p2pnet roundup: July 27, 2007
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What’s in Pandora’s box? The RIAA, Journey and Karl Marx, among others
“This service will mean socialization of music.We’re trying to create a musical middle class. We’re seeing the crumbling of a musical aristocracy.” That was not an imaginary conversation between Karl Marx and the stoner who sat next to you in Music Theory 101. They were actual phrases thrown around last night at the Tivoli theatre by Tim Westergreen, creator of the free Internet-radio and music-recommendation service Pandora and about fifty of his most faithful users from St. Louis. The stop was part of Westergreen’s national barnstorming tour, which he’s conducting to meet and receive feedback from the more dedicated faction of Pandora’s eight million registered users, in addition to gathering support for Internet radio’s continuing battle with Congress and the RIAA.
Underage prostitution on Swedish sex sites
Police have identified underage Swedish girls who have been selling sexual services on sex contact web sites. “This is very serious. They don’t know what they’re getting themselves into and what kinds of people they could meet,” said Eva Karlenfors, detective inspector in Stockholm police’s prostitution and trafficking unit. But Karlenfors told the newspaper Metro that the issue is not just limited to Sweden’s main cities.
YES can use Bezeq cables for VOD delivery
The Knesset today approved in its second and third readings a government bill allowing new content providers to enter the video-on-demand (VOD) market. The new law will allow satellite broadcaster YES to use the cables of its parent, Bezeq The Israeli Telecommunication Co. Ltd. (TASE: BEZQ), to provide subscribers with VOD service.
Intel to Face Antitrust Charges in Europe
European antitrust authorities have decided to charge Intel Corp. with illegal tactics in competing against rival chip maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. The move, expected to be formally announced Friday, could embroil Intel in a legal process that is likely to rival the European Union’s decade-long battle with Microsoft Corp. in complexity.
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