Wednesday, August 14, 2002

File swapping sites to thrive. The Yankee Group predicts 7.44 billion unlicensed audio files will be swapped in 2005, up from 5.16 billion among consumers aged 14 and older in 2001. After 2005, Yankee predicts free music swapping will begin to decline. Yankee projects 6.33 billion unlicensed audio files will be swapped in 2006. If... [Lockergnome's Bits and Bytes]

Will they ever get it?. Music slump 'not caused by piracy'  [Loebrich.org] Forrester's report adds that record labels could use the internet to revive their fortunes by making it easier for people to find, copy and pay for music on their own terms. Why is that so hard for the bozos in Hollywood to understand?  We're not all pirates, afterall, and some of us are getting really turned off by all of this Hollywood/Washington nonsense... [jenett.radio] I just think they're scared of change. Nobody likes to have to change the way they do things, especially if its someone else forcing change, which has never happened to them before.

Cory Doctorow: Can the Digital Hub Survive Hollywood? [Tidbits]

Study: Kazaa, Morpheus rave on. Digital distribution of music through services such as Morpheus and Kazaa will continue to thrive, with use peaking in 2005, according to a research report. [CNET News.com]

The FBI takes an interest in War Chalking and War Driving. FBI is evidently concerned about War Driving and War Chalking being used as tools for compromising corporate and other private networks. [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service] Who knows if this is a hoax or what, but there are good links throughout. I found a nice WiFi zone at the end of my block, overlooking NY harbor. Spent Sunday morning out there writing up a report while sipping coffee (coffee being my religion if you're worried about me spending sunday morning like this). Surfing was fine (pretty fast, too) but uploading sucked...was it a cable connection? I hope they upgrade :)

Dave Winer posts a link to The history of Michael Jackson's face. Waaaaargh! [A Blander Blog] Too funny! And a good example of 6 degrees of separation from yourself.

Filing on Financing of Satellite Radio. New York Times Aug 13 2002 11:14PM ET [Moreover - moreover...] Sirius Radio only needs three million more subscribers to break even!     Google It!

mapserver.zhrodague.net is a tool for visually displaying position and signal-strength of WiFi (802.11b) Access-Points.     Google It!

News.Com: Judge may press pause on ReplayTV case. U.S. District Court Judge Florence-Marie Cooper indicated that she is not inclined to allow the EFF to join Sonicblue in a response to suit that had been filed in June by the online civil liberties group. The EFF had sought to join Sonicblue in defense of a suit filed by several major TV networks and movie studios. [Tomalak's Realm]