Comment Really? (Score 3, Interesting) 290
Really? Betting on HTML5 was Facebook's biggest mistake? You sure about that?
New Attack Fells Internet Explorer 202
alphadogg writes "Attack code has been identified that could be used to break into a PC running older versions of Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser. The code was posted Friday to the Bugtraq mailing list by an unidentified hacker. According to security vendor Symantec, the code does not always work properly, but it could be used to install unauthorized software on a victim's computer."
New Research Forecasts Global 6C Increase By End of Century 746
jamie writes with this snippet from the UK's Independent:
"The world is now firmly on course for the worst-case scenario in terms of climate change, with average global temperatures rising by up to 6C by the end of the century, leading scientists said yesterday. ... [The study] found that there has been a 29 per cent increase in global CO2 emissions from fossil fuel between 2000 and 2008, the last year for which figures are available. On average, the researchers found, there was an annual increase in emissions of just over 3 per cent during the period, compared with an annual increase of 1 per cent between 1990 and 2000. Almost all of the increase this decade occurred after 2000 and resulted from the boom in the Chinese economy. The researchers predict a small decrease this year due to the recession, but further increases from 2010."
RIAA Defendant Moves For Summary Judgment 117
NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "One thing you don't see too much of in RIAA litigation is a defendant moving for summary judgment, but that is what just occurred in federal court in Westchester, in Lava Records v. Amurao II. The RIAA had brought suit against Rolando Amurao, a middle aged man who knew nothing about file sharing. After haranguing him for 2 years, they dropped the case and sued his daughter, Audrey, who had used LimeWire years ago. When the RIAA moved for summary judgment against Audrey, however, she surprised them with a summary judgment motion of her own, calling for dismissal of the complaint on the grounds that the statute of limitations had run out on the RIAA's claims. The brief filed by her attorney (PDF) also points out some of the other infirmities in the RIAA's case, such as the inadmissibility of its evidence, the legal nonexistence of a claim for 'making available,' and the unconstitutionality of its damages theory. According to sources, the RIAA is unhappy about Audrey's motion, and is preparing a letter to send the Judge asking the Judge not to allow her to make it. Meanwhile, Audrey's father's case, Lava Records v. Rolando Amurao, is on appeal in the US Court of Appeals for the 2d Circuit over the issue of whether the RIAA should have to reimburse Mr. Amurao for his attorneys fees. Although the appeal was fully briefed and scheduled for argument May 19th, the RIAA has been asking for postponements of the argument."
Judge Thinks Linking To Copyrighted Material Should Be Illegal 390
An article at TechCrunch discusses a blog post from Richard Posner, a US Court of Appeals judge, about the struggling newspaper industry. Posner explains why he thinks the newspapers will continue to struggle, and then comes to a rather unusual conclusion: "Expanding copyright law to bar online access to copyrighted materials without the copyright holder's consent, or to bar linking to or paraphrasing copyrighted materials without the copyright holder's consent, might be necessary to keep free riding on content financed by online newspapers from so impairing the incentive to create costly news-gathering operations that news services like Reuters and the Associated Press would become the only professional, nongovernmental sources of news and opinion."
Comment I can't help but wonder (Score 4, Interesting) 334
... If this has anything to do with the fact that Tech Crunch is sponsored by a competitor of Last.fm.
Comment Re:Evidence please? (Score 1) 458
File sharing does help independent artists. How does it not? I wouldn't make any fight against people who upload my content to file sharing sites. It's futile. The content is or will be there whether you like it or not - so I would embrace this. File sharing is one hell of a marketing tool for artists to leverage and as an artist, the goal is to play live, is it not?
Artists make much, much more money on shows and merch than CDs ever will be able to provide. I would not rely on CDs as a primary source of income, I would rely on playing live. To me, an album in either physical/digital format is merely a promotional tool for my brand as a band, similar to merchandise or music videos. All in the name of promotion.
Secondly, I would make it as easy as possible for someone to buy said album. I'd sell my album for $7-14 dollars with artwork, and .pdf file containing information and details on how the album came to be and other things my fans would be interested in. On top of that, I would be flexible with that price, with sales on some day of the month, etc, where if you buy the album, you also get a shirt if you pay X amount more.
All these file sharing sites has opened me up to many, many new artists, and as a peer, I am now a fan, and I may have not bought their CD, but you can be assured that I would definitely go out of my way to go to a concert of theirs when they pass through my area. Without file sharing, again, I may not have bought their CD, but otherwise I wouldn't be a fan because I would not have heard their music in the first place!
I advocate people sharing my content, because it's that many more people who know about me and my musical endeavors. And the people who actually do visit my website and pay for the album? That's just the topping on the cake - the primary way of making money is by touring, not by CD sales!
Artists make much, much more money on shows and merch than CDs ever will be able to provide. I would not rely on CDs as a primary source of income, I would rely on playing live. To me, an album in either physical/digital format is merely a promotional tool for my brand as a band, similar to merchandise or music videos. All in the name of promotion.
Secondly, I would make it as easy as possible for someone to buy said album. I'd sell my album for $7-14 dollars with artwork, and
All these file sharing sites has opened me up to many, many new artists, and as a peer, I am now a fan, and I may have not bought their CD, but you can be assured that I would definitely go out of my way to go to a concert of theirs when they pass through my area. Without file sharing, again, I may not have bought their CD, but otherwise I wouldn't be a fan because I would not have heard their music in the first place!
I advocate people sharing my content, because it's that many more people who know about me and my musical endeavors. And the people who actually do visit my website and pay for the album? That's just the topping on the cake - the primary way of making money is by touring, not by CD sales!
Comment Re:Simple Answer On Torrents (Score 1) 379
8,000 leechers, 4 seeders, your download will complete in 1 day, 17 hours, 49 minutes.
You're not looking in the right places.
Comment Re:when (Score 2, Informative) 159
I find that to be a pretty good ratio
I must say, he really swings from one extreme - "steal, steal
"I left the conversation thinking I'd cleared up the misconception that I thought the entire release of "niggytardust" was a failure. Well, it appears the story was written before I was involved, and I woke up the next day to find out I'm a supporter of an ISP tax. Thanks, CNET."
From http://www.nin.com/index.html#2882965178223012038
Dogs Trained to Sniff Out Piracy 147
RockDoctor writes "Northern Ireland has for decades been using sniffer dogs to detect bombs and bomb-making materials. According to the BBC, a dog trainer in the Province has trained two dogs to sniff out some of the chemicals used in the manufacture of optical discs. While this has an obvious risk of false positives (polycarbonate plastics and their associated plasticizer additives are used in many other industries, for example), it does seem to be effective at locating discs which are not declared in customs manifests, and doing so much faster than human inspection of the cargo can do."
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