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BPI wins first court case against two men for illegal file sharing
Posted by Seán Byrne on 01 February 2006 - 00:08 - Source: BBC News

The British Phonographic Industry has won a fight against unauthorised file sharing after two men who refused to settle with the BPI were put through court action and the court ruled against both men. The BPI accused these two along with three others of making 8,906 songs in total publicly available over the Internet.

The first man claimed that the BPI had no direct evidence of infringement; however the judges dismissed this, ordering him to make an immediate payment of £5,000 to the BPI. His costs are estimated to be £13,500 with damages yet to be determined. The second man, a postman claimed that he was unaware that he was doing anything illegal and was not making any financial gain from this, however the judge also dismissed this declaring that ignorance is not a defence and ordered him to make an immediate payment of £1,500. His costs and damages have yet to be determined also.

So far, the BPI has sued a further 139 since October 2004 with most settling out-of-court for up to £6,500. The BPI mentioned that 51 of these being sued have a deadline of January 31st to settle to avoid court action. According to the BPI's lawyers, they say that this court ruling is a major step forward in the industry's fight against unauthorised file sharing. Thanks to StarGhost for letting us know about the following news:

The UK music industry has won a landmark court case in its fight against illegal online music sharing.
High Court judges ordered two men to pay the British Phonographic Industry between £1,500 and £5,000 for making thousands of songs available online.

One of the men said he did not know he was acting illegally. The other said there was no evidence against him.

The BPI has launched 139 similar cases since October 2004, most being settled out of court for up to £6,500.

The two men, who the BPI decided not to name in publicising the cases, were accused along with three others of using peer-to-peer software to share 8,906 songs over the internet.

For the others who are being sued in the UK, this court ruling makes it clear that if they don’t settle, they are unlikely going to get away with any of the excuses like these have tried. Unfortunately, it does mean that people will have to be more careful when they install file sharing software as most will scan the hard drive for media to share out as well as automatically launch upon each start-up if the user does not be careful.

StarGhost added: I really don't believe that file sharing has been so detrimental to the sales of music singles. It's more cost effective to buy an album than a single hence the reason no-one buys them anymore. Consumers aren't stupid so why should they expect them to buy singles that are continously played on TV adverts, the radio and MTV? I would like to know how the BPI caught these people too. Were they running a file sharing network or were they simply found out to be using something like Bit Torrent or Limewire? How did they manage to prove they were illegally sharing music?

Feel free to discuss about file sharing and its legal issues on our Music Download, Peer to Peer (P2P) & Legal Issues forum.
http://www.cdfreaks.com/news/13015

 

New MPAA Pirate Control boss,

p2p news / p2pnet: Entertainment cartel pseudo-cop organizations the MPAA and RIAA are looking and more and more like retirement homes for ex-US law enforcers of one kind and another.

"The Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. (MPAA) today announced two new additions to its Los Angeles staff," it says proudly.

The first names the MPAA's new cfo and the second introduces Michael Robinson as the new director of US anti-piracy operations.

A "thrilled" John G. Malcolm, himself an ex-US Department of Justice deputy assistant attorney general, observes Robinson "has walked the walk" and, "comes to the MPAA from the Transportation Security Administration, where he served as Federal Security Director at New Orleans International Airport," as he says in an MPAA fluff piece we received yesterday.

"He has had a noteworthy career in law enforcement that spans four decades, having first started as a state trooper in Michigan and working his way up to become the state's first Homeland Security Director. During that time, Robinson served eleven years as Director of the Michigan Department of State Police, where he was responsible for all state-level public safety and emergency services. Robinson's international reputation in law enforcement has earned him the respect of colleagues throughout the country, who in 2000 chose him to serve a one-year term as President of the International Association of Chiefs of Police- which represents 18,000 police executives in over 100 countries."

Robinson is from a branch of law enforcement, "known for abusing its power, and from a city where the police department has been rocked by scandal after scandal," says Xeni Jardin on Boing Boing.

"The perfect guy for the job!"

He assumes the position (the MPAA's own words, honest ; ) next week.

Ex-ATF boss Brad Buckles run the 'anti-piracy' over at the RIAA (Recording Industry Associaition of America) and both 'trade' organizations employ battalions of ex-cops as enforcers, with all that implies with respect to their many and various collaborative efforts with real police departments at home and abroad.

