Beating the pirates
RIAA faces possible class action over suing the innocent
Single mom Tanya Andersen, a defendant in a previous lawsuit brought by the RIAA, was one of the first to have her case dismissed with prejudice (it cannot be refiled at a later date). Throughout the court battle, she maintained her total innocence, a claim given even more plausibility by the fact that she was charged with downloading numerous gangsta rap tracks.
Read the article HERE.
Aussies learn lesson : can't plug a digital leak
Hence, the "speedy removal" of the movie "within 72 hours of it being posted on the internet" was no removal at all, for the movie spread too fast. Once the cat's out of the bag, there's no putting it back in. Once copied, it cannot be "removed" from the Internet.
Read the article HERE.
Watermarking to replace DRM?
Watermarking has been in the news twice in the past week. First, Wired's Eliot Van Buskirk revealed that Universal will insert watermarks in the DRM-free files it's distributing through Rhapsody, Amazon.com and other online stores.
Then, Wednesday, Microsoft announced that it's licensing audio watermarking technology developed by its research division to a company called Activated Content. (Microsoft Research used to be devoted entirely to building technology that would later be incorporated into Microsoft products, but a couple of years ago it began to license technology through its IP Ventures program.)
So what's watermarking? Read the article HERE.
Company Fined For Passing News Clips Around Internally
An analyst firm has agreed to pay up a $300,000 settlement after an "insider" informed the SIIA that the firm passed around news clips to employees. This is very typical.
Read the article HERE.
Single mom Tanya Andersen, a defendant in a previous lawsuit brought by the RIAA, was one of the first to have her case dismissed with prejudice (it cannot be refiled at a later date). Throughout the court battle, she maintained her total innocence, a claim given even more plausibility by the fact that she was charged with downloading numerous gangsta rap tracks.
Read the article HERE.
Aussies learn lesson : can't plug a digital leak
Hence, the "speedy removal" of the movie "within 72 hours of it being posted on the internet" was no removal at all, for the movie spread too fast. Once the cat's out of the bag, there's no putting it back in. Once copied, it cannot be "removed" from the Internet.
Read the article HERE.
Watermarking to replace DRM?
Watermarking has been in the news twice in the past week. First, Wired's Eliot Van Buskirk revealed that Universal will insert watermarks in the DRM-free files it's distributing through Rhapsody, Amazon.com and other online stores.
Then, Wednesday, Microsoft announced that it's licensing audio watermarking technology developed by its research division to a company called Activated Content. (Microsoft Research used to be devoted entirely to building technology that would later be incorporated into Microsoft products, but a couple of years ago it began to license technology through its IP Ventures program.)
So what's watermarking? Read the article HERE.
Company Fined For Passing News Clips Around Internally
An analyst firm has agreed to pay up a $300,000 settlement after an "insider" informed the SIIA that the firm passed around news clips to employees. This is very typical.
Read the article HERE.
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