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Report: RIAA wins case over erased hard drive

The recording industry appears to have won a closely watched copyright infringement case over charges of evidence tampering.

Judge Neil Wake ruled on Monday that Jeffery Howell, a defendant in Atlantic v. Howell, had willfully and intentionally destroyed evidence related to his peer-to-peer activities after being notified of pending legal action by the RIAA, according to a Tuesday report by Ars Technica. Furthermore, since it was done in bad faith, it "therefore warrants appropriate sanctions," the site reported.

The RIAA sued Pamela and Jeffrey Howell for copyright infringement in 2006, claiming that the husband and wife had used … Read more

The Digital Home 29: What the music industry doesn't want you to know

In this week's episode of the Digital Home podcast, Don Reisinger takes a look at what Google and Apple are doing and talks a little about his new video series. After that, he talks with Rhapsody about the music industry and wraps up the show with a rant. Listen now: Download today's podcast EPISODE 29 … Read more

Buzz Out Loud 792: Odin's beard, what a show!

In the news today, eBay is going all fixed-price, Intel is going all Atom, hackers are all over the Chinese Olympics scandal, and U.S. consumers are all over smartphones. Plus, we learn a cool new phrase that we're hoping you'll forget you heard so that when we start saying it, you think we're really funny and clever and invented it all on our own. Listen now: Download today's podcast EPISODE 792

Podcast 792

eBay is planning to emphasize fixed-price sales format over its auction model http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/20/technology/20ebay.html?ref=technology… Read more

Buzz Out Loud 791: And the horse he rode in on

We're joined today by special guest Wil Harris from ChannelFlip.com, in what he chooses to call "British Invasion" and we choose to call "extremely welcome third voice." In the news today, MobileMe accounts are extended again, free beta style (hint hint), Muxtape bites the dust (temporarily?), and Bigfoot turns out to be a rubber costume. Astonishing.

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Episode 791

Apple extends MobileMe accounts--again http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10019909-37.html http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=9715

Google tops among search sites for customer satisfaction http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10019621-93.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 … Read more

The 404 166: Where we're invaded by the NewYork.com girls

On today's show, we're joined by two of the girls from NewYork.com! Wilson's sick, but he misses out on an insane show filled with the girls drooling over Michael Phelps, even more slanted eye pictures, Nintendo bikinis, Apple store nightmares, and a possible NewYork.com/404 meetup!? Listen for more details!

Wilson can't make it to the show today so we replace him with two of the fantastic ladies from NewYork.com! "Broadway Baby" Hillary and "Soho Hot" Amanda are a real treat to have in the studio, especially for the … Read more

Spying as a business model. Will these guys get a clue already?

Wish I could read minds because I'd love to know what the representatives from Comcast and Verizon were thinking as they listened to lobbyists from the recording and film industries push them to snoop on their customers.

All in the pursuit of upholding the law, of course. (Naturally.)

"We need the help of ISPs. They have the technical ability to manage the flow over their pipes," Shira Perlmutter, a vice president for global legal policy at the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, said earlier Monday at a technology conference sponsored by the Progress and Freedom Foundation. &… Read more

RIAA issue prompts Muxtape hiatus

Free music mixtape service Muxtape has temporarily been shut down due to pressure from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). There's not much more information about downtime besides a small note on the front page of Muxtape.com saying that "Muxtape will be unavailable for a brief period while we sort out a problem with the RIAA."

Presumably the RIAA had gotten wise to the considerable amount of music that was being hosted and played on the service, bringing it into the same tier as some of the streaming radio services that have had to pay … Read more

The Digital Home Video: What the music industry should be doing

In this episode, I explain what the music industry should be doing if it wants to turn things around.

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Buzz Out Loud 775: EverCuil

On today's show, we learn how we, too, can purchase an extreme cooling machine, we test out the new Cuil search engine, which is apparently already doomed by its incomprehensible name and the unreasonable hatred of our chat room. Also, Steve Jobs calls to clear the air regarding his health (if you can call it clearing the air, that is), and I go on a rant that includes the term "earwax wiggle." Listen now: Download today's podcast EPISODE 775

‘Hijacked’ SF passwords made public (Thanks Russ960!) http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10000342-83.html

Hammer drops at last: … Read more