On Holiday- July 4, 2008 I'll be away on holiday for the next couple of weeks, returning on the 21t July. So the posts will either be scarce or none.http://weblogs.jupiterresearch.com/analysts/mulligan/archives/2008/07/on_holiday_1.html Viacom Taking Lessons from the RIAA- July 3, 2008 The BBC reports that a court has just ruled that Google hand over details of every video ever watched on YouTube to Viacom. Yes , you read correctly, every video ever watched. But most importantly details of every viewer (including IP addresses) are also to be handed over. Viacoms dispute with Google centres around unlicensed MTV music video clips on YouTube Viacom getting leverage to get a better deal (inc equity stake) for licensing content to YouTube (delete as appropriate depending on.http://weblogs.jupiterresearch.com/analysts/mulligan/archives/2008/07/viacom_taking_l.html BPI Steps Up Activity Against File Sharers- July 3, 2008 The BBC is reporting - online , on-radio and on-TV on the thousands of letters to be sent out to illegal file sharers in UK on behalf of the BPI. 800 have already been sent out via Virgin Media. These are first steps, and though already criticized, the libertarians (mischievously referred to as Freetards in some circles) should consider the comparatively liberal nature of the approach currently being pursued compared to those in the US and in France. Realistically speaking the UK music...http://weblogs.jupiterresearch.com/analysts/mulligan/archives/2008/07/bpi_steps_up_ac.html And then there were three- July 2, 2008 Warner Music have announced that they are licensing to Comes With Music. So now just EMI remains out in the cold but they have publicly indicated that they will join. So next step for Nokia is a decent selection of indies. One would hope that theyre talking to Merlin to ensure smaller indies are on board rather than just the big guns. It is also to be hoped that when CWM launches it does so with some cool new handsets rather than just a firmware upgrade to existing handsets. A touch...http://weblogs.jupiterresearch.com/analysts/mulligan/archives/2008/07/and_then_there.html |