All Entries Tagged With: "Verizon"

ISPs, RIAA and FCC in the US: Acronyms and Anarchy

Cassandra Callais examines the general disarray concerning the ISPs, Labels, and various government agencies!

Jan, 26 2010 1 Comments Full Story

R-O-C-K In The USA—ISP’S START SINGING ALONG

We all know that the industry is all hands on deck to pressure ISP’s into policing their content. Just a couple of weeks ago rock star bloviator Bono took to the op-ed section of the New York Times to lambast ISP’s as “rich service providers, whose swollen profits perfectly mirror the lost receipts of the [...]

Jan, 26 2010 0 Comments Full Story

Apple Moves Toward Music As Service

For nearly four years, I’ve been evangelizing the transition of the music industry from a product-based business to a service-based economy. I’ve never viewed this as a possible scenario but as the only eventuality. It’s going to happen, it’s got to happen, now maybe sooner than later. With Apple’s acquisition this week of LaLa, the [...]

Dec, 14 2009 12 Comments Full Story

Will The iPhone Finally Be Unleashed?

I know that this is a little off my usual path, but I made a discovery that I felt I had to share.
Yesterday it was reported that UK mobile operator O2 plans to allow out-of-contract users to unlock their iPhones for use on other networks. Of course this depends on other carriers picking up the [...]

Nov, 10 2009 2 Comments Full Story

Net Neutrality Debates Relevance To Online Piracy

Last month witnessed ever increasing noise in terms of the raging Net Neutrality debate in the United States and then the “three strikes and you’re out” policy of disconnecting persistent file sharers in Europe. TMV believes there is a clear similarity between each issue. Furthermore we believe it is important to analyse the arguments coming [...]

Nov, 02 2009 5 Comments Full Story