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...digital files. The Pirates - and their supporters who have staged street demonstrations, Twittered the court proceedings and may have crashed the websites of their perceived enemies - insist that they simply bring users together to who have files they are willing to share. If users choose to find illegal content and trade it, the site's operators say, that's their business. Not so, say the Hollywood and music-industry heavies who brought the civil case that accompanies Sweden's criminal prosecution, it's really our business. (See the 50 best inventions...
...fight is more than just a new way to wage an old war of ideas. It's about whether Internet companies whose business is to help users find content that other companies have spent money to create ought to be hailed as innovators or hauled into court as thieves. Some folks, for example, see Google News as a quick and easy way to find the best journalism on the Web. Others complain that it lets the search engine company make billions while the media companies that paid to produce the content struggle to break even...
...courts have let internet service providers off the hook for distributing obscene or otherwise illegal material. And Internet publishers, like newspaper sites, are ordinarily not liable for defamatory material contained in comments posted by readers. Google has been challenged here and abroad for the way it uses other sites' content on its Google News site. So far, though U.S. courts have sided with the search engine company, courts in other countries have seen it differently. Google lost a copyright case in Belgium brought by a consortium of photographers and journalists in 2007, and other suits are likely to proliferate...
...descend from the highest octaves. On “In the Sky,” one of the album’s best examples of her limited vocal experimentation, she groups her phrases into short bursts, shooting up the octave over and over as if she was not yet content with how high her voice can reach. Whereas “Citrus” fused dream pop with a healthy dose of punk attitude, “Hush” lacks any type of edge. Despite the occasional pounding drum, the songs never depart from the prevailing dreamy tone, making...
...monetary perspective, “there’s an experience value to music, and music as a commodity is extremely valuable.” Brooke J. Jenkins, a student at the Business school who called herself a long-time fan of MC Hammer, noted a contrast between the content of his talk and his public persona in the early 90’s, the height of his fame. “He’s definitely a different person, probably in a better place.” Jenkins said...