I Own My Music

p2pnet news view Advertising | P2P:- Google has been taking heavy fire from all around the world, and not just from people.

Governments, too, are complaining because all-too-many of Gargoyle’s Street View Snoop-O-Rama images which, according to the company, are blurred by “state-of-the-art technology,” are easily recognizable.

As p2pnet posted yesterday, Canada is the latest country to become yet another advertising prop.

Gogle calls it a ’service’. And it is.

For Groogle.

The pic on the right shows someoneoutside Concordia University in Montréal telling …

p2pnet news view P2P:- “What’s developed in the last several days on P2PNet sounds like the seeds of a very useful and productive conversation between an artist and many music fans,” says Dick Huey (front)  in an open letter to entertainment lawyer Fred Wilhelms.

He’s talking about the fact musicians and music lovers are for the first time talking to each other openly and directly without poisonous Big Music rhetoric fouling the atmosphere.

In his answer, Wilhelms says he and Huey …

p2pnet news view Advertising | P2P:- Online advertising company Google has promised to “immediately safeguard” Gmail accounts targeted as part of an “industry-wide phishing scheme,” says the BBC.

Windows Live Hotmail users have already been warned to change their password and security question immediately following a “possible Windows Live Hotmail ‘hack’ or phishing scheme where password details of thousands of Hotmail accounts have been posted online,” reported Neowin.

This list contained some 10,000 names.

Now, a further 20,000 names and …

Bloggers Must Disclose Payments for Reviews New York Times
The Federal Trade Commission will require bloggers to clearly disclose any freebies or payments they get from companies for reviewing their products. It is the first time since 1980 that the commission has revised its guidelines on endorsements and testimonials, and the first time the rules have covered bloggers. But the commission stopped short Monday of specifying how bloggers must disclose any conflicts of interest.

France Telecom executive quits amid suicides Examiner
France Telecom SA said Monday …

p2pnet news view |  Kids & Kartels:- The corporate record industry is under fire, “after launching a scheme to teach primary schoolchildren — possibly as young as five — not to illegally download music from the internet,” says Britain’s the Daily Mail.

“Lessons teaching pupils about copyright law are already being piloted in six schools and could be rolled out across the country.

“Critics suggest the initiative is designed to protect commercial interests rather than provide a valuable educational experience.”

The get ‘em while they’re …

Ares is in the news a lot recently. In the spring of 2008 it was the introduction of Ares Vista , a new version of the Ares filesharing program that was created to solve the problems users of windows vista were having.

Now, Ares is in the news as the new rocket that NASA is testing that will be replacing the shuttle for the trip back to the moon and beyond to Mars.A space rocket is essentially a large bomb, and those in the shuttle attached to it must pray constantly that the designers have got their bomb design just right. This is the situation faced by the brave astronauts that will be flying in the Orbit shuttle attached to the Ares rocket. This combination forms part of the Constellation program, and launch is hoped to be in 2015 (last month it was 2013, but there have been some issues).Getting the design right is one of NASA’s main priorities and it takes a huge amount of time. Ares initial designs have undergone – and passed – initial testing by the 1,100 strong team of specialists at the Marshall Space Flight Center. Far from being the final word on the safety of the Ares rocket, these initial runs are just the starting point for what is an almost endless series of iterative changes.The nature of the Ares rocket means that it is largely untested before it shoots off into the cold, dark space carrying its precious cargo. These tests are lengthy, tiresome and very, very expensive. The lives that depend on it, though, will be hoping and praying that no stone is left unturned.

I am a realistic man; I know that good things cannot last forever. And so it is with my current version of the Ares filesharing software. Just like my previous favorite – Ares Galaxy – which was eventually superseded by any number of far superior alternatives, so my current choice will inevitably bested by some other Ares version.

The thing with a piece of software like Ares is that it moves so quickly. One version can quite suddenly improve beyond recognition and take up the …

Sad news as it looks as if Pandora may have to shut down. Pandora is a great music service that lets search for music and then plays you music it thinks you might like. It’s a great way of finding new bands and artists and is one of the best Internet radio services around. Licensing constraints have already meant that only US residents can use Pandora, but the end may be near, even though Pandora offers the chance to buy the music you hear …

Dream Pinball 3D. That name ring any bells? Sounds like a pretty average PC game. And yes, it is. However, it might just end up being the world’s most expensive pinball videogame for one UK woman, who has found herself in the middle of a filesharing debacle after being ordered to pay about $32,000 for sharing the game over filesharing networks.

The woman, who remains unnamed, was taken to court by Topware and ordered to pay a fine and costs. It’s alleged that the …

We actually had to look up exactly what “Hobe Sound” is. Call us ignorant, but it sure doesn’t sound like the name of a town. Regardless, a woman from Hobe Sound stands accused of distributing 419 copyrighted songs through filesharing networks.

Among the free music downloads on this music fan’s hard drive were N*SYNC and American Idol nutcase Paula Abdul. Stephanie Wielinski apparently used filesharing networks to distribute the songs in April last year.

With all the fuss being made about the Jammie Thomas case …