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Internet pirates will sail the streams…

September 3rd, 2008 · Comments

Interestingly, after postulating (and possibly posturing) my view on how streaming TV and video solutions are a bigger piracy threat than Peer-to-Peer services like Bitorrent (Which grab all the headlines and the attention of the multimedia industries), I spotted this: P2P traffic drops as streaming video grows in popularity.
While the Ars Technica article looks at [...]

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How I found music – and how that’s changed

August 28th, 2008 · Comments

When I was a child and teenager, I was as obsessive about music as it was possible to be. I combined aspirations of becoming a professional musician and DJ, with the compulsive behaviour of a serial librarian and collector. So you can imagine how many music magazines (NME, Melody Maker, Metal Hammer, Kerrang, Record Collector, [...]

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Myspace MP3 store is a huge threat – but not to Apple

April 16th, 2008 · Comments

There’s been a lot of discussion about whether the new Myspace Music store will pose a threat to the Itunes and Ipod Applopoly. But I’m a little surprised by Last.fm co-founder Martin Stiksel being so ready to dismiss the threat to streaming music services.
The growth and success of Itunes, added to the image of Apple [...]

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