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NewsNow tells newspapers: Lay off the legal action
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| News aggregrator NewsNow.co.uk has told
| British newspapers to lay off the legal
| threats and accept that linking to news
| stories is good for their business.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/10/22/newsnow_legal_threats/
And it they get dropped from the feeds they start whining. They
just look for someone to blame for dead business model.
France Agrees To Kick File Sharers Off The Internet Again;
Lobbyists Call It 'Consumer Relief'
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| What's much more entertaining is seeing how
| entertainment industry lobbyists are
| cheering this on. I'm beginning to think
| that they actually believe that kicking
| people off the internet will make people buy
| more of their content. Incredible. First up,
| the MPAA's Dan Glickman (who's being pushed
| out of his job for being woefully
| ineffective):
|
| "Today's decision is an enormous victory
| for creators everywhere. It is our hope
| that ISPs will fully honor their promise
| to cooperate and that the French
| government will take the necessary
| measures to dedicate resources to handle
| the enormous task ahead."
|
| A victory for creators? Really? By kicking
| fans off the internet for promoting their
| works? Yikes. Someone's out of touch.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20091022/1420596643.shtml
Recent:
Third Eye Blind vocalist: Albums unnecessary in digital age
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| "I don't think it's necessary or useful," Jenkins told several hundred
| conference attendees. "The album is an arbitrary concept. It's not something
| that has to exist."
|
| It's important to note that Jenkins wasn't speaking at all about the
| controversy triggered by remarks made last week by AC/DC. The Australian
| rockers slammed iTunes in several interviews and suggested that selling
| individual songs was bad for artists, music, and fans.
|
| I disagreed and wrote the album was, at least in its CD stage, anticonsumer.
| The album boosted individual transactions and forced consumers to pay a
| premium for songs they didn't want.
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10070638-93.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
Music stars unite to seek control
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| UK pop and rock stars are taking action to try to gain ownership and control
| of their work from record labels.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7652053.stm
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