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Warner Music Group Streamlines Management and Storage of Digitally Formatted Data

With its broad roster of new stars and legendary artists, Warner Music Group WMG is home to a collection of the best-known record labels in the music industry. WMG wanted to replace their existing data infrastructure, which lacked the flexibility needed to handle new and standardized XML based data and...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Storage, RIAA, Warner Music Group Corp., Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Case studies

Radiohead knows more than Microsoft about security

Music fans, recording artists, journalists, the RIAA, and digital rights activists have at least one thing in common right now. I'm speaking of the intense interests some people from each group have in the outcome of Radiohead's recent experiment in business models for musicians, of course. ...

Tags: Software, Security, Recording Industry, RIAA, Business Model, Microsoft Corp., Radiohead, Strategy, Management, Chad Perrin

Blog posts 2007-11-17

Real numbers about RIAA anti-P2P campaign

From RLSLOG: [i]During an occasionally testy cross examination, a Sony executive said what many observers have suspected for a long time. The RIAA’s four-year-old lawsuit campaign is costing the music industry millions of dollars and is a big money-loser for the record labels. The revelation came during the first day...

Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), Digital media, anti-P2P, Oz_Media, RIAA, Pariser, Toder

Discussion threads 2007-10-03

A first look at the Ion iTTUSB turntable

A long, long time ago, in an era before MP3s, CD-ROMs, and RIAA lawsuits, vinyl was the medium of choice for music lovers around the world. If you are old enough to remember those days you are also probably the proud-owner of a few vinyl records that you wish you...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, ION-iTTUSB, vinyl record, wish, MP3, treasure, RIAA, CD-ROM, open-source software, lawsuit, Apple iPod, photograph, software

Image galleries 2007-08-01

Designers Work to Rescue a Dying Art Form -- the Album Cover

http://www.wired.com/entertainment/music/commentary/listeningpost/2007/03/listeningpost_0402Ok, I like what is trying to be achieved here but the reason I posted this link was for this comment only. [i]"The major labels have broken away from something that they were extremely good at in the past, which was the development of their particular act or artist,"...

Tags: droolin, RIAA, wall

Discussion threads 2007-04-02

RIAA Gestapo

I have not been following the various RIAA-versus-P2P-user legal cases very closely, but was profoundly shocked by the testimony in the following deposition:http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/2007/03/deposition-of-riaas-expert-available.htmlIf this how their alleged experts think, then the RIAA has really gone off the deep end.This makes me want to go out and rip a whole bunch...

Tags: CD, mdhealy@..., RIAA

Discussion threads 2007-03-03

An iPod in the hand is worth illegal activity to Bush

Thanks to member twilasue for sending me a link to a recent news story about the RIAA Recording Industry Association of America accusing U.S. President George Bush of stealing music and downloading it on his iPod. TechRepublic's news channel features this blog entry on Gizmodo: "Prez a Music Thief, According...

Tags: George W. Bush, TechRepublic Inc., Apple iPod, RIAA, Music, Digital Music, Digital Media, Corporate Communications, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Marketing, Sonja Thompson

Blog posts 2006-04-18

Still sticking it to the consumer

ProvincialSorry, but this is my pet peeveQuote from takeaway:[b][i]We're down to the last few days of this Congress[/i][/b]Are we?Not in the UK Gigi, nor nearly all of the other countries in the world comprising the [b]World Wide Web

Tags: Kiltie

Discussion threads 2006-11-16

The farce behind 'Digital Freedom'

This spin won't play on any of my devicesI am amazed, but not surprised, that the RIAA would take this stand on fair use. They are the ones twisting and contorting the issue to mask the fact that they don't want anyone to transfer any song bought l

Tags: Pennyman@..., RIAA

Discussion threads 2006-11-13

Is a guest hotspot good legal insurance against the RIAA?

greeat!Cat's out of the bag! The RIAA nazis will get wind of this, and back to the courtroom for everyone! (well,except me because I don't do stuff like that - IT'S BAAAAD!)It only makes sense.If I left my bycicle unlocked at the library and someone took it and robbed...

Tags: analogy, bank, george ou, HotSpot, illegal music, insurance, Moejj, music, off-topic, RIAA, unlocked

Discussion threads 2006-08-02

RIAA's next moves in Washington

they're more skilled than the interviewerNice dodges on the 12 year old and Sony BMG questions, they just completely ignored them. Too bad the interviewer didn't have the guts to press the issue.

Tags: frylock

Discussion threads 2006-05-25

Photos: RIAA sues over XM recording devices

RIAA is suing XM Satellite Radio over recording devices which store up to 50 hours of programming.

