» p2pnet headline roundups, July 4, 2008
04/07/08 18:51 from p2pnet.net
p2pnet headline roundups | Last of the day Did Paramount Do Enough To Protect Kids In Kite Runner? - IMDB Paramount Pictures is being criticized for the way it has dealt with the Afghan children who appeared in director Marc Forster's crit..
» Judge to take a ‘fresh look’ at RIAA case
04/07/08 17:39 from p2pnet.net
p2pnet news | RIAA News:- Once upon a time, Vivendi Universal, EMI, Warner Music and Sony BMG's RIAA could pass just about anything it wanted through the US civil court system with barely a murmur from judges hearing the cases. But those d..
» Pali unimpressed by Google MySpace search
04/07/08 16:59 from p2pnet.net
p2pnet news | Products:- Pali Capital's Rich Greenfield isn't overly impressed with Google's MySpace search algorithms. “When a Myspace user does a people search for ‘Dan,' we are pretty sure they are not looking for DNA testin..
» Aznavour, Gibb, threaten royalties ‘war’
04/07/08 16:39 from p2pnet.net
p2pnet news Music | Politics:- Possible changes to European music royalty laws might dissuade new musicians from creating new music, say two not-so-golden oldies. The European Commission is trying to decide whether or not to, “end th..
» Bozo the Clown is dead
04/07/08 16:14 from p2pnet.net
p2pnet news | Celebrities:- Larry Harmon, the most recent incarnation of Bozo the Clown, has died at the age of 83. “Created as a character in 1946 by Alan W. Livingston who produced a children's storytelling record-album and illustr..
» ‘We won’t get personal user data’: Viacom
04/07/08 15:34 from p2pnet.net
p2pnet news P2P | Freedom:- Viacom says it hasn't asked for, and won't be getting, “any personally identifiable information of any user”. “Screw you, Viacom,” posted Stan Schroeder on Mashable , “responding an..
» Miley Cyrus wants to be new Madonna
04/07/08 14:45 from p2pnet.net
p2pnet news | TV:- She's already changed her name once . Will she soon change it again? To Miledonna, maybe? heh Miley ‘Hannah Montana' Cyrus who, says the Daily News , “describes herself as the ‘coolest person ever',R..
» Oilchange buys Rogers ‘petition site’ ruinediphone
04/07/08 14:21 from p2pnet.net
p2pnet news | Advertising:- In the p2pnet story on Rogers' effort to roger Canadians , “consumers aren't taking it lying down and as various entities and individuals are finding to their cost, what the Net bringeth, the Net can also ..
» Is Canadian minister violating Google copyright?
04/07/08 13:13 from p2pnet.net
p2pnet news | Politics:- A Google map is being used, without attribution and without copyright notice, says a p2pnet Reader's Write , referring to Beaver's posts on Michael Geist's site . So? Well, the guy committing this dastardly act of ..
» RIAA tries, and fails, to shaft video lampoon
04/07/08 12:41 from p2pnet.net
p2pnet news | RIAA News | P2P:- Risking p2pnet's sanctity ( thanks, Viacom ) in her endless search for YouTube videos to awe and inspire you , my daughter, Emma, came across Peter Coffin 's hilarious satire, The RIAA Lawsuit Conspiracy. Wh..
» Is Alex Rodriguez scoring with Madonna?
04/07/08 12:07 from p2pnet.net
p2pnet news Celebrities | Music:- Can it be true? Is Yankees baseball star Alex Rodriguez scoring with corporate music star Madonna? Yup, says the New York Daily News . “He went to her concert, she went to his game,” it says, g..
» Bell v Rogers with ‘unlimited’ smartphone
04/07/08 11:42 from p2pnet.net
p2pnet news Mobiles | Advertising:- The Bell Canada decision to use the Samsung Instinct touch-screen mobile to grab control of the Canadian smartphone market might not be as productive as the companies undoubtedly hope. The mobile is cent..
