RIAA has co-opted a group from Congress in its ongoing fight against schools. The Congressmen include both Democrats and Republicans and sent a letter to 19 universities including Howard University,...

DigitalContainers Inc. was awarded Patent 7,251,832 for a "Secure Streaming Container." The patent facilitates secure playback of any kind of digital media. The company has been an active...

P2P has epitomized the swinging pendulum of media technology. Streaming vs. downloading is cyclical as consumer expectations and choices are shaped by available media, bandwidth, and business...

An article in NewTeeVee covers "Asia's P2P Boom" and reminds us that P2P is a worldwide phenomenon. It's not just 50 million US Internet users and Bit Torrent. The piece does a nice...

The Netgear Digital Entertainer HD won the 'Kickass' product award by Maximum PC and will be featured in an upcoming issue. The Digital Entertainer HD is a souped-up Tivo DVR. It's an...

Vuze, the HD P2PTV service from Azureus, announced it reached 7 million users in only 6 months of service. Vuze's primary programming partners is the BBC, which added the TV series The Office....

Limewire, the current leading P2P developer, is developing an online music store. Paid music files will be available via links in their P2P software and later included in P2P results. Music will be...

GROOVE MOBILE MOVES $6 MILLION Boston-area based Groove Mobile landed $6 million in a new round of funding from ORIX Venture Finance, for a total of $32 million raised. Previous investors included...

According to Insight Research's 51 page market report, "Peer-to-Peer & File-Sharing Services Market 2007-2011", P2P could generate up to $28 billion in revenues for telecom carriers...

Rolling Stone published an in-depth feature on The Record Industry's Decline. Now that a new generation of executives is driving the record companies, they can admit what everyone else has known...

METACAFE BREWS $30 MILLION Video site Metacafe raised $30 million in a third round of funding. The company has brought in a total $50 million in capital. Metacafe is a top ten video destination with...

The New York Times has an amusing article Memo to the Dept. of Magical Copyright Enforcement. Stopping copyright infringement is difficult. And it's often on the fringe. Acquiring illegitimate...

According to the report Internet TV 'goldrush' from researcher Understanding & Solutions, Internet and P2PTV will reach $10 billion in worldwide ad revenues by 2011, about 18% of all...

The DCIA, the P2P industry association, is driving P2P mainstream with the bicoastal P2P Advertising Upfront conference. The event will be held October 26 & 29 in New York and Los Angeles, in...

Universal Music Group jumped past rival EMI and juggernaut Apple to sell digital music without DRM (Digital Rights Management) to consumers. The files will be in open MP3 format that can be used on...

The Central District of California has overruled company privacy policies. So beware that even if a web site says it's not tracking you, it may be anyway. The ruling came in Columbia Pictures v....

This post is part of a series on the us house of representatives hearing on P2P. 1. U.S. Witch Hunt 2. Who Stole My P2P Cheese 3. What the Feds Say 4. The Industry Talks 5. Clark Wants Gov.......

The "first sale" doctrine is simple. You buy it. You own it. You can do whatever you like with it. In the digital world that's not so obvious. Record companies, software developers, and...

In How's That U.S. Broadband Working For You? we reported how the U.S. fell further behind in world broadband penetration and price. The OECD report rated the U.S. 15th out of 30 countries....