Pirate Bay Sues Big Media Companies
2007-09-22 22:24:09 Posted
by: ragaman7 Category: Copyright
The Pirate Bay has taken a good look through the leaked emails from 'Media Defender' the film and music industries front line defence against p2p file sharing, and they have discovered evidence of illegal sabotage.
So they're suing all the big movie and record companies in Sweden:
* Twentieth Century Fox, Sweden AB
* Emi Music Sweden AB
* Universal Music Group Sweden AB
* Universal Pictures Nordic AB
* Paramount Home Entertainment (Sweden) AB
* Atari Nordic AB
* Activision Nordic Filial Till Activision (Uk) Ltd
* Ubisoft Sweden AB
* Sony Bmg Music Entertainment (Sweden) AB
* Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Nordic AB
[Thanks to Boing Boing] UPDATE |
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2007-09-19 16:21:19 Posted
by: ragaman7 Category: Technology
Wixi is a media focused social network where users interact with each other by privately watching, posting, and sharing content of all media types, including photos, audio, and video. The site offers a unique interface whereby media can be managed in the same way files are organized on a computer desktop, creating a true “drag and drop” and “click and play” experience. UPDATE |
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2007-09-18 13:34:23 Posted
by: ragaman7 Category: Copyright
A company known as Premier International Associates has filed suit against a host of technology companies claiming that it owns the exclusive patent rights for what is commonly known as a 'Playlist.' Essentially, a playlist is a list of digital media (usually songs) that can be arranged in whatever order the user prefers for later playback. The idea that something like this can be patented is crazy, but apparently, Apple have settled with Premier International out of court and they are obviously hoping that Microsoft, Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, Dell, Lenovo, Toshiba, Viacom, Real, Napster, Samsung, LG, Motorola, Nokia, and Sandisk will do the same. Intellectual Property abuse. UPDATE |
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2007-09-17 00:21:40 Posted
by: ragaman7 Category: Copyright
Minneapolis based Tay Zonday has created an online phenomenon in the form of his catchy tune, Chocolate Rain, which he has made available under a Creative Commons licence. Remeniscent of the theme tune to a Commodore 64 computer game, the song has been covered and parodied dozens of times on YouTube by people as diverse as John Mayer and Darth Vader. Check out Kuato from Total Recall doing his version elsewhere on this site... UPDATE |
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2007-09-15 14:31:31 Posted
by: ragaman7 Category: Copyright
Prince has decided to turn his attentions to a ridiculously pointless assault on video sharing and file trading networks, such as YouTube, the Pirate Bay and even EBay.
Obviously annoyed and confused by the sea change in the music industry over the last few years, Prince is determined to try to exert control over his copyright online, a truly impossible challenge.
Over 2,000 of his videos have been removed from YouTube, but no sooner has one video been taken down, than a dozen people reupload it. Prince is part of a dying breed of musicians who are clinging to the old model of record industry control. This is surprising considering he publishes his own music and gave away his last album for free on a Sunday newspaper recently.
Musicians and film-makers need to adopt a new attitude to the music and film industries online, as the rules have changed and both industries are thriving as never before. More music is being created than ever was when record industries exerted monopoly control over the distribution of music. Prince and those like him, stuck in their nostalgia for an era gone by, will eventually realise the error of their ways and embrace the new, better model for sharing and creating music online. UPDATE |
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2007-09-13 22:37:51 Posted
by: ragaman7 Category: Copyright
You may remember several posts ago, we reported on one Christopher Knight of Rockingham county who was charged by Viacom with copyright infringement for uploading his own video to YouTube, albeit with some commentary from a Viacom owned company. Well, Knight filed a DMCA counter-notification claim and Viacom had to yield. YouTube have put his clip back up and stated that his account would not be punished. A minor victory in the ongoing war against big media company bullying. UPDATE |
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2007-09-12 21:37:01 Posted
by: ragaman7 Category: Copyright
Jacob Loshin, a law student at Yale, drafted a paper exploring how stage magicians protect the secrets behind their tricks, and continue to come up with great new ideas, without getting caught up in the insanity of intellectual property law. Basically, magicians police themselves based on a set of norms for treating secrets, presentation styles, and techniques of making magic. Violate the norms by, say, stealing a trick or not giving credit where it's due and you'll be shamed and shunned by your fellow magicians. [Thanks to Boing Boing.] UPDATE |
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2007-09-10 15:40:33 Posted
by: ragaman7 Category: Technology
Clip from the 1967 film 1999 A.D. in which we see the family of the future shopping, paying bills and using electronic mail from home. How strangely accurate were those predictions? Except for the dodgy gender roles... [thanks to boingboing.net] UPDATE |
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2007-09-08 15:42:23 Posted
by: ragaman7 Category: Remix Culture
HBO said on Tuesday it has acquired the rights to a short-form documentary shot entirely within "Second Life," as entertainment companies increasingly turn to virtual worlds as a source for new content.
"My Second Life: The video diaries of Molotov Alta" purports to tell the story of a man who "disappeared from his California home" and began issuing video dispatches from "Second Life."
Alegedly, a six figure sum was paid for the rights. The future is looking bright for video remix film-making; machinima, in this case. [Thanks to Fox News] UPDATE |
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2007-09-07 12:12:18 Posted
by: ragaman7 Category: Copyright
With YouTube's impending court case with Viacom over hosting copyright infringing material, the San Jose Mercury News has written a very interesting article about the differences between legal and fair. Carolina based Christopher Knight made a fan video drawing inspiration from the Star Wars universe. Viacom thought the video was funny and took it, added some satirical commentary and reposted it. Knight was flattered and took the updated video with commentary and reposted it again. Viacom said he had to remove this video from YouTube because they owned the copyright ot it. YouTube complied. It is obvious that copyright law in its current form is inadequate to cater for either copyright owners or those who wish to exercise fair use and sample small segments of copyrighted work for non-commercial use. Things need to change. It will be very interesting to see how this case plays out...[Thanks to Darknet.com for the link.] UPDATE |
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