Music downloading stalls in face of legal threats

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Canada: Downloading music is legal

Canada: Downloading music is legal 12/15/2003 05:59 AM
ZDNet UK Dec 15 2003 4:52AM ET

History repeats itself: Movie
downloading mirrors early music
downloading

History repeats itself: Movie
downloading mirrors early music
downloading 09/24/2004 03:39 PM
InternetRetailer.com Sep 24 2004 7:45PM GMT

Is Downloading TV Shows Legal?

Is Downloading TV Shows Legal? 08/11/2004 02:35 AM
Salon is running a piece on how many people are sharing and downloading TV shows using tools like BitTorrent, some going a bit further than the original broadcat ching concept to create applications, like Buttress designed specifically as an RSS aggregator for BitTorrented TV shows. The article delves into one interesting issue that not too many people have discussed: is downloading a publicly broadcasted TV show illegal? As the article notes, it would be very difficult to show any kind of "harm" from such a download. Obviously, sharing premium content shows is a different issue, but what if someone already subscribes to the premium station in question? The real issue is that the TV industry suddenly has less control. There is also the fact that with the way BitTorrent works, anyone downloading a show is also automatically uploading a show -- but, again, this is a situation where the entertainment industry appears to be shooting themselves in the foot. For years, they've tried to come up with systems for TV-on-demand, and here's a way that users have figured out how to do it for them. The people downloading TV shows via BitTorrent are watching more TV, which should be good for the industry. Unfortunately, the industry still only thinks in terms of how much they control, rather than how much they can serve the needs of their viewers. It's amazing that the industry is so good at missing every opportunity that seems to come its way. Unfortunately, the industry also seems to view intellectual property law as a way of protecting business models, rather than protecting content. That they can't see a new opportunity staring them in the face speaks volumes about the sorts of "business" minds running the entertainment industry.

Canada says P2P downloading legal

Canada says P2P downloading legal 12/12/2003 03:05 PM
In the same ruling, Canadian copyright regulators also impose a $25 fee on iPod-like MP3 players and say that uploading is prohibited.

Legal downloading growing rapidly

Legal downloading growing rapidly 12/02/2003 12:16 AM

Users are downloading copyrighted files through authorized, for-pay services at a rapidly expanding rate . A new study from Ipsos-Insight describes a variety of users increasingly choosing to pay for downloads , a hitherto rare event.

[R]oughly one out of six (16%) American downloaders aged 12 and older had paid a fee to download music or MP3 files off of the Internet. This translates into roughly 10 million people within the current U.S. population (according to 2000 U.S. Census figures).

“A twofold increase in the number of American downloaders exposed to for-pay music downloads in just a six month timeframe (compared 8% in December 2002 and 13% in April 2003) signals a remarkable shift in downloader behavior,” said Matt Kleinschmit, Director for Ipsos-Insight, and author of the TEMPO research .

This study comes as some colleges consider supporting legal download services on campus.

(via The Shifted Librarian )

Canada declares P2P downloading legal

Canada declares P2P downloading legal 12/15/2003 08:13 AM

CD piracy is rampant, but legal
downloading is on the rise

CD piracy is rampant, but legal
downloading is on the rise 06/24/2005 03:32 PM
A new recording industry study says CD piracy is rampant, with one third of CDs worldwide being pirated copies. Also, legal music downloads are starting to overtake illegal downloads. Both of these trends are part of the same dynamic.

ADV: Stop Users from Downloading a
Legal Nightmare

ADV: Stop Users from Downloading a
Legal Nightmare 08/17/2004 01:28 PM
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Canada deems P2P downloading legal,
levies MP3 players

Canada deems P2P downloading legal,
levies MP3 players 12/14/2003 07:31 PM
ZDNet Australia Dec 14 2003 6:32PM ET

Canada deems P2P downloading legal |
CNET News.com

Canada deems P2P downloading legal |
CNET News.com 12/13/2003 07:41 PM
Canada deems P2P downloading legal .. ruling released Friday .. Canadian regulators

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Microsoft can buy off Sun legal threats
for 10 years

Microsoft can buy off Sun legal threats
for 10 years 04/09/2004 04:00 PM
As part of their landmark agreement reached last week, Microsoft Corp. has the option to pay Sun Microsystems Inc. millions of dollars each year to shield itself from patent infringement lawsuits by its former nemesis, Sun's vice president for legal affairs said Thursday.

Legal Threats Still Loom For Google

Legal Threats Still Loom For Google 01/03/2005 07:10 PM

Broadband: Cable, DSL face threats

Broadband: Cable, DSL face threats 07/29/2004 06:25 AM
Wireless and other networks pose new challenges to the duopoly.

