Posted on 27 February 2008 by mike.
We’ve touched on this briefly before: The Songwriters Association of Canada (SAC) came up with the barmy idea of a $5 tax being applied to all Internet users in Canada to compensate for all the people who get their music downloads illegally through filesharing programs or BitTorrent, etc.
The proposal was officially put forward last week. [...]
Posted on 26 February 2008 by mike.
Apple’s iTunes store continues to grow into a world-dominating resource for legal music downloads. The music-download giant now stands as the second most-popular music retailer in the US, trailing only Wal-Mart.
iiTunes has more than 50 million customers all keen to get their hands on the latest legal music downloads of fresh new tracks and reissued [...]
Posted on 22 February 2008 by mike.
The fallout from the announcement that the UK government is working to come up with laws to tackle illegal filesharing is starting to show. Already media outlets are questioning the logic behind such actions.
The Guardian published an opinion piece showing that attention has been drawn by the government’s threat to introduce legislation if ISPs can’t [...]
Posted on 22 February 2008 by mike.
In response to the UK government’s attempt to eradicate filesharing, a piece on the Guardian website suggests that the music industry is out of touch with its audience and is pushing for unworkable laws to be put in place to combat filesharing.
Filesharing, according to the article, is the “whipping boy” of the entertainment industry. The [...]
Posted on 22 February 2008 by mike.
There’s an interesting piece on the LA Times website that covers filesharing. It’s good to see major media outlets covering filesharing in this way and putting forward a range of opinions. The article covers a variety of bases, looking at reasons why people think filesharing is theft and why other think filesharing is all right.
The [...]
Posted on 21 February 2008 by mike.
There are lots of jokes that could be made about the Aussies following the Brits, but what’s the point in joking when the subject matter is a clamp down on filesharing? It’s certainly not funny news.
Australia, however, looks set to follow suit in a bid to take on illegal filesharing. With France also on the [...]
Posted on 19 February 2008 by mike.
We knew it was going to happen. The UK Government this week has turned the screws on ISPs to crack down on illegal filesharing. New laws have been promised if ISPs can’t come up with a solution to tackle filesharing.
Illegal filesharing needs to be stopped, apparently, and legal music downloads need to take its place. [...]
Posted on 17 February 2008 by mike.
Another new website for music downloads has launched. This time, iPodDownloadsPro is looking to set the world of music downloads on fire by offering free music for your iPod. Of course, it’s not all completely free, as you have to pay a subscription to get access to the downloads.
You pay a one-time fee and get [...]
Posted on 17 February 2008 by mike.
The filesharing world throws up some strange news now and again. This week’s oddest filesharing story is that the Village People are trying to sue the Pirate Bay. Yes, that’s right: those happy campers who brought us “YMCA” are taking on the filesharing service for copyright infringement.
What’s scary is that this means that people actually [...]
Posted on 14 February 2008 by mike.
Play.com has launched a new service for music downloads that gives people access to DRM-free songs with support from EMI and a bunch of independent labels.
The PlayDigital service gives users access to music downloads of separate tracks and full albums. The music downloads come without any limitations or restrictions, meaning that you will be free [...]
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