Music industry watch
Issue roundup III
I think I need to get around to setting up a link-blog -- but in the meantime, have this:
- Rights issue dogs CD protection: Copyprotected CDs that have two sessions in them should really pay the songwriters for each copy that is put onto the CD. Not surprisingly, the record companies disagree.
- RIAA sues 532 'John Doe' file swappers: This move is also not surprising -- I'm hoping the results will be surprising to the RIAA when it turns out that they suing the kids of record label execs or congressmen. Who knows -- wouldn't that be fun?
- UK Music Industry Stomps on Imported CD Seller: Erm. International price fixing?? I'm not too educated on UK anti-trust laws, but this seems quite fishy to me. What jurisdiction does the UK have over a Hong Kong CD retailer? After 1997, I would've expected none, but I guess I was wrong.
That's all for now -- is it time to write code yet?
Posted by Mayhem at January 22, 2004 11:19 AM
