October 10, 2008
- Play.com Challenges Apple with Lower Prices for Music Downloads
Looks like Play.com, the online music retailer, has thrown down the glove to Apple iTunes following deals with all four major music labels to sell their tracks and albums as MP3 downloads. (…)
- Michael Moore vs. Geographical Rights
About two weeks ago we reported the release of Michael Moore’s 'Slacker Uprising' on torrents. (…)
October 9, 2008
- Black Ice, the New AC/DC Album, Leaked Online
Music fans that are into file sharing are always one step ahead. As soon as a popular band or artist is preparing to launch new material they are sniffing out the stuff right away. (…)
- Sympathetic Consumers - $1 Million Raised for U.S. Olympic Athletes through AT&T Team USA Soundtrack
During the Olympic Games AT&T Inc. initiated a musical program aiming to support the U.S. Olympic Team. (…)
October 8, 2008
- Warner Bros Forces Wua.la to Close Down Its Largest User Group
Warner Bros is trying to increase its vigilance regarding digital piracy and now is watching closely the social file sharing and storage network Wua.la., Netzwelt.de reports. (…)
- Scenemovies.org: Impressive Movie Tracker Features
Due to Scenemovies.org the Gazelle codebase known to do a great job with music trackers (as a result of the advantageous categorical grouping and tagging attributes) was actually shown to function just as well in the case of movie trackers provided that the same operations are respected. (…)
October 7, 2008
- Universal Music Group (UMG) Collaborates With Dada Entertainment
Universal Music Group, the world's largest music company, and Dada Entertainment, one of the pioneers in digital and mobile entertainment services, have become partners in a deal according to which Dada.net users will have access to music from today’s popular stars like Young Jeezy, Pussycat Dolls, Ne-Yo,Lil Wayn and others. (…)
- Didiom and CD Baby Close Deal to Offer Music Downloads on Mobile Devices
The deal will have CD Baby provide 2 million DRM-free full-track music downloads on Didiom's downloadable music marketplace. (…)
October 5, 2008
- Blizzard Paid $6 Million in Damages by WoW Bot Maker
Blizzard had the inspiration of adopting a copyright violation approach in its fight against the bot-maker MDY Industries and thus managed to gain $6 million in damages. (…)
October 3, 2008
- The Pirate City, the Streaming Version of The Pirate Bay?
On October 1 many online video streaming fans everywhere rubbed their hands with joy. The much anticipated The Pirate City was publicly opened. (…)
- Free Music Downloads Offered by Iomtoday
Iomtoday has joined forces with eMusic, the leading website for independent music and now they come with a special offer. (…)
September 29, 2008
- Unlimited Mobile Music Service – the Solution to P2P piracy?
Nokia's 'Comes With Music' phone to launch later this week, could mean less pirated music some say. (…)
September 25, 2008
- nuTsie: Music Sharing Application Offered by Alltel
Alltel Wireless, one of the America's major mobile phone carriers, releases new service nuTsie designed to let users listen to playlists from their iTunes libraries while using some of the Alltel phone models. (…)
- Michael Moore’s 'Slacker Uprising' Available on Torrents
More than two weeks ago we reported that 'Slacker Uprising', director Michael Moore's latest film was to be released legally and for free on the torrents. (…)
September 18, 2008
- Most Downloaded TV-Shows via BitTorrent
Apparently, TV shows are in greatest demand on torrents, proving people just like watching them on their own scheduled time and certainly don't like having to wait till those shows make it to their country. (…)
- Dell Debuts First Hollywood-Approved Burn-to-DVD Downloads
According to MarketWatch, Dell and Sonic Solutions have joined forces with the declared purpose of turning downloading and recording DVD movies into a more simple and enjoyable experience with the first computer-based Qflix(TM) drives. (…)
September 16, 2008
- Better Late than Never: IMDb Offers Full-Length Movies
If you’re at least a bit into movies then you must’ve visited IMDb to find out more about a certain movie. (…)
September 12, 2008
- Here We Are Now Inter-taining
It’s already an established fact for many that online videos have become the most popular form of entertainment especially if we consider the numerous resource sites available. (…)
September 10, 2008
- Marillion Promises Next Album for Free Download
Alea iacta est or The dice are cast for the music industry as it definitely won’t be the same again with regard to distributing content. (…)
September 9, 2008
- RealDVD – A Solution to P2P Movie File Sharing?
The fuss around RealDVD software is partly due to it being promoted as a legitimate alternative to applications that rip DVD to unprotected formats such the popular MPEG or AVI which fill the file sharing sites and network (as they can be easily uploaded), and you can only imagine the irritation of the movie studios seeing their content distributed this way. (…)
