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last.fm vs TechCrunch

Being the heavy user of Last.fm I was a little concerned when techcrunch broke the story that supposably, last.fm had given the RIAA, information pertaining to users who had scrobbled any tracks from the Upcoming and undrealeased U2 album. The fact I can’t stand the rose tinted glasses wearing, Irish Hypocrite is beside the point. Firstly, what got me [...]

Its Official the RIAA is the Worst Company in America

The RIAA won The Consumerist’s “Worst Company In America 2007″ reader poll.We predicted an RIAA landlslide, but they only managed a 53.8% majority over Halliburton’s 46.2% RIAA Wins Worst Company In America 2007 – Consumerist No Surprises here folks, apart from the fact the RIAA will never acknowledge they are the least liked company in [...]

Piracy: The Loss of Objectivity and Intelligence

“Unfortunately, many schools have turned a blind eye to piracy,” Berman said. “I don’t doubt that there are legitimate issues that universities must grapple with, including privacy and cost concerns. However, when a university such as Purdue tells the AP that it rarely even notifies students accused by the RIAA because it is too much [...]

RIAA = Fools

RIAA misreads Jobs open letter on DRM, thinks hes offering to license FairPlay – Engadget Yet again the RIAA is on the train to nowhere, seen as Steve Jobs said in his “Thoughts on Music” Apple would not be licensing fairplay, its either no DRM or Apple owns there system, the RIAA says “Apple your [...]