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Judge: Even 'Free' Open-Source Code is Licensed
The open source community and tech-savvy model railroad enthusiasts were handed a victory Wednesday when an appeals court ruled that people who use open source content can be found guilty of copyright infringement if they do not adhere to the license terms set out by the creator. The topic might sound a tad obscure, but it ...
Judge Buys 'P2P Equals Web Radio' Argument
Raise your hand if you think downloading music from file-sharing service Kazaa is just like listening an Internet radio station? No? Anyone? One person who bought that argument is U.S. District Judge Xavier Rodriguez, who lowered the fines imposed on a 16-year-old accused of downloading illegal files from $750 per song to $200 per song after ...
Napster Posts Larger Loss Than Expected
SEATTLE, Aug 11 (Reuters) - Napster Inc posted a bigger quarterly loss on Monday as the number of its paid subscribers declined, and the online music service predicted revenue to be mostly flat in the current quarter. Napster's fiscal first-quarter net loss grew to $4.38 million, or 10 cents a share, compared with $4.24 million, or ...
'Consumer Reports' Warns of Safari Risks
We have reported many times on security problems in the Apple Safari browser, both on Windows and the Mac. Not only does it have a rich history of vulnerabilities that Apple takes its time fixing, but it lacks what have come to be standard security protection features found in other browsers. Now Consumer Reports, in its ...
Online Music Sales Muddle Royalties, Lawyers Say
The current system for getting royalty payments to musicians in the United States is seriously hampering the introduction of new, innovative music distribution models, and that problem is not going to get any better in the era of the digital download, leading music experts said Thursday. As consumers abandon CDs for Internet-based downloads, the industry is ...
Online Libraries Are Taking Off
NEW YORK (Reuters) - It may be about time to dig out that old library card. Hoping to draw back readers, libraries have vastly expanded their lists of digital books, music, and movies that can be downloaded by their patrons to a computer or MP3 playerand it doesn't cost a cent, unlike, say, media from Apple ...
Streaming Debate Videos on MySpace Election Site
With the Democratic and GOP conventions just weeks away, the presidential candidates are gearing up for the final few months of campaign madness. But with news of celebrity-themed campaign videos or controversial New Yorker covers saturating the cable news airwaves, what's the best way to get information about issues that will last longer than this week's ...
Mozilla Looks Beyond Firefox with Aurora Browser
Firefox 3 still has that new browser smell, but that's not stopping the Mozilla Foundation from planning ahead for its next major move. The organization on Wednesday unveiled Aurora, a concept video touting the future of Web browsing. “Aurora is intended to serve as a springboard for an open discussion about how to evolve the user ...
Do You Google? Study Finds Search Engine Use Up
Good news for Google, Yahoo, MSN, and maybe even Cuil search engine use is on the rise, according to a report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project. While it may seem like everyone has Googled themselves, Twittered some inane tidbit about their day, or shared a little too much via Facebook status updates, some ...
Google Launches Free Music Service in China
SHANGHAI - Google Inc has launched a music search service in China that will give users access to free downloads of licensed songs, while capturing advertising revenue for music providers in a market rife with piracy. The service poses a challenge to Baidu.com Inc, which dominates China's Internet search market but has, along with other Chinese ...
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