RIAA divisions

The latest round of RIAA lawsuits given little media attention - focus on internal dispute about the point of it all:
Digital Music News, RIAA Delivers Latest Round of Lawsuits, Divisions Continue (1 March 2006)<http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/index_html#030106riaa>at 3 March 2006

Digital Music News, McBride Continues Assault on RIAA, Urges Industry to Loosen Control (1 March 2006) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/index_html#030206mcbride> at 2 March 2006

Greubel fights back, lodges motion to dismiss:
p2pnet.net, RIAA 'predatory litigation tactics' (27 February 2006) <http://p2pnet.net/story/8054> at 28 February 2006

Soribada folds into a subscription model:
P2pnet.net, 'New' Sorbada: subscriptions (27 February 2006) <http://p2pnet.net/story/8052> at 28 February 2006

More suggestions that eDonkey raid was a total waste of time:
Digital Music News, Early Data Shows Minor Impact Following eDonkey Hub Closure (23 February 2006) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/index_html#022406edonkey> at 26 February 2006

Suggestions by Morpheus CEO that most US file sharing networks will be closed by the mid-end of year:
Digital Music News, P2P Shakeout Looms, Piracy Debate Continues (24 February 2006) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/index_html#022406music2> at 26 February 2006

DRM hurts customers but can't stop piracy:
SecurityFocus, The big DRM mistake (1 March 2006)<http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/390> at 3 March 2006

French court overturns decision to ban DRM on DVD's - fair use a legislative option, not a 'right':
http://www.courdecassation.fr/agenda/agenda_new/I-2006-02-28-0515824-0516002-Decision-civ1.htm (decision in french)

Ed Felton on the weaknesses of watermarks as copy protection DRM:
Freedom to Tinker, How Watermarks Fail (24 February 2006) <http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/?p=981> at 1 March 2006

More on DRM - (better late than never) trying to get devices to work together:
Digital Music News, Technology Consortium Upgrades DRM Specification (28 February 2006) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/index_html#022806coral> at 1 March 2006

Yahoo say DRM is hurting their business:
Digital Music News, Yahoo Music Chief Pitches Evian, Shuns DRM (23 February 2006) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/index_html#022406yahoo> at 26 February 2006

Napster blames everyonelse for their further drop in profit:
A. Pasick, 'Napster plays blame game' The Australian/Reuters, 3 March 2006 <http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,18312168%5E27317%5E%5Enbv%5E15306-15319,00.html> at 3 March 2006

Digital Music News, Executives Swipe at Publishers, Debates Continue (1 March 2006)<http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/index_html#030106pub>at 2 March 2006