RIAA Sends “Pre-Litigation” Letters to 400 Students at 13 Universities
The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) reports that the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) wants to give hundreds of college sRead More…
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The Google Scandal: Keeping $809K of $1.1M of Revenue Generated from Piracy (Allegedly)
So our friends at the Wall Street Journal (subscription required) are running multiple stories on Google today with reference to online video. At the Read More…
Artists Aren’t Starving Because of Piracy
In the age of digital media, piracy runs rampant. It is now as easy to share music or a movie as it is to share an idea. With the press of a button, yRead More…
Cingular, Priceline, and Travelocity Admit Improper Use of Adware
Cingular, Priceline, and Travelocity agreed to pay fines of $30,000-$35,000 and investigate their method of delivery for online advertisements. While Read More…
The iStock Intellectual Property Double Standard
iStock, a site that hooks up people who take pictures with people who are looking for pictures, has hit a rough patch. It appears a contributor to iRead More…
Scandal 2.0: Is Microsoft the only company paying for Wikipedia edits?
Microsoft is getting some bad press for offering to pay a blogger to change a supposedly inaccurate article on Wikipedia. The blogger let it out in thRead More…
Death of DRM Roundup: The World Wants Unrestricted Music
Wow. We’re not even through January and DRM is knocking at heaven’s (hell’s?) door. The latest news comes today with Norway proclaiming that AppRead More…
What’s Your Google / Microsoft / Yahoo Usage Breakdown?
So Yahoo released earnings info today, which was followed by mildly negative even if hopeful commentary. Google, of course, being cited as the major oRead More…
Why Netflix Will Make Online Movie Watching a Reality
If you missed the Netflix news last week, the company announced that it will offer existing subscribers the option of watching movies and TV shows onlRead More…
Help This Woman Catch Her Cheating Husband Using a Cellphone
I get all sorts of interesting emails being part of a site like TechConsumer, but I’ve never gotten a request like this. A woman contacted me — weRead More…