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Media giants and telecom companies are still trying to figure out how to exploit the new markets offered by the shift to broadband and video-on-demand. TiVo and systems like it, being rolled out by cable and satellite-TV providers, allow viewers to download TV shows and movies and watch them when they want, skipping ads if they choose. U.S. networks haven't figured out viable revenue models for that. The BBC has no such roadblock, since its shows are financed by the citizenry and broadcast in Britain commercial-free. That means it can get on with digitizing...
...that you are otherwise not responsible, please respond promptly with an explanation. We will assume that you transmitted the copyrighted material identified above in violation of the copyright laws if we do not hear from you within five business days. If you have been using your network access to download, copy or distribute copyrighted material in violation of the copyright laws, as is possible using peer-to-peer file sharing programs, you must cease and desist immediately...
Though these days Zuckerberg has other projects on his “to do” list, the sophomore anticipates Synapse’s future success. He says he and D’Angelo are considering making Synapse open source, which, for the technologically illiterate, means that downloaders can see the program’s code and improve upon it. It is currently available for free download on the website. Zuckerberg’s software populism goes beyond simply turning down big-money corporate offers. “It’s important to us that people are able...
Napster, the original MP3 gangster, is back on a server near you, this time as a legal pay-per-download and subscription music service for Windows PCs. The official relaunch is Oct. 29, but a TIME test run shows that Napster 2.0 has got the rock to draw a crowd. The service will launch into stiff competition; this week Apple is expected to debut a Windows version of its highly successful (and until now Mac-only) iTunes Music Store...
...show a big difference. In fact, we saw artists on the iTunes Music Store (the Eagles, Lucinda Williams, the White Stripes) that were absent from Napster's catalog, while the reverse was less pronounced (Nelly Furtado, Lennon/Ono and some titles by They Might Be Giants). You still can't download some heavies like Madonna, Led Zeppelin and the Beatles anywhere. At least, not legally. --By Wilson Rothman