free full games, ranging from adventure to space sim - some titles are patched up to the latest version. Expect a new pack at the end of the next week.
- Gamershell.com
http://www.gamershell.com/news/30646.html
Add a new bunch of free full games to your collection
As we promised, we are back with a new pack of free full games, ranging from adventure to space sim - some titles are patched up to the latest version. Expect a new pack at the end of the next week.
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4. June 2006 @ 06:05 |
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He,he,he, wise man :)
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4. June 2006 @ 06:07 |
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DOUBLE DRIVER..........With Double Driver you can view which drivers are installed in your system and you can backup the drivers you choose, save and print the drivers list, and more. .....(free).....GO THERE!
http://boozet.xepher.net/
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Cool program, sure wish I had this before I accidentally lost a driver, and now cannot get it back, thanks will be downloading this one :)
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4. June 2006 @ 06:28 |
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The Safest Way to Run Suspicious Programs
Use a protective launch option in Windows XP; stay secure with the free Cryptainer LE utility.
Scott Dunn
From the July 2006 issue of PC World magazine
Posted Thursday, May 25, 2006
You don't need to be reminded yet again to keep your virus protection up-to-date or to be cautious about the software you download. But what if you're not sure about the safety of a program you want to run or install? You can attempt a limited installation of any piece of suspect software by using a helpful feature of Windows XP. To safely launch a suspicious program or shortcut, right-click it and choose Run As (see FIGURE 1).
Note that in some cases, such as with a mysterious new Control Panel (.cpl) icon, you may need to hold the <Shift> key to see the right-click menu's Run As option.
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In the Run As dialog box, select Current user and make sure that the option Protect my computer and data from unauthorized program activity is checked (see FIGURE 2).
Then click OK.
When running in the 'Protect my computer' mode, the program is able to read Registry settings, but it cannot change them. In addition, if your hard disk is formatted with NTFS, the program won't be able to alter any files associated with the current profile, including cookies, temporary Internet files, the desktop, and My Documents. Be aware, though, that while this option protects against a potentially harmful program running on your system, it also brings grief to many perfectly healthy applications that need to store settings or files in one of these locations. Consequently, you might want to reserve this trick for dubious applications or those whose origins are iffy or unknown.
Blogger Aaron Margosis has discovered yet another good use for the 'Protect my computer' option: If you need to prevent a particular Web site from leaving data on your hard drive, launch Internet Explorer through this method prior to visiting the site. Note that when IE is running in this protected mode, you won't be able to access any secured sites whose URLs begin with 'https://'. Also, some commands (such as 'Open Link in New Window' on the context menu) may not work.
Another Desktop Trip Tip
In the March column, I described two keyboard shortcuts to the desktop: <Windows>-D ("D" for "desktop") to toggle showing and hiding all windows; and <Windows>-M ("M" for "minimize") to hide windows but not dialog boxes. I said the latter minimizes, but doesn't restore, the windows. Warren Slack of Lakeland, Florida, points out that pressing <Windows>-<Shift>-M brings back the minimized windows.
Put a Lockbox on Your System With Cryptainer LE
If you want to store your data or applications securely, give Cypherix's Cryptainer LE a try. The free program sets up a virtual vault on your computer. Once you make a password-protected Cryptainer file, it appears in Windows Explorer. Work with that secure container as you would any disk, creating folders, dragging and dropping files, even installing applications on it. When you unload the drive or exit Cryptainer, the virtual disk is visible only as a file protected by 128-bit encryption. You can back up or delete the file, but only your password can unlock its contents. You can put secure containers on rewritable CDs and DVDs, as well as on other removable media. Cryptainer LE's encrypted files can be sent as attachments, and you can make the files self-extracting so the recipient needs only the password (no additional products) to open it. Cryptainer LE limits containers to 25MB; as a workaround, you can create multiple secure volumes on your PC. Alternatively, you could upgrade to one of the paid versions, which permit larger containers (2.5GB for $30, 25GB for $45, 250GB for $90). Click here to download your copy of the free Cryptainer.
http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0,fid,23297,00.asp
Send your Windows-related questions and tips to scott_dunn@pcworld.com. We pay $50 for published items. Scott Dunn is a contributing editor for PC World.
