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"Could
Hollywood hack your PC? Congress is about to consider
an entertainment industry proposal that would authorize copyright holders
to disable PCs used for illicit file trading." ... "Sponsored by Reps.
Howard
Berman, D-Calif., and
Howard
Coble, R-N.C., the measure would permit copyright holders to perform
nearly unchecked electronic hacking if they have a "reasonable basis" to
believe that piracy is taking place. Berman and Coble plan to introduce
the 10-page bill this week." ... "The legislation would immunize groups
such as the Motion Picture Association of
America and the Recording Industry Association
of America from all state and federal laws if they disable, block or
otherwise impair a "publicly accessible peer-to-peer network.""
-By Declan McCullagh-CNET
/News
20020718
"Ravers
Against the Machine: Partiers and ACLU Take
On 'Ecstasy' Legislation." ... "The Reducing Americans' Vulnerability to
Ecstasy Act of 2002 -- or the RAVE Act -- has cleared the Senate Judiciary
Committee and is on the consent calendar, meaning it could receive final
approval without a roll call vote at any time. When he introduced the bill
in June, Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.) said "most raves are havens for illicit
drugs," and congressional findings submitted with the bill label as drug
paraphernalia such rave mainstays as bottled water, "chill rooms" and glow
sticks." -By David Montgomery -WashingtonPost
20020714
- "Berlin
Love Parade draws 500,000: The attendance was
down, there were scores of arrests, but hundreds of thousands of revellers
still turned out in Berlin for the annual Love Parade, branded the world's
largest techno-music rave." -CNN
20020713
- "Caught
in the Love Parade flow." ... "The slogan is "Access
Peace" - something to do with love and peace, so the organisers tell me,
although I must confess the whole event just seems like simply a good excuse
for a big party." -By Tristana Moore-BBC
/News
"Labels
to Net Radio: Die Now: You’d think the record
companies would love Internet tunes—instead they’re trying to kill them."
... "The apparent irony is that Webcasting seems like something that the
record labels would want to nurture, not smother in the cradle. There’s
no Napster problem: Web radio uses streaming technology—real-time transmissions
that can’t easily be downloaded and stored. Just like real radio, it’s
free exposure for artists, especially ones that have difficulty getting
air time in the cookie-cutter world of FM radio. And Webcast listeners
find it easy to buy what they like: musical cuts are clearly identified,
and often there are direct links to allow an instant CD purchase." -By
Steven Levy 20020715
ed. -MSNBC /-Newsweek
20020703
"Music
labels go after song-swappers [lawsuits planned against individual peer
to peer users]." "... top record-label executives
agreed in a trade association meeting a few weeks ago that they would move
toward preparing suits that would focus on individuals who supply the biggest
amounts of music, as well as so-called “supernodes,” or people who provide
the centralized directories that enable online music-sharing. According
to people with knowledge of the matter, two of the strongest backers of
the tough tactics have been the biggest music companies, the recording
units of Vivendi Universal SA and Sony Corp." -By
Anna Wilde Mathews and Bruce Orwall -WSJ.com
via -MSNBC
20020702
"PluggedIn:
Rhapsody brings 'celestial jukebox' closer to earth."
... "With the announcement Monday that it had clinched a deal with Universal
Music , Listen.com's Rhapsody service became the first authorized Internet
song provider to offer music from all five major labels, along with more
than 50 independent labels." -By Andy Sullivan
-Reuters via -Forbes
"Napster
files for bankruptcy." ... "Napster, the Californian
company that pioneered the mass-market swapping of music online, has filed
for bankruptcy protection from its creditors."-BBC
/News
"A
rock star's new approach to world aid: This
week, U2's Bono and Treasury Secretary O'Neill finish a 10-day African
tour." ... "Whether or not he convinces a skeptical Mr. O'Neill to increase
US interest in Africa, Bono has created a new model for celebrity involvement
in poverty relief. His approach may ultimately have a far more lasting
effect on the developing world than the one-shot, disaster-driven fundraising
efforts of the past." -By Nicole Itano
-CSMonitor/buy
20020525
"Audiogalaxy
hit by RIAA suit: The Recording Industry Association
of America on Friday filed a copyright lawsuit against Audiogalaxy, adding
another front to the industry's legal battles against post-Napster file-swapping
services." -By John Borland
-ZDNet>News
20020430
"MP3
viruses could play with Winamp: A glitch with the
popular Winamp software for playing digital music files could allow an
attacker to embed malicious code into an MP3 file, potentially damaging
the user's PC and infecting other MP3s." ... "The glitch does not affect
the newest version, 2.80,
which was released last week. In the older version, the problem can be
fixed by disabling Winamp's mini-browser." -By Matthew
Broersma -CNET
/News
20020428
"Greene
Out as President of Grammys: Resignation comes after
emergency board meeting to review probe of his behavior." ... "The Grammy
Awards offer record companies worldwide exposure that can be worth millions
of dollars in additional album sales. Winning a Grammy helps boost music
sales, as does a performance by musicians on the telecast. Greene was instrumental
in deciding which acts received the coveted TV performance slots and which
judges were picked for the blue-ribbon awards panels." -By
Chuck Philips -LAtimes
20020424
"StrangeSearch
[file sharing program] liability issues unclear:
Popular online index raises questions about copyright responsibilities
at Iowa State [University]." ... "Every day StrangeSearch has 100,000 hits
from more than 2,000 different computers, resulting in an immeasurable
number of copyrighted downloads. Peterson [one of the programs users] alone
has more than 80,000 MP3s." -by Kara Kranzusch -IowaStateDaily
"Piano
Lessons: Billy Joel Learns his Limits but Expands
his Creative Horizons." Listen to various tracks from Billy Joel's recent
foray into classical music as well as two of his 'essential' classics.
-Susan Stamberg reports -NPR
/News
-Morning Edition
20011130
"George
Harrison dies : Former Beatle George Harrison,
the singer, songwriter and guitarist for one of the world's most famous
pop groups, dies aged 58." -BBC
/News
20011109
- Scout
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and artists (as well as read interviews -- oral histories -- with selected
artists)...." [TK](Copyright
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"Rock
'n' radio rumble: A dust-up involving Clear
Channel and a Blink-182 concert in Cincinnati doesn't seem to be an isolated
event." -By Eric Boehlert -Salon
"Rock
'n' radio rumble: A dust-up involving Clear
Channel and a Blink-182 concert in Cincinnati doesn't seem to be an isolated
event." -By Eric Boehlert -Salon
20010802
"Worker
fired over MP3 music files" ... she was "told that
ex-Beatle George Harrison's music publishers had traced illegal downloads
to [her] ... computer." - SunTimes
"Morpheus:
The Better Napster TIME.com's Silicon Valley columnist
dubs this file-swapping Napster successor 'The One.'"
-By Chris Taylor Time.com
20010720
"Revenge
of the file-sharing masses!
By smashing Napster, the music industry has pushed its customers to seek
alternatives that won't be so easy to shut down." (1, 2)
-By Scott Rosenberg -Salon/-news