Archive for July, 2008

Yahoo!’s music downloads to become obsolete

Posted on 31 July 2008 by Iownmymusic.

Yahoo! music will close the doors on its music-download store on September 30, taking its DRM keys with it. This means that any music downloads bought from Yahoo! won’t be able to be played on any other computer than the one they were downloaded to.
Yahoo! has come up with the odd solution of burning the [...]

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Sued filesharing user turns tables on RIAA

Posted on 31 July 2008 by Iownmymusic.

One filesharing user being sued by the RIAA has turned the system on its head by admitting to the charges presented, only to then challenge those very same laws that have led to her being charged.
Denise Barker stands accused of sharing the unholy sum of eight songs on filesharing network Kazaa. If found guilty, she [...]

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Warner kept Dark Knight off filesharing networks for 38 hours

Posted on 27 July 2008 by Iownmymusic.

More filesharing news related to the Dark Knight today. Warner Bros somehow managed to keep the Dark Knight off filesharing networks for 38 hours after the movie’s release. Though that may not seem like a huge amount of time, Warner Bros says it was enough to protect ticket sales on the first week of the [...]

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UK ISPs will send letters about filesharing

Posted on 25 July 2008 by Iownmymusic.

Following on from Virgin teaming up with the BPI to bother its subscribers with letters warning them for using filesharing services to get illegal music downloads, six more ISPs have joined up with the UK government and will send 1,000 letter a week to filesharing subscribers.
The ISPs will also help to develop and promote legal [...]

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Unknown band whinge about BitTorrent

Posted on 23 July 2008 by Iownmymusic.

Anyone heard of BuckCherry? We certainly haven’t. Despite having a really rubbish name for a band, BuckCherry are apparently quite popular, so much so a track from their latest album recently leaked onto BitTorrent.
That’s one track, not even the whole album. BuckCherry are so distraught that one of their tracks has been released [...]

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Free Ares Download not always simple to find

Posted on 23 July 2008 by mike.

You’d think that finding a free Ares download would be a simple task.
On the face of it, it is. You just type in ‘free Ares download’ into your favorite search engine and hey Presto! several million pages of results to wade through. Even when you do get into the subject you may well find that [...]

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Filesharing sicko arrested

Posted on 23 July 2008 by mike.

While most of us think that using Limewire can’t get people into trouble, be warned, after Kanawha County Metro 911 was arrested thanks to some nifty police work using Limewire. The sicko, James Curtis Sorgman, has been accused of possessing indecent images of children, including his own daughter.
The offending material was located on his computer [...]

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Free Ares Download can be difficult decision

Posted on 22 July 2008 by mike.

Making the right choice when it comes to choosing a free Ares download is sometimes a little confusing. Many review sites are biased towards one version or another, and with so man different free Ares download versions it is easy to see why people would make the wrong decision.
Fortunately for me I have second hand [...]

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Filesharing doesn’t deter the Dark Knight

Posted on 21 July 2008 by Iownmymusic.

So the Dark Knight has been in movie theaters for a few days now. In the midst of movie companies, as well as record labels, complaining about filesharing destroying the industry, the new Batman movie earned a reported $155.3 million in its first weekend.
Tight security of the movie meant that only one cam version surfaced [...]

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Sky joins Universal to offer new music service

Posted on 19 July 2008 by Iownmymusic.

BskyB in the UK recently signed a major deal with Universal Music to launch a new music service. Sky, one of the fastest-growing ISPs in the UK, is one of the first ISPs to really try and make a go of making money from music downloads.
The new deal gives Sky full access to Universal’s back [...]

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