Crackdown on Illegal Downloading Brings
Global Legal Action

Crackdown on Illegal Downloading Brings
Global Legal Action 03/22/2005 04:21 PM

Legal Threats Stalk Adult Sites

Legal Threats Stalk Adult Sites 06/15/2004 05:19 AM
Wired News Jun 15 2004 9:47AM GMT

Sites Fight Back On Baseless Legal
Threats

Sites Fight Back On Baseless Legal
Threats 09/17/2004 06:47 AM
In the past year and a half, Techdirt has received five or six threats of legal action for things written on the site (one time we even received two completely separate legal threats on the same day -- which actually was quite confusing). None of these went very far, as a quick review of every situation showed they were baseless. In every case, the threats involved statements (usually in the comments) that someone didn't want to be out there, but which were clearly perfectly legal. What most of those doing the threatening failed to realize was that if legal action was taken, the first thing that would happen would be a public discussion of what was happening -- meaning a random comment from years ago on the site that no one looked at any more, would suddenly get a lot more attention (see: Streisa nd, Barbara). Anyway, it looks like more sites (especially in the blog realm) are learning not to freak out every time they get a cease & desist letter, but to push back, and even publicize the threats. At some point, lawyers will wise up and realize that baseless legal threats, with the hope that the legalese will scare a non-lawyer, have a very high likelihood of backfiring in a big way.

Illegal file sharing on the rise,
despite legal threats

Illegal file sharing on the rise,
despite legal threats 01/16/2004 01:00 PM
A more recent study argues that, far from being in retreat, file sharing is on the rise again.

Diebold reins in legal threats against
voting activists

Diebold reins in legal threats against
voting activists 12/02/2003 12:12 PM
Voting software maker Diebold Election Systems withdraws DMCA complaint against ISPs hosting copies of leaked internal memos

Arafat Defiant in Face of Sharon Death
Threats

Arafat Defiant in Face of Sharon Death
Threats 04/24/2004 10:16 AM
Reuters via Wired News Apr 24 2004 1:44PM GMT

Arafat Defiant in Face of Sharon Death
Threats (Reuters)

Arafat Defiant in Face of Sharon Death
Threats (Reuters) 04/24/2004 07:37 AM
Reuters - Palestinian President Yasser Arafat responded defiantly on Saturday to new threats against his life by Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, telling a crowd of supporters he would embrace "martyrdom."

Music Downloading Down

Music Downloading Down 01/05/2004 05:39 PM
CBS News Jan 5 2004 3:44PM ET

Capture/RIP Music Streams for Easy,
Free, Legal, and Tagged Music/MP3 Files

Capture/RIP Music Streams for Easy,
Free, Legal, and Tagged Music/MP3 Files 03/28/2005 12:56 PM
Tech-Recipes Mar 28 2005 5:12PM GMT

Downloading digital music

Downloading digital music 12/24/2004 01:12 PM
2004 in review Majors and minors, players and platforms, lawsuits and licences

Downloading music gets more expensive

Downloading music gets more expensive 04/09/2004 04:08 PM
Downloading music gets more expensive .. price inflation .. Raise prices .. AZCentral

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Downloading isn't killing music

Downloading isn't killing music 07/22/2004 11:43 AM
Suw Charman has written an excellent article for the Guardian on my pal Koleman Strumpf's empirical, quantitative research on the effect of downloading on record sales (he concluded that it doesn't really have one), and the music industry's content-free bluster in reply.

"We consider it a very flawed study," says Matt Phillips, a BPI spokesperson. Both the BPI and the International Federation for the Phonographic Industries (IFPI) have criticised the study for including the Christmas period when people are buying CDs as gifts.

"It's very straightforward to address these kinds of criticisms," says Strumpf. "We got rid of the Christmas season and just looked at the first half of our data. We still find the same effect."...

"Over the period 1999 to 2003, DVD prices fell by 25% and the price of players fell in the US from over $1,000 to almost nothing," says Strumpf. "At the same time, CD prices went up by 10%. Combined DVD and VHS tape sales went up by 500m, while CD sales fell by 200m, so a possible explanation is that people were spending on DVDs instead of CDs."

L ink (Thanks, Suw!)

Downloading Music Encouraging CD
Purchasing

Downloading Music Encouraging CD
Purchasing 01/02/2004 03:42 PM
A NY Times reporter has written up his experience in trying to get one of his sons to stop using Kazaa and start using iTunes or Rhapsody. He admits that it's really pricey for limited selections, but feels more comfortable about it. He's also surprised that in letting his son download music, he now wants to buy more CDs. Despite the music industry claiming that no one would ever want to buy CDs if they could download music (especially teenagers!), the reporter's son wants the CDs because they come with liner notes and lyrics that make it worthwhile. Again, this is an example of the industry missing an opportunity. People (including myself) like to own the actual CDs if it provides us with additional value. At the same time, downloading music can help people figure out what CDs they want to buy.

