Napster, ITunes Eye Europe, Issues Await (AP)

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Napster, ITunes Eye Europe, Issues Await

Napster, ITunes Eye Europe, Issues Await 01/29/2004 03:49 AM
Now that they've proven U.S. customers will pay for digital music online, Napster and Apple's iTunes are preparing to launch legal download sites in Europe.

Napster beats iTunes to Europe with U.K.
launch

Napster beats iTunes to Europe with U.K.
launch 05/20/2004 09:50 AM
CNET May 20 2004 2:09PM GMT

Europe delays debut of Napster, iTunes

Europe delays debut of Napster, iTunes 01/26/2004 07:33 PM
CNET Jan 26 2004 10:03PM GMT

Napster Beats iTunes to Europe with UK
Launch (Reuters)

Napster Beats iTunes to Europe with UK
Launch (Reuters) 05/20/2004 12:48 PM
Reuters - Digital download service Napster scored a major victory over archrival iTunes by launching in Britain Thursday, the first of the high-flying Internet music stores to make their European debut.

Thorny Issues Await F.C.C. on Internet
Phones

Thorny Issues Await F.C.C. on Internet
Phones 02/10/2004 02:55 AM
The effort to write rules for Internet phone service begins this week, and whether it succeeds may come down to money.

Napster vs. iTunes (Napster Responds)

Napster vs. iTunes (Napster Responds) 11/10/2003 11:25 PM
In response to Apple's claim of selling 5 times as many songs as Napster in it's first week of operation, Napster's CEO, Chris Gorog, responded in an ...

Napster to extend to Europe

Napster to extend to Europe 01/17/2004 11:13 PM

Napster moves into Europe

Napster moves into Europe 01/17/2004 10:58 PM
The reborn music download website is extending its services to Europe, after the success of its new pay service in the US.

Napster queues up Europe

Napster queues up Europe 01/16/2004 11:32 AM
CNET Jan 16 2004 3:47PM GMT

Napster angry over Europe 'delay'

Napster angry over Europe 'delay' 01/27/2004 09:14 AM
The head of music download site Napster criticises European licensing groups, a report says.

Napster takes executive action in Europe

Napster takes executive action in Europe 01/16/2004 10:56 AM
Now that its legal troubles are in the past, the reborn music download service hires a former MP3.com exec to help it expand into the lucrative European market.

HP, Napster and iTunes

HP, Napster and iTunes 02/19/2004 10:17 AM
Despite Napster's popularity at select colleges, it appears that the relauched Napster service is having some difficulties. This Mercury News artic...

Napster vs iTunes: Superbowl Ad

Napster vs iTunes: Superbowl Ad 02/05/2005 09:54 PM
USA Today reports on Napster's upcoming Superbowl advertisement which is directly targeted against Apple's iTunes/iPod. The theme of the campaign i...

iTunes Outsells Napster

iTunes Outsells Napster 11/10/2003 11:21 PM
From Apple:

"Music fans purchased and downloaded 1.5 million songs from Apple’s iTunes® Music Store during the same period that Napster reported selling 300,000 songs during its first week of operation. More than 17 million songs have been purchased and downloaded from the iTunes Music Store since it launched in April 2003. According to Nielsen SoundScan, the iTunes Music Store had more than 80 percent market share of legally purchased downloads last week."

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Napster, Yahoo: iTunes is 'Doomed'

Napster, Yahoo: iTunes is 'Doomed' 01/04/2005 08:53 AM
Insanely Great Mac Jan 4 2005 1:29PM GMT

Apple: iTunes outsells Napster five to
one

Apple: iTunes outsells Napster five to
one 11/06/2003 05:07 PM
On the heels of Roxio Inc.'s news that its recently relaunched Napster 2.0 commercial music download service sold 300,000 songs during its first full week of operation, Apple offered up news of its own: The iTunes Music Store sold 1.5 million songs during the same period, five times more than Napster. What's more, Apple also said that market research firm Nielsen SoundScan registers the iTunes Music Store as having more than 80 percent of the legal download market last week.

