Sony and/or Apple cashes in on death of Whitney Houston
Classy move Sony. Or Apple. Or both of you. Cashing in on the death of someone, and certainly within hours of them dying, is not a good move.
Classy move Sony. Or Apple. Or both of you. Cashing in on the death of someone, and certainly within hours of them dying, is not a good move.
If you’ve got files stored on Megaupload and you haven’t got a back-up, you need to cross your fingers. The companies that physically host the files have agreed to keep them online for two more weeks, but after that they could start hitting delete.
Whatever you think of Megaupload, Kim Dotcom, and the way the site was being used for less-than-legal means, you should spare a thought for those who were using Megaupload completely legitimately. As they have lost out by the site’s takedown in a big way.
The founder of Megaupload, a digital locker service taken down by the feds last week, has appeared in court in New Zealand. And so begins the long legal battle we’re all gearing up for.
Wikipedia has narrowly decided a site blackout to protest against laws billed as combating piracy should be international rather than US only. That’s prompted Twitter’s chief executive to call the move foolish.
Sweden is either a forward-thinking country or a country where any crackpot can get a new religion officially recognized. It all depends on your point of view.
More 18,000 Likes and 11,000 Tweets for a media product not created by a big media company. The really, really cool thing about this story is the math underpinning it is easily understandable and, moreover, numbers of this size aren’t beyond what an average person can imagine. Is this enough to kill Universal, Warner or Sony? Probably not, but it’s good news nonetheless.
A Belgian internet service provider has successfully won its battle against government demand to block illegal filesharing. The verdict comes from Europe’s highest court and will have at least some effect on most ISPs across the continent.
Spotify has hit a new milestone in its aim to turn users into subscribers, with 2.5 million people now paying to use the service.
Well done, STHoldings, well done. You’ve just withdrawn from the future in order to try and hold onto the past. Good work.
Apple has finally unveiled iTunes Match, at least in the U.S. But I can’t quite work out whether it’s a stroke of genius or an unnecessary hassle. As usual it depends on whether you’re a fanboy or not. They will love it, the rest of us won’t care.
The RIAA has a new target in its sights: Apps on the Google Android platform which could be used to download copyrighted music to smartphones.
How hip is Spotify? Their current VP of engineering is a former LimeWire VP of engineering and peer to peer is cool, right? Thereupon, I’m guessing the blush has come off the original launch bloom, which saw millions sign up and thousands pay.
The United States has finally accused China and Russia of stealing data that threatens the economic security of the US. Up until now the US has been ignoring the problem that has been happening for years. Just as with most things that threaten ones health, ignoring it only means it is harder to manage once you acknowledge the problem.