Institutions argue about video piracy.....

Google are accused of encouraging the piracy of films.........



http://technology.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,2011904,00.html

Institutions attempt to stop illegal downloading....

The music industry in America is now attempting to stop university students downloading illegal music files......because music sales were down from $14.5 billion to $12.2 billion......considering the majority of us can't even imagine $12.2 billion - will anyone actually have any sympathy with these huge music corporations?



http://technology.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,2018389,00.html

Audience interactivity....

An example of audiences interacting with a games console (Nintendo Wii) and also creating content (YouTube).



http://youtube.com/watch?v=7GxuhicjXnI

Laws on File Sharing............

A confusing article on file sharing.

File Sharing..........

Wikipedia article on 'file sharing'.

Copyright Laws.....

Information on copyright laws for sound recordings - i.e. cd, mp3 etc.



http://www.low-life.fsnet.co.uk/copyright/

Radioblogclub.com

This is an example of a music 'sharing' website - you can't download music from this website, you can search for a song and then listen to the same version that another user is listening to.....at first this doesn't sound illegal - but in actual fact it is still infringing copyright laws - its a bit like going into a shop, taking a cd without paying, going home and listening to it, then taking it back. I personally don't see why this is such a huge deal, but apparently it is theft.



http://radioblogclub.com/

For the next couple of weeks......

I am now going to focus on illegal music and film downloads/copying/sharing for a bit! I will find information on legal lawsuits that have dealt with this area of NMTs and I am going to try to see it from both points of view..........

Human Search Engines.......

www.chacha.com

This is a website which offers a search engine with a difference - it is actually a real person who helps you to find what you are looking fro....they even have proper conversations with you! Is this the way forward?



http://www.chacha.com/

The next step towards the future of digital television...

Simply Media - how successful will their new broadband television service be? Why would anyone pay to watch television programmes that are being screened in their home country, when they can watch them for free on the internet?



http://technology.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,2038301,00.html

Digital Rights Management....

Article on the DRM debate....



http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/6458121.stm

MP3 files and illegal copying....

Useful article on when copying files is illegal and when it is legal....



http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/6457369.stm

Wiki............

Web 2.0 has now produced another 'wiki' - 'One Million Penguins' - does this mean that there will soon be 'wiki-gaming'.....? If it does arise, will it be any good or will it follow in the footsteps of the fore-mentioned 'WikiNovel'?



http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,,2033502,00.html

Institutions and Audiences converge even more.....

The fine line between audiences and institutions is about to become even narrower - as YouTube decides to offer awards for best user-generated videos........maybe this will be the 'little peoples' (as we are so often known by the coporate bigwigs) Oscars? This is obviously a big step, and it seems to be a good idea - especially as 'audiences' are concerned....but will it be a problem for big companies or will they just patronisingly applaude the winners?



http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6466143.stm

The future for digital television.......?

According to 'Devolo', we will soon all be piping digital television around our homes - is this really an improvement? Was that not what happened with terestrial television - well in some sense anyway....?



http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6457741.stm

Adults' myspace?

Twitters.com - supposedly the 'best' way to keep in contact with friends and family, with them being able to find out exactly what you are doing - well as far as you want them to know, obviously! Is there actually any point in though - because we already have email, msn, telephones, mobile phones, text etc - which we can easily use to inform the most nosiest of relatives what is going on in our life......and anyway, do we really want people to know what we are doing all the time......also, do we even want to know what our mates are up too when we aren't with them? Isn't that well, a little bit dull - i mean if you really that bothered about what they are up to, why don't you just invite them out for a coffee............



http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,,2033499,00.html

PS3....

The PlayStation 3, an example of convergence, of how far games consoles have come (where can they go in the future?) and also, of the amount of money people will pay for something that already seems over-hyped and is available much cheaper in other countries..........



http://technology.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,2036764,00.html#article_continue

Viacom sues Google and YouTube..

Viacom are attempting to sue Google and YouTube for £517m because apparently YouTube is illegally showing videos of over 160,000 of Viacom's programmes. This legal battle between two huge institutions could have a big impact on the popularity of YouTube - especially if Viacom get their way and the video clips are removed.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6446193.stm

Movies on demand...............

On demand television programmes have only really just become popular, but already, in America, cinemas are discussing whether to create a service that almost offers movies on demand.


http://news.wired.com/dynamic/stories/I/INSTANT_FILMS?SITE=WIRE&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

Games on demand..............

Console games and the internet converge to make games available on demand, the makers are hoping that this will be the new iTunes - with audiences being able to download games and view them whenever they like. Will it be as successful as they hope?


http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,72831-0.html?tw=wn_technology_2

Smelly Computers........

The future of the internet? Is there actually any need for it?


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6404067.stm