Thursday, July 18, 2002

Order to go digital staggers small TV stations. USA Today Jul 18 2002 12:14PM ET [Moreover - moreover...]

Cable company to offer digital recording option. Time Warner Cable will start letting some of its customers pause live television and digitally record programs through a new set-top box that is similar to those sold by TiVo and ReplayTV. [CNN]

LA Times: Music Companies Seek New Piracy Protection. This approach would require changes to millions of computers and other Internet-connected devices. Because computers convert digital audio files to analog in order to play them, it may be impossible to stop pirates from making fresh recordings with no digital protections. [Tomalak's Realm]

Entertainment industry wants to make fair use illegal. At a public workshop on digital rights management (DRM) held at the Department of Commerce yesterday, it became abundantly clear that the entertainment industry intends nothing less than to make fair use of copyrighted works illegal. [ARTS & FARCES internet]     Google It!

Music Industry Unveils New Piracy-Proof Format: A Black, Plastic Disc With Grooves On It [MP3 Newswire]

Wireless Music Hacktraptions & BYOJukebox/WikiWikiWiFiHiFi. Dan Kohn writes in his blog of an "extreme wireless" home music setup featuring laptop control of a Rio Receiver. If ported to a public place, this concept could give us "BYOJukebox." [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service] Getting creative!

With IPod, Who Needs a Turntable?. DJs are discovering the wonders of spinning with an iPod at a trendy New York nightclub. True, it's hard to scratch, but not impossible. Leander Kahney reports from New York. [Wired News]

NYCwireless provides free wireless Internet service using wireless technology to mobile users in public spaces throughout the New York City metropolitan area. These public spaces include parks, coffee shops, and building lobbies. NYCwireless intends to work with public and other nonprofit organizations to bring broadband wireless Internet to under-served communities.

Almost 70 percent of TV stations won't go digital on time,. National Center For Policy Analysis Jul 17 2002 10:32PM ET [Moreover - moreover...]     Google It!

Time Warner Cable will offer digital recording option. AP via New Jersey Online Jul 17 2002 10:37PM ET [Moreover - moreover...]