Last.fm to charge for Radio

27Mar09

Last.fm fans will be disappointed to hear that the site plans on making its streaming Last.fm radio service subscription only to listeners outside the UK, US and Germany. So that would include us then.

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Tags: fees, Germany, last.fm, last.fm radio, spotify, streaming, subscriber, UK, USA

SpiralFrog, RIP

22Mar09

We had high hopes for SpiralFrog. When it was announced a couple of years ago it seemed like it may be an alternative to paying for music from iTunes. Alas, it is no more. Insert your own pun about the service croaking it *here*.

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Tags: ad supported, music, spiralfrog

Campaign seeks to Blackout Ireland

01Mar09

Irma’s approach to stamping out copyright infringement is winning fans all, it seems. Following the news that Irma was seeking to block Irish Internet users’ access to some websites, a new campaign has started to show Irma and the ISPs just how unhappy Irish net users are with the situation.

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Tags: blackout ireland, copyright infringement, Eircom, IRMA, new zealand, social networking

Is the music industry fighting a losing battle?

23Feb09

How times have changed. When I first started going to concerts, you were thoroughly searched on the way in for cameras and other recording equipment that might be used to video the band.

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Tags: copyright, file sharing, video, youtube

Pirate Bay scores small victory

18Feb09

Small victory for Pirate Bay. [BBC] The charges against the site have been “simplified” – meaning prosecuters have dropped the “assisting copyright infringement” ones and decided to proceed with the “assisting making available copyright material” charges.

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Tags: copyright, legal action, music industry, Peter Sunde Kolmsioppi, sweden, the pirate bay, twitter

Eircom adopts ‘three strikes’ rule

29Jan09

Eircom has agreed to weed out illegal file sharers from its broadband network using the “three strikes and you’re out” rule. The record industry will supply the IP addresses of the offending parties, and Eircom will issue warning letters. The third time, the customer gets cut off. The recording industry is happy, Eircom loses a […]

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Tags: copyright, digital downloads, digital music, downloads, Eircom, file sharing, IRMA, ISP, limewire, music, P2P, peer to peer, uploaders