Napster, Yahoo say iTunes is doomed

Napster, Yahoo say iTunes is doomed 01/03/2005 07:24 PM
Apple rivals say the iTunes Music Store's 99-cent pricing is the wrong formula for digital music, and that subscription-based models are the future...

iTunes claims early win vs. Napster

iTunes claims early win vs. Napster 11/07/2003 09:59 AM
USA Today Nov 7 2003 9:39AM ET

Napster counters iTunes with new To Go
service

Napster counters iTunes with new To Go
service 02/05/2005 09:19 PM
Digital music service Napster LLC on Thursday announced the release of Napster To Go, a new Windows-compatible portable digital music subscription service that lets user move an unlimited number of songs from Napster to compatible MP3 players for a US$14.95 monthly fee. A $30 million marketing campaign kicks off Sunday during this year's Super Bowl, and is aimed squarely at Apple's iTunes Music Store.

iTunes, Napster, meet MSFT.

iTunes, Napster, meet MSFT. 11/17/2003 06:41 PM
Microsoft announces plans to open a music-download service in early 2004. Link< /a>

Apple: iTunes Outsells Napster Five To
One

Apple: iTunes Outsells Napster Five To
One 11/06/2003 07:22 PM
What's more, Apple also said that market research firm Nielsen SoundScan registers the iTunes Music Store as having more than 80 percent of the legal download market last week. By Peter Cohen (MacCentral via MyAppleMenu)

Napster goes live in UK, iTunes still
pending

Napster goes live in UK, iTunes still
pending 05/20/2004 12:50 PM
Roxio Inc. announced on Thursday that its Napster online music download service has gone live in the UK, well ahead of a promise the company made in March to launch the service before the end of summer. Apple, meanwhile, continues to make plans for a European launch of its rival iTunes Music Store service, though the company is reluctant to offer a firm release date.

iTunes Music Store Outsells Napster Five
to One

iTunes Music Store Outsells Napster Five
to One 11/06/2003 09:40 PM

Napster and iTunes Euro debut delayed

Napster and iTunes Euro debut delayed 01/25/2004 07:28 PM

Napster & Yahoo! Execs Say Subscriptions
Will Beat iTunes

Napster & Yahoo! Execs Say Subscriptions
Will Beat iTunes 01/04/2005 03:28 PM
Mac Observer Jan 4 2005 6:34PM GMT

iTunes dwarfs Napster sales; holds 80%
market share

iTunes dwarfs Napster sales; holds 80%
market share 11/06/2003 03:54 PM
Apple said today that 1.5 million songs were downloaded from the iTunes Music Store during the same period that Napster reported selling 300,000 songs...

Apple taunts Napster, Real with iTunes
affiliate program

Apple taunts Napster, Real with iTunes
affiliate program 09/01/2004 03:52 PM
Happy to lose cash

Napster, iTunes European Debut Held Up
by Red Tape (Reuters)

Napster, iTunes European Debut Held Up
by Red Tape (Reuters) 01/25/2004 01:56 PM
Reuters - Old-fashioned red tape is delaying the eagerly awaited European launches for iTunes and Napster, the two popular online music stores said on Saturday.

Online music wars Napster, iTunes and
OD2 battle for your digital downloads

Online music wars Napster, iTunes and
OD2 battle for your digital downloads 06/15/2004 07:03 AM
BBC Jun 15 2004 11:21AM GMT

Other News: iTunes Phone Issues

Other News: iTunes Phone Issues 03/25/2005 11:07 AM
The huge phone companies may see Apple as a competitor, rather than a partner, for cellphone music sales.

Notes and Tips: iTunes Issues

Notes and Tips: iTunes Issues 03/23/2005 01:03 PM
As Apple battles PyMusique over iTunes restrictions, customers get caught in the crossfire of hacks and counter-hacks.

iTunes Europe - 1.29 Euros?

iTunes Europe - 1.29 Euros? 05/13/2004 05:18 AM
According to MacPlus sources, Apple's iTunes Music Store for Europe should be launched in France and other countries starting in mid-June. More count...

iTunes Europe Red Tape

iTunes Europe Red Tape 01/24/2004 06:10 PM
Forbes reports that red tape continues to tie up iTunes for european countries:A maze of licensing contracts, music release dates that differ by count...

iTunes Europe Next Month?

iTunes Europe Next Month? 05/27/2004 07:49 AM
According to a Reuters report, Apple may be ready to launch their iTunes Music Store for Europe as early as next month. The article discusses Sony'...

iTunes Europe Goes Live

iTunes Europe Goes Live 06/15/2004 10:01 AM

iTunes Europe Hurdles

iTunes Europe Hurdles 11/03/2003 03:38 PM
A BizReport.com article reiterates the complexity of licensing for digital music in Europe. Plans for a 2003 launch of the iTunes Music Store were ...

