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Oct
30
WEEKLY DIARIAA CONSUMER RIGHTS WATCH:
3 (out of 10). Last week: 4
This week's news brings a mix. On the
positive side is the first music ISP. Hopefully such integrated
licensing will increase and allow consumers to use their technology
while fairly compensating copyright holders. On the amusing
side, MIT students get press for their broadcast hack. The
general news continues to be poor with the US Copyright Office's
unfavorable ruling on DMCA exemptions (i.e. virtually none)
and MPAA propaganda picking up speed. We downgrade the Consumer
Rights Watch back to a 3.
Marc Freedman
CONSUMERS UNABLE TO MAKE LAWFUL USE OF
CDS, DVDS
US Copyright Office Ruling on DMCA
exemptions
http://mi2n.com
MPAA DEBUTS CLASSROOM PROPAGANDA: GUIDE
TO "DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP"
http://www.ja.org
PLAYLOUDER LAUNCHES FIRST "MUSIC
ISP"
Internet services includes streaming
and downloading music and
pays royalties to music companies
http://www.theregister.co.uk
MIT STUDENT PROJECT SIDESTEPS MUSIC COPYRIGHT
LAW
Students program tunes for broadcast
on cable TV channel
http://www.nytimes.com
AUSTRALIAN MUSIC INDUSTRY GOES AFTER ISP
Desperate suit claims contributory
copyright infringement
http://www.eff.org
PAPER SAYS DIGITAL RIGHTS SYSTEMS DISTORT
COPYRIGHT LAW
They don't provide Personal Use rights
http://www.sims.berkeley.edu
US INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IMPERIALISM
The DMCA spreadin to
... the Free Trade Area of the Americas
http://www.ipjustice.org
... Canada
http://www.eff.org
GO-KART RECORDS
ANNOUNCES FREE ALBUM DOWNLOADS
http://www.gokartrecords.com
Oct
22
WEEKLY DIARIAA CONSUMER RIGHTS
SCORE: 4 (out of 10)
RIAA is set to sue more fans, but at least
issues letters so targets get a chance to respond. So we're
raising the rights score to a 4.
Marc Freedman
STOP THE RIAA LAWSUITS
Boycott major label music Oct 20-27
http://www.stopriaalawsuits.com
ONLINE MUSIC GETS CROWDED AS APPLE LAUNCHES
ITUNES FOR WINDOWS
http://biz.yahoo.com
RIAA TO KISS 204 MORE FILE SHARERS
Sends nice letter to settle first
to avoid getting embarrassed by outright mistakes.
http://news.com.com
FILE-SHARING GOES SOCIAL
RIAA drives P2P to higher security
smaller groups
http://www.shirky.com
LOOK BEFORE YOU STREAM
51% of video and music streams abort
or don't start within 5 seconds of access.
http://www.streamguard.net
WHAT PRICE ONLINE MUSIC? 99 CENTS DOESN’T
CUT IT.
http://www.businessweek.com
HOW ARTISTS GET PAID FROM P2P
The EFF outlines several different
ways to compensate artists and copyright holders
http://www.eff.org
FREE SPEECH AT RISK: JOHN DVORAK URGES
DMCA REPEAL
"Nothing needs to be fixed. Illegal
laws [like the DMCA] need to be thrown out. Period."
http://www.boycott-riaa.com
P2P UNITED LAUNCHES PARENT 2 PARENT
RESOURCE CENTER
Was promised to the Senate
Judiciary Committee
http://www.p2punited.org
Oct
15
WEEKLY DIARIAA CONSUMER RIGHTS
SCORE: 3 (out of 10)
The rating hasn't budged lately. Consumer
rights news have been slim since the first wave of RIAA's
suits. This week the biggest event is the relaunch of Roxio's
Napster as an iTunes-like fee-based online music service.
Marc Freedman
DIARIAA MEETS DIALRRHEA: UNINTENTIONAL
911 CELL PHONE CALLS
http://www.wccca.com
PEER-TO-PEER DEFENSE FUND: DONATE TO SOMEONE
SUED BY RIAA
http://www.downhillbattle.org
NAPSTER: FAMILIAR NAME, VERY DIFFERENT
SERVICE
Name was bought by Roxio and is a
paid download service. To be installed on Gateway PCs and
Samsung Audio Players
http://biz.yahoo.com
"FROM BETAMAX TO KAZAA: THE REAL
WAR OVER PIRACY"
Fortune visits the power struggle
between entertainment and technology.
http://www.fortune.com
"SUING YOUR CUSTOMERS: A WINNING
BUSINESS STRATEGY?"
Wharton Professor says such lawsuits
were tried 100 years ago against Henry Ford. It didn’t
work then, and it won’t work today. They are 'opportunities
for little minds ... to usurp the gains of genuine inventors
... and under the smug protest of righteousness, work a hold-up
game in the most approved fashion.'
http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu
WHAT PRICE MUSIC?
Without any competition, the record
industry was able to keep increasing album prices for new
formats. Then came P2P file sharing.
http://www.nytimes.com
MUSIC INDUSTRY HISTORICALLY HAMSTRUNG
BY RETAILERS
Reap what ye sow. Online innovation
thwarted as early as 1993.
http://www.pacificavc.com
MORE DMCA SILLINESS:
SUNNCOMM THREATENS TO SUE PRINCETON STUDENT
Student exposed CD Copy Protection
weaknesses. Afterward Sunncomm decided against filing suit.
http://biz.yahoo.com
Oct
9
WEEKLY DIARIAA CONSUMER RIGHTS
SCORE: 3 (out of 10)
RIAA ACTS LIKE BUMBLING BUSINESS AMATEURS
RIAA says it will notify allegedly
infringing consumers before serving them with a lawsuit to
avoid embarrassing subpoena errors. Did they really need to
file hundreds of lawsuits before figuring this out?
