Posts Tagged ‘RIAA’

A secret treaty

Posted: 8th February 2010 by Brant in politics, tech
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As the New York Times is reporting, there is currently an international effort underway to negotiate a new treaty primarily aimed at protecting intellectual property.  And it is being done in secret. Behind a veil of secrecy, the United States, the European Union, Japan and other countries are forging ahead with plans to coordinate an [...]

last.fm and the RIAA

Posted: 23rd May 2009 by Brant in biz, tech
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What the hell is this? It appears that last.fm or their parent, CBS, may have delivered a data dump of last.fm users’ listening data to the RIAA. So much for privacy. I am member of last.fm (for now). But if this is indeed true, I will be gone in the blink of an eye.

RIAA loses a round (Updated)

Posted: 15th January 2009 by Brant in tech
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Over the objections of the RIAA, a Federal judge is allowing a file-copying case to be streamed to the Internet. A federal judge has agreed to a novel request: streaming parts of an upcoming file-sharing trial over the Internet. Judge Nancy Gertner has granted the request of Harvard Law professor Charles Nesson and students to [...]