p2pnet news view P2P | Politics:- “It is all very well beating consumers over the head with a stick but they need to be offered a carrot as well.” Is it?
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Illegal music downloads
p2pnet news view P2P | Politics:- Last week federal Justice Minister Robert Nicholson introduced new legislation that, if enacted, will establish mandatory disclosure requirements for Internet providers to report child pornography websites or subscribers they believe are using their service to violate child pornography laws.
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p2pnet news view P2P | Politics:- “Mystery” surrounds the decision to uninvite the Featured Artists Coalition from a Digital Economy Bill dog-and-pony-show — sorry, debate — organised by The Telegraph and Virgin Media, says MusicWeek . “A panel of digital experts, including UK Music chief executive Feargal Sharkey, shadow minister for culture Ed Vaizey and FAC acting chief Jeremy Silver, had been due to take part in an online discussion about the key issues raised by the legislation,” says the story.
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Websites team up for free music downloads
p2pnet news view | P2P | Music:- Why, after “so many years into the era of digital music” do the Beatles still not allow digital downloads of their songs? The question comes in a Wall Street Journal item which says, “The Beatles and their heirs have refused to make their songs available on the Apple iPod or other devices.” Given that Paul McCartney, the only surviving Beatle to have maintained any kind of profile on or offline, is among other antique rockers such as Cliff Richard (right) who want rights extended to 700 years , or so, it’s hardly surprising Beatles tunes aren’t on the handful of Big Music supplied sites which are trying to peddle the same thing to the same people at the same rip-off prices. “For two days last week, it seemed that the last holdouts had relented, making their music available digitally,” says the story
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The Net: binding us together
p2pnet news view | P2P | Music:- Regular p2pnet readers will recognise Christopher Parsons (right) as someone who’s deeply interested in Deep Packet Inspection ( DPI ). A doctoral student at Victoria University on Vancouver Island, BC, his research interests focus on how privacy is affected by digitally mediated surveillance, and the implications it has in, and on, contemporary Western political systems. But he’s also a music lover and as such, signed up to the new a2f2a.com Artist 2 Fan 2 Artist project just launched by myelf [Jon Newton] and Billy Bragg
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Download Aris For The Sake Of Your Music Library
Marketers want anti-spam bill altered CBC The Canadian Marketing Association is lobbying MPs to change an anti-spam bill so that consumers have to opt out of receiving commercial email messages, rather than opting in to get them. In a message sent to its 800 corporate members — which include Costco, the Liquor Control Board of Ontario, Home Depot and Rogers — on Thursday, the CMA urged companies to get in touch with their local MPs to demand changes to the proposed legislation, which is expected to enter a critical phase on Monday.
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Bloggers Must Disclose Payments for Reviews New York Times The Federal Trade Commission will require bloggers to clearly disclose any freebies or payments they get from companies for reviewing their products. It is the first time since 1980 that the commission has revised its guidelines on endorsements and testimonials, and the first time the rules have covered bloggers. But the commission stopped short Monday of specifying how bloggers must disclose any conflicts of interest
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France tracking file sharing users
p2pnet news view | Cool:- How about this for Ãœber Cool? Wi-Fi X-Ray! Researchers at the University of Utah says they’ve found a way to image, localize, and track motion behind walls in real-time. In other words, they say they can see through solid matter.
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p2pnet news view | Cool:- How about this for Ãœber Cool? Wi-Fi X-Ray! Researchers at the University of Utah says they’ve found a way to image, localize, and track motion behind walls in real-time
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p2pnet news view | P2P | Politics:- US Federal Communications Commission chairman Julius Genachowski recently pointed out the FCC has four Internet principles, “that guide our case-by-case enforcement of the communications laws,” summarising them like this: “Network operators cannot prevent users from accessing the lawful Internet content, applications, and services of their choice, nor can they prohibit users from attaching non-harmful devices to the network.” During a recent speech, he mooted two more to, “reflect the evolution of the Internet and that are essential to ensuring its continued openness to wit »»» The “fifth principle of non-discrimination; and, The sixth principle of transparency Now an online European Open Net petition has been organised, “in light of the decisions affecting the open Internet being taken at European level, and in reaction to the statement made in the USA on 21 September by FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski,” says the petition site , declaring »»» These principles should be enshrined in European and national laws, and enforced by the relevant authorities in a consistent manner across Europe.
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