Downloading copyrighted music from peer-to-peer networks is legal in Canada, although uploading files is not, Canadian copyright regulators said in a ruling released Friday.
All it took was a bunch of swiped songs before nifty names such as Napster and MP3 popped up. Then the phrase peer-to-peer (P2P) became part of our lexicon and vendors jumped on the bandwagon and built a raft of so-called P2P products. Hi tech derivatives, trend predictions and P2P philosophy are now in full force. What's hype and what's real?
ZDNet Australia talks to Kazaa CEO Nikki Hemming about money, P2P, IPUF, and the possibility of ever seeing eye-to-eye with the music industry.
The potential of P2P seems to be immense - but like most new ideas it's potentially a double-edged sword, and a lot of confusion surrounds it.
ComCen today gave temporary undertakings to the Federal court not to repost the Web site at the heart of copyright infringement allegations.
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M-Terra CTO Darrell Smith says that arguments in the peer-to-peer file-sharing space are still based on days gone by.
Michael Robertson started MP3.com and Linspire. Now he's taking on iTunes with BadApple.
Apple Computer today launched its long-awaited iTunes Music Store in Australia, finally giving iPod owners a legal way of downloading music online. Extra: A peek at other Web stores.
Yesterday's report from the Australian Computer Society's Filtering and E-Security Task Force will be a handy weapon in Communications Minister Senator Stephen Conroy's battle over internet censorship.
Commentary: This radical proposal could save the music business and give consumers what they want.
One sure way to stop pirates is to make music free. Distributors could pick up the tab and get their investment back from marketers and advertisers.
In order to survive, the IT industry has gone through some big changes in the last few years. by contrast, the music industry still doesn't get it.
Analysis: For all the glitz surrounding the unveiling Monday of Apple Computer's new music service, a quick look suggests that it's a solid, but hardly revolutionary, addition to the market.
SunnComm Technologies, one of several companies developing anti-CD copying products, has licensed a new technique that can hide data, video, software or an identifying watermark inside music files.
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