» ‘I use eMule to pirate copyrighted files’
04/07/08 10:52 from p2pnet.net
p2pnet news Freedom | P2P:- Virgin Media is trying to have its cake and eat it as Vivendi Universal, EMI, Warner Music and Sony BMG's BPI (British Phonographic Industry) steps up so-called anti-piracy efforts. In a spurious ‘educatio..
» CDM calls for probe on P2P throttling
04/07/08 10:29 from p2pnet.net
p2pnet news Freedom | P2P:- Another Canadian organisation has added it weight to the campaign to stop Bell Canada from singling out P2P file sharers as scape goats in its efforts to impose traffic shaping as a standard practice, and block ..
» p2pnet headline roundups, July 3, 2008
03/07/08 17:37 from p2pnet.net
p2pnet headline roundups | Last of the day [OT] Scientists: Watermelon yields Viagra-like effects - Associated Press A slice of cool, fresh watermelon is a juicy way to top off a Fourth of July cookout and one that researchers say has effe..
» Barack Obama and the RIAA
03/07/08 17:23 from p2pnet.net
p2pnet news view | RIAA News:- Presidential candidate Barack Obama has a whole slew of new and revolutionary ideas, one of which should be taken seriously by the major record companies. It's this >>> In a good business, the customer is kin..
» Texas PC PIs
03/07/08 16:17 from p2pnet.net
p2pnet news | Off Topic:- If you're a Texas computer repair specialist and you're about to go out on a job, better make sure you have your PI licence handy —- —- PI as in Private Investigator. That's because of a, “ Texas..
» Virgin shies away from anti-P2P threats
03/07/08 15:53 from p2pnet.net
p2pnet news Music | P2P:- A panicky Virgin Media has disavowed itself of any possibility of taking legal action against, or banning, its customers as part of a corporate music campaign aimed at P2P file sharers. Vivendi Universal, EMI, War..
» Sony yanks PS3 firmware v2.40
03/07/08 15:23 from p2pnet.net
p2pnet news | Games:- Sony has yanked its latest PlayStation 3 firmware after user complaints. It was trashing their systems, say reports. “We've received a limited number of calls from consumers experiencing an issue with installing..
» Firefox sets Guinness world record
03/07/08 15:03 from p2pnet.net
p2pnet news | Cool Stuff:- Mozillla's Firefox was after getting into the Guinness Book of Records and in a marketing triumph, “We did it!” - it says. Firefox now now holds the Guinness World Record for the most software downloa..
» Taiwan opens ‘IPR court’
03/07/08 14:37 from p2pnet.net
p2pnet news P2P | Freedom:- In a move guaranteed to bring joy to the venal hearts of entertainment cartel executives, Taiwan has launched an IPR court. Inaugurated on July 1, it's, “modeled after similar courts in the United States, ..
» Screw you, Viacom
03/07/08 14:14 from p2pnet.net
p2pnet news P2P | Freedom:- “Screw you, Viacom. Take your lousy videos and —- —- watch them yourselves.” That's Stan Schroeder on Mashable , responding angrily to the news judge Louis L. Stanton has ordered Google t..
» Virgin goes after UK P2P file sharers
03/07/08 13:24 from p2pnet.net
p2pnet news | Music:- Vivendi Universal, EMI, Warner Music and Sony BMG's BPI (British Phonographic Industry) was, “working with Virgin” to have customers spammed with “warning letters,” p2pnet reported in March. We..
» Michael Geist ‘Prentice Activities’ calendar
03/07/08 12:52 from p2pnet.net
p2pnet news | Politics:- Ottawa law professor Michael Geist continues to highlight the efforts of federal industry minister Jim Prentice's efforts to foist US-style DMCA copyright ‘reforms' on Canadians. He ran the plans for Prentice..
» Miley Cyrus picks Lucas Till as ‘love interest’
03/07/08 12:31 from p2pnet.net
p2pnet news | TV:- Readers who don't like the Miley Cyrus chronicles, or who have sensitive stomachs, might want to move along to another story. If you're still here, Miley Cyrus who is, possibly, the world's first teeny billionairess at t..