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4. June 2006 @ 10:02 |
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I got to get me one of these for lunch, who cares about cholesterol. I always new krispy kreme doughnuts were good with anything :)
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no wonder LOCOENG likes to work the tracks,
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Batteries, an Altoids tin and an iPod
June 4, 2006 12:00 AM PDT
Is it really possible to build an iPod recharger with a couple of standard AA batteries and an Altoids gum tin? This post gives step-by-step instructions to assemble what it says is a "very powerful USB charger for your MP3 player, camera, cell phone, and any other gadget you can plug into a USB port to charge." And if you have more spare tins lying around, you can try your hand at some other homemade gadgets.
Posted by Mike Yamamoto
go here to see it
http://www.instructables.com/ex/i/1686FF3E41011029AC23001143E7E506/
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Good morning all! I'm back in the office after spending the last ten days moving into my new place. I came into the office needing nice strong coffee, which I got, but soon found myself wanting to call my Dr. for a script of Xanax after a plethera of bad news. My co-worker's 21 y.o. grandson was shot to death in a drive by shooting; wrong place at the wrong time. I should be use to this by now as I deal with it every day in my line of work but it hits home harder when it happens to someone you know.
The second big blow is that many of us are going to lose our jobs; we all have to sit by our phones on Thursday and wait to see if we get a phone call telling us the bad news from our divisional vice president. It's going to be a hell of a long week and Thursday will be a day straight out of hell. Say a prayer for me, or cross your fingers, have a pipeful to the great spirit god or do whatever it is you do to ask the supernatural for a special favor in my behalf ... I'll be most grateful !!
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MORNING GERRY1,
May there always be work for your hands to do.
May your purse always hold a coin or two.
May the sun always shine on your windowpane.
May a rainbow be certain to follow each rain.
May the hand of a friend always be near you.
May God fill your heart with gladness to cheer you.
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@Ireland...thank you so much, my friend.
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@gerry
Sorry things are not going to well for you, will cross my fingers for you and pray all turns out well :)
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Well, gerry, we'll all be thinking about you and for the employment gods to look favorable in your direction. May you have all the luck in the world. Later, keep us posted, George
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Thanks Arnie and George ... it's great to have you rooting (how do you spell that LOL) for me!!
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good morning all,i is having a great breakfast this morning..
Honey-Banana Breakfast Shake
(This recipe yields 1 serving)
* 1 tablespoon clover or orange blosom honey
* 1 medium ripe banana
* 1/4 cup orange juice
* 1 cup fresh or frozen strawberries
* 3 ice cubes
Combine all ingredients in a blender. Blend until well mixed. More orange juice may be added for a thinner shake.
Have a great breakfast!!!
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Mocha Java Smoothie
(This recipe yields 1 serving)
* 1 cup vanilla soymilk
* 1 and 1/2 cup ice
* 1/3 cup tofu firm
* 3/4 cup bananas -- sliced/frozen
* 1/4 cup chocolate syrup
* 2 teaspoons instant coffee
In a blender, combine all ingredients. High speed until smooth.
Serve in a large iced glass.
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Power Drink
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* 1 cup orange juice
* 3/4 cup pear - peeled and diced
* 1 banana - frozen
* 3/4 cup plain low-fat yogurt
* 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
* 3 Tablespoons smooth peanut butter
* 2 Tablespoons wheat germ
Place all ingredients into blender and blend until smooth.
- ENJOY
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Good morning Ireland and everyone: Ireland....your breakfast sure beats the hell out of my egg-McMuffin!
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MPs in digital downloads warning
Creative MP3 players
Portable music players are proving enormously popular
Consumers should be told exactly what they can and cannot do with songs and films they buy online, says an influential group of MPs in the UK.
The All Party Parliamentary Internet Group looked at how copy protection systems restrict the way digital movies and music can be enjoyed.
Labels on digital content should spell out how easy it is to move from gadget to gadget, said the report.
It also called for an inquiry into the pricing schemes of online music stores.
Price point
A public inquiry organised by the MPs sought views on copy protection technologies, known as Digital Rights Management (DRM), from industry groups, consumers and media makers earlier this year.
DRM systems are becoming increasingly popular as the makers of music and movies, as well as operators of online stores, try to limit piracy of copyrighted works through home computers.
Boy in front of posters for Apple's iPod
Apple's iTunes store prompted huge growth in downloaded music
DRM systems can include special formats for media files or proprietary media players.
