Recording and movie industry have begun realizing that the Napster saga may be just the tip of the iceberg. The Recording Industry Association of America RIAA may have won its domestic battle against Napster, but as an increasing number of Peer-to-Peer (P2P) providers crop up overseas, it has become apparent...
NEW YORK, June 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Board of Directors of WITNESS (http://www.witness.org/), the international human rights organization co-founded by musician and activist Peter Gabriel, announced the appointment of Yvette J. Alberdingk Thijm as Executive Director. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080625/NYW021) Alberdingk Thijm is an attorney...
It's not just for music and video freebies any more Remember Napster and Kazaa? The technology got a bad rap from record labels, movie producers and artists, as it was first used to illegally share files of artistic works. The method is peer-to-peer (P2P) file transfer, and...
Deciding between intellectual property and the protection of personal data is a tough balancing act. In a ruling handed down on 29 January, the European Court of Justice believes that member states must find "a fair balance" between these two fundamental rights, protected by EU legislation,...
Digital copyright and the consumer revolution; hands off my iPod. Rimmer, Matthew. Edward Elgar Publishing 2007 368 pages $145.00 Hardcover KF3030 Noting the increase of consumer opposition to digital copyright in the United States,...
"The same basic concept inspired Kazaa, Skype and joost -- a drive to democratize the Web," said Niklas Zennstrom, who, with Janus Friis, founded and developed Kazaa, Skype and Joost, in a Newsweek column that Zennstrom wrote called "Beyond Silicon Valley." It's about how start-ups are...
A Minnesota woman was found liable for copyright infringement by a federal jury in the first music piracy case to go to trial. Jammie Thomas was ordered to pay $222,000 ($9,250 per song) for illegally downloading 24 songs and making them available online through the file-sharing network Kazaa. Thomas denied...
Last month, 12 Minnesota jurors unanimously decided that Jammie Thomas is liable for infringing 24 recordings she shared over Kazaa, a peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing network. The verdict-a fine of $222,000 ($9,250 per recording)-ended the first suit ever filed against a private consumer by major labels for P2P file sharing....
Thirteen percent of corporate PCs have had unauthorized USB devices attached to them, creating the risk for data loss and malware to enter the corporate system. Four percent of such PCs have had peer-to-peer applications installed, such as KaZaA. One and a half percent did not ...
Attacks On IM Jump: Akonix Systems Inc., which makes instant messaging security and compliance products, said it saw 73 percent more instant messaging attacks in May than in the same month in 2006. The San Diego firm, which has 65 employees, said it identified 20...
Networking: Internet-service providers are worried that new online-video services, such as Joost, will overload their networks WHEN Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis announce a new venture, the world takes notice. As the duo behind KaZaA, a file-sharing network that was widely used to...
Online TV and video firm Joost has enlisted serious talent agency muscle to bring in more entertainment content by partnering with Century City behemoth Creative Artists Agency Inc. Joost, which is running in beta stage now, is trying to stake out its turf in a growing field of...
- Seeks Injunction That Would Close Down Joost - Who Has the Rights to FastTrack? What do these three have in common? Sharman Networks' Kazaa P2P file-sharing service, eBay's Skype VoIP service and the newly launched Joost Internet TV service?...
Disruption isn't what it used to be. Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis are known for marching into an industry and turning its business model into chopped meat. They made deadbeats of the music business with tune-sharing Kazaa and rendered telcos speechless with call-for-free Skype. Then a funny thing happened. After...
Byline: Steven Levy and Emily Flynn Vencat May 13, 2007 (The Bulletin - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The originators of internet services Kazaa and Skype are now transforming television with Joost. Niklas Zennstrom and Janu Friis have approached major television networks and program...
CBS and Viacom, together with Index Ventures, Sequoia Capital and Huchison Whampoa chairman Li Ka-shing, invested a collective $45 million in Joost. Each investor received a minority percentage of the broadcast-quality Internet television service. Index Ventures and Sequoia Capital led the round. ...
Belgian social networking site Facebox no relationship with the popular US social network Facebook, and its seven sister sites including Redbox, Coolbox and Xobox, are relaunching as Netlog. Specializing in local language sites, the company claims to have 17 million subscribers in the 14- to 24-yearold...
Pharmacist to serve 15 years for child pornography charges A 42-year-old St. Joseph pharmacist was sentenced in federal court Wednesday for publishing a notice of child pornography and distributing child pornography. Walter E. Sewell was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison without parole....
Guinness World Records TV will make more than 35 hours of its UK show "Ultimate Guinness World Records" available globally on Joost's upcoming Internet TV service. Joost's ad-supported content will be available for free to any broadband subscriber. Joost touts itself as "a...
BNA International London has also released "Piracy and Brand Awareness," a new report designed to help practitioners and executives protect themselves from counterfeiting and piracy. Content includes an overview of what constitutes piracy and information on how piracy and counterfeiting are being combated worldwide, as well...
Articles 2007-04-01
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