Saturday, June 22, 2002

Adding Art and Tech to Techno. The pop music duo called Fischerspooner combines new approaches to what it believes is the tired techno world -- and they're also helping define the phenomenon of Internet radio. By Paul Boutin. [Wired News]

IWA: International Webcasting Association's statement on the decision.

Radio And Internet Newsletter articles on the decision.

Net radio going off the air. Webcasters were killing their shoutcast daemons - possibly for the last time - after the US royalty arbitrator yesterday upheld the RIAA's demands for back payments on per-song mechanical copyright and onerous reporting requirements. [The Register]

Cut in Webcast royalty rates angers both sides [Mercury News]

Curtain Call for Webcasts? Some Decry Order to Pay Royalties to Musicians [Washington Post]

iPod-Windows link getting stronger. As software maker MediaFour readies to launch its Windows-to-iPod software, a Needham analyst says Apple won't be far behind with its own. [CNET News.com]

Gemstar Loses Initial Ruling on Patents for TV Guides. Gemstar-TV Guide, the world's leader in developing electronic television program guides, lost a major patent case Friday, in a victory for four of its competitors. [New York Times: Technology]

They killed soma.fm! You bastards!. RIP soma.fm, the hippest Internet streaming radio station ever, laid low by the RIAA. Is this the end of indie radio on the Internet? [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service]

Media players play musical chairs. New methodology from Nielsen/NetRatings pushes Microsoft ahead of RealNetworks among at-work users, but lower numbers for both companies could help Apple Computer. [CNET News.com]