Posted on 30 April 2008 by mike.
A children’s charity in the UK has decided to take on the issue of filesharing and spread the word about the evils of illegal music downloads, which are both against the law and “unsafe”, apparently.
One converted child said, “I used to use Limewire, but didn’t realise it was wrong and my parents didn’t know what [...]
Posted on 28 April 2008 by mike.
More campus activity this week. This time, the University of Arkansas has been targeted by the RIAA for filesharing students.
The RIAA has formally requested that UA complies with its dealing with filesharing activities, which means that the university must supply the names that match up to IPs that show illegal filesharing activity.
This has caused much [...]
Posted on 26 April 2008 by mike.
While America’s students are being terrorized by the RIAA for filesharing, it looks like one special group of students is immune to filesharing rules and regulations. Step up the class of 2008 from Harvard.
The RIAA has delivered thousands of letters to universities to try and curb filesharing habits. This action often results in students who [...]
Posted on 23 April 2008 by mike.
Great news for fans of Nokia phones. All new Nokia handsets will now come with unlimited music downloads from Sony BMG for one year as part of Nokia’s new music service.
The “Comes With Music” campaign was launched by Nokia last year. It meant that Nokia users had access to unlimited music downloads from Universal. Now, [...]
Posted on 21 April 2008 by mike.
The US Federal Communications Commission chairman was before senators this week testifying about the network management techniques employed by Comcast. He said that Comcast definitely blocked access to P2P filesharing networks. Not only that, but it did it on a regular basis.
Comcast used several techniques to block its own users’ access to filesharing programs like [...]
Posted on 21 April 2008 by mike.
UK retailer Tesco recently launched a new service for music downloads. Starting next month, Tesco Digital will give users access to music downloads for iPods and other MP3 players with a selection of more than 3.3 millions tracks available for download.
Less importantly, there will also be about 100 flash games available for free download.
The service [...]
Posted on 18 April 2008 by Iownmymusic.
The name Ares conjures up a number of different things to different people, and its meaning is sensitive to the context into which it is introduced.
First up, and perhaps the most influential of the three meanings is of Ares the Greek War God; a truly nasty, vindictive and violent man. He stands alone among the [...]
Posted on 17 April 2008 by mike.
A study by the Ponemon Institute has said that people are unaware of the dangers associated with using P2P filesharing programs like Limewire and Ares. IT security organizations are, apparently, ignorant of the risks that filesharing networks pose to their businesses.
Several large financial firms suffered data breaches in 2007 because of P2P filesharing networks. Client [...]
Posted on 15 April 2008 by Iownmymusic.
Filesharing in Europe received a major boost this week with the announcement that the European Parliament has stated that filesharing should not be a criminal offense. More specifically, downloading copyrighted music and movies should not be punishable by law.
This is fantastic news. The key is here: “Criminalising consumers who are not seeking to make a [...]
Posted on 14 April 2008 by mike.
Comcast, America’s largest ISP, has made a move to stop government regulation of the Internet, with the proposal of a filesharing bill of rights.
Despite being under investigation for meddling with users’ connection to filesharing networks, Comcast is keen on the idea of a “bill of rights and responsibilities” for users of filesharing programs like Limewire.
Comcast [...]
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