RIAA represents an industry with billions
of dollars and acts like bumbling business amateurs. Surely
they can hire expert image and PR help. I'm available for
a modest fee. Is this just another case of blind arrogance?
Marc Freedman
RIAA COVERS ITS BUTT: FILE SHARERS GET
NOTICE BEFORE LAWSUIT
http://www.usatoday.com
NEW ONLINE MUSIC DISTRIBUTOR'S SLOGAN:
WE ARE NOT EVIL
http://www.magnatune.com
CHARTER JOINS VERIZON AND SBC TO OPPOSE
RIAA SUBPOENAS
http://www.salon.com
SURVEY SHOWS P2P FILE SHARING INCREASES
MUSIC BUYS
http://www.mi2n.com
P2P ENTRAPMENT: HOW TO HACK THE NETWORKS
IP addresses are circumstantial, not
proof of activity.
http://members.ozemail.com.au
POWER TO THE PEOPLE: RAPPERS PRO (CHUCK
D) AND CON (LL COOL J) ON P2P
Chuck D of Public Enemy: "Technology
giveth and it taketh away. ... I think this expands artistry
and it's about adjustment ... I never felt that my copyrights
were protected anyway. I've been spending most of my career
ducking lawyers, accountants and business executives who have
basically been more blasphemous than file sharers and P2P.
I trust the consumer more than I trust the people who have
been at the helm of these companies. The record industry is
hypocritical and the domination has to be shared. P2P to me
means 'power to the people.'"
http://www.wired.com
MOVIES WON’T HAVE THE FILE SHARING
PROBLEMS OF MUSIC
It's not just the size of the files,
it's how we use it. We listen to music many times, most flicks
only once or twice.
http://www.nytimes.com
MORE ON COMPULSORY LICENSES
http://www.openp2p.com
P2P: AS A TECHNOLOGY IT MAKES THE INTERNET
MORE RELIABLE AND ROBUST
http://www.technologyreview.com
ANALYSTS URGE INDUSTRY TO GIVE MUSIC AWAY
FREE
The music has always been able to
sell the same music multiple times through repackaging and
new mediums. Free music would be supported by ads.
http://www.mi2n.com
EFF DOCUMENTS RIAA'S ABUSE OF THE SUBPOENA
PROCESS
"The DMCA has often been used
to invade the privacy of Internet users, harass Internet service
providers, and chill online speech." An entire catalog
of horror stories is presented. "Unsafe Harbors: Abusive
DMCA Subpoenas and Takedown Demands"
http://www.eff.org
EFF REPORT: "UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES"
Five Years Under the Digital Millennium
Copyright Act
http://www.eff.org
PRINCETON STUDENT
DEBUNKS COPY PROTECTION, AGAIN
How SunComm MediaMax copy prevention
works and can be avoided
http://www.mi2n.com
http://www.cs.princeton.edu
Oct
1
WEEKLY DIARIAA CONSUMER RIGHTS
SCORE: 3 (out of 10)
RIAA's consumer terror campaign continues
its inevitable march. Some casual users are quitting file
sharing. Most are staying put or migrating to higher security
networks. The movie studios don't want to make the mistake
the music biz did and are getting ready now for their file
sharing battle.
On the positive side consumer rights get
new support from Librarians and the ACLU. Musicmatch and Dell
provide more legal 99¢ music alternatives to iTunes and
Buymusic.com.
Marc Freedman
ENTERTAINMENT PR MACHINE IN OVERDRIVE
Movie biz girds for battle against
file sharing. Efforts include role playing game "Starving
Artist"
http://www.nytimes.com
THE RIAA LAWSUITS AND MYTHS
http://reviews.cnet.com
MORE APPLE ITUNES COMPETITION: MUSICMATCH
AND DELL
http://www.atnewyork.com
http://zdnet.com.com
MP3'S ARE NOT THE DEVIL
By Orson Scott Card
Essay's gems: "How to Teach Your Customers to Hate You",
"[L]et's get back to the real world, instead of wasting
any more time on the petty and mostly self-inflicted problems
of rich but badly-managed corporations."
http://www.ornery.org
THE UNDERGROUND INTERNET: PRIVATE NETWORKS
PROTECT FILE-SHARING USERS
http://www.businessweek.com
U.S. IS ONLY THE TIP OF PIRATED MUSIC
ICEBERG
Problem is tiny compared to rampant
piracy overseas
http://www.nytimes.com
P2P GAINS NEW SUPPORTERS
... LIBRARIANS: http://news.com.com
... ACLU: http://www.aclu.org
http://www.nytimes.com
RIAA BY THE NUMBERS
... KAZAA USE DROPS 41%
... 54,190 USERS TELL RIAA TO STOP THE MADNESS
http://www.eff.org
... 838 FILE SHARERS REGISTER FOR "DO NOT SUE" LIST
http://www.siliconvalley.com
... 52 OF 261 SUED USERS SETTLE
http://makeashorterlink.com
TOM THE DANCING BUG ON RIAA LAWSUITS
"You come into the playground
- you play by playground rules!"
http://www.salon.com
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