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October 23, 2009

Music and Virtual Products – Google and Facebook

Filed under: Cyber Culture Computer Security,Google,Web 2.0 — Tags: , , , — info @ 12:33 am

Facebook plans to let users buy music and other virtual products on its Web site, the company has said.
Songs and official sports icons are among the new virtual gifts Facebook will add to its store.

Also, Google will let users sample and buy songs directly from its search results page with a service it plans to announce soon, according to reports.

Google will let users stream songs from Lala and iLike.com, which is owned by MySpace, according to a report. A Lala link will let users stream a full song once for free and pay about $1 to download a copy, the report said.

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September 26, 2009

Online Entertainment – YouTube, Video and Warner Music

Filed under: Google,Intellectual Property,Online Advertising,Web 2.0 — Tags: , , , — info @ 9:06 pm

Warner Music Group has completed a deal with YouTube that will bring back music videos for Green Day, U2, Madonna and other artists to the video-sharing site from which they were removed in December, according to reports.

Warner has also commenced talks with Vevo, the “Hulu for music” joint venture between YouTube and Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainments.

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August 25, 2009

Illegal Downloaders and UK Government

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Illegal Downloaders and UK Government

People who persist in swapping copyrighted films and music will have their internet connections cut off under tough new laws to be proposed by the government .

The measures also include taking the power to target illegal downloaders away from regulator Ofcom and giving it to ministers to speed up the process.

The decision to cut off peer-to-peer filesharers is unexpected since it was ruled out by the government’s own Digital Britain report in June as going too far.

The government will take the unusual step of proposing much stricter rules midway through the Digital Britain consultation process. Illegal filesharers will still get warning letters but if they continue to swap copyrighted material they could have their internet connection temporarily severed, although it may be possible to retain basic access to online public services.

The music and film industries had campaigned hard to have measures introduced earlier than 2012 and the fact that persistent pirates can be cut off is likely to be welcomed. The UK’s internet service providers, however, will be less pleased by the plans. Several have made it quite plain they have no desire to police the web on behalf of another industry.

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