» Wesley Snipes goes to UK despite jail sentence
03/07/08 11:56 from p2pnet.net
p2pnet news | Movies:- If you've been bailed out after being sentenced to jail for three years for missing your tax returns, there's no way you'll be going anywhere far, let alone to a foreign country. Unless you're a Hollywood actor. Wesl..
» Give Viacom user data, Google ordered
03/07/08 11:36 from p2pnet.net
p2pnet news | Advertising | P2P:- Judge Protects YouTube's Source Code, Throws Users To The Wolves That's the headline to TechCrunch 's post on the VIACOM INTERNATIONAL INC., et al., v. YOUTUBE INC., YOUTUBE LLC, and GOOGLE INC court case...
» Google ignores Canada Day
03/07/08 11:06 from p2pnet.net
p2pnet news | P2P:- Amidst a lot of hollerin' and hootin' , Google moved its GOOG-411 service to Canada, last month, boasting “We incorporated some Canadianisms such as ‘eh,' ‘Traw-na,' ‘Cal-gry,' and, of course, &#..
» Woman dies on ER floor as staff watch: video
03/07/08 10:41 from p2pnet.net
p2pnet news | Off Topic:- Esmin Green, 49, collapsed on the floor in New York City's corporate-run King County mental health hospital emergency unit while staff and other patients watched, doing nothing. She was there for an hour before an..
» Elite Torrents admin Dove faces 10 years
03/07/08 10:13 from p2pnet.net
p2pnet news P2P | Movies:- Former Elite Torrents admin Daniel Dove, 26, has been convicted of conspiracy and felony copyright infringement. It's the first time in the US a P2P user, “has been convicted by a jury of copyright infringe..
» More Emma videos to drive you mad!
02/07/08 17:44 from p2pnet.net
p2pnet news | Movies:- Emma Newton, p2pnet's official YouTube surfer, has been at it again. And Yes. She's my daughter. /sigh She's found more posts to infuriate and/or make you laugh you and this time, “Lot's of food songs ” s..
» MPAA (Australia) versus Organised Crime
02/07/08 16:47 from p2pnet.net
p2pnet news | MPAA News:- The MPAA (Australia) is engaged in an all-out, no-holds-barred war against Organised Crime in Oz. “Pay-TV operator Foxtel and Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT) - which represents the film..
» EMI sues VideoEgg
02/07/08 16:04 from p2pnet.net
p2pnet news | RIAA News:- “It should be unstated by now that websites and media groups will never be free of torment from record labels and music protection groups,” says Triston McIntyre on Profy , going on: “In fact, I ..
» Swedish spy law impacts Scandinavia
02/07/08 15:29 from p2pnet.net
p2pnet news Politics | Freedom:- Locals aren't the only people outraged by Sweden's new Big Brother spy law. Its repercussions are echoing in other parts of Scandinavia. The government now has carte blanche to spy on all SMS, email and oth..
» Steve Jobs in new securities fraud case
02/07/08 14:31 from p2pnet.net
p2pnet news | Crime:- Apple boss Steve Jobs, master marketeer and creator of the Jobs reality distortion field , is again in trouble over securities fraud allegations. He and ex-financial officer Fred D. Anderson, ex-general counsel Nancy ..
» Xandros buys Linspire
02/07/08 13:20 from p2pnet.net
p2pnet news | Open Source:- “Former Linspire president and CEO Kevin Carmony - whose relationship with his former employer has turned acrimonious , to say the least - reported on his blog that Xandros and Linspire signed an agreement..
» Microsoft lusts after Yahoo. Again
02/07/08 13:01 from p2pnet.net
p2pnet news | Products:- With Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates away to pastures new , is Microsoft's new boss, Steve Ballmer, resurrecting his attempts to gain control of Yahoo? “Microsoft Corp., positioning itself for a new run for Y..
» Online Canadians reject Rogers iPhone plan
02/07/08 12:06 from p2pnet.net
p2pnet news Advertising | Mobiles | Freedom:- They say no publicity is bad publicity and that certainly appears to be the case as Rogers rogers Canadian consumers. For all the, “griping over pricing plans for Apple Inc.'s new iPhones..