The Money In Music Downloading Is Still
In Hardware

The Money In Music Downloading Is Still
In Hardware 12/09/2003 01:19 PM
As just about every company finalizes their plans to set up their own imitation music download store, a new study is suggesting (as has been said before), that the real money in downloadable music is for consumer electronics firms selling more hardware to play back the music. The study also found that an awful lot of people really aren't interested in paying for downloadable music. Of course, I'm still waiting for someone to go ahead and offer a complete musical package. That would be a music player that comes complete with a ton of music already installed - perhaps covering a certain (prolific) artist, or an entire genre. It could also come with some sort of service that would let users download new songs in that category as they come out. Of course, as it stands right now, the recording industry would force the price to be so high on any such offering that it could never be done.

Pepsi Ads Wink At Music Downloading

Pepsi Ads Wink At Music Downloading 01/23/2004 02:23 PM
A new sort of Pepsi Generation will get air time on the Super Bowl: music downloaders. By Theresa Howard (USA Today via MyAppleMenu)

Conn. man fined for downloading music

Conn. man fined for downloading music 05/13/2004 06:30 PM
Boston Globe May 13 2004 10:12PM GMT

Downloading Music Files Has Become Quite
Simple

Downloading Music Files Has Become Quite
Simple 01/18/2004 01:31 AM
By Linda Knapp (Seattle Times via MyAppleMenu)

Music Labels Tap Downloading Networks

Music Labels Tap Downloading Networks 11/14/2003 07:32 PM
AP via Newsday Nov 14 2003 6:28PM ET

Crackdown May Be Slowing Music
Downloading

Crackdown May Be Slowing Music
Downloading 01/04/2004 09:33 PM
AP via Daily Press Jan 4 2004 8:50PM ET

Newspapers Getting Into The Music
Downloading Business

Newspapers Getting Into The Music
Downloading Business 06/16/2004 01:21 PM
Because there aren't already enough different (and often incompatible) music download stores online, various British newspapers are now looking to get into the game. It seems odd that so many brands that have absolutely nothing to do with music retailing somehow think they can now make selling downloadable music a worthwhile business, especially when there's so much competition and so few ways to differentiate.

Pepsi ads wink at music downloading

Pepsi ads wink at music downloading 01/24/2004 02:24 AM

CDs Dying Out, But So Are Many Music
Downloading Stores

CDs Dying Out, But So Are Many Music
Downloading Stores 01/26/2004 03:29 AM
I doubt this is all that surprising to most people, but Forrester is predicting a shift from the CD to buying downloadable music, while at the same time predicting that about half of the current music download stores will go out of business by the end of the year. I think they're being a bit optimistic on both predictions. I'm still not convinced the CD is going to go away that quickly. While I also agree that many of the music download stores aren't long for this world, I'd be surprised if most of the current ones didn't at least make it through a year - but perhaps not much longer than that.

Conn. Man Fined for Downloading Music
(AP)

Conn. Man Fined for Downloading Music
(AP) 05/13/2004 09:27 AM
AP - A federal judge has ordered a Bristol man to pay more than $4,000 for downloading five songs from the Internet.

Music and Video Downloading Moves Beyond
P2P

Music and Video Downloading Moves Beyond
P2P 04/01/2005 06:59 AM
Music and Video Downloading Moves Beyond P2P
http:// www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/153/report_display.asp

About 36 million Americans—or 27% of internet users—say they download either music or video files and about half of them have found ways outside of traditional peer-to-peer networks or paid online services to swap their files, according to the most recent survey of the Pew Internet & American Life Project. The Project’s national survey of 1,421 adult Internet users conducted between January 13 and February 9, 2005 shows that 19% of current music and video downloaders, or about 7 million adults, say they have downloaded files from someone else’s iPod or MP3 player. About 28%, or 10 million people, say they get music and video files via email and instant messages. However, there is some overlap between these two groups; 9% of downloaders say they have used both of these sources. The survey has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percent for results based on internet users. In all, 48% of current downloaders have used sources other than peer-to-peer networks or paid music and movie services to get music or video files. Beyond MP3 players, email and instant messaging, these alternative sources include music and movie websites, blogs and online review sites.

Music labels tap downloading networks

Music labels tap downloading networks 11/15/2003 03:16 AM
globetechnology.com Nov 15 2003 2:43AM ET

Illegal Music Downloading Climbs

Illegal Music Downloading Climbs 01/16/2004 11:33 AM
The number of people downloading music illegally surged a month after recording companies began suing hundreds of music fans, a marketing research firm said Thursday.
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