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Why Facebook is for Old Fogies

Source: All About Jazz
February 21, 2009

Facebook is five. Maybe you didn't get it in your news feed, but it was in February 2004 that Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg, along with some classmates, launched the social network that ate the world.

Did he realize back then in his dorm that he was witnessing merely the larval stage of his creation? For what began with college students has found its fullest, richest expression with us, the middle-aged. Here are 10 reasons Facebook is for old ...

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Ask Van Morrison

Source: All About Jazz
February 21, 2009

10 QUESTIONS With his signature growl and unique blend of blues, jazz and celtic folk, Van Morrison is consistently ranked as one of the most iconic and influential rock artists of all time.

Writer of such classic songs as “Gloria", “Moondance" and “Brown Eyed Girl", his 1968 masterwork, Astral Weeks, is listed by almost every major music publication as one of the most essential albums ever made.

A newly recorded, live version Astral Weeks Live at the Hollywood ...

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Prosecution Baffled by Pirate Bay's Anarchic Structure

Source: All About Jazz
February 21, 2009

STOCKHOLM — Defendant Fredrik Neij took the stand as the landmark trial of Pirate Bay continued Thursday, and left the prosecutor scratching his head over who is in charge of the BitTorrent site.

Three young computer geeks and one businessman face civil and criminal charges here for alleged contributory copyright infringement. The three geeks — Fredrik Neij, Gottfrid Svartholm Warg and Peter Sunde — are often referred to as “the good, the bad and the ugly." Neij is the bad ...

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Pirate Bay Prosecutor Probes Site's Bad Attitude

Source: All About Jazz
February 20, 2009

STOCKHOLM -- As the landmark trial of The Pirate Bay wrapped up its first week Friday, the prosecutor fought to tie the last two defendants to the daily operation of the world's most notorious filesharing site.

Four defendants in all are accused of contributory copyright infringement for allegedly deliberately facilitating the making available of copyrighted works to the public. Establishing intent is crucial for a crime to have been committed under Swedish law, and the prosecutor and civil plaintiffs have ...

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Slicethepie Lands $1.4m in New Funding

Source: HypeBot
February 20, 2009

Despite an economic meltdown that has added to venture capitalists' already wary view of the music industry, fan-to-artist funding enabler Slicethepie has attracted another $1.4 million. The money will be used to broaden marketing efforts, as well as, support some of the 20 artists already funded by the site.

“We are delighted to close this latest round of funding which will enable us to fulfill the potential of Slicethepie and SoundOut," Slicethepie CEO David Courtier-Dutton in a statement. “We have ...

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Facebook Grows into a Top-Ten Web Property

Source: PC Magazine
February 20, 2009

Job and tax-related Web sites dominated consumers' online activity in January, according to Thursday data from comScore, but there was also a little time for social networking as Facebook cracked the list of top 10 Web properties for the first time. “January has once again seen seasonal gains in the tax, career and travel categories, reflecting the typical American's tendency to plan for the New Year," Jack Flanagan, executive vice president of comScore Media Metrix, said in a statement. Facebook's ...

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The GPS Revolution and the Digital Music Fan

Source: HypeBot
February 20, 2009

Kyle Bylin, Associate Editor

Skimming through the latest edition of Wired Magazine, it took me Inside The GPS Revolution, and things became apparent to me quite quickly about how this could be applied to the live music sector. The key article is called I Am Here: One Man's Experiment With the Location-Aware Lifestyle, where writer Mathew Honan decides to become a 'geo-guinea pig' for three weeks by loading every cool and interesting location-aware program he could find into his iPhone ...

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Hollywood Struggles to Find Wealth on the Web

Source: All About Jazz
February 20, 2009

After more than a decade of hype about the Internet being the next great stage for mass entertainment, it remains dominated by amateurs with most Hollywood stars watching from the wings.

Even as talent agencies like William Morris and television networks such as NBC push for more celebrities on websites and better quality programs, many actors and producers balk at Internet projects, saying they have meager revenue potential compared with TV and movies.

The future of Web entertainment is front ...

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