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Topic: Internet File Sharing

  

I Download Illegally -- and Harmlessly

Good news for music downloaders: A recent study shows that Internet music piracy not only does NOT hurt legitimate CD sales, it may even boost sales of some types of music. That's good news for file swappers of all stripes. In a ...READ MORE

30. True Person-to-Person Calling

Previous | Next Internet phones aren't new, but mass acceptance of them is. With the launch of Skype last July, Niklas Zennstroem attracted almost 50 million users to download his software and talk for 2 billion minutes. ...READ MORE

30. True Person-to-Person Calling

Previous | Next Internet phones aren't new, but mass acceptance of them is. With the launch of Skype last July, Niklas Zennstroem attracted almost 50 million users to download his software and talk for 2 billion minutes. For ...READ MORE

Fixing the Music Model: Virgin Media, Universal to Launch Subscription Service in U.K.

In another ambitious scheme to repair the music industry and discourage illegal downloading, Virgin Media inked a deal with Universal Music to offer an unlimited-download subscription service to customers in the U.K. by year's end. ...READ MORE

Peer-to-Peer: The Problem is the Solution

The future of film distribution will take a cue from the pirates of today.READ MORE

Digital Matters - Issue 46

"Groove makes it possible to light up the edge."READ MORE

Did Sinking Pirate Bay Cause More Piracy? And Does It Matter Anyway?

Pro-copyright activists celebrated while file-sharers cried at rulings on the Pirate Bay's illegality, and the subsequent attempts to sink the site. But some new data suggests piracy sites tripled in the aftermath, which really ...READ MORE

The Ignorant Network

John Perry Barlow is a retired Wyoming cattle rancher, a former lyricist for the Grateful Dead, and co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. At Freedom to Connect, he riffed off of organizer David Isenberg's concept of the ...READ MORE

The Ad Agency on Your Hard Drive

How Web software called "adware" is taking advertising to a new, effective, and extremely annoying level.READ MORE

The Power of Peer-to-Peer Networks

We live and work in a time of rapid and unprecedented change. Up and down the corporate ladder, the challenge to cultivate strong networks confronts nearly everyone in business today, whether it's the public or private sector and ...READ MORE

RIAA Still Suing Individuals, While E.U. Lightens Three Strikes Rule

Piracy and copyright issues are still troubling the world, and recent news about the RIAA, and the European Union's copyright laws highlight this fact. The RIAA is reportedly still suing people when it said it wouldn't, and in ...READ MORE

Loose Lips Sink Chips

Your IT department is doing its job to keep you safe. here's how You can protect yourself.READ MORE

Lending Club and Virgin Money Team Up to Salve the Recession With Social Network Lending

Credit card companies are canceling your account. Student loans, home mortgages, and auto loans are all getting harder to obtain, and the big bank where I have an account is insolvent; how about yours?   Starting today, ...READ MORE

Tsunami Relief

Could your PC prevent the next global disaster?READ MORE

RIAA To Stop Suing Individuals For Music Piracy

'Tis the season traditionally associated with goodwill, but I'm not sure I could've predicted this piece of good news: the Recording Industry Association of America is going to stop suing individuals for music piracy. There are ...READ MORE

Why Spotify's Legal Music Service Could Beat the Revamped Pirate Bay

Legal music-sharing service Spotify just revealed that it's apparently five to six times more used than its nearest rivals. That's a pretty astonishing measure of success, and the site has big plans. In fact, it's likely to beat a ...READ MORE

New Media News

Google Steps More Boldly Into PayPal’s Territory "Steven Grossberg, who sells video games online from his home in Wellington, Fla., recently sent an enticing offer to 20,000 customers: $10 off any purchase over $30 using a new ...READ MORE

New Women Leadership Network

Women are mentoring other women to help them succeed within organizations and in a world of "free agents" and "volunteer" talent. This new women-only peer-to-peer virtual community is now open for new ...READ MORE

Is Peer-To-Peer Irrelevant?

Sorry for the lateness of picking this up, but last week, Amanda Marks, EVP of Universal Music’s eLabs, stated at the Digital Music West Forum that P2P is now irrelevant in the music business. As you might imagine, others ...READ MORE

Google Could Shake Up Copyright Debate

Plenty has been written on how the existing notion of copyright is unsuitable for the Internet era. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) has proved inadequate for the demands of a world where technology is constantly evolving. ...READ MORE

Here's the Vision of iPad Gaming Greatness Apple Overlooked

With the announcement of the iPad and the demos of its gaming chops, you would think gamers would be happy. But it seems like Apple missed an opportunity to take mobile gaming somewhere new--by using the iPad as a hub for networked ...READ MORE

Advertainment: Perfect for an Array of Targets

Dave Evans works as GSD&M's strategy director for integration services. Justin Kirby heads DMC. Kristin Kreibich-Staruch works in the vehicle safety office for Daimler Chrysler Corp. Dave Madden holds the title of EVP of sales and ...READ MORE

IFPI Appoints 'Anti-Piracy Czar' To Police High Seas of File-Sharing

The recording industry, or at least the disjointed array of labels, trade groups, and intellectual property authorities that represent it, has had little success in curbing music piracy on the Web. In what is perhaps an admission that ...READ MORE

U.K. Kids Start Social Networking Way Under the Age Limit

A survey of kids in the U.K. has found that a quarter of them have a presence on a social network--way below the age limit of 13. As well as proving the theory that if you want to figure out your tech problems, go ask a tweenager, ...READ MORE

Judge Rules LimeWire Liable for Its Users' Rampant Copyright Infringement

A judge ruled today to move forward with the case against LimeWire, one of the biggest peer-to-peer downloading sites in recent history. Turns out a little checkbox isn't enough to remove liability.READ MORE