Other News: iTunes in Europe

Other News: iTunes in Europe 06/24/2004 11:24 AM
Apple's credit-card-centric iTunes Music Store is facing consumers who don't carry cards.

iTunes Europe Tomorrow

iTunes Europe Tomorrow 06/14/2004 01:27 PM
MSN posts more confirmation that the iTunes Music Store is coming to Europe tomorrow (June 15th).The announcement will be made on June 15, said source...

iTunes Rocks Europe

iTunes Rocks Europe 06/16/2004 04:19 PM
Apple CEO Steve Jobs launched the iTunes Music Store for the UK, France and Germany Tuesday, Jun 15, at a special event held at Old Billingsgate Market on the banks of the River Thames in London. See photos from the event. [Jun 16]
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Loki Torrent - Torrent Search, Torrent
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Alien Skin Software's Eye Candy 5 12/19/2004 03:40 PM

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Alien Skin releases Eye Candy 5:
Textures

Alien Skin releases Eye Candy 5:
Textures 06/22/2004 10:44 AM
Alien Skin Software today announced the release of Eye Candy 5: Textures (US$99), a collection of ten graphics plug-ins for Adobe Photoshop and Macromedia Fireworks...

Reviewed: Alien Skin Eye Candy 5:
Textures

Reviewed: Alien Skin Eye Candy 5:
Textures 06/26/2004 02:27 PM
Alien Skin's latest filter pack, Eye Candy 5: Textures, allows Photoshop, Photoshop Elements and Fireworks users to apply animal fur, reptile skin and wood grain effects to their images. Are they any good?

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Alien Skin Software Releases Eye Candy
5: Textures

Alien Skin Software Releases Eye Candy
5: Textures 06/23/2004 10:36 AM
Alien Skin Software today announced the immediate availability of Eye Candy 5: Textures, a plug-in collection of 10 texture generators for Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Photoshop Elements and Macromedia Fireworks. The first of a three-part upgrade to Eye Candy 4000, Textures produces a variety of surfaces, including photo-realistic snake and lizard skin, fur, brick, stone and wood.

[UPDATED] Alien Skin Software Announces
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[UPDATED] Alien Skin Software Announces
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"Torrent Link for 74 briefs in 20.7MB"

"Torrent Link for 74 briefs in 20.7MB" 03/27/2005 10:28 AM

Torrent 0.61

Torrent 0.61 01/27/2004 02:58 PM
An arcade game with colored tiles.

My first torrent

My first torrent 07/30/2004 03:00 AM

Thanks to Jim and Ado for setting up the BitTorrent tracker. Here is a torrent for Lawrence Lessig's Free Culture talk in Helsinki that I blogged about earlier.

UPDATE: Please standby. It doesn't seem to be working.

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Torrent Zip

Torrent Zip 03/31/2005 11:44 PM
The project is live!

Bit Torrent question

Bit Torrent question 04/09/2004 10:30 PM
Bit Torrent and the ability to download everything in one click (is this the end of Direct TV, Tivo and the music business?!).

Used BitTorrent a little bit when it first came out and was a bit underwhelmed. It didn’t work, there weren’t a lot of places to find files, etc.

I decided to take another look at it when a designer friend of mine was telling me that he has the latest version of every single piece of design software on his Mac compliments of bit torrent (yes, I know it’s wrong… not the point I’m trying to make, the point is coming :-).

Part I: I installed bit torrent and immediately noticed an amazing new trend (prob. not new to all of you) of people posting dozens of albums in one RAR file for download. Huge file sizes in the 500 to 4,000 meg size range. The last season of seven seasons of Southpark, every Nirvanna album and here is another file with every Howard Stern radio show from March in one file.

In one click you grab one really well organized, clean and deep sets of files—scary.

Part II: A couple of month ago I got the Gateway Connected DVD player. For $195 it connects via WiFi to my desktop and I can hit the My Music or My Videos button on the remote control and pull up those directories on my hard drive (in the other room).

Part III: Today I moved into my new apartment in Santa Monica and was faced with the standard $100 month cable/dish bill and I’m thinking “dang, I only watch less then a half dozen TV shows and they are all here on bit torrent… maybe I should save the $1,200 a year and just download the shows and watch them via my Gateway Connected DVD player?”

