Spotify In A Box: Why Sharing Will Never Be Stopped

Source: Techdirt

Most people will be familiar with Moore's Law, usually stated in the form that processing power doubles every two years (or 18 months in some versions.) But just as important are the equivalent compound gains for storage and connectivity speeds, som ...
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The non-story about the RIAA seeking $72 trillion from LimeWire (It did not).

Source: ComputerWorld

There have been several breathless news stories this week, including a few in some pretty respectable media outlets, about the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) seeking a mind-boggling $72 trillion (that's not a ...
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7 Famous Techies We Suspect are Living Out Their Childhood Dreams

Source: Betabeat

Obviously, the best thing about joining the ranks of the fabulously wealthy and successful is the freedom to do whatever you want. For some people, this might mean racing sports cars and popping bottles with models. (Fair enough, Eduardo.) Maybe ...
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10 MP3s You Need to Download for Free This Week: Redd Kross, Yeasayer

Source: Flavorwire

It’s Friday, and we’re back with another installment of our regular roundup of downloadable MP3 goodness from around the web. This week there’s a long, long-awaited track from resurgent ’90s icons Redd Kross, a descent to the ocean floor wi ...
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Remains of the Day: LimeWire's $72 Trillion Fine [For What It's Worth]

Source: Lifehacker

LimeWire Sued For More Money Than Exists In The World: The RIAA still has it out for LimeWire despite the fact that it was shut down in October 2010. The RIAA stated to a court that it has identified over 11,000 American s ...
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Pat Boone Visits KCAL9 To Discuss New Album

Source: KCAL Los Angeles

STUDIO CITY (CBS) — Pat Boone stopped by the KCAL9 studios Friday to talk about his new album, Pat Boone Sings a Tribute to The Ink Spots, Featuring Take 6. This year, the entertainment legend will celebrate over 50 years in music; having ...
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Google Asked to Yank a Million Search Results a Month

Source: CIO.com

PC World — Google received requests to purge more than a million links from its search results in March, according to the search giant's monthly "transparency report." The request-for-removal metric is a new one, appearing i ...
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Takedown demands suggests RIAA isn't particularly concerned with detail

Source: No Rock&Roll Fun

[T]he RIAA asked Google to delist a review of the album Own The Night published on The Guardian. The artist behind the album is Lady Antebellum, signed to RIAA-member Capitol Records. Even more worrying, the RIAA asked Google to delist Last.fm’s entire E ...
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Copyright Holders Punish Themselves With Crazy DMCA Takedowns

Source: Torrent Freak

Yesterday Google kindly published a database of takedown requests sent to the search giant on copyright grounds. The DMCA notices are supposed to help protect legitimate sales but entertainment companies sending them are clearly hav ...
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