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Comment Globally not quite so rosy (Score 2, Informative) 242

by jpalko on Thursday July 22, 2010 @10:47AM (#32990942) Attached to: Google's Free Satnav Outperforms TomTom

Like the Android Market purchasing, Google Maps navigation doesn't work globally yet.

So, until Google Maps works also in all the countries on Earth I wouldn't say anything about outperforming a dedicated navigator that will navigate you anywhere for which location you have the maps in the device.

RIAA Loses Bid To Keep Revenues Secret 229

Posted by timothy on Thursday July 16, 2009 @01:43PM from the but-your-honor-that's-our-secret-recipe-for-money-soup dept.

NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "The RIAA's motion to keep secret the record companies' 1999-to-date revenues for the copyrighted song files at the heart of the case has been denied, in the Boston case scheduled for trial July 27th, SONY BMG Music Entertainment v. Tenenbaum. The Judge had previously ordered the plaintiff record companies to produce a summary of the 1999-to-date revenues for the recordings, broken down into physical and digital sales. On the day the summary was due to be produced, instead of producing it, they produced a 'protective order motion' asking the Judge to rule that the information would have to be kept secret. The Judge rejected that motion: 'the Court does not comprehend how disclosure would impair the Plaintiffs' competitive business prospects when three of the four biggest record labels in the world — Warner Bros. Records, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, and UMG Recording, Inc. — are participating jointly in this lawsuit and, presumably, would have joint access to this information.'"

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