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MPAA has town’s free WiFi cut off

Posted in filesharing on November 13th, 2009 by admin – Comments Off

p2pnet news view MPAA | P2P:- Hollywood and Big Music consumer attack units are now completely out of control, quite literally running rampant. And no one in any government anywhere gives a damn

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Surreal on so many levels

BREIN chips in on ACTA

Posted in filesharing on November 12th, 2009 by admin – Comments Off

p2pnet news view P2P | Politics:- Holland doesn’t have an RIAA or an MPAA.

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Qtrax blows it again …

Posted in filesharing on November 11th, 2009 by admin – Comments Off

p2pnet news view Music:- “Music ingestion Down Under is taking a little longer than expected,”  says Qtrax on its site today. It’s on again, off again, up again, down again, and now it’s failed to meet a launch date. Again

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MediaSentry scandal continues

Posted in Software, filesharing on November 7th, 2009 by admin – Comments Off

p2pnet news view Freedom | P2P:- Private ‘investigator’ MediaSentry, fired by the RIAA , has been disgraced in Canada, the US and Holland, that we know of. Bought by SafeNet for cash and stock worth $20 million in 2005 and then sold to rival MediaDefender at a knock-down, flea-market price of $136,000 in cash and a promise of another $800,000, it reappeared in Canada and Australia.

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The Net: binding us together

OpenNap P2P file sharing returns …

Posted in filesharing on November 4th, 2009 by admin – Comments Off

p2pnet news view Freedom | P2P:- The original Napster P2P file sharing service comprised a protocol which let users to move files computer to computer. Music industry pressure buried it in 2001.

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“Connect with music fans, don’t punish them!’

Posted in filesharing on November 4th, 2009 by admin – Comments Off

p2pnet news view Music | P2P | Politics:- “In all the coverage of Lord Mandelson’s sudden support for a ‘three strikes’ policy to tackle unauthorised file sharing, few people are asking the key questions: how will kicking file sharers off the internet based on accusations (not convictions) of multiple attempts to share unauthorised content actually help the entertainment industry make money?

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Forget about copyright. It’ll bury itself.

Posted in Software, filesharing on November 3rd, 2009 by admin – Comments Off

p2pnet news view | P2P | Music:- The new site started by UK artist Billy Bragg and myself to get artists talking to fans as friends, not enemies, and fans talking to artists as the people who create the music they love, is going full steam ahead.

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‘Sharing an infinite resource’

Posted in filesharing on November 3rd, 2009 by admin – Comments Off

p2pnet news view | P2P | Music:- Filesharers are all too often characterized as lawless neanderthals who “just want things for free,â€? says Michael Castello on mistypedURL . “Of course, the evidence shows that in fact, digital sales are increasing and many studies have suggested that sharers actually buy more

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Shoplifter sued for copyright infringement

Posted in filesharing on November 1st, 2009 by admin – Comments Off

p2pnet news view Freedom | P2P:- Chris Parsons uses the cartoon on the right for his Copyright and the blank media levy post, inspired by Chris Ovenden’s ‘ In Favour of a Music Tax ‘ on a2f2a.com . The cartoon is by hartboy on Flickr with a caption which reads »»» This is the argument the RIAA and similar groups make when explaining why downloading music is bad. Except, when you steal a CD, you get a misdemeanor, pay a couple bucks in fines, and the store has one less CD to sell.

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New model for artists: build fan relationships

Posted in filesharing on October 26th, 2009 by admin – Comments Off

p2pnet news view | P2P | Music:- The Future of Music Coalition ( FMC ) describes itself as US “national nonprofit organization that works to ensure a diverse musical culture where artists flourish, are compensated fairly for their work, and where fans can find the music they want”.

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