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Posts from — October 2005
iTunes Store Counts 1 Million Video Downloads in 19 Days
A $1,990,000 new revenue stream in just 19 days (at $1.99 per video), sounds like a winning business model to me - particularly since their initial content is so limited.
Sources: ZDNet | engadget | Red Herring
Categories: Milestones, New Tech
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Del.icio.us House Approves All-Digital OTA Dead-line by 2008
The House Energy and Commerce Committee approved a measure ordering the switch to all digital broadcasts be finished by the end of 2008 - Senate yet to approve.
Source: Reuters
Related Posts:
- Bush Signs Digital TV Transition Bill - Setting February 17, 2009 Deadline (February 8, 2006)
- Broadcasters to Move to Digital Television by February 17, 2009 Under Senate Bill (December 21, 2005)
- U.S. Digital Switchover on Feb 17, 2009? (December 19, 2005)
- FCC modifies Digital Tuner requirements to advance DTV transition (November 3, 2005)
- House Approves All-Digital OTA Deadline by 2008 (October 27, 2005)
Categories: Digital TV, Laws
First BitTorrent User Convicted
A Hong Kong man is convicted of copyright infringement for sharing movies using BitTorrent’s peer-to-peer file sharing technology
Source: ZDNet
Related Posts:
- Another BitTorrent User Conviction (September 12, 2006)
- First BitTorrent User Convicted (October 5, 2005)
Categories: BigMedia v. P2P Users, Convictions
Netflix “indefinitely postpones” Online Movie Download Service
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings confirmed they had “indefinitely” postponed the test launch of that new online movie download service they’ve been testing owing to problems getting the studios to agree to license their content.
Sources: Engadget | ars technica | PVR Blog | Video Business
Categories: Agreements, Big Media v Internet, BigMedia v NewTech
EFF Label’s Blizzard’s anti-cheat Warden Program - Spyware
Unbeknownst to many gamers, World of Warcraft now has an unwanted special feature—a hidden program called “Warden” that snoops gamers’ computers looking for any “unauthorized third-party program” that “enables or facilitates cheating of any type”.
Sources: EFF | BBC | Game Politics | Rootkit.com | AlterNet
Note: See related stories posted on August 12, 2005.
Categories: Intrusive TPMs - Rootkits, Privacy
Microsoft Settles With Real, Announces Game Agreement
Microsoft has settled with RealNetworks for a $761 million equivalent, regarding a lawsuit filed in December 2003 alleging that Microsoft illegally used its monopoly power to restrict competition in the field of digital media.
Sources: Gamasutra | Microsoft | CNet | ZDNet | PC Magazine | Seattle Times | MSNBC
Categories: Antitrust, DRM as Market Lock, Settlements
42 Year Old, Disabled, Single Mother Countersues RIAA Under RICO Act
Text of Defense and Countersuit
In response to the RIAA’s lawsuit against her, Tanya Andersen is suing Apple for RICO violations, fraud, invasion of privacy, abuse of process, electronic trespass, violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, negligent misrepresentation, deceptive business practices and the, “original”? tort of “outrage”.
Sources: P2PNet | Wired | Davis & Co. LLP | Recording Industry vs The People
Related Stories:
- 42 Year Old, Disabled, Single Mother Amends Defense and Countersuit Against the RIAA (January 27, 2006)
- 42 Year Old, Disabled, Single Single Mother Countersues RIAA Under RICO Act (October 1, 2005)
Categories: BigMedia v. P2P Users, Cases
