I created this with a friend for a Media Studies competition...We didn't win...Enjoy! x

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http://www.guitargnosis.comViews on music and music software piracy coming directly from a musician.

I dunno, this makes stealing movies sound like a lot of fun.

*This is only a rant.* Please do not steal movies, although this video would say different then what I just said, it was only a rant. Stealing movies can and could very well land you in jail

With the announcement from EA Games about Battlefield Heros will the rest of the gaming industry follow suit?

The Anti Piracy trailers on movies are getting a bit harsh nowadays

I think this gives us all the moral authority to go hit up the Pirate Bay right now...

The movie industry will never survive these newfangled "home video recorders"! Quick, let's sue everyone who gets one and buy congressmen to pass anti-consumer laws to protect our failing business   more...model!  less

Punching babies is awesome!

One of my best videos from YouTube.com

On International Talk Like A Pirate Day 2006 (Sept. 19), I answered a question asked to me on my video blog about Internet Piracy.

Jack Black schools all of you on the truth about piracy. Remember, don't be a douche.

La pirateria è un reato (The piracy is a crime).

Ma la juve se ne frega

President Bush has signed into law a controversial bill that creates harsher penalties for violations of intellectual property law. The Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property   more...Act, or PRO-IP Act, was introduced by Vermont Democrat Senator Patrick Leahy, and Pennsylvania Republican Arlen Spector. In addition to stiffer penalties, the PRO-IP Act establishes the Cabinet-level position of IP Czar, and gives the Department of Justice more power to coordinate federal and state efforts against counterfeiting and piracy. Critics believe the Act goes well beyond what is necessary to protect artists’ rights. "Big media already have enough tools and penalties on the books and we don't need any more," said Art Brodsky of the D.C.-based public interest group Public Knowledge. Brodsky pointed out that a single mother of two in Minnesota was charged with a $220,000 fine for allegedly downloading protected media files. The law requires the DOJ to seek both criminal and civil penalties against alleged illegal downloaders. The DOJ has complained that they do not want to serve as a collection agency for the entertainment industry, and that copyright holders should pursue their own civil claims.  less

http://www.digitalmusic2008.com

Social media, which encompasses YouTube and its community elements, MySpace and Facebook, has been steadily growing in importance for consumers. Two years ago, a quarter   more...of consumers had never visited a social network. By this year, only 7% hadn’t.

The record industry has been relatively quick to exploit social media. It’s now standard practice to create artists’ pages on MySpace and also seed discussion forums and create controversy and buzz around new content – although as of May it’s illegal for any company to seed positive messages online without revealing their identity. But there are profound changes in the social media landscape.

Firstly, the Digital Music Survey 2008 confirms how, for most consumers, video on YouTube is part and parcel of their enjoyment of music. Nearly half prefer to watch a music video if it is available rather than simply listen to a track and nearly three-quarters of them say they can find all the videos they want on YouTube.

Video has long been crucial to music marketing and the rise of social media means that in 2008 it’s YouTube, not MTV, where this is being played out. For 41% of consumers, YouTube is now the single most important community site in terms of music. It’s a 14% jump on last year that coincides with an equivalent drop in MySpace’s popularity.

More info on www.digitalmusic2008.com  less

http://www.digitalmusic2008.com

Social media, which encompasses YouTube and its community elements, MySpace and Facebook, has been steadily growing in importance for consumers. Two years ago, a quarter   more...of consumers had never visited a social network. By this year, only 7% hadn’t.

The record industry has been relatively quick to exploit social media. It’s now standard practice to create artists’ pages on MySpace and also seed discussion forums and create controversy and buzz around new content – although as of May it’s illegal for any company to seed positive messages online without revealing their identity. But there are profound changes in the social media landscape.

Firstly, the Digital Music Survey 2008 confirms how, for most consumers, video on YouTube is part and parcel of their enjoyment of music. Nearly half prefer to watch a music video if it is available rather than simply listen to a track and nearly three-quarters of them say they can find all the videos they want on YouTube.

Video has long been crucial to music marketing and the rise of social media means that in 2008 it’s YouTube, not MTV, where this is being played out. For 41% of consumers, YouTube is now the single most important community site in terms of music. It’s a 14% jump on last year that coincides with an equivalent drop in MySpace’s popularity.

More info on www.digitalmusic2008.com  less

http://www.digitalmusic2008.com

Social media plays a central role in music discovery. This year’s Digital Music Survey establishes that over 80% of all consumers have found music they love on community   more...sites and nearly a third do so regularly. But the opportunities to capitalise on these trends are currently being missed because consumers do not yet associate these sites with music purchase.

While a third of consumers are regularly finding music they like when on community sites, only one in ten have purchased CDs there and half as many again will purchase a download using any given link.

The latest findings show that social networks could also usefully do more to meet the needs of consumers who arrive on their sites looking for music. Consumers are taking their interest in new music elsewhere, whether with online search, listening out for the artist on the radio or, for more people than one might expect, on their next visit to the shops.

In fact, when consumers find new music they like on social networks, their most likely subsequent behaviour is to go off searching the web to find out more about the artist.

More info on www.digitalmusic2008.com  less

President Bush has signed into law a controversial bill that creates harsher penalties for violations of intellectual property law.

The Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property   more...Act, or PRO-IP Act, was introduced by Vermont Democrat Senator Patrick Leahy, and Pennsylvania Republican Arlen Spector.

In addition to stiffer penalties, the PRO-IP Act establishes the Cabinet-level position of IP Czar, and gives the Department of Justice more power to coordinate federal and state efforts against counterfeiting and piracy.

Critics believe the Act goes well beyond what is necessary to protect artists’ rights.

"Big media already have enough tools and penalties on the books and we don't need any more," said Art Brodsky of the D.C.-based public interest group Public Knowledge.

Brodsky pointed out that a single mother of two in Minnesota was charged with a $220,000 fine for allegedly downloading protected media files.

The law requires the DOJ to seek both criminal and civil penalties against alleged illegal downloaders. The DOJ has complained that they do not want to serve as a collection agency for the entertainment industry, and that copyright holders should pursue their own civil claims.  less

Bill Asks Attorney General to Investigate Piracy
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2326397,00.asp

The government wants to hamper creativity. It was to go after the pirates and possibly prosecute people   more...who use copyright material for AMVs. The government could search your computer in a download case.
This is ridiculous, I try to keep myself legal but I need DRM free files to make AMVs wiht. I buy legal copies of all my digital video.

Thanks a lot Hillary Clinton; you want to hamper digital creativity in the name of "fighting digital piracy". Obviously, they'd rather chase down digital pirates than chase down Osama Bin Laden.

I'd be more worried about Osama blowing us up than pirates trying to sell knockoff DVDs at flea markets. This new law could SERIOUSLY hamper creativity and take away Fair Use for AMV makers, who DO purchase the games from which they use footage for AMVs and Songvids.



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A quick review about downloading bootleg movies and why you shouldnt

http://exposeascam.com - Nice video exposing the inner workings and methods of an elaborate and sophisticated chinese export scam where the sites offer you ridiculous prices and either ship nothing or   more...send fake knock offs and rip you off of your hard earned money by making you pay through wire transfer.  less

This is the intro to one of Ben Heckendorn's (or Benheck's) Podcasts (or Zunecasts) with video from Pirates of the Caribbean and the piracy episode of the Computer Chronicles.

The FACT Advert Fast And Slow.