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  | Creative Sued for Base-10 Capacities On HDD MP3 Players Found at 5/1/2008 via hardware.slashdot.org
Dorkz brings news of a class-action settlement from Creative Labs over the capacity of their HDD MP3 players. Evidently they calculated drive capacity in base-10 (1,000,000,000 bytes per GB) instead of base-2 (1,073,741,824 bytes per GB). The representative plaintiff is entitled to $5,000, and everyone else who bought one of the HDD MP3 players in the past several years gets a 50% discount on a ... More...
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| Court Hits AOL, Yahoo, Real With Staggering Music Royalties Tab Found at 5/1/2008 via www.ecommercetimes.com
A federal judge has established a framework that determines the licensing fee amounts three online services -- Yahoo, AOL and RealNetworks -- should pay to the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. The fees could amount to $100 million, according to ASCAP, and will be paid to members whose music users have streamed over a seven-year period. More...
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| Court Deals RIAA Setback in File Sharing Suit Found at 4/30/2008 via www.overclockersclub.com
A U.S. District Judge denied a request by the Recording Industry of America (RIAA) for a summary judgment against an Arizona couple accused of illegally sharing music files through the Kazaa peer-to-peer file sharing service. RIAA asserted the presence of the music files in a shared folder constitutes copyright infringement. The defendant, Jeffery Howell, claims he did not place the music in ... More...
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| Court Ruling Could End P2P Music-Download Lawsuits Found at 4/30/2008 via news.yahoo.com
A federal court has dealt a body blow to the recording industry's efforts to sue people who use peer-to-peer software to download music from the Internet. In fact, says one copyright lawyer, the P2P decision could mean the end of the Recording Industry Association of America's litigation strategy. More...
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| Court rejects RIAA's 'making available' piracy argument Found at 4/30/2008 via www.addict3d.org
The recording industry's music piracy fight was dealt a setback Tuesday when a federal judge rejected the RIAA's "making available" argument in a lawsuit against a husband and wife accused of copyright infringement. More...
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| CRIME REPORTS Found at 4/29/2008 via www.kentucky.com
April 24: Robbery, Toner Street and Fifth Street. Cell phone and MP3 player forcibly taken. April 24-27: Burglary, 400 block of Greenwood Avenue. Weed-eater, gas can, seven football trophies and 30 drinking glasses taken. April 25-26: Burglary, 100 block of South Hanover Avenue. Prescription medicine taken. April 25-28: Burglary, Cross Country Distributor, 1258 Industry Road. Unknown subject ... More...
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| Canadian telecom firms cut Web speeds Found at 4/28/2008 via au.launch.yahoo.com
TORONTO (Billboard) - Two Canadian Internet service providers (ISPs) have been cutting network speeds for peer-to-peer (P2P) and torrent use -- a move the music business says is insufficient to combat music piracy. More...
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| Coldplay to give away latest single as free download Found at 4/28/2008 via www.timesonline.co.uk
Coldplay have bowed to the realities of a music business afflicted by file-sharing by announcing that their new single will be given away tomorrow as a free download. More...
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| Commercial pirates thrive in Philippines Found at 4/26/2008 via www.newkerala.com
By Girlie Linao, Manila, April 26 : Every day, vendors of pirated movie and music discs sell their goods under rows of trees along a street in downtown Manila, just a few metres away from a police station and the Department of Justice office. More...
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| Commercial pirates thrive in Philippines Found at 4/26/2008 via economictimes.indiatimes.com
Every day, vendors of pirated movie and music discs sell their goods under rows of trees along a street in downtown Manila, just a few metres away from a police station and the Department of Justice office. More...
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| Centennial Time Capsule Entries Found at 4/25/2008 via www.asurampage.com
Everything from coffee grounds to a MP3 player were submitted for the contest. Four entries are on display in the UC. Students, faculty and staff may vote until April 25 and the winner will be chosen on April 28. First place is $500, second is $200, third is $100 and fourth is $75. More...
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| Cassette MP3 player- use it in the car or out and about Found at 4/25/2008 via uk.news.yahoo.com
Old formats never die - they just get re-invented for modern-day use - like the Cassette MP3 player. More...
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| Cassette Tape Is Really an SD-Powered MP3 Player Found at 4/24/2008 via www.mobilemag.com
Most cars don't come with a cassette player anymore, but for those that do, hooking up an MP3 player can be bit of a pain. More...
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| Categories Found at 4/23/2008 via romesentinel.com
More adults and children are borrowing books and renting music and movie recordings at Jervis Public Library, a phenomenon that may be linked to a plunging economy and skyrocketing gas prices. For example, rentals of DVDs at Jervis have increased by nearly 23 percent. More...
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| Careful Hot Music Found at 4/22/2008 via www.theledger.com
Fire Fall Records won't be hanging up platinum plaques anytime soon, but the Southeastern University venture is holding its own. The nonprofit Christian music label was launched by the University last summer as a way to promote its choir the Southeastern Singers and other student acts, selling music online through iTunes, Napster, etc. We're... More...
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| Comes With Music may come with high price tag Found at 4/18/2008 via arstechnica.com
Universal Music Group is reportedly looking for upwards of $30 per handset from Nokia for its "Comes With Music" program?and that's just one label. If Nokia and the labels aren't careful, they'll end up with handsets priced out of the market. Read More... More...
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