Music publishers accuse XM of copyright infringement
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| In a complaint filed in New York federal court, the National Music
| Publishers Association (NMPA) argues that the satellite radio
| operator's "XM + MP3" music service skirts copyright laws by allowing radio
| listeners to make permanent copies of on-air tracks through devices like
| the Pioneer Inno player without permission and without properly
| compensating songwriters.
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http://news.com.com/2100-1047_3-6169844.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
This is like attempting to protect source code, which is hard. They can't
just deliver something without it being capture-able. Next thing you know,
along with Vista, we'll need to buy new special radios, graphics cards, and
monitors, throwing the old ones at the land dumps. That's their vision.
Never mind the fact that it won't protect copyrights. DRM only spurs piracy,
and the same goes for software. See below:
Oracle sues SAP on spying charges
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| Oracle announced Thursday that it has filed a lawsuit against archrival
| SAP, alleging the software giant hacked into Oracle's customer support
| center and downloaded copies of its proprietary software code.
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http://news.com.com/2100-1014_3-6169729.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
Same problem, but at least they suffer:
Sales of Music, Long in Decline, Plunge Sharply
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| In a dramatic acceleration of the seven-year sales decline that has
| battered the music industry, compact-disc sales for the first three
| months of this year plunged 20% from a year earlier, the latest sign
| of the seismic shift in the way consumers acquire music.
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http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB117444575607043728-oEugjUqEtTo1hWJawejgR3LjRAw_20080320.html?mod=rss_free
http://tinyurl.com/2ud53f
RIAA University Campaign Sputters: Group Asked To Pay Up For Wasting School's
Time
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| If there were any doubt that the university is really irritated by
| the RIAA's requests, it has requested that the RIAA pay the university
| to reimburse its expenses from dealing with this (good luck with
| that).
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http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20070320/171228.shtml
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