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Music Downloading Still Favored by Students over Streaming
It’s been raining with studies lately – just last month we reported about one concerned with the shared popularity between p2p networking and video streaming . We said then that contrary to what the numbers showed and what many believed, p2p was not really “in danger” and wasn’t really losing ground over streaming. So here’s a new study conducted by the University of Reading targeting university students, according to which most of them still prefer to download music (whether from iTunes, Amazon MP3 or p2p networks) rather than stream it or buy it directly from stores.
Continue reading »HBO Making RIAA “Self-Destruction” Film
Adaptation of the book “Appetite for Self-Destruction: The Spectacular Crash of the Record Industry in the Digital Age” by music journalist Steve Knopper will chronicle the rise and fall of the US music industry. Many are well aware of the music industry’s long history of ignoring music fans and now it seems that HBO Films has decided to produce a movie that chronicles its shortcomings. According to the Hollywood Reporter it will be based on the book “Appetite for Self-Destruction: The Spectacular Crash of the Record Industry in the Digital Age” by music journalist Steve Knopper.
Continue reading »RIAA responds: Nesson more like P.T. Barnum than David
Last week, we ran an op-ed from Charles Nesson, the Harvard Law professor waging war on the RIAA “Goliath” and its army of lawyers. Here to respond to Nesson’s accusations is Steven Marks, general counsel for the RIAA. To Marks, Nesson is playing the part of a circus ringmaster, not a downtrodden “David.” The views expressed here are not necessarily those of Ars Technica.
Continue reading »Spanish P2P Developer Goes to Court for “Unfair Competition”
Record labels accuse him of profiting from file-sharing programs that allow users to download music for free and thereby “free ride” over their property. The trial against P2P software designer Pablo Soto has finally begun in a Spanish courtroom. The Promusicae association of Spanish record labels along with EMI, Sony, Vivendi Universal, and Warner Music are suing Soto what they call ” unfair competition.
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