As Malcolm told the New Orleans Times-Picayune, Robinson has "advised the president" and has, "law enforcement contacts all over the world."

That should put him in a perfect position to go after kids with Sony camcorders. And the Hollywood insiders who perform a major role in keeping the p2p networks supplied, of course.

Also See:
Boing Boing - MPAA puts TSA goon in charge of enforcement, February 1, 2006
Times-Picayune - Airport security chief quits, January 18, 2006

(Wednesday 1st February 2006)
http://p2pnet.net/story/7784

 

DRM - a 'neutrality issue'

p2p news / p2pnet: I'm just returning from participating in the OECD's Future of the Digital Economy conference in Rome. The conference attracted about 350 attendees with all expected companies, lobby groups, NGOs, and governments in attendance. I may write more about the conference next week, but it is worth highlighting my major take-away, namely the clear divisions for what are likely to be the two big battles in this area in 2006 (and possibly beyond).

The first big battle again involves digital rights management (DRM) technologies. While one might be forgiven for thinking that we're back in 1996 rather than 2006, but DRM came up at virtually every panel. From my perspective, the news is that there is at least some acknowledgement of the problems involving DRM. The privacy, security, innovation, etc. issues are still largely ignored, however, there is a tacit (and sometimes explicit) recognition that DRM has created consumer concerns.

The battle lines revolve around the source of these concerns. For the content companies, the problem lies not with their DRM but rather with the interoperability problems engendered by DRM. They argue that the problem therefore rests with the electronics companies, who insist on releasing devices that won't recognize all DRM, thus leaving consumers stuck with products that frequently can't be shifted from device to device. This discussion reminded me of the recent headline during the Canadian election which ran along the lines of "Martin attacks Layton for not attacking Harper." In this context, the not-particularly catchy headline would be "Content companies attack electronic makers for hurting their attack on consumers with their own attack on consumers."

Incredibly, this is described as a "neutrality" issue. The content companies would like a device neutral world (except when they don't, such as with the broadcast flag) in which DRM will work on all devices. Indeed, there was some discussion about the need for government mandated interoperability.

Another recurring theme at the conference pointed to the other side in this debate. It was remarkable to see the amount of discussion around the growing importance of user-generated content. Although unfortunately tagged as the rise of the "amateur" (or marginally better "creative activation"), there were noteworthy presentations on Creative Commons, the BBC Creative Archive, Flickr, Google Book Search, and blogs (Technorati founder Jason Sifry reported that 75,000 new blogs are being created every day with Japanese emerging as the leading language for blog postings in January - less than 1/3 of blog postings were in English).

Among this group not only is DRM not needed (which drew a response from Intel's representative who seemed genuinely puzzled at its absence), but it is harmful with negative effects for free expression, user acceptance, as well as privacy and security. This again brought up the growing call for DRM consumer protection that would better protect against DRM misuse.

Given the "buy your senator an ipod" campaign in the U.S., I expect that this is where the battle will be fought. Once everyone in the Senate has an iPod and experiences the limitations of DRM, the response from the content companies will be to blame the consumer electronics industry and to try to force changes to devices, not the DRM'd content itself.

The other big battle will be well known to readers of this blog - network neutrality. The issue surfaced repeatedly in questions and comments as a serious threat to the digital economy. That said, Verizon was on hand to present its IPTV, which looked a lot like a private Internet. It isn't described as such of course, but we were told that the residents of Keeler, Texas are thrilled with the new high speed lines that permit transmission of high-definition television and other content. Content companies also like it - so much so that Disney was delighted to strike a deal with Verizon to deliver its content in this way. And it turns out that Disney gets more than just fast delivery of content in the bargain as Verizon has agreed to assist them with their IP enforcement efforts.

Ultimately, if the OECD's conference was unable to arrive at a consensus on the future of the digital economy, it succeeded in highlighting where the future battles will be fought.

Michael Geist
[Geist is the Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law at the University of Ottawa. He can be reached by email at mgeist[at]uottawa.ca and is on-line at www.michaelgeist.ca.]

(Wednesday 1st February 2006)
http://p2pnet.net/story/7790

 

Hackers Announce that XBox 1 is Completely Hacked
Tuan Nguyen - February 1, 2006 2:02 PM
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No more modchip, no more softmod. XBOX 1 can play "backup" discs or XBMC with ease

The XBox hacking community has now claimed that with the original Xbox, players everywhere no longer need to purchase and have a mod-chip installed in order to play backed up games.

