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Warner Shakes Hands with eMusic
The music service will add new artists to its online catalog A recent deal between the music downloading service eMusic and giant record label Warner will allow the former to include new artists in its online catalog. Following the agreement between the two companies 10,000 catalog albums will be made available for downloading, but no new popular hits will be added to the list. According to eMusic, the deal could lead to an increase of its customers who may reach 400,000 in number by the end of 2010.
Continue reading »FCC seeks delay to US broadband plan
Obama on hold The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is asking lawmakers to give it more time to draw up a national broadband plan.…
Continue reading »UK “Three-Strikes” To Cost Consumers $800 Million p/yr
Means plan would unfairly require majority of population whom don’t file-share to pay for the failings of the entertainment industry. A new report indicates that an “ evolved ” plan by UK Business Secretary Lord Mandelson, head of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, and whom ultimately is tasked with implementing the recommendations for dealing with illegal file-sharing as outlined in the Digital Britain report , to disconnect accused copyright infringers from the Internet will cost UK consumers more than £500 million ($799.5 million USD) annually. That means an individual “three-strikes” tax per broadband connection of approximately £25 ($40 USD) a year.
Continue reading »Entertainment cartel UK 3 Strikes Plan stalled
p2pnet news view P2P | Politics:- Efforts by the Hollywood and Big Music to have their Three Strikes anti-P2P business plan forced into law in Britain before the next elections look doomed to failure, for the moment, at least. Conservative shadow culture secretary Jeremy Hunt (right) says he doesn’t believe the Digital Economy Bill will get through Parliament before then, “even with Tory support,” according to Times Online , which goes on: “The Conservatives back most of the proposals, which include disconnecting persistent internet pirates,” the so-called ‘graduated response’ developed by Vivendi Universal, EMI, Warner Music and Sony Music, and Disney, News Corp, Time Warner, Viacom, NBC Universal and Sony Pictures, it says. And it’s just been revealed that secretary of state Peter Mandelson, who’s representing the entertainment industry in Britain, is demanding changes to the bill.
Continue reading »German Green Party Defends P2P Legalization Tax
A “culture flatrate” would be used to compensate copyright holders in exchange for legalized file-sharing, the fee presumably based on a user’s connection speed with an exemption for those who can’t afford it. The German Green Party has been discussing a “culture flatrate” for a while now. The idea is to present a third option to solve the problem of illegal file-sharing that protects the rights of the accused while ensuring copyright holders are properly compensated.
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