RIAA Provides New Years Cold Wet Slap to Consumers Face

Just days before the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) where legendary musicians and the buzz of new product introductions will showcase how consumers manage and enjoy their digital media “everywhere”, the Washington Post is reporting that the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has a federal case against Jeffrey Howell, an AZ, man who kept a [...]

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Unlimited Download TV Service

Let’s see, I slept for 7 hours; it’s a new day and an announcement of yet another start up in the internet video space.  This seems like a daily ritual. 
The newest is Sync TV, a spin off from consumer electronics company Pioneer, which launched a beta download service.
The audio and video quality of the TV [...]

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Kill Internet Radio

A recent decision by the Copyright Royalty Board in Washington, DC to nearly triple the licensing fees for Internet radio sites is irrationally high and will hurt music sites like Pandora. The new royalty rates are more than 4X what satellite radio pays and broadcast radio does not pay these. These new royalties [...]

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7 Predictions for ‘07

 
Looking in the mirror at just what objects did appear closer as the year comes to a close, I suspect a key question on your mind is: What is Mac’s prognostication of digital home and general usage trends next year…?
1. Music is THE Application for Mobile Phones
CD-quality music is going to be on more than [...]

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A Spiraling Vortex of Movie Download Ruin

New copyright exemptions went into effect at the end of November, and it’s still illegal to copy a DVD to your iPod for personal use. The proposed exemptions to allow copying commercial DVDs to portable media players were rejected. The new copyright exemptions are in effect for three years and additional information is available [...]

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