Traditionally, Xbox users were using hardware modifications that were installed to bypass certain checking and verification schemes that Microsoft implemented. Eventually through the Xbox Live! service, Microsoft was able to enforce a certain amount of authentication, banning those it detected to have modified Xbox units.

Then came the mods where users could flip a switch and go back and forth between "modded" mode and regular original mode, which allowed players to play authentic Xbox Live enabled titles but switch back to playing backed up discs at will.

Now, using specialized firmware mods, the hackers claim to have a mod-chip free method that works 100% of the time. No details were given about how this would work with Xbox Live.
http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=568

 

@ireland

before u drown me out /w news again id ike to ask u some questions.

1. Do u no if its ilegal to copy DVDs in Canada?

2. Since programs like DVD Shrink and the like have been removed from the site, do u no if i would be able to put links to them in my profile page? or would that be breaking laws?

 

Starrift the info is in this thread,today i do not have time to locate the info ye want.


DRM promises from SunnComm

p2p news / p2pnet: SunnComm, one of the companies behind the Sony BMG spyware DRM farce, has outlined what it's done, and what it plans to do, to address potential security problems caused by its MediaMax CD DRM (Digital Restrictions Management) software, and to "help protect against future vulnerabilities".

So says the EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation).

There's been no word from the other company, UK-based First4Internet.

The two firms created separate 'copyright protection' applications which Sony BMG hid on music CDs which then secretly planted the applications on customers' computers, in the process further besmirching the already blackened names of itself and its partners in the Organized Music cartel.

"SunnComm says it will ensure that future versions of MediaMax will not install when the user declines the end user license agreement (EULA) that appears when a CD is first inserted in a computer CD or DVD drive," says the EFF in a statement.

"SunnComm has also agreed to include uninstallers in all versions of MediaMax software, to submit all future versions to an independent security-testing firm for review, and to release to the public the results of the independent security testing."

SunnComm and EFF are discussing how to ensure that legitimate security researchers who have been, are, or will be working to identify security problems with MediaMax will not be accused of copyright violations under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)."

Then follow the usual meaningless and completely insincere platitudes:

From SunnComm: "We are pleased to be working with EFF to ensure that consumers are notified of this potential vulnerability and our update," said acting SunnComm President and Chief Executive Officer Kevin Clement.

And from the EFF: "EFF applauds SunnComm's commitments to better security and privacy practices."

Meanwhile Princeton professor Ed Felten and Alex Halderman, who initially cracked SunnComm's uncrackable DRM, are finishing (if they haven't already finished it already) 'Lessons from the Sony CD DRM Episode,' an academic paper that analyzes, "several not-yet-discussed aspects of the XCP and MediaMax CD copy protection technologies" to, "put the Sony CD episode in context and draw lessons for the future".

List of CDs with SunnComm MediaMax 5:
List of CDs with SunnComm MediaMax 3:

Also See:
statement - CD Copy Protection Firm Promises Fix for Software Problems, February 2, 2006
not-yet-discussed - Felten and Halderman on DRM: III, January 31, 2006
http://p2pnet.net/story/7801

 

Movies File Share Top Ten

Ranking Movie Number of Downloads
01 >>> The Wedding Crashers + #2 1,064,249
02 >>> The Chronicles of NarniaL LWW - #2 1,044,289
03 >>> King Kong (unchanged) 1,032,388
04 >>> Redeye + #10 983,515
05 >>> Mr. & Mrs. Smith (unchanged) 981,486
06 >>> Four Brothers (unchanged) 977,739
07 >>> Underworld: Evolution (new) 976,066
08 >>> The Exorcism of Emily Rose (unchanged) 935,863
09 >>> Fun with Dick and Jane (unchanged) 929,854
10 >>> Flight Plan (new) 923,868

Movies Top Ten File Share Downloads, USA
Week ending February 2, 2006
Ranking Movie Number of Downloads
01 >>> The Wedding Crashers (unchanged) 579,506
02 >>> The Chronicles of Narnia: LWW (unchanged) 570,097
03 >>> Redeye (new) 558,365
04 >>> King Kong (unchanged) 557,076
05 >>> Underworld: Evolution (new) 534,952
06 >>> Hostel (new) 533,511
07 >>> Mr & Mrs. Smith - #6 532,680
08 >>> The 40 Year Old Virgin - #5 523,763
09 >>> Harry Potter & The Goblet Of Fire - #7 507,708
10 >>> Big Momma's House 2 (new) 481,311

(Thursday 2nd February 2006)

 

Will DVD Jon sue Sony BMG?

p2p news / p2pnet: Will DVD Jon Johansen, the former bane of Hollywood, sue Sony DRM (oops, sorry, Sony BMG) for thieving parts of the FairPlay code he wrote for VLC?

