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Mar 23 01:20 UTC 2003 |
"Replay TV maker Sonicblue to file for Chapter 11"
http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=2423476
Sonicblue has been the hardware maker most willing to introduce
innovative products and take the legal heat from the copyright
industry. They defended and won the copyright suit over the original
Rio MP3 player, and Sonicblue's win allowed all other makers of
MP3 players to get into the market. More recently they were
defending their ReplayTV video recorder in another copyright
infringement suit.
In a previous article which I don't have as a citation, it sounded
like the company was being dragged down by its legal expenses.
This seems like another step closer to the copyright industry
obtaining a defacto veto over the development of new technology.
The Rio and Replay hardware lines are to be sold to the Japanese
firm which runs the Denon and Marantz brands.
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This next item was widely reported this week. This quote is from the
ZDnet story:
"...the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) sent letters
to about 300 companies providing evidence of specific instances of
their internal networks being used to swap copyrighted songs, and
warning of potential legal liability."
"RIAA turns up heat on file-trading at work"
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105-993143.html
In a followup story...
"The RIAA's action drew protest from the Information Technology
Association of America, a trade group representing Microsoft Corp.,
IBM Corp., and more than 400 other software and service companies.
"'When corporations are trying to protect themselves from major
hackers and terrorists... trying to do serious damage to their
networks, I don't know that they want to spend their time chasing down
a half-dozen employees who like to trade old Rolling Stones songs,'
said the group's president, Harris Miller. 'It's a matter of
prioritization.'"
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200~20950~1253396,00.html
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