A member of the Warner Music Group board of directors is about to become embroiled in a copyright infringement lawsuit against CNET and its owners CBS Interactive that could be extremely embarrassing for the music company and bring unwanted attention to the pending sale of WMG to investor Len Blavatnik. Plaintiffs in the copyright...
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Tags: Access Industries, Alki David, CBS Interactive, Class Action, CNet, copyright infringement, Download.com, Edgar Bronfman Jr., Filesharing, Filmon.com, Grokster, Len Blavatnik, Limewire, Lyor Cohen, p2p, RIAA, Shelby Bonnie, Warner Music, Whickey Media
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The guys at Torrentfreak do a terrific job of covering the torrent and p2p scene. I’m always amazed at the stories they break and the excellent writing. And if I understand it correctly, they do it in their spare time when not at their day jobs. Last weekend they broke another story that I...
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Tags: anti-piracy, Carter Report, Digital Britain, Digital Media, digital music, file sharing, Marketing, p2p, record label
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Much has been made about the new subscription service that Virgin Media is launching this coming December. And the timing of the announcement, the day before the Digital Britain Report was released, was no accident. That report, although mostly focused on broadband penetration, suggested that warning letters and “technical solutions” from the ISP’s be...
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Tags: Digital Britain, digital music, file sharing, ISP, mp3, p2p, record label, UK, Universal Music, Vevo, Virgin Media, Wiggin
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According to a new study released yesterday, file sharers in the UK couldn’t care less about getting warning letters from the ISP’s. They would, however, stop illegally downloading if their net connections were cut. Some pretty drastic stuff, no? The study was commissioned by Wiggin, one of the top media and technology law firms...
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Tags: Alexander Ross, Carter Report, Digital Media, file sharing, ISP, p2p, record label, Wiggin
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The Brits released the results of a new study yesterday claiming that 7 million people in the UK are illegally file sharing, costing the economy billions of pounds. Consequently the Strategic Advisory Board for Intellectual Property (SABIP) says it may be hard to change attitudes. Duh. You think? This is news? Give me a...
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Tags: digital music, EMI, file sharing, Grokster, ISP, napster, p2p, Universal Music, Warner Music
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