The RIAA and the music industry are mssing the point - and an opportunity...

Technology not only marches on, but it hums as well – melody recognition sofware will name that tune. Germany’s Fraunhofer Institut, the creators of the MP3 digital audio format, have created “Query By Humming”: on display at this week’s Midem music conference in Cannes that identifies a song by title …

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Any ordered sequence can be treated as music – note this story about a Terry Riley composition based upon plasma waves from space. Now Spanish scientists have treated the human genome as a musical sequence: Unravel DNA’s double helix, picture its components lined up like piano keys and assign a …

In an important DMCA case, Verizon must turn over the identity of a customer the RIAA accusses of extensively using the Kazaa file trading service: The RIAA could only identify the user by a numeric Internet address on Verizon’s network, and served Verizon with a subpoena demanding the user’s identity …

Speaking of fjord-hoppers, this woman took the rack and ran: “It is crystal clear that she has tried to avoid paying for her breasts,” said Jennifer McShane of Sweden’s Channel 5 to newspaper Expressen. The first episode of the series produced by Strix offers the story of a 28-year-old Norwegian …

The Norwegian authorities say they will appeal the acquittal of “DVD Jon” on charges of copyright violation reports Aftenposten: Norway’s special division for economic crimes, Økokrim, says that they will appeal the acquittal of 19-year-old Jon Lech Johansen, accused of illegally developing a protection code-breaking program, but did not give …

Hockey is a sport where violent, impulsive action is commonplace, although it usually doesn’t involve a tongue-ectomy: Craig MacTavish and the Edmonton Oilers couldn’t stop the Calgary Flames. The best they could do was silence the opposing mascot. Harvey the Hound, the Calgary Flames’ 6-foot-6, 200-pound mascot, got too close …

I don’t think there are enough awards shows, do you? Here is a new one, the NightLife Awards, honoring “the best of New York City cabaret, comedy and jazz,” live at the Town Hall January 27. The NightLife Awards winners have been chosen from artists working in New York City …

mi2g Intelligence Unit reports: major hacker groups active in 2002 shows the top ten hot beds originating hacker attack to be Brazil, Egypt, Morocco, Pakistan, Italy, UK, Indonesia, Turkey, Libya and USA. Attacks on the West show a spurt of growth mainly coming from radical groups and individuals based in …