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Six OiNK Users Charged Following Interpol Investigation The biTorrent site in the spotlight...
By Jason Gregory on 12 September 2008
Six users of the biTorrent OiNK, a file-sharing website which shut last year, have been charged in relation to illegal music downloads.
A 25-year-old IT worker from Middlesbrough has been charged with conspiracy to defraud, while the remaining five face copyright infringement penalties.
OiNK, which had servers based in Holland, was closed last October following a joint operation between Interpol, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry and the British Phonographic Industry.
The operation was launched last year after the IFPI revealed that the members only download site had already leaked sixty pre-release albums in 2007.
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Snow Patrol To Release New iPhone Friendly Album Band plan a host of interactive features...
By Jason Gregory on 1 September 2008
Snow Patrol are to become the first band to release an interactive album application for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch.
The feature, available as a download, will provide fans with access to behind-the-scenes images and artwork for 'A Hundred Million Suns', which is out next month.
Fans will also be able to read song lyrics on their touch screen devices.
Liz Goodwin, project manager for the group's record label, Polydor, told MusicWeek that the application would be a “must-have”.
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Company Selling Reading And Leeds Tickets Goes Bust After it fails to deliver...
By Jason Gregory on 26 August 2008
Xclusive Tickets, an online ticket agency, is on the verge of going into liquidation, administrators have said.
The company failed to deliver nearly 18,000 tickets for a series of events in August, including the Reading and Leeds festival.
People who had bought tickets for the Beijing Olympics also failed to receive their purchase.
Lane Bednash, from insolvency company Valentine and Co, said ticket holders who used their credit cards should be able to claim refunds.
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Pirate Bay Eludes Ban From 'Fascist' Italian Government They claim to have overturned ISPs...
By Jason Gregory on 12 August 2008
Owners of the bit-torrent The Pirate Bay claim they have eluded an attempt by the Italian government to block its citizens from accessing the website.
Italy's deputy prosecutor ordered the country's internet service providers (ISP) to block the website, which allows people to download movies and music, last week.
But Pirate Bay appears to have bypassed the ban by advising its Italian users to switch to OpenDNS in order to avoid ISP's filters.
In a statement on their website, The Pirate Bay accused Italy's leader, Silvio Berlusconi, of being a “fascist”.
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Internet Service Providers Strike Music Piracy Deal Users will be sent warning letters...
By Jason Gregory on 24 July 2008
Six of the UK's biggest internet service providers have agreed to take tougher sanctions against users who download music illegally.
BT, Virgin, Orange, Tiscali, BSkyB and Carphone Warehouse will now send warning letters to their most prolific violators.
For many parents, it will be the first time that they have been made aware of their children's internet habits.
The agreement, signed in collaboration with the Government, also wants ISPs to go further in order to make their users aware that sharing music is illegal.
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Apple Praise iPhone 3G As Company Announces Profit Rise But sales take a bite out of share price...
By Jason Gregory on 23 July 2008
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Apple chief executive Steve Jobs believes the company is onto “a real winner” with the second generation of its mobile phone, the iPhone 3G.
Jobs comments coincided with the announcement that the technology giants' profits rose 31% to $1.07billion in the fiscal third quarter of 2008.
Apple said record sales of its Macbook and renewed interest in its iPod's was behind the rise - but a warning that the figures might not meet expectations of analysts caused the company's share price to fall yesterday (July 22nd).
"We set a new record for Mac sales, we think we have a real winner with our new iPhone 3G, and we’re busy finishing several more wonderful new products to launch in the coming months,” Mr Jobs said.
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Jimi Hendrix Set To Make Guitar Hero Debut His estate says...
By Jason Gregory on 18 July 2008
Jimi Hendrix, arguably one of the greatest guitarists of all time, is to appear on Guitar Hero, according to his estate.
The master copies of Hendrix's 'Purple Haze', 'Foxy Lady' and 'Little Wing' are all understood to have been delivered to the video games developers, Harmonix.
It's not clear, however, which songs will appear on the new edition of the game, World Tour, which is due out in October.
Speaking to Rolling Stone, Janie Hendrix said: “Guitar Hero really was on the ball and and they were biting at the bit to get this out this year, so, we just accommodated them.
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Nintendo To Take On Guitar Hero, Rock Band With Wii Music They unveil new remote as well...
By Jason Gregory on 16 July 2008
Nintendo has unveiled a new game for its flagship Wii console that is expected to challenge the dominance of existing music games like Guitar Hero and Rock Band.
Wii Music allows users to interact with over 50 instruments – including drum kits and saxophones – using their Wii remote control.
The new game was launched yesterday (July 15th), a long with a new, more sensitive Wii MotionPlus remote, at the E3 convention in Los Angeles.
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Apple Decides Against Plans To Cut iTunes Prices Because of the changing economy...
By Jason Gregory on 15 July 2008
Apple has decided not to cut the cost of downloading an individual song from its iTunes music store in the UK because of the changing economy.
The U-turn comes six months after the company promised to lower prices so that its UK customers were not charged more than their European counterparts.
Currently a song on iTunes costs 79p to download in the UK and 0.99 euros in Europe. In January, the exchange rate meant UK users were paying 5p more than European users.
In a statement, Apple, who made the initial announcement following a European Union investigation, said the plans were “no longer necessary” because the exchange rate had evened out the difference.
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EMI Staff Praised As Label Sees 'Dramatic Improvement' But it's not just due to Coldplay...
By Jason Gregory on 14 July 2008
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Employees at EMI records have been praised by owner Guy Hands after the company posted better than expected first quarter figures.
In an email to staff, Hands described the fiscal figures, which saw EMI's total revenue rise 61% on the same period last year, as a “dramatic improvement”.
But he also noted that it was “early days” and that staff should now “count on future quarters always being this good”.
Hands took over the top role at EMI last August following the label's acquisition by private equity company Terra Firma.
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