Matti Nikki originally told Johansen about the Sony DRM (oops, Sony BMG) rip-off.

On his So Sue Me blog, Johansen posts:

I recently discussed Sony BMG’s infringement of my copyright with a lawyer. I have not taken any action against Sony BMG so far for the following reasons:

Statutory damages are only available if the work was registered with the U.S. Copyright Office before the infringement occurred.

Proving actual damages of any substantial amount will be very difficult due to the fact that the work was licensed under the GPL.

I will be registering my future works with the Copyright Office and releasing my works under a different license (possibly GPL + a liquidated damages clause).

Will 'so far' become an operative phrase?

Stay tuned.

Also See:
Matti Nikki - Malware tech for all ; ), November 15, 2005
former bane - DVD Jon and digital rights, March 25, 2005

(Thursday 2nd February 2006)
http://p2pnet.net/story/7797

 

UK indie labels on DRM



p2p news / p2pnet: DRM, Digital Restrictions Management, can't work. It's a physical impossibility.

Anything which can be seen or heard can be copied by one analog or digital means or another. End of story.

There are any number of snake-oil companies trying to make a living peddling "copyright protection" technologies, but it's little more than a con game perpetrated by the firms making the applications, and the companies buying them.

Both sides want consumers - that's YOU - to believe DRM actually exists.

But it doesn't and this pic, sent to us from Australia by p2pnet writer Alex H, says it all.

Furthermore, the mainstream and lamescream media alike persist in running DRM stories as though there is such a thing.

"A huge disagreement over the correct way to apply digital rights management (DRM) of songs is emerging in the music industry," says a Macworld story, centering on a UK government enquiry at the House of Commons slated for today.

UK indie label association, AIM, will give oral evidence before a UK government enquiry at the House of Commons on Thursday February 2.

"AIM chairman and CEO Alison Wenham, Simon Wheeler of the Beggar's Group and Paul Sanders, founder of state51, will speak to MPs who are presently investigating DRM," says Macworld, going on:

"They will argue against the major label position on DRM and file-sharing. They will say that they accept that: 'The loss of some measure of copyright control is a factor in reaching new and enthusiastic music markets around the world'."

But it's really hard measure something that doesn't exist.

"DRM is not - and we believe cannot be - a 'policing' system," AIM states.

But of course, that's exactly what it is, as stipulated by the entertainment and software cartels

Also at the inquiry, due to report in March or April, will be British Music Rights, EMusic.com, Snocap, the British Library, BBC, AOL, the National Consumer Council, Open Rights Group, PACT and the Film Council.

Also See:
Macworld - Indie labels reject DRM as music policeman, February 1, 2006

(Thursday 2nd February 2006)
http://p2pnet.net/story/7796

 

iPod hearing loss claim

p2p news / p2pnet: A former Apple fan is suing the company, alleging iPods can cause hearing loss.

The iPod players are "inherently defective in design and are not sufficiently adorned with adequate warnings regarding the likelihood of hearing loss," according to the complaint, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in San Jose, Calif., on behalf of John Kiel Patterson of Louisiana," says the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

Patterson wants his suit certified as a class-action and is claiming compensation for unspecified damages, and upgrades that will make iPods safer.

"Patterson does not know if the device has damaged his hearing, said his attorney, Steve W. Berman, of Seattle," says the story.

"He's bought a product which is not safe to use as currently sold on the market," Berman said. "He's paying for a product that's defective, and the law is pretty clear that if someone sold you a defective product they have a duty to repair it."

Apple ships a warning with each iPod that cautions "permanent hearing loss may occur if earphones or headphones are used at high volume," sais the the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, adding:

"Apple was forced to pull the iPod from store shelves in France and upgrade software on the device to limit sound to 100 decibels, but has not followed suit in the United States, according to the complaint."

