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MPAA Asks FCC To Allow It To Block DVR Recording Of Certain Movies techdirt.com — The entertainment industry lobbyists are basically working ever possible angle to get more "control" over its content. We've already seen how they mess with the legislation process and the international treaty process, and now they're trying to use the FCC as well (not for the first time, either). The latest is that the MPAA is asking the FCC to remove certain restrictions that forbid it from blocking the recording of certain movies and from downgrading the ability to record certain movies. Basically, the MPAA is asking the FCC let it make use of "Selectable Output Control" to keep its rapidly disappearing "release windows" business model possible. More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Categories: Business, Entertainment, Technology |
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The 10 Worst Broadcasters in Sports www.maxim.com — Before cable TV ushered in an era of 24-hour sports coverage and snarky, personality-driven commentary, professional play callers were endowed with a unique talent for actually enhancing the experience of watching a game. They offered valuable insight, knew how to play up a big moment, and knew when to shut the hell up. More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Categories: Entertainment, Sports |
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Kelsey Grammer Has Heart Attack! tv.msn.com — Frasier has heart attack while paddle boarding in Hawaii. More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Category: Entertainment |
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Top 10 Media Attacks of 2007 on the Video Gaming Industry www.wegame.com — A compilation of the top 10 media attacks on the video gaming industry in 2007. More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Categories: Business, Entertainment, Technology |
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Fire Breaks Out in Hill Valley! Destroys Iconic Clock Tower ap.google.com — A fire at Universal Studios has destroyed a set from "Back to the Future," the King Kong exhibit and a video vault containing more than 40,000 videos and reels. Officials say the iconic courthouse square, and the famous clock tower, from "Back to the Future," has been destroyed. This is heavy. More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Categories: Business, Entertainment, Other |
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OiNK Pre-Releasers Accused of Defrauding Music Industry torrentfreak.com — Following revelations on Friday that police had begun to arrest ex-OiNK users, we are now in a position to add further details. The police are arresting people allegedly involved in the pre-release uploading of music albums, accusing them of ‘Conspiracy to Defraud the Music Industry’. More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Categories: Business, Entertainment |
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Reputation Is A Scarce Good... As Metallica Is Learning techdirt.com — On Thursday, we wrote about Metallica's latest foray online, where it's attempting to build a community around its latest music. Given Metallica's history of attacking Napster all the way back in 2000, we expected there to be some pushback, but what was really stunning was how many of the comments were from people (many of whom had been big fans of the band) still pissed off about Metallica's actions, and refusing to have anything to do with the band. We weren't the only ones to notice. Wired had a story on Metallica's efforts and discovered exactly the same thing. The vast majority of the comments were vehemently negative. Clearly, Metallica really tarnished its reputation by its actions eight years ago, and it's still paying for it. More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Categories: Business, Entertainment |
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Metallica Tries To Embrace The Online Musical Experience -- Gets Halfway There techdirt.com — Among folks who follow the news about copyright issues and online music, the band Metallica is rather infamous. After all, Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich was the first (and most vocal) musician to come out swinging about how evil Napster was. The band was the first to sue Napster (and some universities for failing to block Napster) back in 2000. It also spent many years complaining about iTunes -- though the band eventually gave in two years ago. However, this isn't to say that the band hasn't been willing to at least experiment with online music, often in somewhat creative ways. Way back in 2003, while other musicians were jumping on the iTunes train, Metallica did a surprising deal with DSL provider Speakeasy, offering Speakeasy customers who bought a Metallica CD access to other special content including "live recordings, demos, b-sides and other content." In other words, they actually gave people a reason to buy the CD -- but oddly targeted only at the small number of Speakeasy customers. More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Categories: Business, Entertainment, Technology |
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Blockbuster Thinks You'll Drive To A Store To Download A Movie? techdirt.com — While I do think Blockbuster is trying a few interesting ideas in its ongoing effort to adapt to a rapidly changing market, some of its ideas are just flat out bad. For example, new Chairman and CEO James Keyes actually spent time at the company's recent shareholder meeting to unveil and talk up the possibilities of a special movie download kiosk that can be placed in stores. It sounds like someone got "kiosk fever." For those who don't follow the e-retailing space, I guess you can be forgiven for actually thinking digital kiosks make sense (though, barely). But the concept of in-store kiosks for digital content has been around for over 20 years, and shows up like clockwork every two years or so -- and fails miserably every time. People just aren't interested -- especially when they have the best, most useful "kiosk" they could ever need at their home in the form of their computer. The idea that people will want to go to a Blockbuster store to download a movie seems preposterous. More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Categories: Entertainment, Technology |
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Cable Companies Squeezing Every Last Penny Out Of Dwindling TV Monopoly techdirt.com — Over the weekend, the NY Times ran an article noting how cable TV prices had continued to greatly outpace inflation over the last few years. It notes that while there have been plenty of predictions of cable's demise, especially at the hands of Silicon Valley, it just hasn't happened... yet. But that "yet" may become more important soon. Right now, it's true that cable companies often have close to a virtual monopoly on providing television programming. While there has been some competition from satellite TV players and (in a few areas) TV over IP, the big question is really how will the internet play a role. More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Categories: Business, Entertainment, Technology |