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Tell the World how you feel with TinySong (Download Squad)

May 29th 2008 6:13AM Thanks for picking up on that typo - fixed now.

And thanks for keeping track Ben, Josh has been sorting me out with info, but please feel free to let me know anything else that's going on.

Dodgy Russian music pirates make a comeback (Download Squad)

Aug 6th 2007 1:22PM A couple of points on this -

1. Under international copyright laws collection societies don't collect royalties for music sales - and they can't authorise them either. The argument that the Russian sites are relying on isn't based on local law or the international copyright laws it's merely a subterfuge to distract from the reality of the situation. Even if it was possible under Russian law to sell unlicensed music, that doesn't allow these sites to sell to people outside of Russia.

2. If you think that it's ok to sell music without ever paying a cent to the artist or record label is ok, well then that's your opinion. I happen to have a different opinion - that artists should get paid for their work. Just because I have an opinion that's different to yours doesn't mean it's 'slanted'. This is after all a blog, we're supposed to have opinions - that's mine.

3. You're right that this isn't a 'new story' - this is a follow up on a long running story - that there are a lot of sites out there continuing to sell music illegally despite the token efforts of the Russian government to shut down AllOfMP3. The news is that the Russian government's commitment to copyright protection is pretty much non-existent.

Another New Low for BurnLounge - Now They're Ripping off Public Enemy (The Digital Music Weblog)

Feb 20th 2007 12:16AM
Congratulations - a post from a BurnLounger that doesn't include spelling mistakes or irrelevant capitalisation. Maybe there is hope for your scam, oh sorry I mean business model, after all.

What You Don't Know About the iPhone (The Digital Music Weblog)

Jan 18th 2007 1:41AM In terms of why the iPhone doesn't include 3G capability, although I'm not an engineer by trade, my thought is that Apple with its heavy emphasis on design may have had trouble including the 3G hardware in a device that is quite as small and attractive as the iPhone. Although 3G phones are starting to look better these days, they have historically been pretty ugly beasts.

With a key launch market of the US which has lower 3G adoption and exclusive provider Cingular which is rolling out 3G but has a well-established Edge network Apple decided that they could get away with Edge for the first release and then upgrade with subsequent models when the hardware comes down in size.

I think that Apple will get away with this strategy in the US because the iPhone is a very sexy gadget, but will be interesting how they go in the rest of the world, I'd imagine it will very much depend on how quickly they get it out there, their partners and territories.

Gordon