99 cent iTunes downloads will go the way of the dodo if California state lawmaker Charles Calderon gets his way. His proposal, AB1956, seeks to tax music downloads, adding 8.25-8.75% sales tax to music purchases made online, and increasing the purchase price to $1.08.
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99 cent iTunes downloads will go the way of the dodo if California state lawmaker Charles Calderon gets his way. His proposal, AB1956, seeks to tax music downloads, adding 8.25-8.75% sales tax to music purchases made online, and increasing the purchase price to $1.08. A class action lawsuit against the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) claims that the RIAA has used extortion and rackateering practices in the witch-hunt-like way that it has gone after people whom it claims have downloaded music illegally - "defendants" who include children, people who don't own computers, and even dead people (downloading from the afterlife requires a heck of a strong wifi signal!) Despite our article clarifying that the RIAA has said that they are not interested in going after people for making copies of music for personal use, the myth abounds, and misinformation is ricocheting around the Internet faster than a speeding CD laser. So, here, for your own ears, are snippets of the NPR interview, in which RIAA President Cary Sherman has clearly stated the RIAA's position on making copies of legally purchased music, for personal use. Much has been made in the media this week about the news that the Recording Industry of America (RIAA) has announced, through one of their lawsuits, that they now consider it illegal for you to copy music from a CD you have purchased to your own computer, for your own personal use. The one thing that everyone seems to be overlooking is that the RIAA has not said this at all. In fact, they have explicitly stated that they are not concerned with people copying music to their computer (or iPod, or other personal MP3 player) for their own personal use. Free Christmas music is always nice. And free online Christmas music is just what you need to get yourself into that holiday spirit - or at least to make work go by more quickly! So if you've been asking yourself "where can I listen to Christmas music on the Internet?", here is a list of some great places offering streaming Christmas music so that you can listen to Christmas music online! Just jingle while you work! If you're looking for free online music downloads - legal free music downloads and free music videos downloads - then have we got news for you! Spiral Frog is a new free legal music downloads service offering free music downloads! That's right, absolutely free music downloads! Rather than charge for its music downloads it is instead advertising supported - so you get music downloads free while Spiral Frog gets to show you ads. The twist is that these totally free music downloads will not play on iPods or Zunes. It also won't work with any Apple computer. So you can get all your music downloads free, but they won't work with your Mac, iPod or Zune. That is because Spiral Frog relies on the Microsoft Digital Rights Management (DRM) system its free music downloads. Allofmp3.com, one of the top mp3 download sites in the world for people looking for mp3 mp3 downloads, allowing people do to an mp3 search of the works of thousands of popular artists, and then download the mp3s for as little as ten cents, has been closed down by the Russian government in a bid to gain membership in the World Trade Organization. Allofmp3.com was considered a barrier to entry for Russia, with what has been estimated to be the world's largest collection of pirated music, all available as low cost and even nearly free mp3 downloads to Allofmp3's 5.5 million customers. The RIAA has sent 400 letters to 13 colleges and universities demanding that they put the squeeze on as many as 400 students for downloading music for free. The "pre-lawsuit" college letters from the RIAA tell the students that they may settle with the RIAA "at a discounted rate" or face a lawsuit. Early adopters who have rushed out to grab their copy of Windows Vista have found that it has broken iTunes. As a result, Apple has suggested that people hold off upgrading to Vista "for a few weeks", at which time a new version of iTunes is expected to be released. They are also offering an iTunes Repair Tool for Vista, for those who have already made the switch. Starbucks has just struck a deal to have their own "Starbucks Entertainment" area on Apple's iTunes internet music store. According to Starbucks, their Hear Music catalog will be available through the iTunes website. MySpace has announced that they will start selling music downloads, in competition with iTunes. Actually, more accurately, My Space is going to allow the indie artists who make up a substantial portion of their userbase to start selling their own music via downloads on My Space, or what some are calling MyTunes. Just about a year ago we told you that AOL had announced they had purchased Music Now and its entire catalog of music. Now AOL has announced that they have revamped the Music Now music service, and it is open for business as "AOL Music Now". Forget your fancy Mac MP3 players! Did you know that you can play an MP3 on the fly on your Mac without using or loading any separate Mac MP3 players, and without even loading or using iTunes? Yahoo has started offering DRM-free (free of Digital Rights Management software) music. "Our position is simple: DRM doesn't add any value for the artist, label, or consumer, the only people it adds value to are the technology companies..." says Yahoo. The newest version of iTunes comes complete with its own privacy issues. In fact, some people find the invasion of privacy by the iTunes 6.02 "MiniStore" service, so bad that they have nicknamed it "Spytunes." Patricia Santangelo may become the first victim of the RIAA to achieve martyr status. Unwilling to admit to something that she did not due, Patricia Santangelo is standing up to the RIAA and defending herself - literally - in court. Sony BMG has settled the first of the lawsuits brought against them over the First4Internet XCP rootkit software and the MediaMax software. Downloading the Crazy Frog ringtone lead to text message spam being sent to the user's cell phone from Crazy Frog ringtone creator Jamba. Now Jamba's service provider, mBlox, has been fined for Jamba's wrongdoing. Following the Sony rootkit fiasco, some artists, such as My Morning Jacket, are taking matters into their own hands. The Grateful Dead demanded that the Internet Archive remove all Grateful Dead concert recordings available for download. However after a public outcry by their fans, and a petition, they relented. Sony BMG has issued a statement recalling their CDs containing