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The giants of the film industry have lost their case against an Australian ISP in a landmark judgement handed down in the country's Federal Court today. The decision had the potential to profoundly impact Australia's internet users and internet industry as it sets a legal precedent surrounding how much Internet Service Providers (ISPs) are required to do to prevent customers from downloading movies and other content illegally. But after an on-and-off eight week trial that examined whether ISP iiNet authorised customers to download pirated movies, Justice Dennis Cowdroy found that the ISP was not liable for the downloading habits of its customers. read more source: ASHER MOSES/SMH <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value=" name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>image: Fair Use/Youtube/Screengrab: NEW COURT RULING: Aussie ISP was NOT liable for the downloading habits of its customers.

If you watched the Grammy Awards Sunday night, it would appear all is well in the recording industry. But at the end of last year, the music business was worth half of what it was ten years ago and the decline doesn't look like it will be slowing anytime soon. Total revenue from U.S. music sales and licensing plunged to $6.3 billion in 2009, according to Forrester Research. In 1999, that revenue figure topped $14.6 billion. read more source: CNNMoney.com <object width="384" height="356" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" id="ep"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><param name="movie" value="http://i.cdn.turner.com/money/.element/apps/cvp/4.0/swf/cnn_money_384x216_embed.swf?context=embed&videoId=/video/news/2009/12/23/n_cmr_napster_10yrs.cnnmoney" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" /><embed src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/money/.element/apps/cvp/4.0/swf/cnn_money_384x216_embed.swf?context=embed&videoId=/video/news/2009/12/23/n_cmr_napster_10yrs.cnnmoney" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" bgcolor="#000000" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="384" wmode="transparent" height="356"></embed></object> image: Fair Use/CNN Money/Screengrab: THE DISEASE OF FREE...The battle for paying digital customers may have been lost before it had truly begun. In 1999, Napster, a free online file-sharing service, made its debut. Not only did Napster help change the way most people got music, it also lowered the price point from $14 for a CD to free. "The digital music business has been a war of attrition that nobody seems to be winning," said David Goldberg, the former head of Yahoo music. "The CD is still disappearing, and nothing is replacing it in entirety as a revenue generator."

Al-Qaeda demonstrated on September 11, 2001, how a handful of scruffy extremists could use asymmetrical warfare to damage key US assets. Now imagine that the asymmetrical warfare against the US is being waged not by a few fanatics but by one of the world's most powerful nation states. This is why China's cyber attacks are so serious. read more source: SMH.com.au/Peter Hartcher image: Fair Use/Simon Letch/Supplied: CYBER ATTACKS: "Governments have long used their spy agencies to steal industrial secrets from other countries"...."The odds of the 25 biggest companies in California not being fully compromised by the Chinese is near zero. That is true of companies across the country."

choice one mate....King Crimson are one of my all-time favourites from the late 60`s early 70`s english progressive rock scene...they were the cream of english prog/rock/jazz musicians...and they`re still going strong...and sound just as good... <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jM6y6qPLh8s&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param'>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jM6y6qPLh8s&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jM6y6qPLh8s&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p14Z3X9JkYE&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param'>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p14Z3X9JkYE&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p14Z3X9JkYE&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

Beyonce became the most decorated female on a Grammy night as she collected six trophies but it was another diva - Taylor Swift - who nabbed the top honor, album of the year, for her best-selling "Fearless". Swift, who won a total of four awards, jumped around like the 20-year-old kid that she is when beat out Beyonce, the Dave Matthews Band, Lady Gaga and the Black Eyed Peas for the honor. "Oh wow - thank you so much! I just hope that you know how much this means to me.... that we get to take this back to Nashville," said Swift, whose "Fearless" was last year's best-selling album of any genre. "Oh my God, our families are freaking out in their living rooms," she added. "My dad and my little brother are losing their minds in the living room right now." read more 2010 GRAMMY AWARD WINNERS PICTURE GALLERY: here 52nd annual Grammy Awards: Stars arrive for the 52nd annual Grammy Awards - the American music industry's night of nights...PICS: here source: AP <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSYgNR305EI&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param'>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSYgNR305EI&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSYgNR305EI&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value=" name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>image: Fair Use/AP: GRAMMYS 2010/TAYLOR SWIFT/BEYONCE: LADIES NIGHT

AC/DC won the first Grammy of their career, ending one of the most notable snubs by the music industry's top awards. read more

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iPad vs. the Rest: Does the iPAD cost too mch? Read more <object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value=" name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fTDCKor0BE&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param'>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fTDCKor0BE&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fTDCKor0BE&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object> image: Fair Use/Lifehacker/darrenbeckett.com: iPAD

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Sheila Blanco calls Pete Doherty the Pied Piper. "He leads the easily impressionable; he has this act of being a pseudo-Bohemian, when in fact he's just posing," she says in a measured voice, one that belies a maelstrom of emotions within. Read More source: OBSERVER <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value=" name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value=" name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4h2ySVHxYOQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param'>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4h2ySVHxYOQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4h2ySVHxYOQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> images: Fair Use/Youtube/Screengrab: PETE DOHERTY/THE PIED PIPERMy link

