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Poor use of a multimedia device

According to Parks Associates’ Digital Media Habits II report, people are increasingly using their TVs to play music at home. The report was based on a Q3 2007 survey of 2,000 broadband households in the US and Canada. The survey found that the number of households using a TV to listen to music equalled the… Read More »

Is the glass half empty or half full?

Let’s ignore for a moment the different spin different people put on the percentage of users who paid or didn’t pay to download Radiohead’s virtual album, “In Rainbows”. I think one way to deal with the issue of “to pay or not to pay” is to create incentives for people to pony up their hard-earned… Read More »

Korean melodrama

Another tearjerker music video from South Korea. Related posts:You die, I dieSpeaking of love, would you do this for your loved one? Technorati Tags: Kim Ji Eun Yesterday’s Different From Today music video tearjerker South Korea

The $222,000 playlist

A 12-person jury in Duluth, Minnesota has found a Minneapolis woman named Jammie Thomas liable for piracy and ordered her to pay US$222,000 to six music companies for illegally downloading and sharing copyrighted music over a peer-to-peer network. The six music companies – Capitol Records, Sony BMG, Arista Records LLC, Interscope Records, UMG Recordings Inc.,… Read More »

Evelyn

Based on a “true story”, Evelyn is as heartwarming as a movie can get. The storyline is not particularly dense, but it is aimed at people with a mind and humanity, rather than MTV droids who can’t tell arse from elbow. A fascinating element is the huge impact the events in the movie had on… Read More »