For instance, a DRM system may allow a CD to be played on a PC but would not let tracks from that album be copied so they can be listened to on a portable player such as an iPod.
The MPs' report made several recommendations and called on the Office of Fair Trading hasten the introduction of labelling regulations that would let people know what they can do with music and movies they buy online or offline.
This would ensure that it was "crystal clear" to consumers what freedom they have to use the content they are purchasing and what would happen if they do something outlawed by the protection system.
The same labelling systems would also spell out what happened in the event of a maker of DRM technology going bust, if a protection system became obsolete or if gadgets to play the content are replaced.
Lock and load
The report also called for the makers of DRM systems to be made aware of the consequences of using aggressive copy protection systems.
This recommendation was made because, as the report was being drawn up, information was emerging about the controversial copy protection system employed in the US by Sony BMG.
This system used virus-like techniques to hide itself and stop CDs being copied. The row over the software ended up in the US courts.
Firms employing DRM systems needed to be aware that using such systems in the UK would mean they "run a significant risk of being prosecuted for criminal actions".
The MPs called on the Department of Trade and Industry to look into the prices charged for the same digital content, such as music tracks, in different countries.
For instance some nations, such as the UK, pay significantly more for songs from Apple's iTunes store than customers in the US or mainland Europe.
"This is somewhat at odds with the notion of the 'single market'", noted the report.
Rental agreement
A spokesman for All Party Parliamentary Internet Group said he expected a response from makers of digital content and hoped that the report would inform wider government thinking about copy protection.
In particular, he said, it would provide input for the ongoing Gowers report into intellectual property.
iPod user, AP
Consumers are bumping up against copy protection systems
Suw Charman, executive director of the Open Rights Group which campaigns on digital rights issues, said the organisation was pleased that the MPs had made a series of "sensible recommendations".
But, she added, the group could have gone further to combat the ways that copy protection systems impinge on rights to use copyrighted material protected by law.
For instance, she said, UK law allows people to make copies of parts of copyrighted works for the purposes of critiquing or reviewing them.
"That's an exemption thwarted by DRM systems," she said. "The technologies are extending beyond the law they are supposed to uphold."
Increasingly, said Ms Charman, consumers were bumping up against DRM technologies as they use digital media such as downloaded songs.
She said that DRM was less about protecting copyright and more about creating a system in which people rent rather than own the media they spend money on.
"We think people rightly feel that once they buy something, it stays bought," she said.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5041684.stm
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New corporate p2p effort
p2p news / p2pnet: Music companies are still looking for ways to cash in on digital music, says TheStreet.com.
Currently, their favourite marketing tool is a phony 'crime' created by their PR departments to allow them to try terrorize recalcitrant consumers into buying over-priced, lossy digital downloads from skimpy catalogues.
Now, "The firm behind the defunct Qtrax online file-swapping network has inked a licensing deal with Britain-based EMI Music Group PLC and aims to relaunch later this year as an ad-supported recording industry-friendly online music service," says the Associated Press.
The downloan rental application will, "work with and filter copyrighted content from existing peer-to-peer networks," says EMI.
As with similar rental 'services,' as soon as users stop paying, carefully compiled libraries will become useless.
"Qtrax was among several peer-to-peer file-sharing applications that emerged following the shutdown of Napster, the pioneer service that enabled millions to illegally copy songs stored in other music fans' computers," says AP. "Creator LTDnetwork Inc. stopped distributing Qtrax after a few months following its 2002 launch to avoid potential legal trouble."
The Street says EMI claims it's the first major music company to make its catalog available via what will be the "world's first advertising-supported, legal peer-to-peer music distribution service".
EMI is a member of the Big Four Organized Music cartel. It, and its fellows, Warner Music, Sony BMG and Vivendi Universal, charge between 60 and 85 cents wholesale for each compressed music track they sell to the handful of online corporate download stores which have been persuaded to carry them.
Under investigation in the US for alleged bribery and price fixing, the Big Four are behind US moves to eliminate MediaServices' AllofMP3.com, which prices its songs by size and offers downloads for cents instead of dollars, in competition to the likes of Apple's iTunes, which demand $1 and up for each file.
Financial terms of the deal weren't disclosed, "although EMI, which is the first of the music majors to sign up, will share in both the advertising and song sales revenue," says Reuters.
