Posted on 23 February 2010 by Lee.
Ares Windows 7 continues to be one of the most popular file sharing applications on the web. The original Ares network was developed in 2002, and boasts one of the largest communities of file sharing members in existence today. Ares Windows 7’s release in 2008 (at that time as Ares Vista) makes it [...]
Posted on 6 August 2008 by Iownmymusic.
It seems that there is a lot of news regarding music downloads from China for some reason. While it has little impact on Western consumers, it is interesting to see how the Chinese are doing their thing, especially in the wake of all the Internet censorship that goes on there.
Google recently launched a new search [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Posted on 15 July 2008 by Iownmymusic.
A while ago, we heard that Apple had planned to cut the cost of legal music downloads through its iTunes store. Well, so much for that, as Apple has cancelled those plans already.
Music downloads bought by UK music fans were set to have their prices slashed to even up the playing fields with what people [...]
Posted on 11 July 2008 by Iownmymusic.
BitTorrent service Mininova has rolled out a new feature that will make downloading files a little easier. The features allows people to download files to a home computer from any remote computer. Sounds cool, right? You can do this by using Mininova’s new bookmarking system.
You subscribe to an RSS feed on your local computer and [...]
Posted on 9 July 2008 by Iownmymusic.
7digital.com, an online digital music store, has said that sales of DRM-free music from major record labels such as EMI and Warner have surged by about 300% since they were first introduced.
7digital.com now plays second fiddle in the UK only to Apple’s iTunes store. The store for legal music downloads saw sales for the year [...]
Posted on 18 June 2008 by Iownmymusic.
The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) has come under fire after the announcement that it is teaming up with Virgin Media to send warning letters to people who use filesharing services, such as Ares.
There was a BBC article about the issue that suggested that Virgin Media is more concerned about the music industry than it is [...]
Posted on 16 June 2008 by Iownmymusic.
We had no idea that Fergal “Teenage Kicks” Sharkey had a blog, but he does, over at the Guardian website. Fantastic. In his latest post, Sharkey says that a recent survey of 14-to-24-year-olds in the UK revealed that 63% use filesharing services to download music.
Those surveyed said that they love music and that they do [...]
Posted on 9 June 2008 by Iownmymusic.
Comcast’s recent attempts at reconciliation with the filesharing crowd have been hindered somewhat this week after three fresh lawsuits were filed against the company. This time, the lawsuits allege that Comcast deliberately misled customers by advertising completely unrestricted access to all of the Internet.
This is the latest in a series of complaints against Comcast, which [...]
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