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Topic: Internet File Sharing

  
INTERNET + WEB   |  Comment

I Download Illegally -- and Harmlessly


Relevancy Score: 100
Mon Jun 21, 2004 at 12:48 PM

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»

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30. True Person-to-Person Calling


Relevancy Score: 93
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 10:54 AM

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»

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30. True Person-to-Person Calling


Relevancy Score: 93
Wed Feb 18, 2009 at 2:02 PM

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»

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VIRGIN MEDIA   |  7 comments

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

BY Clay Dillow
Relevancy Score: 86
Tue Jun 16, 2009 at 9:41 AM

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»

CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION   |  Comment

Peer-to-Peer: The Problem is the Solution

BY Adam Penenberg
Relevancy Score: 80
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:02 AM

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

TECHNOLOGY   |  Comment

Digital Matters - Issue 46

BY John Ellis
Relevancy Score: 76
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:28 AM

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

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PIRACY   |  Comment

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

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 71
Mon Nov 2, 2009 at 9:19 AM

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»

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The Ignorant Network

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 68
Thu Mar 31, 2005 at 2:28 PM

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»

E-COMMERCE   |  1 comment

The Ad Agency on Your Hard Drive

BY Alan Deutschman
Relevancy Score: 64
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 7:47 AM

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

INNOVATION   |  Comment

The Power of Peer-to-Peer Networks

BY Jim Bolt
Relevancy Score: 61
Tue Jul 8, 2008 at 5:45 PM

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»

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PIRACY   |  Comment

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

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 57
Thu May 7, 2009 at 8:32 AM

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»

TECHNOLOGY   |  Comment

Loose Lips Sink Chips

BY Alison Overholt
Relevancy Score: 53
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:40 AM

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

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BANKS   |  6 comments

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

BY Anya Kamenetz
Relevancy Score: 51
Wed Feb 25, 2009 at 11:42 AM

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»

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BUSINESS   |  5 comments

RIAA To Stop Suing Individuals For Music Piracy

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 51
Fri Dec 19, 2008 at 7:47 AM

'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»

CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION   |  Comment

Tsunami Relief

BY Fast Company Staff
Relevancy Score: 51
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:15 AM

Could your PC prevent the next global disaster?READ»

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DIGITAL MUSIC   |  11 comments

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

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 50
Wed Jul 1, 2009 at 10:23 AM

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»

INTERNET + WEB   |  Comment

New Media News

BY Lynne d Johnson
Relevancy Score: 49
Wed Dec 20, 2006 at 7:56 PM

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»

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New Women Leadership Network

BY John Agno
Relevancy Score: 43
Sat May 3, 2008 at 5:07 PM

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»

TECHNOLOGY + COMPUTERS   |  4 comments

Is Peer-To-Peer Irrelevant?

BY David Lidsky
Relevancy Score: 42
Tue Oct 10, 2006 at 12:57 AM

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»

INTERNET + WEB   |  1 comment

Google Could Shake Up Copyright Debate


Relevancy Score: 40
Tue Apr 10, 2007 at 3:28 PM

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»

ADVERTISING + PR   |  Comment

Advertainment: Perfect for an Array of Targets

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 39
Mon Nov 3, 2003 at 1:33 PM

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»

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MUSIC PIRACY   |  Comment

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

BY Clay Dillow
Relevancy Score: 38
Mon Sep 28, 2009 at 1:23 PM

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»

TECHNOLOGY   |  Comment

Meetings Unbound and Unwired...Windows Meeting Space


Relevancy Score: 36
Thu Jan 10, 2008 at 11:37 PM

Wouldn’t it be great if next time you had a presentation, if you could just turn on your laptop, hit a button and instantly share your PowerPoint, handouts and more without an internet connection? What if while on a plane, you were ...READ»

INNOVATION   |  Comment

Digital Matters - Issue 39

BY John Ellis
Relevancy Score: 36
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:19 AM

"That explosion you just heard is the music business."READ»

TECHNOLOGY   |  4 comments

All the News That's Fit to Blog

BY John Ellis
Relevancy Score: 35
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:33 AM

Say good-bye to the old-school pundits on the op-ed page of the "New York Times." It's time to blog.READ»

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