Recently, The Who guitarist Pete Townshend blogged that headphones can be dangerous - really dangerous.

Also See:
Seattle Post-Intelligencer - Man sues Apple over potential hearing loss, February 1, 2006
really dangerous - Pete Townshend on hearing loss, January 4, 2006

(Thursday 2nd February 2006)
http://p2pnet.net/story/7793

 

RIAA sues 750 more customers

p2p news / p2pnet: "These people who download music, trade music and share it, are people who love music. I think the labels have forgotten that. They keep pushing people away."

This doesn't come from someone who shares music through the p2p networks. Rather, it's from Terry McBride who runs one of North America's largest record labels and production companies.

He's also picking up the tab for a Texas family that's being sued by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) which has just announced it's fired another 750 subpoenas at its owners' customers, bringing the total to more than 18,000.

Owned by Sony BMG, Vivendi Universal, Warner Music and EMI, the RIAA is one of the numerous 'trade' organizations which are victimizing men, women and childen around the world in a hopeless sue 'em all campaign purpose-designed to terrorize them into buying more 'product'.

The number of people using the networks continues to rise.

Meanwhile, RIAA president Cary 'Scary' Sherman has come up with a new phrase he hopes will titillate the increasingly jaded mainstream media.

'Songlifting'.

Under attack this time around are corporate music industry consumers in: Oakland, San Francisco, and San Jose, California; Fort Lauderdale, Fort Pierce, Miami, and Pensacola, Florida; Atlanta and Newnan, Georgia; Council Bluffs, Des Moines, and Rock Island, Iowa; Evansville, Indianapolis, and Terre Haute, Indiana; Boston and Worchester, Massachusetts; Baltimore and Greenbelt, Maryland; Ann Arbor, Bay City, Detroit, Flint, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, and Marquette, Michigan; Brooklyn, Central Islip, New York, and White Plains, New York; Tulsa, Oklahoma; Columbia, Florence, Greenville, and Spartanburg, South Carolina; Abilene, Corpus Christi, Fort Worth, Galveston, Houston, Midland, San Angelo, San Antonio, and Waco, Texas; and Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Stay tuned.

Also See:
picking up the tab - Suing music fans is crazy, January 31, 2006

(Thursday 2nd February 2006)
http://p2pnet.net/story/7802

 

Health care aid new RIAA victim

p2p news / p2pnet: Marie Lindor, a Brooklyn, New York, home health aide, has never bought, used, or turned on a computer in her life.

But she's still being sued by the Big Four Organized Music cartel's RIAA in Brooklyn federal court.

Lindor literally doesn't know one end of a computer from another but according to the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) she's said to have been using an "online distribution system" to "download, distribute, and/or make available for distribution" copyrighted music.

She's requested a pre-motion conference pending a request for summary judgment to have the complaint thrown out, and to have her attorneys' fees paid.

Recording Industry vs The People has a copy of her request.
http://www.lifeofalawyer.com/riaa/umg_lindor_lettersumjudgmot.pdf

Definitely stay tuned.

(Thursday 2nd February 2006)
http://p2pnet.net/story/7800

 

the Net under corporate control

p2p news / p2pnet: America's largest telephone and cable companies, "are crafting an alarming set of strategies that would transform the free, open and nondiscriminatory Internet of today to a privately run and branded service that would charge a fee for virtually everything we do online," says the Center for Digital Democracy's Jeff Chester on The Nation.

Certainly, Dick and George and the people over at the Pentagon would like it that way. Then they'd be able to bring bottom-line pressure to bear against the Net, seen by the US military as an enemy to be grappled with in the fight against tourism, as George W calls it.

Meanwhile, "Verizon, Comcast, Bell South and other communications giants are developing strategies that would track and store information on our every move in cyberspace in a vast data-collection and marketing system, the scope of which could rival the National Security Agency," says Chester in The Nation. "According to white papers now being circulated in the cable, telephone and telecommunications industries, those with the deepest pockets - corporations, special-interest groups and major advertisers - would get preferred treatment. Content from these providers would have first priority on our computer and television screens, while information seen as undesirable, such as peer-to-peer communications, could be relegated to a slow lane or simply shut out.