the XCP rootkit software, and offering to exchange any still out there for CDs free of First4Internet's XCP. AOL has purchased online music portal MusicNow, giving AOL and its users access to a catalog of over a million songs, and relationships with all of the major record labels. Adult industry spokespersons indicate that they won't offer video downloads aimed at the video iPod, but there are already sites offering free video downloads of that nature aimed squarely at the new video iPod. Yahoo has just raised the price of music downloads, doubling the fee for their Yahoo Music Unlimited music downloading service. MP3 player breast implants may have once been proposed as a lark, but the idea of an mp3 player breast implant has now taken the world by storm. A free music video made entirely with cell phones is thought to be a first, and was filmed by the Presidents of the United States for their hit single "Some Postman". iTunes Video, also known as iTunes 6, offers videos and television shows for downloading and playing on your PC or Mac, as well as on your snazzy new video iPod. Free ringtones or pay-for-play ringtones, either way, ringtone downloads have surpassed music downloads for many bands, and now account for more than 10% of the global music market! Movies may be available simultaneously in the theaters and on DVD as studios contemplate earlier release dates for DVDs in an effort to get the jump on movie pirating. Meanwhile, on the other side of the world, the Motion Picture Association has gotten an open search warrant for the entire city of New Delhi, India. Downloading MP3s illegally really does take money directly out of the artists' pockets, it turns out. This article lays it out on the table, with the real facts, from an industry insider. In case you haven't heard, Sony Ericsson has recently announced their line of Walkman Phones (cellphones) including both the 'candy bar' (non-flip, buttons on the front) style w800, and the swivel version (the top swivels up to reveal the keypad) w600. They ... In a decision in which the Canadian Private Copying Collective (somewhat analagous to the U.S.' RIAA, except that the CPCC actually represents the interests of the artists) says that it is "disappointed", the Canadian high court has this week let stand a ruling ... Every once in a while Aunty comes across a nice, novel, and altruistic use of the Internet. Such is this site which just came to Aunty's attention. Classical music. As you may be aware, for various legal reasons having to do with copyright ... Security experts are saying that Apple's iPod is the newest rage. Not among the teen set, Gen-Xers, or even baby boomers, but among criminals. Now, it's true that the use isn't novel, just the choice of device, but as Marshall Mcluhan so deftly ... Here's an interesting new service! Imagine that you are driving along, listening to the radio (you guys do remember that classic antique, the car radio, right?) And a song comes on that you really like. Or that really annoys your ... The Internet world is abuzz with talk about today's Supreme Court decision in the Grokster case, as it was with the Napster case before it. "Studios Win Big in Grokster Case," reads one headline; "Hollywood Wins Internet Piracy Battle," says another. ... Now here's a novel use of the web. Consumer Union is lobbying Congress to tighten drug safety laws, following the wave of people who have been injured or worse after taking such approved drugs as Vioxx and Bextra. As part of ... McDonald's is introducing, I kid you not, downloadable music and ringtones under the golden arches. The offerings, available via Blaze Net kiosks, are McDonald's latest bid to stay current with the times. Other offerings include store-wide wifi, and McLattes. Said ... WASHINGTON, D.C. - Acting Assistant Attorney General John C. Richter of the Criminal Division, Homeland Security Assistant Secretary for Immigration and Customs Enforcement Michael J. Garcia, and Assistant Director Louis M. Reigel of the ... Ok, now that you know to avoid the virus which deletes MP3s, here is some happy news. Did you know that Amazon offers free downloads of songs in MP3 format? Yep, it's true! At any given times there are 200 ... The new W32/Nopir-B virus is a worm with a mission: to search and destroy MP3 files on its victims hard drives. Ouch. While it seems to be aimed at trying to target music pirates who populate their music collection ... Rogue Amoeba, the software company who has brought us such innovative software as Audio Hijack and Nicecast, have done it again with Airfoil. Airfoil, Rogue Ameoba's newest offering, allows you to stream audio from just about any program, wirelessly, to your Airport Express ... The Windows Genuine Advantage Program (WGA) is a way for the Microsoft bouncer to check your Windows' I.D. at the door. William R. Trowbridge, of New York, and Michael Chicoine, of Texas, will be going from file sharing to cell sharing following their guilty pleas to Federal charges of using a peer-to-peer network. Oops, Aunty means of violating copyrights on peer-to-peer networks. ... Last week Aunty told you about Internet baddies who are loading spyware, adware, and viruses (oh my!) into media files, using a loophole in Microsoft's Digital Rights Management (DRM) process, and causing the nasties to be installed on the computers of unaware users ... Two bits of news this week should cause consternation in the peer-to-peer development and initiation worlds. First, California now has a bill wending its way through the law-making process which would require the developers of peer-to-peer and other file-swapping software to take "reasonable care" ... As if online downloaders don't have enough to worry about (rightly or wrongly), now they have to worry about spyware being buried within the media files they download. I don't think this is what Marshall McLuhan had in mind. According to a report in ... This month's issue of Wired Magazine has an absolutely brilliantly done piece by Clive Thompson in which he interviews and dissects Bram Cohen, the inventor and founder of BitTorrent. Thompson expertly brings Cohen to life on the pages for his readers, painting a picture ... The United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, dealt the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) a blow today when it reversed a lower court ruling which ordered internet service provider Charter to comply with an RIAA demand that Charter turn over the ... Overpeer, a division of Loudeye, Inc., has been caught putting infected files on peer-to-peer filesharing networks, and putting attractive and likely sounding names on the files in order to induce users to download the files. Thinking that they are downloading their favourite songs or ... |
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