In the News: July 2008- July 31, 2008 Post your articleslinksvideos for July 2008http://www.boycott-riaa.com/article/31875 Viacom "wants to know what Google staff are YouTubing"- July 14, 2008 Viacom wants to know which YouTube videos have been uploaded by members of Google's staff, in what could be a potentially explosive aspect of its copyright infrigement claim against the search giant.http://www.boycott-riaa.com/article/32491 Can science explain why ABBA is so catchy- July 13, 2008 ABBA's songs continue to endure as what scientists have dubbed "earworms" 35 years after the band's first album was released. Like those little bugs, the tunes burrow into our brains and keep hitting the repeat button.http://www.boycott-riaa.com/article/32415 Viacom vs. YouTube: Beyond Privacy- July 12, 2008 As Viacom is granted access to YouTube user records, a bigger threat to user-generated sites emerges: The law is increasingly siding with rights ownershttp://www.boycott-riaa.com/article/32329 Japan to abandon iPod copyright fee- July 12, 2008 Masafumi Kiyota = "...there is virtually no hope for getting the legislation passed." Certainly good news for consumers.http://www.boycott-riaa.com/article/32283 Heaven knows our music's miserable now- July 12, 2008 ...if the former Genesis frontman Peter Gabriel is to be believed, it appears the glum national mood is even affecting our tastes in music. According to Gabriel, who runs a music website that allows users to recommend tracks, depressing music is topping the playlists.http://www.boycott-riaa.com/article/32279 Air travel poses weighty problem for musicians- July 12, 2008 The problems range far and wide. Just check the Web site for the International Society of Bassists, which has a page specifically dedicated to "flying with your bass." The page is not a love letter to the airline industry.http://www.boycott-riaa.com/article/32278 Labels up volume on vinyl releases to meet demand- July 12, 2008 Another vinyl resurge story.http://www.boycott-riaa.com/article/32276 Comcast Faces FCC Sanctions for Blocking Web Traffic- July 11, 2008 Comcast reluctantly acknowledged that it had temporarily blocked certain peer-to-peer traffic (file sharing)http://www.boycott-riaa.com/article/32192 |