Archive for February, 2009
Thursday, February 26th, 2009
While the movie industry may have sought a low-key Oscar ceremony earlier this week, one of their largest (albeit unendorsed) distribution channels was making a bigger song and dance at their Spectrial. The Pirate Bay has continued to keep the antics up this week and it would seem that their ...
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Thursday, February 26th, 2009
Software Piracy was given an airing by Microsoft's Steve Ballmer on Tuesday where the transcript includes a quote that "Windows license is #1. Pirated windows in #2 -- tough competitor, great product and a price that's tough to beat."
This would seem true where your product is a wholly stand-alone piece ...
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Thursday, February 12th, 2009
Music/Movie/TV/Software industry nemesis, The Pirate Bay, is set to face its day in court next week as the Swedish police concludes their two-year investigation into the piracy accusations levelled at the torrent search service.
Torrent Freak reports that The Pirate Bay have received over 4,000 pages of paperwork relating to the ...
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Thursday, February 12th, 2009
It would seem that the TotalMusic digital music powered by Universal and Sony BMG has ground to a halt. with the closure of their ruckus service. While a valiant effort, it represents another failed attempt at establishing a new business model for digital music to combat music piracy.
TotalMusic's VP of ...
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Saturday, February 7th, 2009
Let's face it; piracy of content has been around arguably since content was first generated. A recent article in the New Statesman provides a highly relevant anecdote about composer Adalbert Gyrowetz attending a concert in 1789 that was advertised as being a symphony by Haydn - only to find himself ...
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