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Pirate Bay to Hollywood: Open your Own Torrent Site

A bold move for sure but Hollywood won't get it. Torrent technology would revolutionize downloading video on demand and give the likes of Netflix a wake-up call.

Link: TorrentFreak

Written by Ernesto on March 12, 2008

Peter Sunde and Fredrik Neij from The Pirate Bay recently did a video interview which resulted in some great quotes. One such quote comes from Fredrik, he suggests that the movie and music industry should set up their own torrent site, and monetize it through advertisements. “We would be out of business.” he added.

Dayrobber, the site that did the interview, is a new web-tv site that publishes 5 minute short shows. The initial plan was to release the second and the third part of the
interview on Thursday and Friday, but especially for TorrentFreak they
decided to release all three parts today.

RIAA Frivolous And Unreasonable Lawsuits

Court Awards Wrongly Sued Woman Legal Fees From The RIAA;
Calls Lawsuits Frivolous And Unreasonable

from the indeed dept

Slowly, but surely, the courts are figuring out that there are some problems with the RIAA's legal strategy of suing thousands upon thousands of people based solely on an IP address where they think infringing material is available. There have been a number of cases lately where the judge has tossed out the case on the flimsy evidence -- but all too often the judges then turn down requests by those who were wrongfully sued to have the RIAA reimburse them for attorney's fees.  However, in the latest case, it appears that the judge has taken that next step and told the RIAA it needs to pay up for attorney's fees as well, noting that these lawsuits based only on an IP address are "frivolous and unreasonable." The judge also noted that it was completely unfair to put liability on "an Internet-illiterate parent, who does not know Kazaa from a kazoo." The judge found that the "settlement offers" the RIAA puts forth offer no real way to contest the charges without going to court, and found that such a system does "not advance the aims of the Copyright Act." Indeed.

Listen to Free Web Radio

Wow - This changes everything. See my stations by clicking on the Pandora Widget in the menu bar. And they are so polite...

Link: Pandora Internet Radio - Find New Music

Ever since we started the Music Genome Project, our friends would ask: Can you help me discover more music that I'll like?

Those questions often evolved into great conversations. Each friend told us their favorite artists and songs, explored the music we suggested, gave us feedback, and we in turn made new suggestions. Everybody started joking that we were now their personal DJs. We created Pandora so that we can have that same kind of conversation with you.

Apple iPod Photo review by PC Magazine

Link: Apple iPod Photo review by PC Magazine.

Apple iPod Photo REVIEW DATE: 11.10.04 Total posts: 4 $560.00 - $600.00 By Bill Machrone One of the theater's most enduring slogans is "Leave 'em wanting more." And that's exactly how we feel about the new Apple iPod Photo. On the one hand, it's still the music player to beat, now with a color screen and easy-to-use photo-viewing features. But while we enjoyed the performance, we were left wanting more. SLIDESHOW (15) Slideshow | All Shots In addition to its familiar music duties, the iPod Photo stores and displays photos—thousands and thousands of them—on its 40GB ($499 direct) or 60GB ($599) hard drive and 2-inch color screen. Options in the new iTunes 4.7 let you synchronize the images in a specific folder, so that your photos are always up to date. It can also turn collections in Adobe Photoshop Album 2.0 or Photoshop Elements 3.0 into iPod Photo slideshows—a nice touch for hobbyists who have committed their photo libraries to those apps.