Archive for October 25th, 2004
Record Labels Now Embrace P2P
"Amid the recent collapse of talks over the Induce Act in Congress, record labels are closing in on deals to enable several new peer-to-peer services to emerge — with the sanction of major record labels that have so far derided P2P as a haven for piracy.
"At a panel held Wednesday by the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank in Washington, at least one record industry representative predicted that such sanctioned P2P services will start to proliferate in the next several months.
"According to Mitch Glazier, senior vice president of government relations and legislative counsel at the Recording Industry Association of America, the new services will be consumer-friendly and enable the portability that digital music consumers demand, all without running afoul of copyright law."
Michael Grebb. Toe-to-Toe Over Peer-to-Peer. Wired News. Oct. 21, 2004.
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Federal Trade Commission. FTC to Host Two-day Peer-to-Peer File-Sharing Workshop. Oct. 15, 2004.
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PLoS Takes On Reed Elsevier
"A major new ‘open access’ journal for medicine has been launched, putting it in direct competition with the established publications in this lucrative area including Reed Elsevier’s The Lancet.
The Public Library of Science (PLoS), a US-based not-for-profit organisation, is behind PLoS Medicine, which it said was ‘the most significant international general medicine journal to emerge in over 70 years’.
Saeed Shah. US Public Library of Science Launches Rival to ‘The Lancet’. Independent.co.uk. Oct. 19, 2004.
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Laura Lynch. Public Library of Science. Creative Commons. Oct. 2003.
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AOL Downloads Movies
"America Online launched a promotion Thursday that lets subscribers of its broadband service download full-feature films for free through Movielink.
"The promotion expands on an existing deal between the two companies that allows AOL members to rent downloaded movies for 99 cents a title.
"Under the new program, the companies will make 10 ‘classic titles,’ including ‘Steel Magnolias’ and ‘Against All Odds,’ available for free in the first month. In subsequent months, five movies will be offered. Once downloading is complete, customers have 30 days to watch the film and 24 hours to complete it, once viewing begins."
CNET staff. AOL Offers Broadband Subscribers Free Flicks. News.com. Oct. 21, 2004.
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Digital Entertainment Takes a Road Trip
"Your digital home entertainment system is about to take a road trip.
"Consumer electronics makers are racing to find new offerings, from wireless music downloads at gas stations to digital TV, to entertain American families when they’re stuck in traffic, driving home for the holidays, or just out for a ride.
"Some of the efforts to transplant digital media technology from PCs and home entertainment centers are still on the drawing board, companies said at a technology conference. But other changes are likely to start appearing in new cars and SUVs as early as next year."
Declan McCullagh. Digital Home Entertainment Hits the Road. News.com. Oct. 19, 2004.
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Declan McCullagh. Car Crazy: Microsoft in the Driver’s Seat. News.com. Oct. 21, 2004.
David Becker. TVs, Cameras Top Holiday Plans. News.com. Oct. 18, 2004.
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