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Submission + - Why Music Really Is Getting Louder (timesonline.co.uk)

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Teksty Piosenek

on Friday June 08, 2007 @12:00PM

Teksty Piosenek writes: "Artists and record bosses believe that the best album is the loudest one. Sound levels are being artificially enhanced so that the music punches through when it competes against background noise in pubs or cars."

Submission + - Time Warner Cable Implements Packet Shaping (dslreports.com)

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RFC

on Friday June 08, 2007 @11:11AM

RFC writes: "Time Warner announces introduction of packet shaping technology.

"Packet shaping" technology has been implemented for newsgroup applications, regardless of the provider, and all peer-to-peer networks and certain other high bandwidth applications not necessarily limited to audio, video, and voice over IP telephony. Road Runner reserves the right to implement network management tools for other applications in the future."

Submission + - U.S. Puts 12 Nations On Watch For Piracy

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ColinPL

on Tuesday May 01, 2007 @05:53AM

ColinPL writes: "China, Russia and 10 other nations were targeted by the Bush administration for failing to sufficiently protect American producers of music, movies and other copyrighted material from widespread piracy. The Bush administration on Monday placed the 12 countries on a "priority watch list" which will subject them to extra scrutiny and could eventually lead to economic sanctions if the administration decides to bring trade cases before the World Trade Organization."

Submission + - BitTorrent, Inc. Acquires uTorrent

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ColinPL

on Thursday December 07, 2006 @04:33PM

ColinPL writes: "BitTorrent, Inc. has taken the next step — the acquisition of uTorrent. In an joint announcement made today, the two firms have publicly solidified the merger.

"Together, we are pleased to announce that BitTorrent, Inc. and uTorrent AB have decided to join forces," a forum post on uTorrent states. "BitTorrent has acquired uTorrent as it recognized the merits of uTorrent's exceptionally well-written codebase and robust user community. Bringing together uTorrent's efficient implementation and compelling UI with BitTorrent's expertise in networking protocols will significantly benefit the community with what we envision will be the best BitTorrent client.""

Submission + - MPAA Sues Company For Selling Pre-loaded iPods

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ColinPL

on Friday November 17, 2006 @06:25PM

ColinPL writes: "The MPAA has launched yet another "defensive attack", this time on a small business that is pre-loading movie DVDs onto iPods and reselling them. The original DVDs of the movies that are loaded are also given to the customer.

The MPAA is claiming that the service Load 'N Go Video offers is completely illegal because ripping a DVD is against the DMCA. The MPAA is also suing the company for copyright violation."

Submission + - Comedy Central Clips Back on YouTube

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ColinPL

on Thursday November 02, 2006 @11:23AM

ColinPL writes: "Comedy Central clips aren't leaving YouTube for good. Viacom, Comedy Central's corporate parent, has confirmed that it wants to find some way to keep the clips available, and has apparently given the green light for YouTube to put the material back up."

Submission + - Hollywood Says Piracy Has Ripple Effect

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ColinPL

on Friday September 29, 2006 @02:59PM

ColinPL writes: "Seeking another weapon in its war on piracy, the movie industry hopes to wow lawmakers today with a study that says the economic impact of illegal DVD and Internet film distribution may be as much as three times what was previously estimated."

Submission + - Only a 'Moron' Would Buy YouTube

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ColinPL

on Friday September 29, 2006 @02:54PM

ColinPL writes: "Billionaire investor and dot-com veteran Mark Cuban had harsh words Thursday for YouTube, the online site that lets people share video clips, saying only a "moron" would purchase the wildly popular start-up."

Submission + - eDonkey Pays $30 Million to the Recording Industry

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ColinPL

on Tuesday September 12, 2006 @02:23PM

ColinPL writes: "The firm behind popular online file-sharing software eDonkey has agreed to pay $30 million to avoid potential copyright infringement lawsuits from the recording industry, according to court documents filed Tuesday.

The company also agreed to take measures to prevent file-sharing by people using previously downloaded versions of the eDonkey software. eDonkey now displays the message "The eDonkey2000 Network is no longer available. Please see eDonkey.com for more details.". After getting that message the uninstaller is launched automatically."

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