March 9, 2001
MSNBC: Tiny TechSearch wields patents against giant-sized competitors.
TechSearch has made its patents pay through clever pricing and aggressive lawsuits. When companies such as Audible Inc., Britannica.com owner Encyclopaedia Britannica Holding SA, Spiegel Inc. and others didn’t make the requested payment for licensing the file-transfer patent...
NY Times: The Dreams of Webzines Fizzle Out.
Five years ago, Slate and Salon arrived amid proclamations that "Webzines" would become a multibillion-dollar business and displace print publications by stealing their readers and sucking their advertising dry. Many people, including not a few print publishers, believed it. But none of it happened.
Online Journalism Review: Behind Closed Dot-com Doors.
The long-running debate about corporate control of content sites and the discussions about separation of church and state online rarely get into the nitty-gritty of what really goes on behind closed doors at these places. I'll take you behind the doors of one content site in a moment.
MSNBC: Frays, both small and big, emerge after AOL, Time Warner merger.
In the Time Inc. division, which is the largest magazine outfit in the U.S., concerns are multiplying faster than staffers initially imagined. Some at Time Inc. are increasingly wary that the magazine business could be threatened by AOL’s lack of journalistic savvy...
EE Times: FCC decision opens door to high-rate wireless LANs.
The FCC may change its definition of spread spectrum to enable higher-rate wireless LANs. Prompted by pressure from wireless-LAN proponents, the potential changes end months of speculation about the legality of three possible paths to 22-Mbit/ second wireless LAN radios in the 2.45-GHz band.
Industry Standard: Serenading Capitol Hill.
As the recording industry prevails in its court, the battleground is shifting to Washington. Digital music lobbyists like Pitts are trying to persuade Congress and some federal agencies to change the law to allow for the legal downloading of copyrighted music.
USA Today: Europe's music-piracy solution: taxes.
The legislation, which takes effect in each of the 15 EU nations after being ratified by the national parliaments, allows countries to add fees for each blank CD or CD burner sold — mirroring existing laws in Italy and Germany, where additional charges of between 5% and 10% are already being assessed.
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