Jun
5
RIAA Asks the Court to Shut Down Lime Wire
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Many would argue that Lime Wire has been running on borrowed time for years, but their luck appears to be running out fast. The music industry has asked a New York federal court to shutdown Lime Wire permanently, and they might just get their way this time based on the summary judgment leveled against them [...]
Nov
30
Maximum PC Blog Postings – November 2009
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Articles By: Justin Kerr
November 7th 2009
Zune HD v4.3 Firmware Update Brings Several New Improvements
November 8th 2009
Windows 7 is Selling Well, But Microsoft Could Still be in Trouble
November 8th 2009
ComScore Internet Usage Survey Shows Microsoft “On Top”
November 15th 2009
Windows 7 Activation Bypassed (Yes Again) for Keyless Activation
November 15th 2009
Windows 7 OEM EULA Excludes Home Builds not [...]
Apr
19
Will Search Engines Become The Next Pirate Bay?
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By Justin Kerr
The pirate bay is taking on water at a frantic pace, and while an appeal in the trial is still likely, odds are pretty good that site may soon be brought down once and for all through a court injunction. [...]
Mar
7
Closing Arguments Presented in the Pirate Bay Trial
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By Justin Kerr
People around the world have been monitoring the Pirate Bay trial with an acute fascination. Bit Torrent has defiantly emerged as the dominate peer-to-peer file sharing method, and its packet based infrastructure has made it very difficult for copyright holders to [...]
Feb
22
Rumor: Last.fm Releases the Contents of Users Music Libraries to the RIAA
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By Justin Kerr
The unreleased U2 album “No Line on the Horizon” was leaked onto Bit Torrent last week, and the resulting downloads have sent the RIAA into a frenzied fit. New rumors reported by TechCrunch have revealed that the recording industry might be [...]
Jan
24
RIAA Looks to Block the Webcast of one of its Copyright Infringement Trials
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By Justin Kerr
A few weeks back we looked at a change within the RIAA that would see it slowly shift away from pursing copyright infringement in the courts on a case by case basis. We are starting to see some evidence to back [...]
Jan
4
Slysoft Plays Cat and Mouse with BD+ DRM – And Continues to Win the War
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By Justin Kerr
Copy protection and DRM in general is a difficult subject to write about objectively. If you take a step back and look at the desire to protect ones intellectual property, DRM sounds like a good idea. But as a legitimate consumer [...]
Oct
12
Wal-Mart Decides To Maintain DRM Servers
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By Justin Kerr
Intense customer backlash has forced the online music arm of Wal-Mart to reverse its position on its controversial plan to deactivate all DRM authentication servers on October 9th. The move would have left countless customers with music files that could never [...]