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The Twenty-Fifth "Napsterization" Item
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Jul 19 18:47 UTC 2006 |
The usual canned introduction:
The original Napster corporation has been destroyed, its trademarks
now owned by an authorized music retailer which does not use
peer-to-peer technology. But the Napster paradigm, in which computers
and networks give ordinary people unprecedented control over content,
continues.
This is another quarterly installment in a series of weblog and
discussion about the deconstruction of the music industry and other
copyright industries, with side forays into "intellectual property,
freedom of expression, electronic media, corporate control, and
evolving technology," as polygon once phrased it.
Several years of back items are easily found in the music2 and music3
conferences, covering discussions all the way back to the initial
popularity of the MP3 format. These items are linked between
the current Agora conference and the Music conference.
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response 1 of 13:
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Jul 19 18:50 UTC 2006 |
Record labels are suing XM in New York over its "Inno" device, which
allows users to record music off satellite radio for later listening,
and organize it by artist and title. They say this is "massive
wholesale infringement." XM is asking for the case to be dismissed,
claiming the device is legal under the 1992 Home Recording Audio Act.
The Consumer Electronics Association and the Home Recording Rights
Coalition have joined the suit on XM's side.
Complete article:
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/277862_xmsuit18.html
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