The Point/Question: How soon before you’ll be able-with one click-download every prime-time TV show or last year’s top 500 CDs in one click?!

(Note: This is not a trick question, I have yet to find a file containing that much content—however, I did find a file with last weeks top 100 singles that someone put together in one nice package).

[The Digital Music Weblog]

Bit Torrent : An Analysis

Bit Torrent : An Analysis 12/19/2004 03:10 PM
Hardy news site, The Register, recently published a detailed analysis of the file sharing protocol Bit Torrent. Bit Torrent has received attention in the main stream news after reports that it was carrying as much as 50% of all peer 2 peer (p2p) traffic, which in tern amounted to a massive 30% of all the traffic on the internet. The paper, by Dr. Johan Pouwelse, examines the protocol and looks especially at one of the largest bit-torrent hubs, Suprnova.org. He examines how just 20 moderators solve the problem of fake files, something that plagues the traditional file sharing networks like Kazaa.

Dr Powelse notes that the major problems facing hubs like suprnova are fakes and maintaining hub availability. The availability of files on bit torrent is based on a centralised system; without it, the network fails as users cannot access the trackers. Decentralising bit torrent has already begun - Suprnova have started a project called "Exeem" which apparently has 5,000 beta testers trialling it, and has an ultimate aim of taking the best of Kazaa (a decentralised network) and merging it with Bit Torrent. Decentralisation removes the issue of poor availability at the tracker end, yet0 it also provides more scope for fake files and a reduction in data integrity at the user end.

The paper concludes that bit-torrent needs to evolve to create incentives to users to seed files. Bit-torrent as a protocol is a system that’s here to stay; it enjoys more and more usage from more main stream content providers. Yes, there is a lot of illegitimate use of the protocol, but unlike Kazaa, these users should not be allowed to over shadow the usefulness to legitimate users of the bit torrent protocol.

[Update] Since this article was published, Suprnova has shutdown as a hub for torrents. Although this cannot be confirmed, the shutdown is very likely related to legal action from the Hollywood against tracker websites; earlier in the week many other sites were taken down. The effectiveness of the takedowns could be massive; the paper below notes that when on the Suprnova mirrors went offline during their monitoring period, they saw a massive reduction in the number of users downloading files through the site.

Download: The Paper (pdf) | The Register

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Sri Lankan hip-hop mix: torrent

Sri Lankan hip-hop mix: torrent 03/17/2005 03:55 AM
Xeni Jardin: Boing Boing reader Lucas Emery says,

Your big article on M.I.A over the weekend reminded me that I had downloaded a mix mp3 shortly after the Tsunami disaster comprised exclusivly of Sri Lankan hip-hop. I can't remember where I originally found the mix (boomselection, maybe?) so I just made a .torrent. 58.4 Meg mp3 mix by Dr. Auratheft.

Link

Previously: M.I.A. is, well, MIA; and MIA for intergalactic overlord

Torrentocracy = RSS + Bit Torrent + Your
TV

Torrentocracy = RSS + Bit Torrent + Your
TV 06/21/2004 07:41 AM

Battle Torrent

Battle Torrent 08/11/2004 09:45 AM

Thanks to Dave over at Scripting News for the link. The already easy process of downloading files via BitTorrent has just gotten easier. [Downhill Battle]

It's the torrent, stupid

It's the torrent, stupid 12/22/2004 01:29 AM
Xeni Jardin: Mark Pesce rants about the recent shutdowns of BitTorrent supersites Suprnova.org and TorrentBits.com.

Hey, Hollywood! Can you feel the future slipping through your fingers? Do you understand how badly you've screwed up? You took a perfectly serviceable situation - a nice, centralized system for the distribution of media, and, through your own greed and shortsightedness, are giving birth to a system of digital distribution that you'll never, ever be able to defeat. In your avarice and arrogance you ignored the obvious: you should have cut a deal with SuprNova.org. In partnership you could have found a way to manage the disruptive change that's already well underway. Instead, you have repeated the mistakes made by the recording industry, chapter and verse. And thus you have spelled your own doom.

It's said that the best sequels are just like the original, only bigger and louder. Ladies and gentlemen, prepare yourselves for one hell of a crash. This baby is now fully out of control.