Tags: photograph, programming, RIAA, XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc.

Image galleries 2006-05-17

Labels sue XM over music-storing 'mothership'

Correct link to the photo galleryHere's the correct link to the photo galleries: XM's hybrid radio and MP3 playershttp://techrepublic.com.com/2300-1035-6017487.htmlSirius previews its wearable radiohttp://techrepublic.com.com/2300-1035-5842971.htmlheaded to pay for each useIf the entertainment industry has it's way we will end up with a model of payment that is one use for each payment....

Tags: RIAA, XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc., radio, mp3, news, gallery, xm, Sonja Thompson, networking, payment

Discussion threads 2006-05-17

Congress raises broadcast flag for audio

This Idea will never be practical!If any receiving device allows for the material data to be heard, it can be recorded! If it can be recorded, it can be stored on any media. I know of NO law that determines how many times a person can hear a song or...

Tags: analog, digital receivers, hardware, legislation of personal freedoms, media, networking, personal media rights, RIAA, U.S. Congress, zetacon4@...

Discussion threads 2006-03-03

Madness or Greed?

Madness or Greed?Either way I suppose this will carry over to all mp3players and then any other storage media, loaded hard drives and more.when will this corporate greed end?Buying/Selling an iPod could get you bustedBeen reading up on article dealing with ipods and mp3's.http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/2006-01-23-ebay-ipods_x.htmhttp://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/7315.cfm(just a few of the articles I...

Tags: ipod, music, music industry, download, mp3, riaa, jdclyde, criminal, off-topic, jd-quick (formerly clyde), Apple iPod, Corporate Greed

Discussion threads 2006-02-18

Torvalds says DRM isn't necessarily bad

DRM not bad my Aunt Phanny!!!!!USA Digital Millennium Copyright Act DMCA = "ROOT" of DRM EVIL!!!http://www.copyright.gov/legislation/dmca.pdf 'DMCA'http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/_/id/5922440Felten and Halderman on DRM: III Lessons for the future - http://p2pnet.net/story/7777 IF any of the links don't work try copying and pasting them. ;)http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/11/27/dmca_takedown_regs_abusedhttp://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=2395http://www.openrightsgroup.org/orgwiki/index.php/Fair_but_Wronghttp://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/?p=939READ this one: http://p2pnet.net/story/7602Us 'little guys' can only BOYCOTT all...

Tags: btljooz, digital-rights management, dmca, drm, privacy, programming, RIAA, rootkit, security, Torvalds

Discussion threads 2006-02-06

Beware of Internet trespass

So rootkits can possibly be catagorized as 'trespass'???Wouldn't THAT set the RIAA/MPAA, etc., et al on their ears!!!!!HURAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!!!!!TrespassI believe that Intel used that argument against the ex-employee that blasted their email servers.And frankly the RIAA/MPAA are a pack of trespassers.

Tags: Beware, btljooz, Internet, mpaa, riaa, RIAA/MPAA, rootkits, security, trespass

Discussion threads 2006-02-01

Canadian music giant funds battle against RIAA

Canadian music giant funds battle against RIAAAll I have to say is..Go Nettwerk!take R.I.A.A. down a notch or three.http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/01/27/nettwerk_sues_riaa/I like thatseeing the b/ds get what they deserve.In the UK,indie band Arctic Monkeys,have the fastest selling album in history.There debut album,has gone straight to number one.You can download their music for...

Tags: Canadian Music, Canadian Songbird, dowloading, flamebait, Jaqui, mp3, music, news, off-topic, p2p, riaa

Discussion threads 2006-01-29

New spyware claim against Sony BMG

GOOD for Texas and all other entities sueing Sony, BUT...Sony is ONLY the tip of the iceburg.THIS is a list of all RIAA members: http://www.riaa.com/about/members/default.asp They ALL need to be boycotted because the RIAA needs to be put OUT of business!!!!!Cruise around that site and see what evil they are...

Tags: btljooz, drm, RIAA, rootkits, security, sony, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Sony Corp., spyware

Discussion threads 2005-12-22

File-sharing crackdown rages worldwide

File-sharing crackdown rages worldwidearticle rootFile-sharing crackdown rages worldwideThe recording industry is quite serious about cracking down on what it perceives to be illegal file-sharing, in the United States and other countries as well. To prove the point, the industry has just initiated more than 2,100 new legal cases against individuals...

Tags: crackdown, file-sharing, legal issues, networking, RIAA, Sonja Thompson

Discussion threads 2005-11-23