More Music News: France Passes 3 Strikes, MTV Awards A Hit, From Popkomm’s Ashes, Facebook $’s, Pirate Bay & More
France passes harsh anti-P2P three-strikes law (again) – The French legislature has passed its controversial anti-P2P "three strikes and you're off the Internet" law for a second time, after a constitutional court found the first version unacceptable. (ars)- The 2009 MTV Video Music Awards were watched by over 26.9 million viewers on MTV, MTV2 and VH1 on Sunday night, up +17% from the 23 million who tuned in last year. (press release)
- Facebook says its now a profitable – or at least cash flow positive – company. (NY Times)
- Stunned film, music sectors react to Veoh decision. (CNet)
- Music Reports, a leading provider of music rights administration services in the United States, today announced that it has distributed more than $5,000,000 in statutory mechanical royalties on behalf of its digital music service clients. (press release)
- From the ashes of Popkomm a new alternative confab All2gethernow has risen in just 10 weeks with little funding. It starts today in Germany and I wish I could be there. They are streaming much of it online.
- New Pirate Bay host gets Hollywood threat in 20 minutes. (TorrentFreak)
- Zune HD Outshines Apple's iPod with an OLED Display (NewsFactor) Positive reviews are piling up everywhere for the new Zune.
- The Fray sues manager over copyrights to songs. (AP)
- R.I.P – Veteran major label exec Bob Greenberg.
Share on:
Veoh case: Funny thing, the judge decided that the plain language of the notice/takedown/safe harbor sections of the DMCA mean exactly what they say.
Without those provisions, there can be no place on the interwebz for user generated content which has not been reviewed by somebody’s Legal Department. I realize that this would be acceptable to Big Content: to the copyright industry, the Internet is acceptable collateral damage.