Archive for July, 2007
The Pseudo-death knell of AllofMP3
2 Comments Published by Siddiq Bello July 3rd, 2007 in AllOfMP3, Digital Music, Digital downloading, Groups Opposing the RIAA, IFPI, RIAA, RIAA and Record Labels, Start-ups, copyright, mp3, russian mp3.It seems that after months of slow economic starvation AllofMP3.com is finally no more. Over the last few years the IFPI and RIAA have mounted a sustained assault on the site, which followed the letter of Russian law, but sold music in a format (MP3) and for a price (cheap as hell) that the dying [...]
Googleplex: If I use it Google Will Buy it.
0 Comments Published by Siddiq Bello July 3rd, 2007 in Google, Googleplex, deals, fanboys, google trends.So I find out today, via voicemail from Craig and Vincent, that Google is buying my universal mail box, Grandcentral, for $45 million. Despite Grandcentral’s oh so very evil habit of promising 212 area codes and not actually having any, the Grandcentral service is one of the most useful free telephony services out there. [...]
Suicide Watch: Universal Music Demands Customers Use P2P
1 Comment Published by Siddiq Bello July 2nd, 2007 in Apple, Digital Music, Foolishness, Universal Music, deals, file sharing, iPod, iPod/iTunes, mp3.Yesterday Big JG, the soup eater, posted a note about Universals Music’s mad dash to ends its tortured existence as the worlds largest purveyor of little plastics discs. In an act of classic Seppuku, Universal Music is reported to have told Apple that it was not going to renew its contract to sell music [...]
