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Music and the State of the Economy
The music industry has been hit with a double whammy. Sales continue their decline and the global economy is in the midst of the the deepest recession since World War II. Layoffs, consolidation and much less venture funding are just a few of the obvious signs. But from adversity can also come opportunity. Waste is trimmed. ...
Public Booted from DVD Copying Trial over Secret CSS Code
Whether the public has a right to make a fair use copy of DVDs is on trial in a San Francisco federal court. Yet the public may never know whether the verdict was reached fairly because the presiding judge removed the press just as the nuts and bolts of the case was to be aired out. ...
Pirate Bay Opponents Hit by Denial-of-Service
The website for a law firm that helped successfully prosecute the four founders of The Pirate Bay was up and running Monday after it came under siege by hackers during the weekend. The MAQS law firm, with offices in Denmark, Estonia, Poland and Sweden, shuttered its site late Saturday, posting that its site was currently under ...
Kindle Helps Boost Amazon Sales 18 Percent
Amazon reported an increase in sales of 18 percent for the first quarter, buoyed by sales of its second generation e-book, the Kindle 2. “We're grateful and excited that Kindle sales have exceeded our most optimistic expectations," Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon.com, said in a statement. Total revenue came in at $4.89 billion, up ...
Yahoo Shutting Down Geocities
Carol Bartz does not mess around. Ever since taking the helm from the company's long-demonized Jerry Yang, the new Yahoo CEO has made it very clear that her primary objective is streamlining the struggling search giant. The latest casualty of the company's cuts is Geocities. Yes, Geocities is still around--or it was, until now. Yahoo, which ...
Yahoo's Cuts Fall on Geocities; Service Will Shut Down
It's the end of an era. Yahoo announced Thursday (April 23) that it will shut down GeoCities, the Web site building business it acquired a decade ago. “We have decided to discontinue the process of allowing new customers to sign up for GeoCities accounts as we focus on helping our customers explore and build new relationships ...
Pirate Bay Defendants Demand Retrial
Swedish judge denies conflict of interest BERLIN A defense lawyer in Sweden's Pirate Bay copyright case has called for a retrial following reports that the judge in the case is a member of the same copyright protection organizations as several of the main entertainment industry reps. Earlier this month Judge Tomas Norstroem convicted the four operators ...
Swedish Pirate Party Doubles in Size After Bay Verdict
Membership in the Swedish Pirate Party has more than doubled in the wake of last Friday's verdict against The Pirate Bay, dramatically increasing the copyright-reform party's chances of winning a seat in the European Parliament. Over 22,000 new party members have joined the Pirate Party since a panel of judges sentenced a financier and three administrators ...