"Under the plans they are considering, all of us - from content providers to individual users - would pay more to surf online, stream videos or even send e-mail. Industry planners are mulling new subscription plans that would further limit the online experience, establishing 'platinum,' 'gold' and 'silver' levels of Internet access that would set limits on the number of downloads, media streams or even e-mail messages that could be sent or received."

"To make this pay-to-play vision a reality, phone and cable lobbyists are now engaged in a political campaign to further weaken the nation's communications policy laws. They want the federal government to permit them to operate Internet and other digital communications services as private networks, free of policy safeguards or governmental oversight. Indeed, both the Congress and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) are considering proposals that will have far-reaching impact on the Internet's future. Ten years after passage of the ill-advised Telecommunications Act of 1996, telephone and cable companies are using the same political snake oil to convince compromised or clueless lawmakers to subvert the Internet into a turbo-charged digital retail machine."

And there's more, Chester warns.

At the core of the "new power held by phone and cable companies" is "deep packet inspection" through which the likes of AT&T can mine the data you're receiving online.

Deep packet inspection technologies are partly designed to make the Net pipeline open, but they're, " also being used to limit some peer-to-peer downloading, especially for music".

"But these tools are also being promoted as ways that companies, such as Comcast and Bell South, can simply grab greater control over the Internet," says The Nation. "For example, in a series of recent white papers, Internet technology giant Cisco urges these companies to 'meter individual subscriber usage by application,' as individuals' online travels are 'tracked' and 'integrated with billing systems.'

"Such tracking and billing is made possible because they will know 'the identity and profile of the individual subscriber,' 'what the subscriber is doing' and 'where the subscriber resides'."

Chester believes a national debate is vital to make sure the corporatios don't wind up as all-powerful overseers.

"We must insure that phone and cable companies operate their Internet services in the public interest -as stewards for a vital medium for free expression," he says.

(Thanks, Justine)

Also See:
The Nation - The End of the Internet?, February, 2006
fight against tourism - The Pentagon vs the Net, February 1, 2006

(Thursday 2nd February 2006)
http://p2pnet.net/story/7798

 

Nyxem.E is nigh

p2p news / p2pnet: The latest mass-mailing horror is due to strike live tomorrow when millions of computers around may become infected to turn the F-Secure map virtually red.

If you're worried, F-Secure has a disinfectant free tool available for free. Go here for a download.
http://download.f-secure.com/latest/latest.zip
ftp://ftp.f-secure.com/anti-virus/updates/latest/latest.zip


http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/nyxem_e.shtml

Meanwhile, F-Secure says it's been working with RCN, "the company running the counter site that is used by the Nyxem.E worm" and, "Last night we got the web access statistics, listing all the IP addresses that have accessed the Nyxem counter."

After filtering out the addresses of bots that had been hammering the F-Secure counter, the company used its WORLDMAP technology to map the addresses of machines it believes will run into trouble unless they're disinfected before tomorrow.

Nyxem.E will begin to overwrite files half an hour after infected machines start on the 3rd of the month, adds F-Secure.

Also See:
mass-mailing horror - Nyxem.E goes live Feb 3, February 1, 2006

(Thursday 2nd February 2006)
http://p2pnet.net/story/7795

 

ok then answer me this, is DVD X Copy Platinum v4.0.3.8 good, or is it realy out of date?

 

@Starrift

I bought Anydvd quite some time ago. I am having to use it more and more, and not just on Sony movies. Never regretted it, even with the exchange in the Canadian dollar. Now that there is another discount for Slysoft products, I think I'll give CloneDvd a whirl. You have a 21 day trial. I can't control the speed of my drive with DvdXCopy, nor will DvdXCopy support dual layer.

http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/7268.cfm

 

Music fans say CD's are too expensive and content is poor
Posted by Dan Bell on 02 February 2006 - 21:21 - Source: AP News MyWay

A nationwide poll conducted for the Associated Press and Rolling Stone magazine has found that those questioned, are dissatisfied with the product being offered from the music industry. Those polled also overwhelming feel that CD's are simply too expensive. Oddly though, they were split when asked as to why sales are in decline.

Eighty percent of the respondents consider it stealing to download music for free without the copyright holder's permission, and 92 percent say they've never done it, according to the poll conducted for The Associated Press and Rolling Stone magazine.

