Stories about: Bertelsmann

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    Sci-Fi channel has head in cloud (computing) 03/06/2008 12:40:00

    The buzzword: cloud computing. The technique harnesses servers' power to share the workload, run Web-based Google apps or combine CPUs for cancer research and countless other noble causes. Brace for one more use: games. The Sci Fi Network has just announced an agreement with new game publisher, Trion World Network, to create a cross-platform, cross-media IP. What the heck does that even mean?
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    IE 7 drives foreign language domain names 31/10/2006 13:43:42

    Microsoft's latest release of Internet Explorer will drive demand for internationalized domain names, according to industry experts who are predicting a sharp increase in sales of foreign language domain names. That's because IE 7 has built-in support for IDNs, as does Firefox 2.0, also released in October.
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    Bertelsmann plans rival MySpace site 17/10/2006 08:49:08

    German media giant Bertelsmann AG has begun crafting plans to develop an entertainment-driven social networking Web site to compete with MySpace and other similar sites, a source familiar with the discussions said Monday.
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    Judge wants label records in Napster case 26/04/2006 15:15:41

    Parties on both sides of a copyright infringement suit against Napster investors will have to produce privileged documents, a U.S. District Court judge ruled Friday.
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    U.S. to probe for digital music price fixing 06/03/2006 09:03:39

    European record labels were keeping quiet on Friday morning regarding a potential U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation into digital music price fixing.
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    CES - Sony's Stringer seeks balance for copy-protection 09/01/2006 08:23:28

    The recent controversy over a copy-protection system employed on music CDs from Sony BMG Music Entertainment proved to Sony Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Howard Stringer the need to carefully balance the needs of customers and the rights of artists, he said this week.
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    MusicNet sold by RealNetworks, other founders 14/04/2005 09:21:29

    Online music company MusicNet has been sold to the private equity company Baker Capital for an undisclosed amount, it said Wednesday.
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    Consumer group sues over copy-protected CDs 07/01/2004 08:17:53

    The Belgian consumer group Test-Aankoop is suing the world's four biggest music companies, accusing them of unfairly using copy protection technology to keep consumers from fully using their legally bought CDs.
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    Bertelsmann seeks to block Napster lawsuits 21/07/2003 11:09:19

    Bertelsmann AG has asked a New York court to dismiss three copyright infringement lawsuits associated with the German media group's investment in defunct song-swap pioneer Napster Inc.
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    Bertelsmann sued by EMI over Napster 10/06/2003 08:56:01

    EMI Group PLC on Wednesday joined Universal Music Group Inc. and a group of music publishers in suing Bertelsmann AG, alleging the German company cost them billions of dollars in revenue by funding Napster, the now-defunct file-swapping service.
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    Recording industry launches new suit against Morpheus 06/06/2003 09:29:54

    The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has filed a new lawsuit against StreamCast Networks, owner of the Morpheus file-sharing software, over an Internet radio service the company never got off the ground. The move comes barely six weeks after a Los Angeles federal judge ruled in another case brought by the recording industry that the company was not responsible for illegal file-trading done using its software.
 
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