file sharing / p2p
Bronfman’s Epiphany an Insult
Last week digg had an article entitled “Warner Music chief has epiphany, praises Apple”, which linked to this story on AppleInsider which “borrowed” from this MacUser article. My oh my what have the apple fanboys brought us now?
In the article(s), Bronfman Jr. is quoted as saying:
“We used to fool ourselves,’ he said. “We used to [...]
People DO get arrested for linking to stuff on the internet
Popular TV streaming site TV Links has been shut down and the owner arrested. I won’t link to it here because someone has put up a typical domain parking page for the clueless traffic. Keep in mind this guy, who lives in the UK, wasn’t hosting any copyrighted content. He wasn’t stealing anything. He LINKED [...]
Miivi Emails
Ok so I have been cathing a lot of static over the leaked mediadefender emails since there is a thread where I was emailing them:
From: Ben Grodsky
Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 2:06 PM
To: MIIVI
Cc: Randy Saaf
Subject: RE: miivi plans
i think so. he then went on to dial my number and hung up immediately when [...]
Digg and Slashdot in 3 Days
Our story on Pirate Bay’s new plans for a video streaming site made both Digg and Slashdot in 3 days… Go Jared!
The Thriving Side of the Music Industry
Fast Company’s February issue has a great article on a quiet little company called Musictoday. Little may be kind of a misnomer because they help more than 700 artists connect with and monetize their fanbase. They provide end to end services for artists, including building their web presence, managing their fan club, and marketing their [...]
Study: P2P effect on legal music sales “not statistically distinguishable from zero”
Yes, another study proving what people (smart, respected industry folks at that) have been screaming at the music industry for years now:
A new study in the Journal of Political Economy by Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Koleman Strumpf has found that illegal music downloads have had no noticeable effects on the sale of music, contrary to [...]
CNN+Reuters+NPD = misinformation
That is actually a generous noun, maybe it should be CNN+Reuters+NPD = RIAA propoganda. CNN.com published a Reuters story titled Illegal downloads grow despite lawsuits with the slug underneath reading “The music industry has started winning lawsuits in the last few years, but the number people downloading illegal music continues to slowly increase.”
Ahem. BULLSHIT! To [...]
Giving Stuff Away… Zeropaid Style
We have a new promotion @ Zeropaid, we love to give stuff away.
vRewrite
Just implemented vRewrite for Zeropaid’s forums to get those catchy SEO’d urls. Hope it works. Also a few days ago we made a change in the site logic so you no longer have to have a verified account and be logged in to download programs - just made sense.
Jason Calacanis Bashes DRM
Just watched an awesome video of Jason Calacanis going on a rant about DRM, Apple’s FairPlay in particular. He is a smart guy and therefore expounds on the obvious points, like how no content company is going to license their products without some kind of digital locks. He also makes this great point:
“I bought a [...]
