Digital Copyright


World of digital music in turmoil The Business Times Singapore - May 9, 2008 The music world really seems intent on boggling the mind of the music lover who just wants to figure out how to download music he loves without breaking any laws, and listen to it where and when he wants. Salvation seemed at hand last Tuesday when Nokia launched its Music Store in Singapore. But the songs are hobbled by debilitating Digital Rights Management (DRM), which means you can only play t...
Fighting the pirates of the copyright The Dominion Post (Wellington, New Zealand) - May 3, 2008 THE ISSUE: Rules on technology and copyright have always been murky, but has a long-overdue update of the laws really protected the rights of the artists, or just validated consumers' illegal activities? Greer McDonald reports. -------------------- COST OF THE BURN What illegal copying is costing each year: * New Zealand music industry: $95 million. * Software/computer game traders: $40 million....
Copyright should not be an inherited property The Irish Times - May 3, 2008 CULTURE SHOCK:Charlie McCreevy's idea of extendingcopyright for musicians looks very much like a Trojan horse THIS WEEK, my post included a cheque from a very fancy bank fora very plain sum - £31.73 sterling, to be precise. Even inthese straitened times, it is not the kind of letter to set theheart fluttering, but mine missed half a beat nonetheless. Themoney is a royalty cheque for a little book ...
Pay a flat monthly fee and get all the music you can listen to The Irish Times - May 2, 2008 Brian Boydon music 'IF YOU can't monetise the music, then monetise the experience."This rather unwieldy phrase has been doing the rounds of musicproviders for the past few years. All it really means is that peer-to-peer downloading is still destroying the music revenue stream -which, worldwide, is down from $15 billion annually 10 years ago toslightly below $10 billion now....
Section 108 Report Emerges; Look into copyright addresses "three-copy" rule, preservation Library Journal - May 1, 2008 null...

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