The Register - Music and MediaBiting the hand that feeds ITDead author's estate snatches child's domain- July 25, 2008 Nar-nar-nar-nar-nar(nia) A British couple has lost the battle to keep the narnia.mobi domain name which they claimed was only registered so that their son could have a Narnia-related email address. The address will transfer to a company representing CS Lewis's estate.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/25/narnia_name/ How government will save you from P2P deviance- July 25, 2008 It's stealing, you know... Thousands - or to be more precise, six thousands - of lucky alleged infringers a week are to be informed of the error of their ways, according to the terms of the deal struck this week between the British government and six major ISPs. They will in the first instance be "informed when their accounts are being used unlawfully to share copyright material and pointed towards legal alternatives."http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/25/filesharing_mou/ Apple is Fisher-Price of sound quality, says Neil Young- July 24, 2008 The revolution will not be podcast Over five decades Neil Young has played a variety of roles including sixties protester, folk singer, Ronald Reagan supporter, grunge rocker and film maker. Now he's donning a new hat: Apple basher.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/24/neil_young_bashes_apple/ Feargal Sharkey on the ISP filesharer MoU- July 24, 2008 Three Strikes RIP The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between ISPs and the music business will lead to radically new "legal P2P" services, British Music Rights' Feargal Sharkey told us this morning. Licensing deals have already been signed, we reported recently.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/24/feargal_music_isp_mou/ UK ISPs agree to menace their filesharing users- July 23, 2008 But menace them with what Six UK ISPs are to start sending out menacing letters to hundreds of thousands of suspected music pirates as part of a government plan to tackle illegal filesharing, the BBC reports. The deal and the names of the six are due to be unveiled on Thursday, and the ISPs are also said to have committed "to develop legal music services."http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/23/berr_isp_mou/ Google eats Russkie ad firm- July 19, 2008 Begin the Begun As it plays catch-up in the Russian search market, Google will acquire a seasoned Russian ad firm for $140m in cash.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/19/google_buys_begun/ Amazon opens video on demand shop- July 17, 2008 Boxing Unbox After failing to change the world with its Unbox video download service, Amazon has unveiled a new online storefront that serves up videos on demand.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/17/amazon_video_on_demand/ Blinkx bestows video search on world+dog- July 16, 2008 White Red label play Blinkx is now offering a white label version of its transatlantic video search engine. But it prefers the name Red Label. "The Blinkx 'B' has always been red," CEO and founder Suranga Chandratillake tells The Reg.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/16/blinkx_red_label/ Sensitive Wii maker snubs developers- July 16, 2008 Nintendo keeps development kit to itself Nintendo may have announced a new enhancement to the Wii controller, but don't expect many titles to take advantage of the new accuracy.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/16/wii_motionplus/ Copyright gets 'Use It Or Lose It' clause- July 16, 2008 EC ties strings to term extension The European Commission today approved an extension to the life of sound recording copyright, from 50 to 90 years - but with a twist.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/16/ec_copyright_term_extensio... |