Gene Simmons has once again decided to showcase his prehistoric ways of thinking with regards to music piracy, suggesting that it's killing the music industry (just like he proclaimed back in 2008) and that ultimately anyone involved in it should go to jail. He even goes so far as to …
Read More »Napster documentary Downloaded to premier at SXSW
A documentary directed by Alex Winters, the most excellent companion to Keanu Reeve's Ted, from Bill and Ted, called Downloaded, is set to debut at the South by South West festival, chronicling the rise and fall of the internet's first dominant, Peer to Peer file transfer service, Napster, and its …
Read More »Professor’s research proves torrents increase sales
Turning the lights off makes the room brighter, adding salt to your food makes it taste sweeter and there is a direct link between an increase in torrents and an increase in sales revenue for the entertainment industry. They all sound ridiculous, but university research completed at North Carolina in …
Read More »Sean Parker says ‘journalists created caricature of me.’
Sean Parker, the high profile founding president of FaceBook was at the eG8 Forum in Paris yesterday and he faced some interesting questions. He was asked about Justin Timberlake's portrayal of him in the Social Network. He said “The irony lies in the fact that I'm also one of the …
Read More »Napster hits iOS devices
Apple owners rejoice because Napster have finally released an application for the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch. Historians among us will remember that Best Buy bought Napster for $121 million which has helped its survival in this tough climate. The NAPSTER application allows the end user to list to over …
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