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Entertainment Industry Still Insisting That Gov't Protectionism Is The Only Way
To Compete
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| A few months ago, we responded to an ill-informed opinion piece in the UK's
| Independent by Stephen Garrett, who runs a TV production house. In his essay,
| Garrett trotted out all the old falsehoods about how file sharing is the same
| as theft and that ISPs absolutely need to stop file sharing or the
| entertainment industry will die.
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http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090615/1240385240.shtml
ISP Dragged to Court for Refusing to Block The Pirate Bay
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| After several victories in Danish courts, the entertainment industry is now
| trying to get The Pirate Bay blocked in Norway. The country’s largest
| Internet provider ‘Telenor’ is now being dragged to court by IFPI, after it
| refused an earlier request to disable customer access to the world’s most
| prominent tracker.
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http://torrentfreak.com/isp-dragged-to-court-for-refusing-to-block-the-pirate-bay-090617/
France Changes “Three-Strikes” to Judge Ordering Disconnections
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| Govt reacts to the country’s Constitutional Council ruling that the “free
| communication of thoughts” for which the Internet is essential can only be
| curtailed by trial and not by order of govt agency.
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http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86439/france-changes-three-strikes-to-judge-ordering-disconnections/
Recent:
Internet radio strikes deal with music Mafiaa
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| Previously, online radio stations would pay $0.000768 for each copyrighted
| tune they played, but in 2007 the US Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) tried to
| increase that figure by up to 1,200 per cent, which sent many a well-loved
| wibblecaster scurrying for the hills.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/09/24/internet-radio-strikes-deal
Related:
The Internet Radio Death Watch
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| Don't forget, vast illegal file-sharing networks are still operating just a
| few clicks away. The RIAA's legal Whac-A-Mole has barely slowed them down. If
| this unfair royalty scheme kills off legal, legitimate businesses like
| Pandora and the recently shut-down Muxtape, those users will simply go
| somewhere else. And that destination is more likely to be BitTorrent than a
| record store. The record industry may think it is killing off Internet radio,
| but it's merely opening Pandora's box.
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http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2704,2328508,00.asp
Pandora Reaching Its Epilogue?
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| Many are predicting the upcoming demise of the company as a result of a
| federal panel ruling ordering them to pay twice the royalties to artists that
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| they already were.
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http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2008/08/18/pandora-reaching-its-epilogue
Pandora can't make money, may pull the plug
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| Buckling under the weight of the Internet radio royalty hike that
| SoundExchange pushed through last July, Pandora may pull its own plug soon.
| Despite being one of the most popular Internet radio services, the company
| still isn't making money, and its founder, Tim Westergren, says it can't last
| beyond its first payment of the higher royalties
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080818-pandora-cant-make-money-may-pull-the-plug.html
Royalty fee 'to damage net radio'
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| Hundreds of US net radio stations face potential closure from Monday when
| they will be expected to comply with a new royalties ruling for playing
| music.
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| Smaller stations face a payment increase of 1,200% while larger station could
| owe up to 300% more, lobby group SaveNetRadio has said.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6896152.stm
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