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1.5-million-dollar verdict in US music piracy case

A US jury has ordered a Minnesota woman to pay 1.5 million dollars for illegally downloading 24 songs in a high-profile digital piracy case.

Technology / Internet

created Nov 04, 2010 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (13) | comments 68

Removal of restrictions can decrease music piracy

Contrary to the traditional views of the music industry, removal of digital rights management (DRM) restrictions can actually decrease piracy, according to new research from Rice University and Duke University.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Oct 07, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (11) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

Music insider shatters model of digital distribution

The music industry may be bellyaching about how tough times are as revenue continues to sink like a rock for traditional music companies, but don't tell that to Jeff Price.

Technology / Internet

created Nov 04, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (8) | comments 6

US woman to pay 1.92 mln dlrs in music piracy case

A US jury has ordered a 32-year-old woman to pay nearly two million dollars in damages for illegally downloading 24 songs over the Internet in a high-profile digital piracy case.

Technology / Internet

created Jun 19, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (9) | comments 32

HP's new touch Tablet: Windows 7 ultimate remote?

Hewlett-Packard recently announced a new wireless, touchscreen tablet that's a cross between a wireless photo frame and a super duper remote control.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Apple's restriction-free music downloads create pause

When Apple Inc. announced in January that it would sell restriction-free music files, that was supposed to mean consumers could buy songs and play them on the portable gadget of their choice.

Technology / Other

created Feb 11, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (7) | comments 9

Apple tablet could write a new chapter for e-books

(AP) -- The company whose CEO proclaimed in 2008 that people don't read anymore may now be poised to sweep in and school the electronic book reader market.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 25, 2010 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (7) | comments 1

Study: To students, music piracy and shoplifting are worlds apart

What's the difference between stealing a CD from a music store and ripping off music online? The music industry and law enforcers say that there is none: Theft is theft, whether it's physical or digital.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Apr 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Virtual possessions have powerful hold on teenagers, researchers say

Digital imagery, Facebook updates, online music collections, email threads and other immaterial artifacts of today's online world may be as precious to teenagers as a favorite book that a parent once read to them or a t-shirt ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Watches that compute are the next small thing in technology

The watch may be making a comeback - and it will do much more than just tell time.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 14, 2011 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Apple's next big thing?

Along with revelations about his "thermonuclear war" on Google and funding of non-traditional cancer treatments, Steve Jobs' newly published biography drops a bomb about the next big thing he and Apple were working on.

Technology / Business

created Oct 27, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

MP3 co-creator wants to smarten-up dumb devices

A German electrical engineer who helped make MP3 players a reality has turned his attention to making "dumb devices" act smart.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jan 11, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

World's first album of Twitter music available now

For the first time, you can now download an album of digital music written exclusively for Twitter.

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Online shoppers more likely to buy from white sellers than black

(PhysOrg.com) -- When a seller's race is evident in an online classified ad for an iPod nano, black sellers receive fewer offers and less money than white sellers, says a new Stanford study.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jul 20, 2010 | popularity 2 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Multimedia search without detours

Finding a particular song or video is often no easy matter. Manually assigned metadata may be incorrect, and the unpacking of compressed data can slow up the search. DIVAS, a multimedia search engine, uses digital fingerprints ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Apr 02, 2010 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0