Meanwhile, three-quarters of music fans say compact discs are too expensive, and 58 percent say music in general is getting worse.

"Less talented people are able to get a song out there and make a quick million and you never hear from them again," said Kate Simkins, 30, of Cape Cod, Mass.

Ipsos' telephone poll of 1,000 adults, including 963 music listeners, from all states except Alaska and Hawaii was conducted Jan. 23-25 and has a sampling error margin of plus or minus 3 percentage points.

The very same fans, when specifically asked why music sales have declined during the last five years were divided. About a third felt it was because of illegal downloads, 29 percent pointed to all the other choices out there for entertainment, 21 percent thought the music was just plain getting worse, whereas only 13 percent pointed to high prices.
http://www.cdfreaks.com/news/13023

Fan Memo to Music Industry: Lower Prices
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Feb 2, 4:45 AM (ET)

By DAVID BAUDER


NEW YORK (AP) - Music executives love to blame illegal downloading for their industry's woes. But, based on the results of a new nationwide poll, they might want to look in the mirror.

Eighty percent of the respondents consider it stealing to download music for free without the copyright holder's permission, and 92 percent say they've never done it, according to the poll conducted for The Associated Press and Rolling Stone magazine.

Meanwhile, three-quarters of music fans say compact discs are too expensive, and 58 percent say music in general is getting worse.

"Less talented people are able to get a song out there and make a quick million and you never hear from them again," said Kate Simkins, 30, of Cape Cod, Mass.

Ipsos' telephone poll of 1,000 adults, including 963 music listeners, from all states except Alaska and Hawaii was conducted Jan. 23-25 and has a sampling error margin of plus or minus 3 percentage points.

The music industry has spent several years in turmoil, as downloading and the popularity of iPods upend its traditional business model. A total of 618.9 million CD albums were sold during 2005, sharply down from the 762.8 million sold in 2001, according to Nielsen Soundscan.

At the same time, 352.7 million tracks were sold digitally in 2005, a category that wasn't even measured five years ago. Digital sales of music and ring tones offer new revenue opportunities, but often at the expense of more lucrative CD sales.

Although buying music digitally hasn't exactly become widespread - only 15 percent of poll respondents said they have done it - there appears to be a growing acceptance of this type of transaction. The poll found that 71 percent of music fans believe that a 99-cent download of a song is a fair price or outright bargain.

Even though millions of tracks are downloaded for free each week on peer-to-peer networks, a sense of queasiness remains.

"Somebody is putting their art out there. They should be compensated for it," said Mickey Johnson, 41, from Charleston, Tenn.

The industry would be wise to embrace downloading, said Greg Hoerger, 42, of Minneapolis, who suggested that customers could receive five or six free downloads from an artist when they buy a CD.

For fans like Hoerger and Simkins, buying a CD for about $20 is no bargain. They'd rather download one or two favorite songs to their iPods. The digital music revolution also has other benefits, Simkins said: with the iPod, she no longer has to have cassettes or CDs cluttering her car.

The last CD she bought, a few months ago, was by the Killers. "It was on sale," she said.

Many fans also say they just don't like what they're hearing. It may not be surprising to hear older fans say music just isn't what it used to be when they were growing up. But the poll also found that 49 percent of music fans ages 18-to-34 - the target audience for the music business - say music is getting worse.

"Even if our parents didn't like how loud rock 'n' roll was, or that it was revolutionary, at least they could listen to some of it," said Christina Tjoelker, 49, from Snohomish, Wash. "It wasn't gross. It wasn't disgusting. It wasn't about beating up women or shooting the police."

The last CD she bought was Neil Diamond's new one, "because Oprah was raving about it," she said.

Overall, music fans were split on why music sales have been declining for the past five years: 33 percent said it was because of illegal downloads, 29 percent said it was because of competition from other forms of entertainment, 21 percent blamed it on the quality of music getting worse and 13 percent said it was because CDs are too expensive.

FM radio is still the main way most fans find out about new music, according to the poll. Television shows are a distant second.

Rock 'n' roll is the most popular style of music, cited by 26 percent of the fans. It runs neck-and-neck with country among fans ages 35 or over.

Rap music is the source of the biggest generation gap. Among fans under age 35, 18 percent called rap or hip-hop their favorite style of music, the poll found. Only 2 percent of people ages 35 and over said the same thing.
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