"There's a lot of pent-up demand for advertisers to get onto peer-to-peer services, but up until now it's been illegal, and highly dangerous territory for them to wade into," the story has Allan Klepfisz, ceo of LTDnetwork's parent company Brilliant Technologies, saying.
Klepfisz says although there have been conversations with advertisers, no one has signed up just yet, "adding that the priority has been to nail down the four major music companies," Reutes continues. "We have advertisers tentatively on board, but until you launch it's a bit of theoretical thing," Klepfisz said.
According to Reuters, "Qtrax's free version will allow consumers to download songs in the .mpq format and play them for five times while offering them a click-to-buy option. Other music companies may allow more or fewer uses, Klepfisz said."
Qtrax will, of course, be loaded to the gills with DRM.
It'll have a "free" advertising-supported tier, "designed to work with and filter copyrighted content from existing peer-to-peer networks," says EMI. "The second tier is a premium subscription service which will require a monthly fee. The two-tiered business model is intended to attract a broad base of consumers to try out the service, and then graduate those consumers to purchase music permanently or subscribe.
"In the ad-supported, free tier, users will be able to search the network for specific tracks, and those tracks registered with Qtrax will be made available for download in Qtrax?s proprietary ?.mpq? file format. Users will then be able to play the downloaded .mpq file in full-fidelity sound quality for a pre-defined number of times. Each time a consumer plays a track, the Qtrax player will also offer fans click-to-buy purchase options, as well as the opportunity to upgrade to a premium subscription service for a flat monthly fee.
"The premium subscription service tier uses Microsoft?s Janus DRM technology, which allows consumers to pay a monthly fee for unlimited access to music in the Qtrax network. Subscribers will also have the ability to transfer content to Windows Media enabled portable devices for as long as the subscription stays active."
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Also See:
TheStreet.com - EMI's Digital Decision , June 6, 2006
Associated Press - Defunct file-sharing network to relaunch, June 4, 2006
EMI - EMI Music becomes the first major music company to make its catalog available to Qtrax, June 5, 2006
cents instead of dollars - AllofMP3.com under attack, May 27, 2006
Reuters - New ad-supported P2P music service signs up EMI, June 5, 2006
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Help kill SIRA
p2p news / p2pnet: IPac says the US Congress goes into summer recess Friday, "but not before considering the Section 115 Reform Act of 2006 (SIRA). Never heard of SIRA?
"That?s the way Big Copyright and their lackey?s want it, and it's bad news for you."
SIRA, "fundamentally redefines copyright and fair use in the digital world," says IPac.
"It would require all incidental copies of music to be licensed separately from the originating copy. Even copies of songs that are cached in your computer's memory or buffered over a network would need yet another license. Once again, Big Copyright is looking for a way to double-dip into your wallet, extracting payment for the same content at multiple levels."
As things stand, "incidental" copies don't need to be licensed, says IPac, a non-partisan group created to preserve individual freedom through balanced information policy.
Incidentals re made by doing other things, "like listening to your MP3 library or plugging into a Net radio station," says the organization.
"If you paid for the MP3 and the radio station is up-to-date with its bookkeeping, nobody should have to pay again, right? Not if SIRA becomes law. Out of the blue, copyright holders would have created an entire new market to charge for - and sue over. Good for them. Bad for us."
You have a unique chance to kill this legislation, declares IPac, adding, "If we can stall SIRA now it would effectively kill it for the reminder of the year, giving us more time to prepare an offensive.
"Please call the Members of the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property and voice your opposition to this legislation."
Head over to the IPac site for a list of names and phone numbers.
(Thanks, Carpefile)
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Also See:
IPac - The worst bill you?ve never heard of, June 5, 2006
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The worst bill you?ve never heard of
This will be a busy week in the House -- Congress goes into summer recess Friday, but not before considering the Section 115 Reform Act of 2006 (SIRA). Never heard of SIRA? That?s the way Big Copyright and their lackey?s want it, and it's bad news for you.
Simply put, SIRA fundamentally redefines copyright and fair use in the digital world. It would require all incidental copies of music to be licensed separately from the originating copy. Even copies of songs that are cached in your computer's memory or buffered over a network would need yet another license. Once again, Big Copyright is looking for a way to double-dip into your wallet, extracting payment for the same content at multiple levels.
