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Bittorrent 4.0.1

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Bram Cohen wizzard of change

You Know Him From BitTorrent, the peer-to-peer program that Cohen introduced in 2002, allows users to easily share large digital files such as movies and TV shows, and since it's just a content-distribution tool, it can't be shut down like Napster for piracy issues. "Hollywood could use this technology to set up something like iTunes, but they won't," says Cohen. "They fear change."

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The Breakthrough In March, Cohen rolled out the new, faster, easier-to-use BitTorrent 4.0.0, which already counts more than 30 million users. "That is just a ridiculous number," he concedes.

The Kindness Of Downloaders Cohen, 29, was programming computers at the age of five. After bouncing around in the dot-com boom in the Nineties, he set out on his own. His current income comes from donations by legions of grateful users. >> RollingStoneMAG

Zo gaat dat in Amerika ;-)

Rapproducer Suge moet vrouw miljoenen betalen

Rapproducer Marion 'Suge' Knight moet 107 miljoen dollar betalen aan een vrouw die een belangrijke rol had bij de oprichting van het succesvolle raplabel Death Row Records, maar later eruit werd gewerkt. Dat heeft een rechtbank in Los Angeles woensdag bepaald, meldden Amerikaanse media.

MP3 player market expected to boom in coming years

Market analyst firm iSuppli reports that shipments of MP3 players will grow almost fourfold by 2009. 36.8 million MP3 player units shipped in 2004, and iSuppli estimates that 132 million units will ship in 2009, largely fueled by growing demand for hard-disk based systems like the Apple iPod. iSuppli expects hard-disk systems to compose nearly half of the MP3 player market by 2009, up from 26.6 percent in 2004. Related articles on this topic are also available on the NewsTarget Network, including: The A-List: Top Products Recommended By Mike Adams. >> Newstarget.com

Puff Dady Respect yo

This is a guy with a vision and the guts to get on stage. Only few people are as talented and make it this far. >> ID&T (a Dutch dance company) looks a little like this one. But they can't keep it together like Sean and build a profitable empire on the synergy of cool stuff.

Sean “P. Diddy” Combs was recently declared “One of the Most Influential Businessmen in the World” by Time Magazine and CNN. As Chairman of Bad Boy Worldwide Entertainment Group (BBWEG), he oversees one of the world's preeminent urban entertainment companies, encompassing a broad range of businesses including recording, music publishing, artist management, television and film production, recording facility, apparel and restaurants. With a collection of businesses whose annual sales are quickly approaching $500 million annually and an employee base of over 300, Mr. Combs is largely responsible for the popular appeal of urban entertainment. Formed in 1994, the flagship company of BBWEG is Bad Boy Records. >> Bad Boy Records

Richard Branson has VirginDigital

Sir Richard Branson has a solution that looks like every other, but Virgin likes to own the entire chain of commerce, including the (performing) artist. Check out >> Virgin Digital

I don't like to download software(clients) for downloading of content. This I want only when it's an integrated solution with my hardware. Checking out the Virgin solution now. Will let you know if I have to change my opinion.  Itunes still rules ;-)

OD2 is one of the leading platforms today

When these guys started they asked a minimum of EURO 50.000 for a license and they gave you around 30% per sold item. (asuming you are a portal) A few years later >> Loudeye aquired Peter Gabriel's 'artist friendly' solution for the distribution of music on demand. I wonder if Peter is happy with how the company developed itself?

Mobile Killed The Radio Star

Big plans are underway to use mobile phones (and other mobile devices) to store, play and - most importantly - to sell music. Ringtonia has pointed to an Israeli article concerning musicians who are using mobile phones to sell and promote their music rather than radio stations: the article mentions tensions over playlists created by station managers. "All these moves would seem to indicate that 2005 will be the year the cellular companies become the dominant force in distributing Israeli music. Advanced cellphones are already capable of doing all sorts of things familiar mainly to youngsters." >> Billboard Postplay

Yeah yeah. It will be an and and and situation. Radio is a different technology, it's true that allmost all people have a mobile phone, but the issues in making content compatible with all mobile phones are not minor. Users demand a better solution, the I Pod is a better solution, try and play a track on your mobile and ask a thousend friends to do the same. Have a nice day!

Universal in the Netherlands has lost the plot

A couple of months ago the Financial Times had a trilogy on music in the future and what's at stake. One of the issues touched was the 'panic-peristaltic' move to squeese all the money possible out of the sales channels. Today my local record shop showed me a letter from the manager commercial and logistical affairs at Universal music BV. They where assigned to customer segment D and this means under the new regulations my local shop can forget about the 10% invoice discount. My logic in times of revenue decline would be to stick together with my resellers and reward them for generating business. This is on average one or two EURO on each CD sold. These guys deserve a good margin for the good work they do and the risk they take. Small record stores hold between 50k euro and 100k euro music in stock. Add all little stores together and look again where the money comes from!

Think different, think straight up!!

  My friend and FOOL Branko van Kooten had a brilliant idea. Why not bury people vertically? Indiana says we have to put people at rest. Can we only R.I.P when we are facing the sky?