» SOCAN-free album collection
02/07/08 11:34 from p2pnet.net
p2pnet news Music:- | P2P:- Are you a dentist, a hair-dresser, a school cafeteria manager or anyone else who wants to be able to play music on the premises —- without having SOCAN collectors on your case, demanding money and threaten..
» Starbucks to ax 600 outlets
02/07/08 11:28 from p2pnet.net
p2pnet news | Off Topic:- Starbucks, purveyor of $4 (four dollar) cups of Joe, is to close 600 (six hundred) stores. “About 12,000 workers, or seven per cent of Starbucks' global work force, will be affected by the closings, which ar..
» The Dead will Rise for Barack Obama
02/07/08 11:08 from p2pnet.net
p2pnet news Politics:- The Dead will Rise for Barack Obama. Or a least three of them will. Grateful Dead surviving members Bob Weir, Phil Lesh and Mickey Hart will reunite for a February fundraiser in San Francisco, says Billboard , quotin..
» Sophie in ‘t Veld sues over US ‘risk assessment’
02/07/08 10:47 from p2pnet.net
p2pnet news Politics:- | Freedom:- George W. Bush wants your personal information, p2pnet noted in 2006. “And yours. And yours.” It's bad enough the outgoing Cheney / Bush administration is planning to use an Automated Targetin..
» Rhapsody gets down with iTunes
02/07/08 10:07 from p2pnet.net
p2pnet news Music:- RealNetworks is at it again, jousting with iTunes, Apple's user-funded iPod load application. “Does this look familiar?” - p2pnet posted in 2004. “Apple won't allow RealNetworks to license its seriousl..
» MP3 Rocket: new p2pnet supporter
01/07/08 16:34 from p2pnet.net
p2pnet news Advertising:- | P2P:- I'm happy to say p2pnet has a new supporter/advertiser. MP3 Rocket is a free Gnutella P2P client for the Java Platform. Released under the GNU General Public License, it comes with a pay-for PRO upgrade of..
» ‘F*CK YOU ROGERS!’ iPhone protest site down
01/07/08 15:17 from p2pnet.net
p2pnet news p2pnet news | Mobiles:- | P2P:- Rogers is continuing to draw angry fire following its introduction of so-called ‘Flexible Price' mobile package for the iPhone 3G range. They come in at $60 for 400MB, rising to $115, ̶..
» BT joins anti-P2P copyright police force
01/07/08 13:47 from p2pnet.net
p2pnet news Freedom:- | P2P:- Europe is fast falling under the thrall of the feral Big 4 record companies, Vivendi Universal (France), Sony BMG (Japan and Germany), EMI (Britain), and Warner Music (US). In America, thanks to an industry co..
» Bell Canada anti-competition move
01/07/08 12:45 from p2pnet.net
p2pnet news Freedom:- | P2P:- As demanded by Canadian regulators, last week Bell Canada finally offered “proof” that their decision to throttle the bandwidth they provide wholesalers ( without telling them ) was necessary becau..
» p2pnet headline roundups, June 30, 2008
30/06/08 18:46 from p2pnet.net
p2pnet headline roundups | Last of the day EMI Music Sues Hi5, VideoEgg and Ten Defendants To Be Named Later - TechCrunch EMI, which is looking less like a music label and more like a lawsuit label, is at it again. This afternoon they file..
» HTPC — Freakin Way!
30/06/08 18:45 from p2pnet.net
p2pnet news | TV:- “Dump cable TV for a PC? No freakin Way!” - posted catflap . He was quoting a PC World story by Dan Tynan who responded in a Reader's Write >>> seems I touched a nerve. who knew that dissing cable and satelli..
» RIAA ACTA wish-list
30/06/08 17:45 from p2pnet.net
p2pnet news | RIAA News:- “You can't see the text of the proposed Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) because it's being drafted in secret, but it's not so secret that the RIAA doesn't get to submit its own wishlist to the gov..