Today, so-called "incidental" copies don't need to be licensed; they're made in the process of doing *other* things, like listening to your MP3 library or plugging into a Net radio station. If you paid for the MP3 and the radio station is up-to-date with its bookkeeping, nobody should have to pay again, right? Not if SIRA becomes law. Out of the blue, copyright holders would have created an entire new market to charge for -- and sue over. Good for them. Bad for us.
Don't let Big Copyright legalize double dipping. Fight SIRA today.
The House is going into recess for the summer at the end of this week, so you have a unique opportunity to kill this legislation. If we can stall SIRA now it would effectively kill it for the reminder of the year, giving us more time to prepare an offensive.
Please call the Members of the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property and voice your opposition to this legislation.
Republicans:
Honorable Lamar S. Smith
2184 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-4236
Honorable Henry J. Hyde
2110 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-4561
Honorable Elton Gallegly
2427 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515-0523
(202) 225-5811
Honorable Bob Goodlatte
2240 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-5431
Honorable William L. Jenkins
1207 Longworth Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-6356
Honorable Spencer Bachus
442 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
202 225-4921
Hon. Robert Inglis
330 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-6030
Honorable Ric Keller
419 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-2176
Hon. Darrell Issa
211 Cannon House Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20515
Honorable Chris Cannon
2436 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-7751
Honorable Mike Pence
426 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-3021
Honorable J. Randy Forbes
307 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-6365
Democrats:
Honorable Howard L. Berman
2221 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
(202) 225-4695
Honorable John Conyers, Jr.
2426 Rayburn Building
Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-5126
Honorable Rick Boucher
2187 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-3861
Honorable Zoe Lofgren
102 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-3072
Honorable Maxine Waters
2344 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-2201
Honorable Martin T. Meehan
2229 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-3411
Honorable Robert Wexler
213 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-3001
Honorable Anthony Weiner
1122 Longworth House Office Building
Washington DC 20515
(202) 225-6616
Honorable Adam Schiff
326 Cannon House Office Building
Washington D.C. 20515
(202) 225-4176
Honorable Linda T. Sanchez
1007 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-6676
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RIAA's Rosen on student lawsuits
p2p news / p2pnet: Hilary Rosen, the woman who once ran the Big Four Organized Music cartel's RIAA, says she believes the RIAA lawsuits against students have, "outlived most of their usefulness". It's also time for another look at DRM, she says.
Now long gone from the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America), these days she is, among other things, a contributor to The Huffington Post, which gives her the freedom, "to write about anything". Rosen says she likes the comments and, "one comment keeps coming back so much from my posts (no matter the subject!) that I thought I'd correct the record."
She says she's regularly accuse of suing college students and other "innocents" as chairman [sic] and ceo of the "Recording Indsutry [sic] Assciation [sic] of America."
BUT, "The lawsuits against individuals initiated by the RIAA was [sic] started after I left," she declares.
"When I was there, our litigation focus was on those who were bulding [sic] commercial businesses on the backs of the creative community without their agreement or participation."
In her The Huffington Post post, Rosen goes on, "I don't honestly know what I would have done about the individual lawsuits had I stayed. I certainly participated in multiple planning and debate sessions about them. There were good arguments on both sides and the staff at the RIAA are thoughtful, good people who work hard to protect their constituency. Thankfully my plan to leave was firmly in place and I didn't have to make that tough call or take the heat for the one that was made.
"I am sure there are lots of other things that I've done that people have opinions about. But most successful executives I know have made controversial decisions and have been second-guessed and scrutinized both favorable and unfavorably. It comes with the priviledge [sic] of the work and that's ok. I can also assure you that I don't intend to start using this site as a review of the RIAA or my work there but I certainly can't stop others from doing so."
As well as sharing a concern about the usefulness, or otherwise, of the lawsuits, Risen thinks the labels, "need to work harder to implemnt [sic] a strategy that legitimizes more p2p sites and expands the download and subscription pool by working harder with the tech community to get devices and music services to work better together. That is how their business will expand most quickly.
"The iPod is still too small a part of the overall potential of the market and its propietary [sic] DRM just bugs me. Speaking of DRM, it is time to rethink that strategy as well......... At some point, I will write more comprehensively about those years and these issues....then again, maybe not."
If she's not too sure about the efficacy of lawsuits against students, what about children (the "innocents" mentioned above?)?
She doesn't go into detail.
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Also See:
The Huffington Post - For the Record, for What It's Worth, June 4, 2006
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