Link (via waxy)

CC Torrent Hosting

CC Torrent Hosting 12/17/2004 06:33 PM

Torrentocracy has announced a free BitTorrent hosting service for Creative Commons licensed content: Prodigem.

Download one of the beta torrents currently available. Send an email to Torrentocracy creator Gary Lerhaupt to request an upload account.

Update: Download all of the Duke Law School Arts Project Moving Image Contest finalists via one torrent at prodigem.

ShiftyGames Torrent 0.8.2

ShiftyGames Torrent 0.8.2 05/05/2004 10:52 PM
An arcade game with colored tiles.

Xcode .torrent

Xcode .torrent 08/08/2004 02:13 AM
Apple just released an update to is Xcode development tools, but Apple's content distribution network is slow and poky, and as Danny notes, it "won't let you resume downloads using wget -c." So here's a .torrent for Xcode. Link (via Oblomovka)

Following up on Torrent Shutdowns

Following up on Torrent Shutdowns 12/22/2004 01:40 AM
Slashdot Dec 21 2004 6:33PM GMT

Microsoft builds a better Bit Torrent

Microsoft builds a better Bit Torrent 06/17/2005 03:18 PM
Researchers at Microsoft's computer science lab in Cambridge have developed a peer-to-peer filesharing system that they say overcomes the scheduling problems associated with existing distribution protocols such as Bit Torrent.

The researchers claim download times are between 20-30 per cent faster, using their network coding approach, than on systems that only code at the server, and between 200 and 300 per cent faster than distributing un-encoded information.

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Comrade - Bit Torrent Client

Comrade - Bit Torrent Client 06/24/2004 12:03 AM
Working.

Grokster briefs torrent

Grokster briefs torrent 03/26/2005 05:13 AM
Cory Doctorow: Thad sez, "This is a torrent of all of the briefs submitted re: MGM v. Grokster, in the zip format provided on the U.S. Copyright Office site." Torrent Link for 74 briefs in 20.7MB

Torrent Site Status

Torrent Site Status 01/07/2005 04:15 AM
Don’t download too much pr0n .. Torrent Site Status

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SP2 Bit Torrent Legal Challenge

SP2 Bit Torrent Legal Challenge 08/11/2004 05:20 PM

Download the Windows XP Service Pack 2: The guys who were doing Microsoft a favor by pushing Service Pack 2 via Bit Torrent got slapped down by Redmond.

Microsoft sent DMCA takedown notices to our two webhosts, one of which was just linking to a torrent file on another server. We've stood up to these kinds of legal threats before (see the Grey Tuesday protests), but we decided not to bother this time, because we started this site primarily as a demonstration and to that end it's already been a huge success.

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Torrent of video from DV Guide

Torrent of video from DV Guide 08/30/2004 02:55 AM

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Better Than Bit Torrent, For Internet2
Users?

Better Than Bit Torrent, For Internet2
Users? 11/18/2003 07:54 PM

Eyes on the Screen torrent mirror

Eyes on the Screen torrent mirror 02/01/2005 08:38 PM
Cory Doctorow: Eyes on the Screen is an amazing Downhill Battle project that we blogged earlier. The idea is to get people to download the seminal documentary Eyes on the Prize, which chronicles the American civil rights movement. It's a Black History Month perrennial, but because of the prohibitive cost of clearing the copyrights to the archival footage used in the series. Once the series has been downloaded, you'd be encouraged to host a screening party for your friends and neighbors on February 8th, and ensure that the vital messages of this documentary don't fade away due to outmoded laws.

The Downhill Battle torrents for Eyes on the Prize have gone away, but there is still a mirror of them available. Please consider using the mirror to get your own copies and host a party of your own.

At 8pm on February 8th we will celebrate the struggle and triumph of the civil rights movement with screenings of Eyes on the Prize Part 1: Awakenings. Eyes on the Prize is the most renowned civil rights documentary of all time; for many people, it is how they first learned about the Civil Rights Movement (more about the film). But this film has not been available on video or television for the past 10 years simply because of expired copyright licenses. We cannot allow copyright red tape to keep this film from the public any longer. So today we are making digital versions of the film available for download. Join us in building a new mass audience for this film: organize or attend a screening in your city, town, school or home on February 8th.

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BeeTV - automatic torrent downloader

BeeTV - automatic torrent downloader 04/15/2005 10:02 AM
Prototype version released

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