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Submission + - Windows Vista keygen is a hoax

Submitted by on Saturday March 03, 2007 @01:32AM

An anonymous reader writes: The author of the Windows Vista keygen that was reported yesterday on Slashdot has admitted that the program does not actually work. Here is the initial announcement of the original release of the keygen, and here is the followup post in which the same author acknowledges that the program is fake. Apparently, the keygen program does legitimately attack Windows Vista keys via brute force, but the chances of success are too low for this to be a practical method. Quote from the author: "everyone who said they got a key a probably lying or mistaken!"

Feed Social Networking’s Next Phase (nytimes.com)

From feed by nytfeed on Saturday March 03, 2007 @01:12AM

More companies are helping large corporate clients create services resembling MySpace or YouTube to bring their customers together online.

Submission + - New Royalty Rates to Bankrupt Webcasters

Submitted by

scifience

on Saturday March 03, 2007 @12:49AM

scifience writes: "Earlier today the new royalty rates for US-based webcasters were announced by the Copyright Royalty Board. Under the new system, a station with just 1000 listeners will be charged over $150,000 a year in royalties. The worst part? The rates are effective retroactively to the beginning of 2006. The royalties were proposed and will be collected by RIAA-backed SoundExchange. Luckily, the rates are still subject to appeal. More information on the changes and what can be done to stop the RIAA from destroying internet radio here."

Feed Your Money: Using the Web to Get the Boss to Pay More (nytimes.com)

From feed by nytfeed on Friday March 02, 2007 @11:12PM

Most employees have little ammunition going into a meeting to talk about their pay, but a few Web sites are trying to level the playing field.

Submission + - Copyright Royalty Board Terminates Internet Radio

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 02, 2007 @11:00PM

An anonymous reader writes: News of the new Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) rates retroactive to January 1st 2006 have leaked out today. The new rates amount to well over the total revenues of all internet radio stations. If the new rates are allowed to stand, every United States based webcaster will immediately owe more in back licensing fees to SoundExchange than the combined total of all revenues they have ever received. More details are on Kurt Hanson's website here: http://www.kurthanson.com/archive/news/030207/inde x.shtml

Submission + - The RIAA is trying to kill internet radio

Submitted by

sgeirk

on Friday March 02, 2007 @10:34PM

sgeirk writes: "The Copyright Royalty Board (CRB),announced the new Soundexchange royalty rates, which could spell the end for many independent webcasters, not to mention the simulcast signals for many commercial and non-commercial radio stations. In a nutshell, rates are going to double between now and 2010. Even webcasters who stream through services like Live365 may be in jeopardy, as such firms' business models never envisioned a royalty rate this high. For more information on this story go here."

Feed Sirius, XM: Radios Not Obsolete (wired.com)

From feed by wiredfeed on Friday March 02, 2007 @10:32PM

Sirius and XM issued statements that their existing radios would work with the new service they would create by merging, but will the number of channels available increase? In Listening Post.

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