marketnewslive.blogspot.com - 1/16/2009
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Legitimate digital music sales grew strongly in 2008 but were still dwarfed by the scale of illegal downloads according to new data from the trade body IFPI.
RIAA Jerks To Stop Suing Individuals For Online Piracy [Piracy]
gizmodo.com 12/19/2008 — Whether you're a pratin' granny, single mom or a full-on haxxor, you no longer have to dread waking up to an RIAA summons . They still might rat you out to your ISP, though. Alas, it took the RIAA five years and 35,000 cases to realize that suing ...
Futuristic Robot Dogs
ubergizmo.com 10/27/2008 —
Sony's discontinued Aibo robot dog opened up Pandora's Box where expensive toys for the home are concerned, and things can only move forward from there. Enter this design by Charles Kalpakian that features a robot tog which looks really cute, ...
BBC NEWS | Technology | Legal downloads swamped by piracy
news.bbc.co.uk 1/16/2009 — Ninety-five per cent of music downloaded online is illegal, a report by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) has said. The global music trade body said this is its biggest challenge as artists and record companies miss out ...
Touch Pets™ Dogs for Apple’s App Store
gamerlite.com 2/19/2009 —
In Touch Pets Dogs, players adopt, nurture and play with their virtual puppies through one-on-one touch screen interaction or on play dates with other players’ dogs from around the world. The ambitious Touch Pets social network, embedded within the game, allows owners and dogs alike to build ...
RIAA finds its soul, will stop suing individuals for music piracy
engadget.com 12/19/2008 — When you retard fair use with pointless DRM and then sue anonymous children for illegally downloading music while ignoring those of the execs at the top of the music industry , well, you're asking for a public relations nightmare. Now, with more than ...
Three Dog's iTunes mix tape
offworld.com 1/16/2009 — fallout3mix.jpg Even months later, my Wasteland time has left me utterly earwormed with nearly all the songs on Fallout 3 's stellar soundtrack (as would be expected, I suppose, after being marooned nearly 70 hours with the same song shortlist), and ...
Apple drops anti-piracy measures from iWork '09
appleinsider.com 1/21/2009 — Apple has dropped serial number verification in the new retail version of iWork 09, making the revised office suite simply "just work" for new users who have purchased it.
Video - 2008: A Radical Year in Online Music
marketnewslive.blogspot.com 12/30/2008 — After years of fighting pirated music on the web, music labels are embracing new free ad-supported music models and all you can download services. Some see this as the music industry equivalent of fighting fire with fire.
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