When does online news cost too much? My answer is $155. Yesterday, when checking my bank account, I found that Dow Jones had charged $155 for a year's Wall Street Journal online subscription. I had been expecting the same $119 charge as last year, which already was borderline too high but acceptable (I had a fulltime job 12 months ago). WSJ had gone too far with its pricing. I called customer service, cancelled the account and asked for a refund. The call wasn't easily made, because of the real and sentimental value received. I do regularly read the Journal online, and I have subscribed since 1996! No longer. Read More source: Joe Wilcox/BetaNews VIDEO: Wired editor and author Chris Anderson speculates that the low cost of digital publishing may facilitate newspapers to generate sufficient revenue by charging subscriptions for premium content, thus cutting off dependency on advertisers and saving the industry. Apparently there is such a thing as a free lunch. Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails capitalized on offering their music for free, Google lets us search, e-mail and use all kinds of free applications, and ATT will give you a cell phone gratis, if you just buy their monthly plan. These are only a fraction of the businesses that have helped to establish a full-fledged economy based on the concept of zero dollars down. Wired's Chris Anderson explains the recent phenomenon of making lots of money by charging nothing. Is everything moving toward "free now, pay later"? What are the consequences? - <object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value=" name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object>VIDEO: Long before anyone had heard of the Internet, early home computer users could read their morning newspapers online ... sort of. Steve Newman's 1981 story was broadcast on KRON San Francisco. <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value=" name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>images: Fair Use/Youtube/Screengrab: ONLINE NEWS

OMC - How Bizarre <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value=" name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

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ahoy mate...not as long as my arse points to the ground will i be a pay as you go pirate...

no one is sure but i have my suspicions..his family is due to make a statement early this week....Otara, where he was born and based is a tough neighbourhood..and full of crack houses and meth users.. http://fwd4.me/Dgi http://fwd4.me/Dgo

Keith Richards has given up alcohol. The Rolling Stones guitarist - who is known for his hellraising lifestyle - hasn't downed a drink in four months, despite previously claiming he would never become teetotal. read more source: Bang! Showbiz <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBDhOzG8bVU&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param'>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBDhOzG8bVU&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBDhOzG8bVU&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> Check out Nils Lofgren doing soundbites of "Keith Dont Go" in this vid: <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hofo-VuuaEo&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param'>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hofo-VuuaEo&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hofo-VuuaEo&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> images: Fair Use/Youtube/Screengrab: KEEF RICHARDS when he was young and still drinking...

New Zealand musician Pauly Fuemana, famous for the hit 1995 single How Bizarre, has died.... Pauly, who was frontman for the band OMC, died this morning at North Shore Hospital following a short period of illness. In 1995 OMC (Otara Millionaires Club) shot to fame with the single How Bizarre which reached number one in New Zealand, Australia, Canada, and parts of Europe. OMC moved between three and four million copies of their album, also titled How Bizarre, making it New Zealand's biggest-selling record. The band broke up in 2000. They reformed in 2007 and released a single 4 All of Us, featuring actor Lucy Lawless. Pauly was well regarded in the music community down here in NZ...and like many other Kiwis i`m sad to hear of his untimely demise...a great NZ talent gone. <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfJe8hQ8ha0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param'>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfJe8hQ8ha0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfJe8hQ8ha0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> images: Fair Use/NZHerald/Supplied: PAULY FUEMANA...R.I.P

Singer Etta James is hospitalized for treatment of a serious infection, but her son said Friday he's more concerned with her Alzheimer's diagnosis. Read more source: CNN <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value=" name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>image: Fair Use/Youtube/Screengrab: ETTA JAMES

Stand by for the death of illegal music downloads. It is already gathering pace, with legal downloads being one of the fastest-growing activities on the web. It is not happening because of the music industry's rough justice (such as suing customers) or because of penalties for people caught downloading illegally. Read more source: Guardian image: Fair Use/www.musictimes.com.au: ILLEGAL DOWNLOADS: "While the music industry has been complaining — successfully — to the British Government and the EU Commission that illegal downloads are destroying it, something rather curious has been happening. This year is the most successful in British history for singles sales. More than 117 million have been sold — comfortably beating the previous record of 115.1 million, set last year."

A leading technology company is set to launch a new digital music file format which will embed additional content for fans including lyrics, news updates and images in what could be a successor to the ubiquitous MP3 file. Read more VIDEO embedding disabled: Watch on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bbgTsG4JAo source: Reuters image: Fair Use/Youtube/Screengrab: MusicDNA can play on any MP3 player, including Apple's iPod.

It is easy to forget that Dave Grohl was and is something other than the charming frontman and guitarist for Foo Fighters. He does it rather successfully too. But when you watch the recently released Nirvana Live at Reading DVD you look on astonished and think yeah, he's all right, isn't he. Then you see him in the flesh. Sweat streaming, hair flying, arms flailing god-he-is-good flesh. And you are transfixed. read more source: SMH.com.au/Bernard Zuel <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwzQ9y5lQYU&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param'>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwzQ9y5lQYU&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwzQ9y5lQYU&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> image: Fair Use/Youtube/Screengrab: TCV/DAVE GROHL

THE first leg of the biggest rock show to hit Australasia, AC/DC's Black Ice tour, kicked off in the New Zealand capital of Wellington with a mighty roar last night. As with most countries around the world, New Zealand has embraced AC/DC fever, with about one in 36 people buying tickets to the band's first tour there since 1991. read more source: SMH.com.au/Gig Previews <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value=" name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value=" name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRTKfAXIjYc&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param'>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRTKfAXIjYc&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRTKfAXIjYc&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> images: Mark Mitchell/NZPA: ACDC/BLACK ICE TOUR/NZ

An English grandmother who is a few months shy of her 70th birthday is wowing the youth on the dancefloors of Paris. read more source: SMH.com.au/Media <object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value=" name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object>images: Fair Use/Youtube/Screengrab/minicooper.updateordie.com: RUTH FLOWERS

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