2 posts tagged “napster”

Is this for real or an elaborate PR stunt ? We will see... It's for real:

STOCKHOLM, Jun 30, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- The listed software company, Global Gaming Factory X AB (publ) (GGF) acquires The Pirate Bay website, http://www.thepiratebay.org, one of the 100 most visited websites in the world and the technology company Peerialism, that has developed next generation file-sharing technology. Following the completion of the acquisitions, GGF intends to launch new business models that allow compensation to the content providers and copyright owners. The responsibility for, and operation of the site will be taken over by GGF in connection with closing of the transaction, which is scheduled for August 2009.

"We would like to introduce models which entail that content providers and copyright owners get paid for content that is downloaded via the site, " said Hans Pandeya, CEO GGF.

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/global-gaming-factory-x-acquisitions-of-the-pirate-bay-and-new-file-sharing-technology-p2p-20

Napster never achieved a lot of success after its legal renaissance. Will the Pirate Bay 2.0 future be any different ? Will the content owners sue the new TPB ? Which P2P network takes the traffic and trackers ? Questions, questions...

The Pirate Bay says about this...

We've been working on this project for many years. It's time to invite more people into the project, in a way that is secure and safe for everybody. We need that, or the site will die. And letting TPB die is the last thing that is allowed to happen!

If the new owners will screw around with the site, nobody will keep using it. That's the biggest insurance one can have that the site will be run in the way that we all want to. And - you can now not only share files but shares with people. Everybody can indeed be the owner of The Pirate Bay now. That's awesome and will take the heat of us.

The old crew is still around in different ways. We will also not stop being active in the politics of the internets - quite the opposite. Now we're fueling up for going into the next gear. TPB will have economical muscles to let people evolve it. It will team up with great technicians to evolve the protocols. And we, the people interested in more than just technology, will have the time to focus on that. It's win-win-win.

The profits from the sale will go into a foundation that is going to help with projects about freedom of speech, freedom of information and the openess of the nets. I hope everybody will help out in that and realize that this is the best option for all. Don't worry - be happy!

http://thepiratebay.org/blog/164

Nichts Neues für Apple Aficionados, aber eine recht umfassende Dokumentation zur Entstehung der iPod-Familie. Gut, dass der Film auch die iPod-Vorgeschichte kurz erwähnt (Steve Jobs Rückkehr, Newton, Napster und MP3...).

(( Via http://leu.fm/post/5831014 ))

PS: Zwischen Minute 12 und 15 hat das Google Video einen ersten Hänger, eventuell um TV-Werbung auszublenden (?).

PPS: Leider wird nicht erwähnt, dass die Code-Basis von iTunes ein zugekauftes Programm war. Details zu dieser interessanten Geschichte, bei der Apple an ((mindestens)) zwei existierenden Programmen interessiert war...

http://www.thinksecret.com/news/wsjcasadygreene.html
http://www.panic.com/extras/audionstory/