We are noticing interesting anomalies between the ARIA charts and the P2P downloads. This could be due to the old analogue methodology that purchased music is accounted for and subsequently reported on in the Aria physical media charts. i.e.: the results of weekly sales from 1100 record stores around Australia are collected on a [...]
Following on from an article written by Chris Gilbey last week, Record Companies – The True Criminals wherein he pointed out that that the music industry was possibly one of the main causes of the lowering of community morals when the lyrics of some songs played over the radio were questionable when played in the [...]
It’s interesting that the Music Industry is claiming damages per file download. Their interdiction procedures have filled the ED2k (Emule/Edonkey) network with fake files and their methodology of advertising non-existent files makes the network appear as if it is thousands of times larger than it really is. I wonder if they explain that too [...]
Tonights blog is short. In response to President Obama hiring 5 ex RIAA lawyers and increasing the per infringement amount to $150,000 per, we give you – The List. AppleJuice Halite DC++ Freenet iMesh Ares LimeWire dctc Acquisition Apollon KCEasy Localhost Dolda Connect Acqlite Grokster BitTorrent MLDonkey Elise Apollon Kazaa ABC MonoTorrent fulDC Cabos [...]
My first “R” rated movie was “Little Big Man” which my dad let me see when I was only 12 years old. His exact words to me were – “You’re old enough now son.” It was great movie – it covered a number of human themes: the arrogance and bluster of Custer, the religious [...]
The Music Industry’s future was pre-determined 300 years ago. Louis XIV and his ultimate beheading resulting from the Revolution has curious parallels to today’s file sharing activity and the P2Pvolution. The peasants rose in revolt against the high taxes and lack of bread. (And maybe because the early Ipods were self powered, but [...]