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STUDY: 40% Unable to Name Legal Online Music Service
Consumer Focus also says that 85% can only name two, iTunes and Amazon, but UK music industry, in typical fashion, emphasizes that more than 35 exist and touts own study that found 96% awareness of iTunes and Amazon. Consumer Focus, the UK govt-backed consumer advocacy group, has long tried to illustrate the deficiency of the country’s copyright laws and the dramatic learning gap consumers have of them. In fact, just last month it found that almost 3/4 of the population doesn’t know what they’re legally allowed to copy or record, and that’s practically impossible to not infringe copyright laws as part of their daily lives unless they don’t use digital technology.
Continue reading »UK STUDY: 40% Unable to Name Legal Online Music Service
Consumer Focus also says that 85% can only name two, iTunes and Amazon, but UK music industry, in typical fashion, emphasizes that more than 35 exist and touts own study that found 96% awareness of iTunes and Amazon. Consumer Focus, the UK govt-backed consumer advocacy group, has long tried to illustrate the deficiency of the country’s copyright laws and the dramatic learning gap consumers have of them. In fact, just last month it found that almost 3/4 of the population doesn’t know what they’re legally allowed to copy or record, and that’s practically impossible to not infringe copyright laws as part of their daily lives unless they don’t use digital technology.
Continue reading »Hull Daily Mail pulls porncoder comments
New twist in Beverleyporngate scandal The Hull Daily Mail evidently decided over the weekend it had received enough of a kicking over its Beverley porncoder investigation, and pulled all comments on both the original story and the follow-up .…
Continue reading »Viacom: "Fair use works for us," unlikely to sue bloggers
Viacom is unlikely to sue bloggers for posting their own clips of The Daily Show or The Colbert Report , contrary to reports floating around on the Internet. The company clarified its position to Ars on Thursday, noting that it tries to be as permissive as possible when it comes to fair use and that individual bloggers have never been on the studio’s radar. The confusion began when the Hollywood Reporter ran a story on Wednesday titled “Viacom will sue bloggers who post unauthorized ‘Daily Show’ clips,” quoting Viacom spokesperson Tony Fox.
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