The Great Circular Award Ceremony 10/09/08
"What a strange world it is, the world of "digital rights" activism. Campaigners pause only to pat each other on the back. Last week, anti-copyright campaigners Public Knowledge held their annual awards. The group's president Gigi B Sohn proudly announced the winners: fellow campaigner Carl Malamud of PublicResource.org, fellow campaigner Ben Scott of FreePress... and fellow campaigner Fred Von Lohmann of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the EFF." [TheRegister]
Sony Ericsson apes Nokia's 'Saw You Coming': Bundles music with phones 09/09/08
"Sony Ericsson is imitating market leader Nokia and will bundle "free" music with its handsets, the FT claims today. As with Nokia's "Comes With Music" program, selected Sony Ericsson handsets will come with a year's worth of unlimited liability downloads. Apart from suggesting a launch date of next month, no further details were disclosed by the FT." [TheRegister]
Classical downloads service hits right note on DRM 11/09/08
"If you prefer Bach to the Beastie Boys and Mozart to Madonna, then you’ll be pleased to hear that an iTunes rival’s been created that panders only to the desires of classical music fans."[RegHardware]
Google bulges old time news archive: More papers, more ads 08/09/08
"Google is redoubling efforts to offer a digital archive of the world's newspapers. Two years ago, the search giant began indexing the existing digital archives of papers like The New York Times and The Washington Post, and today, with a post to The Official Google Blog, the company said it's now working with other publishers to bring a much broader range of old newsprint into the project." [TheRegister]
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