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Rip An MP3 - Go To Jail For Ten Years
Talkback I thought we are tough in USA with copyright infringement. However, reading your article changed my mind. I am a law student and became more interested in the issue of music sharing and copyright because of a paper I am writing about this topic.
[October 23, 2003, 5:42]
MP3 Books Are A Go Go
News While MP3 is busy transforming the music industry it is also setting its sights on the publishing industry as MP3Lit.com -- a Website devoted to MP3 books -- launches Wednesday. The Website will offer short stories, novels, poems and essays.
[October 7, 1999, 10:33]
Memory Launches Its SoulMate MP3 Player
News Another portable MP3 player will hit the streets next week when British company Memory Corporation launches its SoulMate, the first section of its divided MP3 hi-fi system, the MP3-Go. Memory Corporation also announced Wednesday its commitment to...
[November 4, 1999, 12:10]
Jail Term For MP3 Pirates Predicted
News Within the next four months, a student or "other individual found downloading illegal MP3 tracks" will go to jail "as a clear signal that piracy will not be tolerated in the US. That is the prediction from a senior figure within the music industry...
[May 16, 2000, 13:58]
MP3 Revolution? Hardly...
News The revelations were less of a revolution, more of a step in the right direction as David Savage the company's CEO explained the merits behind what looked like props from a cheap Sci-fi movie. The MP3-Go is comprised of 3 parts: the Soul Mate -- a...
[March 22, 1999, 15:57]
A Year Ago: MP3 Revolution? Hardly...
News The revelations were less of a revolution, more of a step in the right direction as David Savage, the company's chief executive, explained the merits behind what looked like props from a cheap sci-fi movie.
[March 22, 2000, 6:39]
The Ubiquitous Sounds Of MP3.com
News The hills won't be the only thing alive with the sounds of music. If MP3.com has anything to say about it, digital music will issue from bedroom alarm clocks, car stereos, and living room televisions.
[January 5, 2001, 14:45]
Vinyl And MP3 Team Up Against CDs
News A London-based Net radio station believes that even if MP3 kills off CD, good old-fashioned vinyl will never die. In a quirky marketing move the station will sell vinyl alongside MP3 tracks from its new online shop.
[August 17, 1999, 11:08]
Universal's Free Music Subscription Trial Is Still Available
News Despite reports that it was limited to 5,000 users, music fans can still sign up to Universal Music's free online subscription trial. The scheme is dubbed the Farmclub Music Service. It gives free access to 20,000 songs from Universal's catalogue...
[October 25, 2000, 14:00]
UK Music-swapping Service Bites At Napster's Heels
News British start-up Wippit insisted on Friday that it is close to launching a legal MP3 file-sharing service. Rubbishing suggestions that the company was having problems, chief executive Paul Myers told ZDNet News that Wippit would launch within a...
[August 10, 2001, 16:13]
AMD Targets Portable Video Players
News AMD launched its latest microprocessor on Monday claiming it would herald a "new era of portable multimedia". The Alchemy Au1200 chip is due to ship in the second quarter of 2005 at speeds of up to 500MHz.
[January 4, 2005, 15:40]
Rio 800 To Hit UK In March
News Sonicblue, formerly S3, will launch the Rio 800, its latest digital music player, in the UK before the end of March 2001. The Rio 800 will ship with 64MB of memory as standard -- twice as much as its predecessor, the Rio 600.
[January 25, 2001, 8:20]
UK Site Will Be First For Legal Music Swapping
News Wippit, the UK-based peer-to-peer music service that is on track to launch this autumn, is poised to announce important deals with at least two major record labels. Paul Myers, the company's chief executive, told ZDNet News that Wippit has been...
[August 28, 2001, 17:20]
MP3 Use Goes BOOM - Part 1
News To see how kids these days keep up with the latest bands, enter the dark but tidy bedroom of an American high-school senior named Brendan, who is expanding his already considerable music collection courtesy of MP3.
[June 15, 1999, 12:57]
EMI Enters The World Of MP3
News World's largest music publisher, EMI, and peoplesound.com, Europe's largest free music download Internet site, have announced Tuesday a partnership to offer music publishing contracts to the most promising song-writers debuting on peoplesound.com...
[September 20, 2000, 9:41]
MP3 Karaoke Player Hits The Market
News A Motorola spin-off on Tuesday unveiled an MP3 player that lets you become a lead singer. The new digital-audio player, along with a new MP3 format, is designed to display lyrics and other graphics while songs play.
[January 3, 2001, 8:03]
Pumpkins Smash Virgin With MP3 Rebellion
News According to reports, US rock band the Smashing Pumpkins has released its latest and final album for free on the Internet in a direct attack against its record label Virgin Records. The band reportedly says it snubbed Virgin because it has "denied...
[September 15, 2000, 8:06]
"LanShield" Filter Prevents MP3 File Exchange
News A new system aimed at preventing the distribution of copyright-protected MP3 files over the Internet is being promoted at CeBIT by the German company, Webdefender AG. LanShield Enterprise.mp3" is designed to outsmart current filtering systems that...
[March 27, 2001, 11:41]
Music Publishers File Latest Lawsuit
News A group representing music publishers and songwriters on Tuesday filed a federal suit against some makers of file-swapping software, marking the latest in a string of legal tangles over copyright infringement on the Internet.
[November 21, 2001, 10:02]
Apple Gets Shirty About Open Source Podcasting Tool
News Open source developers have changed the name of an application after pressure from Apple's lawyers.iPodder Lemon was a free application distributed under the GPL licence that allows users to manage their podcasts — audio and video programmes...
[November 15, 2005, 15:20]
