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gregb
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response 50 of 162:
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Jul 22 17:22 UTC 2003 |
Whoa, good thing I have the original Bells CD.
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russ
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response 51 of 162:
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Jul 23 03:06 UTC 2003 |
Word on Slashdot is that Boston College, among others, has refused
DMCA subpoenas on the grounds that release of student records requires
notification and other procedures also mandated by Federal law.
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gull
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response 52 of 162:
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Jul 23 14:34 UTC 2003 |
The Register is reporting that MIT is fighting a DMCA subpoena by the RIAA:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/31891.html
They're claiming the RIAA didn't give them enough time to meet their
FERPA (Family Education Rights and Privacy Act) notification requirements.
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anderyn
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response 53 of 162:
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Jul 24 03:10 UTC 2003 |
I just found buymusic.com, which is the Windows version of the "official"
music buying service. I even bought a song from it, for .99. It has
restrictions (can only be on 1 computer, and burned on 3 cds) which they say
are enforced by coding. It's rather interesting, although I don't think I'll
be using it very much. (Not much folk, although they DO have Great Big Sea.
I will probably pick up a few of my still-un-gotten 80s songs that I can't
find on compilation CDs.)
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krj
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response 54 of 162:
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Jul 24 21:20 UTC 2003 |
The Associated Press claims to have tracked down some of the RIAA's
subpoena targets. At least one, unnamed in the story, is located in
Ann Arbor. (via slashdot)
http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/D/DOWNLOADING_MUSIC?SITE=OHCLE&SEC
TION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
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tod
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response 55 of 162:
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Jul 24 22:06 UTC 2003 |
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russ
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response 56 of 162:
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Jul 25 01:17 UTC 2003 |
Y'know, with the proliferation of cable modems and Windows
viruses, it's only a matter of time until someone hides their
shared stuff on somebody else's computer. The subpoena goes
to someone without any idea what's going on, and while the
perp is going to be mighty hard to find, the RIAA won't be.
It's a good bet that the letter to the congresscritter is
not going to have nice things to say about them (or M$).
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krj
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response 57 of 162:
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Jul 25 05:28 UTC 2003 |
Russ, that idea is old news.
This spring I was doing first-level clerical routing of DMCA complaints,
and we regularly saw complaints about a common IRC file-sharing bot which
would be installed on unwilling Win2K machines with weak admin passwords.
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gull
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response 58 of 162:
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Jul 25 13:03 UTC 2003 |
Re #56: There's a virus going around right now that uses victims'
machines as proxies to hide the actual addresses of porn servers. It's
an all-in-one package; it also spews out spam emails advertising itself
as a porn site.
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gelinas
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response 59 of 162:
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Jul 27 02:24 UTC 2003 |
I don't know that my copy of Tubular Bells is an 'original' cd, but I have
had it for a couple of years. Now I've an excuse other than price to stop
buying discs with music on them.
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krj
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response 60 of 162:
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Jul 27 03:53 UTC 2003 |
This story is about folks going into competition with Clear Channel
in the concert promotion business; most of it is long and windy, but
I wanted to use one short quote:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2003/07/26/MN199320.DTL
"Concert attendance has dropped in three consecutive years,
and only rising ticket prices have kept revenues up."
Another report suggesting that the plunge in pop/rock music
concert attendance started at the same time as the slide
in CD sales, suggesting that what's happened is either the
economy, or else a cultural turn away from music.
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krj
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response 61 of 162:
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Jul 27 18:20 UTC 2003 |
The Ann Arbor News reports on the RIAA's target in Ann Arbor:
http://www.mlive.com/search/index.ssf?/base/news-5/1059144149193700.xml?aan
ews?NEA
(i hope that works)
Quote: "The RIAA subpoena claims the Ann Arbor user violated
copyright laws by offering up pop and rock songs, including
Madonna's "Material Girl," No Doubt's "Underneath It All"
and the Guns and Roses tune "Sweet Child of Mine.""
This leads me to the catty suggestion that a Kazaa user's best protection
against an RIAA lawsuit may simply be to improve one's taste in music. :)
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oval
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response 62 of 162:
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Jul 28 19:40 UTC 2003 |
:)
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orinoco
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response 63 of 162:
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Jul 29 16:59 UTC 2003 |
I'm, uh, truly shocked that Ken Josenhans doesn't like Guns and Roses.
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goose
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response 64 of 162:
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Jul 29 20:57 UTC 2003 |
That's _Sweet Child O' Mine_.......;-)
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krj
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response 65 of 162:
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Jul 30 05:36 UTC 2003 |
I have not got a link immediately at hand. However, Hilary Rosen's replacement
at the RIAA is the former chief of staff of the Republican Senate Majority
Leader. This most likely represents a tremendous boost in access and
influence over legislation for the RIAA.
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goose
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response 66 of 162:
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Jul 30 13:20 UTC 2003 |
Oh boy.
http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=industryNews&storyID=3173482
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dbratman
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response 67 of 162:
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Jul 30 17:30 UTC 2003 |
It says:
"LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The music industry's leading trade group on
Monday named Mitch Bainwol, a former top congressional aide with
contacts in the Republican party, as its new chief executive and top
lobbyist in Washington."
But it's accompanied by a photo of Saddam Hussein.
Ken #60: I conceive that it's possible that a rise in file-sharing,
leading to a glut in listening to recorded-music, might dampen down the
desire of students to attend concerts. But more likely the fall of big-
ticket pop-music concert items is due to the fact that they suck, and
the "safety first" attitude of concert promoters is responsible for
that.
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dbratman
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response 68 of 162:
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Jul 30 17:31 UTC 2003 |
(By "concert promoters" I don't mean just the ilk of Bill Graham, but
the whole record industry.)
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mynxcat
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response 69 of 162:
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Jul 30 17:44 UTC 2003 |
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krj
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response 70 of 162:
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Jul 30 18:53 UTC 2003 |
The Fresno Bee profiles one Fresno-area target of a RIAA subpoena:
http://www.fresnobee.com/local/story/7187003p-8115681c.html
"Could file sharing cost Fresno man $45 million?"
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tod
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response 71 of 162:
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Jul 30 20:00 UTC 2003 |
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krj
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response 72 of 162:
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Jul 31 23:36 UTC 2003 |
SBC's Pacific Bell internet service provider is contesting the DMCA
subpoenas they have received from the RIAA for alleged file sharing.
SBC makes objections on procedural grounds -- subpoenas being issued
from the wrong federal court, and multiple individuals being targeted
in a single subpoena -- and they also make constitutional privacy
claims on behalf of their customers. Many news stories on this everywhere,
here's one:
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techpolicy/2003-07-31-pac-bell_x.htm
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Vivendi Universal, the French conglomerate which owns the largest
music company, reports distressing results for the first half of 2003.
"Fewer international releases, currency effects, and weakness in
the music market helped push sales at Vivendi's Universal Music
down 29 percent to 1.068 billion euros. At constant exchange rates,
sales dropped 19 percent."
((Vivendi reports its results in Euros, and the Euro has gone up
relative to the dollar this year. I think the 19 percent number is
the key one -- this is a fall twice the predicted rate for CD sales
this year. Also, this news story is measuring money, not units sold.))
http://www.msnbc.com/news/946407.asp?0cv=BA00
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dcat
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response 73 of 162:
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Aug 1 01:09 UTC 2003 |
MIT and, IIRC, Boston University (or maybe College, I can never keep them
straight) are contesting the subpoenas they have received on similar grounds.
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polytarp
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response 74 of 162:
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Aug 1 01:10 UTC 2003 |
MIT is Boston College.
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