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Music Industry: A finger in the dyke and a head in the sand |
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Written by Chris Abood
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Friday, 30 September 2005 00:00 |
Recently, Justice Murray Wilcox brought down his judgment on the Universal Music Australia Pty Ltd v Sharman License Holding Ltd, owners of the Kazaa peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing system, court action. The judgment was not good for Sharman. Neither was the judgment good news for the music industry. Justice Wilcox dismissed several claims brought against Sharman including the dubious claim of conspiracy. Sharman are appealing.
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The changing face of media - Part 3 |
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Written by Chris Abood
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Friday, 15 July 2005 00:00 |
Imagine if the world’s economic system worked in the same way as the entertainment industry does. Not only would you pay to have your house built, but also you would have to pay a royalty every time you or a guest walked through the front door. Not only would you have to pay for a toaster but also you would have to pay a royalty every time you put some bread in it to be toasted. As a computer programmer, not only would I get paid to develop that application but also I would receive a royalty every time the program is used. I would have been able to retire years ago. Imagine if the world’s economic system worked in the same way as the entertainment industry does. Not only would you pay to have your house built, but also you would have to pay a royalty every time you or a guest walked through the front door. Not only would you have to pay for a toaster but also you would have to pay a royalty every time you put some bread in it to be toasted. As a computer programmer, not only would I get paid to develop that application but also I would receive a royalty every time the program is used. I would have been able to retire years ago.
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The changing face of media - Part 2 |
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Written by Chris Abood
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Wednesday, 13 July 2005 00:00 |
Channel Seven decided to prolong the showing of the season finales of both Desperate Housewives and Lost by showing re-cap episodes. This is much the same as Channel Nine did with the final episode of Friends. All that has happened is that they have annoyed their viewers. But more important, many viewers have gone online to download these shows via Peer-to-Peer (P2P) networks.
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The changing face of media - Part 1 |
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Written by Chris Abood
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Monday, 11 July 2005 00:00 |
Use of Peer-to-Peer networks (P2P) is a bit like sex before marriage. You’re not allowed to do it, but everyone is anyway. P2P networks have been around for a long time in one form or another, but took off when Shawn Fanning developed Napster. Napsters allowed people to share and swap their files (namely music files) that are stored on their hard drive across the internet via a central server.
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You can watch 'Lolita' or 'Desperate housewives', but don't download! |
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Written by Chris Abood
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Wednesday, 25 May 2005 00:00 |
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On May 6 this year, Justices Frank Callaway, John Batt and Peter Buchanan of the Melbourne Court of Appeal, sentenced 37-year-old Karen Louise Ellis to six months jail for having consensual sex with 15-year-old Benjamin Dunbar. The sentence came about upon appeal by the Director of Public Prosecutions against the leniency of the original sentence handed out by Judge John Smallwood.
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Tackling child pornography on the Internet |
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Written by Chris Abood
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Wednesday, 23 March 2005 00:00 |
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From March 1, 2005, the Crimes Legislation Amendment (Telecommunications Offences and Other Measures) Bill (No. 2) 2004 came into force. This latest attempt by the Federal Government to regulate the Internet makes it an offence if an Internet Service Provider (ISP) or an Internet Content Host (ICH) does not refer to the Australian Federal Police, within a reasonable time, that they have become aware their service can be used to access particular material; and they have reasonable grounds to believe that the material is either child pornography or child abuse material. Severe fines and or imprisonment can result if an ISP or ICH fails to meet this new law.
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Is it Really Me - The Australia ID Card |
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Written by Chris Abood
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Tuesday, 19 July 2005 00:00 |
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I recently worked in a team that implemented a new fraud system for a major bank. The person in charge of the Fraud department is an extremely busy man these days. When you walk into his office he has mug shots, about 5cm by 5cm, pasted on his wall of those who have tried to commit fraud against the bank. Two walls are covered and that is from fraud attempts this year alone. |
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