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Bizarre legal defense after EMI sues over Beatles MP3 sales
When the news broke earlier this week that the so-famous-you’ve-never-heard-of-it BlueBeat.com was both streaming and selling The Beatles remasters —and for 25¢ a track—we speculated that an entertainingly weird legal theory was at the root of this behavior. We just had no idea how weird it was.
Continue reading »We are the walrus. Or, thank you Lily Allen
p2pnet news view Music | Freedom | P2P:- “I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together.” That’s from The Beatles’ 1967 song I Am The Walrus. The attribution is to both Paul McCartney and John Lennon, but the words are Lennon’s and for me, they sum up what the net is all about. Peers to peers.
Continue reading »Eircom says it’ll block Pirate Bay access
Speaking of The Pirate Bay , starting next month, Eircom is set to forcibly stop its Net users from accessing The Pirate Bay Eircom says it’ll block Pirate Bay access. Having previously said it wouldn’t cut them off at the behest of Vivendi Universal, EMI, Warner Music and Sony Music, it’s now renaged Other internet service providers are refusing to block the site, despite legal threats from the music industry, notes Ireland Online . “The High Court had issued an order on July 24th requiring Eircom to block the site,” says the Irish Times .
Continue reading »Who’s going to pay the RIAA?
I feel for Joel Tenenbaum. I really do. He’s someone who likes music and who shared it.
Continue reading »What’s the damage? $116.67 per user
On hearing the outcome of the Joel Tenenbaum trial I was struck, as I’m sure many were, by the discrepancy between the award of $675,000 and any losses Sony may have actually suffered as a result of his admitted filesharing activities. Indeed, if they could somehow squeeze that amount out of everyone who ever used a p2p network, this marvellous form of compensation would far exceed the GDP of the United States. Personally I don’t think record companies should be compensated at all by filesharers: the deal that was struck with publishers when copyright laws were first enacted – the exclusive right to duplicate in exchange for keeping the creators alive – would not make sense today when duplication is immediate, free and mostly untraceable, and when creative types can market themselves directly to fans.
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