The European Union has proposed a plan to retroactively extend the copyright terms on musical recordings for another 45 years. Apparently, it's unfair for performers who recorded tracks in their twenties not to keep receiving money for them in their seventies; under the current 50-year copyright term, "this means that income sto...
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July 19, 2008 at 6:54 PM
Windows users who download music files on peer-to-peer networks are at risk from new malware that inserts links to dangerous Web pages within ASF media files
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July 19, 2008 at 6:43 PM
The investors say lack of confidence in the company's governance is holding down Napster's value. Their filing points to CBS Corp.'s acquisition of the social-networking site Last.fm, which offers song downloads and free advertising- supported music, for $280 million in May 2007.
Sure, Elly (like a lot of our artists) has been trying to "keep up with the moving tide" and thus, spends more time/effort at 2.0 places like YouTube, MySpace and FaceBook than here at DMusic... But, OMG! (leflaw, if THIS music vid by her isn't reason enough to bend a little and go "2.0" (a little anyways) - (AND leflaw, is th...
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July 15, 2008 at 9:42 PM
Viacom wants to know which YouTube videos have been uploaded by members of Google's staff, in what could be a potentially explosive aspect of its copyright infrigement claim against the search giant.
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July 14, 2008 at 4:27 PM
ABBA's songs continue to endure as what scientists have dubbed "earworms" 35 years after the band's first album was released. Like those little bugs, the tunes burrow into our brains and keep hitting the repeat button.
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July 13, 2008 at 6:00 PM
As Viacom is granted access to YouTube user records, a bigger threat to user-generated sites emerges: The law is increasingly siding with rights owners
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July 12, 2008 at 5:19 PM
The problems range far and wide. Just check the Web site for the International Society of Bassists, which has a page specifically dedicated to "flying with your bass." The page is not a love letter to the airline industry.
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July 12, 2008 at 4:24 AM
tracy!
Keith
leflaw
Blast from the past, but still relevant...
