Tuesday, July 2, 2002

Start-up spins MP3s for Game Boy. A Southern California start-up is preparing to start selling a device that would play digital music on the Game Boy handheld video game machine. [CNET News.com]

Liquid Audio sues over tracking patent. The online music company alleges that geo-targeting company InfoSplit is using its patented technology without a license. [CNET News.com]

The Copyright Website. This portal provides real world, practical and relevant copyright information for anyone navigating the net.  All the copyright issues that are fit to cram in a website.     Google It!

Musiodata - SANDY WILBUR offers services to attorneys, advertising agencies, film producers, publishing and record companies, and other music professionals. Forensic musical analysis...Cool! Thanks for the link, Carol! (this is not a paid advertisement, I just thought its cool that people do this for a living) Check out the links page, especially.     Google It!

PLUS: AnchorDesk Radio: Satellite radio and WorldCom woes. ZDNet Jul 2 2002 1:16PM ET... [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service]     Google It!

FCC Revokes EchoStar Satellite License. The federal agency cancelled the Ka-band license for the owners of the DISH Network, saying the company wasn't constructing a satellite for two-way satellite broadband services. EchoStar is challenging the decision. [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service]

Welcome to Gnod...Even if you don't know what you are looking for - gnod will find it. Gnod is kind of a search engine for music you don't know about.

Listen Inks Deal With 5th Major Label. Listen.com announced Monday that its online music service, Rhapsody, has signed a deal to stream music content from a fifth major recording company, Universal Music Group. [New York Times: Technology]     Google It!

The Sounds of Silence: John Cage and 4'33". The purpose of this essay is to examine the aesthetic behind Cage's "silent" composition, 4'33", to trace its history, and to show that it marked a significant change in John Cage's musical thought...     Google It!

How to Survive Without Audiogalaxy. Chris Dahlen: How to Survive Without Audiogalaxy. A Guide to File-Sharing Alternatives. [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service]

A musician defends file-sharing, debunks the RIAA .... A musician defends file-sharing, debunks the RIAA Depending on your perspective, Janis Ian is either a struggling new science fiction writer or an established and well-respected recording artist with 17 albums to her credit. She's written a powerful debunking of the RIAA's claims about the effects of file-sharing on music-sales. Highly recommended reading from a music industry person who is far more articulate than, say, Courtney Love. [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service]     Google It!

Akamai wins Digital Island patent injunction. Customers not affected? [The Register]

Digital TV: A Cringely Crash Course. I'm Robert Cringely, host of PBS's introduction to the future of television...     Google It!

Neither Linux on a wristwatch nor nor a wristwatch cameras have quite the panache of the Seiko ... [Memepool]

Digital TV take-up 40% of UK households vs 30% yr-earlier - MORI study. Ananova Jul 2 2002 7:32AM ET [Moreover - moreover...]     Google It!

World's biggest radio group eyes British stations. Media Guardian Jul 2 2002 3:29AM ET [Moreover - moreover...]