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Turkey: Bloggers Banning Themselves

globalvoicesonline.org     18-Aug-2008   6 related          

If you are a long-time follower of the Turkish blogosphere you will have undoubtedly heard about the Turkish ban on Wordpress....and the periodic bans on YouTube, and on the social-networking widget site Slide, oh..and now on...                    

Spying as a business model. Will these guys get a clue already?

news.com.com     19-Aug-2008   4 related          

Wish I could read minds because I'd love to know what the representatives from Comcast and Verizon were thinking as they listened to lobbyists from the recording and film industries push them to snoop on their customers. All in...                    

Online radio Pandora likely to close

earthtimes.org     18-Aug-2008   56 related          

San Francisco - Popular online radio channel, Pandora, which allows users to choose the songs and artists they want to hear, is likely to close down soon due to a massive increase in royalties demanded by the music industry,...                    

Cue the Curtain: In-Store CD Sales Nearing an End

pcworld.com     18-Aug-2008          

Video killed the radio star -- so who's to blame for putting the brick and mortar music store star in his grave? It may not be funeral time just yet, but new word this week that Wal-Mart is getting ready to slash into its...                    

Build Your Dividend Dynasty (at Motley Fool)

yahoo.com     18-Aug-2008   2 related          

If you're like me, you want to build wealth for life by beating the market. The greatest growth is fueled by dividends Master investors like former Vanguard Windsor Fund manager John Neff knew that a solid dividend payer is a...                    

Metallica gets the internets!

guardian.co.uk     18-Aug-2008          

The digital refuseniks hit Napster - but that's not the whole story An email from Napster heralds the arrival of a very special new artist on the subscription download service - famous digital-holdouts Metallica (who sued the...                    

Magazine Industry Spooked By Offshore-Based Magazine-Sharing Site

applelinks.com     18-Aug-2008   5 related          

1 The magazine industry, already beleaguered by declining newsstand sales and lower advertising revenues, is faced with a new challenge - Internet magazine-sharing, and publishing execs must be apprehensive that their business...                    

It's the End of Publishing as We Know It (at Motley Fool)

yahoo.com     18-Aug-2008   1 related          

Maybe you've been giving Google's (Nasdaq: GOOG) YouTube the evil eye, calling it a blatant breaker of copyrights and wondering why the service hasn't been sued out of existence. On that site, you'll find digital copies of...                    

Elektra v. Barker is settled

recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com     18-Aug-2008          

Elektra v. Barker, one of the leading cases repudiating the RIAA's 'making available' theory, has been settled.Accordingly, Ms. Barker's affirmative defenses will not be adjudicated.A copy of the stipulation and order of...                    

Dell's Zing will challenge iTunes with a coalition of the willing

boingboing.net     18-Aug-2008   7 related          

So far, Dell's plans for its new Zing buy out have been DAP pedestrian: a new line of iPod killers to sink into the morass of indistinguishable, non-iPod MP3 players. But according to a new story in Business Week, we shouldn't...