FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein threw the MPAA a bone, saying that the FCC will be “very careful about the use of the Internet for illegal activities.” The FCC also announced the end of telco building monopolies and another P2P hearing, this time at Stanford University.
Lunatic proposals involving governments regulating Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and then forcing them to disconnect users suspected of performing illegal downloads are gaining traction in the United Kingdom, France and Australia.
The popular BitTorrent site Mininova is currently Beta testing BitTorrent powered video streaming. The new streaming feature allows users to watch videos instantly, streamed from .torrent files.
The Blu-ray 2.0 spec (or BD-Live) is just days for launch. Sony just announced that the next PlayStation3 firmware updated — v2.20 — will add the new interactive features to your PS3 in “late March.” As such, PS3 owners should expect downloadable video content, ringtones, games, and the always intriguing “more” when the software is released…
Apple has been conducting research on a new breed of display hardware that would employ autostereoscopy to produce three-dimensional images that can be viewed by multiple users without the need for special headgear or glasses.
They finally did it, discs are fully playable after ripping! Down with DRM!
When trying to make a living creating PC games, ignoring the pirates might be the best approach. The CEO of Stardock, which made the best-selling Sins of a Solar Empire, argues that copy protection simply aggravates actual customers.
One more round today in the continuing downward spiral of controversial Miami attorney Jack Thompson. Today the Florida Supreme Court sanctioned Mr. Thompson after he failed to prove that they shouldn’t through his recent “show cause” order.
The Federal Constitutional Court in Germany has ruled that the identities of file-sharers must remain private and can no longer be revealed to media companies who accuse them of copyright infringement. In future, only those accused of ‘heavy’ crimes such as murder, child pornography or kidnapping will be revealed.
No Starch Press and Wired’s news editor Leander Kahney have released free copies of “The Cult of Mac” and “The Cult of iPod” on the Pirate Bay. Publishing music, movies and books on BitTorrent seems to be becoming a trend, and there’s nothing wrong with that.
Rumors of a new music service appear to be just that, but with iPod sales slowing and competition growing, now may be the time to pursue such a plan.
The beta version of the latest Ubuntu was released today. The official release is on April 24, 2008.
