Creative v. Apple

Tue May 16, 2006 9:28 PM EDT

Well, here's the patent. To be official, it's Creative's "Automatic hierarchical categorization of music by metadata" US patent. Somehow they were able to patent the idea of using a menu system to go through a library of music.

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business, music, apple, ipod, patent, legal, creative, zen

Will it go round in circles?

Tue May 9, 2006 10:58 PM EDT

The Telegraph.co.uk has an article stating that: The British music industry is to recommend to the Government that consumers be allowed to legally copy music without fear of prosecution.

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business, music, copyright, uk, riaa, cds, fair-use, bpi

Bloomberg.com: Top Worldwide

Seeded on Mon May 8, 2006 8:23 AM EDT (Bloomberg.com)

Apple wins! Apple Loses!

business, music, law, apple, itunes

p2pnet.net - the original daily p2p and digital media news site

Seeded on Sun May 7, 2006 5:19 AM EDT (p2pnet.net)

A great story by P2PNet literally destroying the stats the Music Industry is trying to use to get their way.

entertainment, warner, riaa, p2p, cria

P2P Bearshare Settles With RIAA For $30 Million

Seeded on Fri May 5, 2006 6:05 AM EDT (billboardradiomonitor.com)

Score another victory for the RIAA. HUMPHF!

business, music, mp3, riaa, p2p, bearshare

Free the Beatles' walrus - Industry sectors - Times Online

Seeded on Thu May 4, 2006 8:34 PM EDT (The Times)

Reproduce Beatles music and never pay any royalties on it? Coming soon, maybe.

entertainment, copyright, beatles

Napster is Free! napster is Free!

Seeded on Mon May 1, 2006 8:21 PM EDT (chench.com)

I took a listen to the free Napster today. Not impressed...

business, free, napster

While my guitar gently weeps...

Sat Apr 29, 2006 8:35 AM EDT

"Sony Music is presently engaged in a widespread attempt to underpay its recording artists," attorney Brian Caplan said in a statement.

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business, sony, class-action-lawsuit, allman-brothers, cheap-trick

The true north strong and free.

Seeded on Fri Apr 28, 2006 1:04 PM EDT (chench.com)

Oh Canada... Canadian artists aren't just going to stand by and watch their fans be terrorized any more.

entertainment, canada, file-sharing, canadian-music-creators-coalition

Fight The Good Fight - Help Patti Santangelo

Seeded on Tue Apr 25, 2006 8:50 PM EDT (chench.com)

Help Patti Santangelo fight her case against the RIAA!

business, riaa, patti-santangelo, legal-sue

APPLE'S NO. 1 HIT By TIM ARANGO - New York Post Online Edition: business

Seeded on Tue Apr 25, 2006 3:51 PM EDT (New York Post)

"Negotiations between Apple and the four major music companies - with which iTunes deals all expire in the next two months - have reached a crucial point as several record executives now say they are unlikely to convince Jobs to allow variable pricing, sources said. "

business, jobs, apple, ipod, itunes, big-four

Joe Satriani - Super Colossal

Mon Apr 24, 2006 8:36 PM EDT

Combine Rock, Pop, Jazz, Fusion and heavy metal and out would spit something that would look... very weird. What it would sound like though is Joe Satriani. Satriani just released his newest album, "Super Colossal" and it is absolutely incredible.

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entertainment, guitar, music-review, joe-satriani, satch, super-colossal

Beatles Catalog To Be Remastered, Offered on iTunes - Starpulse News Blog

Seeded on Wed Apr 12, 2006 6:58 AM EDT (starpulse.com)

What??? I'm off to The Register to verify this.

entertainment, music, apple, itunes, beatles

Denmark next in line to challenge Apple, DRM

Seeded on Tue Mar 28, 2006 10:40 AM EST (Ars Technica)

Yeah Baby! Who's next?!

business, france, denmark, apple, itunes, drm

Techdirt: Pearl Jam Shows How Giving Away Music Can Help Sales

Seeded on Thu Mar 23, 2006 3:50 PM EST (Techdirt)

New found repect for Pearl Jam - Online Revolutionaries

entertainment, drm, pearl-jam

NewsForge | RIAA: Who are the pirates? Free and uncut!

Seeded on Thu Mar 16, 2006 2:34 PM EST (NewsForge)

Great article here. Why buy the same license twice?

entertainment, license, drm, riaa

ASCAP Revenues Up $50M In 2005

Seeded on Mon Mar 13, 2006 3:27 PM EST (billboard.biz)

Well, someone is making money from the music. I wonder if the artists are?

entertainment, billboard, licensing, ascap

More than good enough for the average Joe - Electronic Music Software, Song and Artist Reviews

Seeded on Mon Mar 6, 2006 8:47 PM EST (chench.com)

Article by yours truly on the quality of encoded music and why you really don't have a choice anyway.

technology, itunes, napster, mp3, yahoo-music, emusic, encoding

Michael Geist - The Private Copying Levy Distortion

Seeded on Mon Mar 6, 2006 3:24 PM EST (michaelgeist.ca)

Canadians have to pay a very steep levy to buy blank cd's. Even if they want to use them as coasters.

canada, politics, cds

Congress raises broadcast flag for audio | CNET News.com

Seeded on Mon Mar 6, 2006 8:13 AM EST (CNET)

I can agree that something needs to be done but I know they'll take it way too far. Hmph.

politics, drm, digital-radio, riaa

New Bruce Springsteen Album!

Seeded on Fri Mar 3, 2006 12:42 PM EST (brucespringsteen.net)

Probably can't get it on eMusic, huh? Damn!

entertainment, bruce-springsteen, pete-seeger

"iPod" vs. "Walkman" What's in a name?

Fri Mar 3, 2006 9:50 AM EST

In the late 70's, Mom had a Sony Walkman. The model she had could actually receive the audio from tv broadcasts so she could catch her soaps while at work. Genius she was I tell you. But, it was a "Walkman". Bless you Akio Morita who came up with the name.

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business, music, sony, ipod, video, itunes, creative, walkman, jukebox, akiro-morita

Every song ever recorded on your iPod.

Seeded on Thu Mar 2, 2006 7:41 PM EST (excal.on.ca)

Now I like this concept. What do you think it will cost? hmmm?

entertainment, music, ipod, download, storage, library, mp3

Dept. Of Justice Probes Majors On Pricing

Seeded on Thu Mar 2, 2006 7:36 PM EST (billboard.biz)

The U.S. Department of Justice is joining New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer in investigating how the big labels manipulate music download services.

entertainment, sony, warner, emi, eliot-spitzer, bmg, collusion, doj, universal

Yahoo Music Unlimited Review

Thu Mar 2, 2006 2:00 PM EST

Yaaaahhhhhooooo ooooohh! Yahoo! Music Unlimited recently upgraded their music service "Engine" to version 1.1 The Yahoo! Music Engine is their music store/player/music management software.

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yahoo, technology, download, itunes, napster, mp3, online-radio-station, yahoo-music-unlimited

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