What the world needs now is…

Non fiction book clubs - and the book for August is:
David C. Korten, When Corporations Rule the World (2nd ed, 2001)


Individual Lawsuits – USA
p2pnet.net, RIAA must pay Debbie Foster $70,000 (17 July 2007) <http://www.p2pnet.net/story/12803> at 28 July 2007

EFF Deep Links, Innocent RIAA Defendant Fights Back, Wins $70,000 Fee Award (17 July 2007) <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/005363.php> at 28 July 2007

Digital Music News, RIAA Defendant Receives Specific Legal Fee Award (16 July 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/071607riaa> at 22 July 2007

TechDirt, RIAA Says It Shouldn't Have To Pay Legal Fees Because Woman Didn't Settle; Judge Says Think Again (17 July 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20070717/103522.shtml> at 22 July 2007

The Register, Oklahoma woman takes sue happy RIAA to the bank (17 July 2007) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/07/17/riaa_pays_legal_fees/> at 22 July 2007

Wired Listening Post, Judge: RIAA Owes Wrongfully-Accused Defendant Over $68K (17 July 2007) <http://blog.wired.com/music/2007/07/judge-riaa-owes.html> at 22 July 2007

p2pnet.net, The EFF backs RIAA victim Leadbetter (6 July 2007) <http://www.p2pnet.net/story/12710> at 28 July 2007

EFF, RIAA Should Pay for Single Mom's Two-Year Ordeal (6 July 2007) <http://www.eff.org/news/archives/2007_07.php#005347> at 22 July 2007

p2pnet.net, RIAA’s ’sharp practice’ in Lindor case (11 July 2007) <http://www.p2pnet.net/story/12748> at 28 July 2007

p2pnet.net, Michelle Santangelo vs the RIAA (16 July 2007) <http://www.p2pnet.net/story/12787> at 28 July 2007

Knox News, Music industry countersued (18 July 2007) <http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2007/jul/18/music-industry-countersued/> at 22 July 2007

Individual Lawsuits – Other Countries
Digital Music News, EU Official Offers Pro-ISP Privacy Ruling, Protects Swapper Identities (19 July 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/071907eu> at 22 July 2007

ZeroPaid, Music File-Sharers Identities Protected by Europe's Top Court (19 July 2007) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/8914/Music+File-Sharers+Identities+Protected+by+Europe> at 22 July 2007

Yahoo News UK & Ireland/Reuters, Music file-sharers get boost in top EU court (18 July 2007) http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20070718/tot-uk-eu-court-filesharing-566e283.html> at 22 July 2007

Lawsuits Britain
ZeroPaid, UK Engineeering Firm raided in Illegal File-Sharing Probe (4 July 2007) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/8875/UK+Engineeering+Firm+raided+in+Illegal+File-Sharing+Probe> at 9 July 2007

BitTorrent
p2pnet.net, Police close Spanish torrent sites (27 July 2007) <http://www.p2pnet.net/story/12925> at 28 July 2007

ZeroPaid, Swedish Police to Shut Down the Pirate Bay? (7 July 2007) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/8888/Swedish+Police+to+Shut+Down+the+Pirate+Bay?> at 9 July 2007

ZeroPaid, Demonoid is Back Online (6 July 2007) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/8879/Demonoid+is+Back+Online> at 9 July 2007

ISP Liability/ Filtering
p2pnet.net, New anti-P2P laws loom (25 July 2007) <http://www.p2pnet.net/story/12894> at 28 July 2007

Digital Music News, Senate Neuters College File-Sharing Enforcement Measure (25 July 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/072507senate> at 28 July 2007

EFF Deep Links, Call Your Senators Now - Dangerous Proposal Threatens Campus Networks(23 July 2007) <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/005372.php> at 28 July 2007

Zeropaid, New Bill Mandates Anti-P2P Filters for 'Top 25' Piracy Schools (25 July 2007) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/8925/New+Bill+Mandates+Anti-P2P+Filters+for+> at 28 July 2007

Digital Music News, Senate Approves Additional University Compliance Requirements (24 July 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/072407senate> at 28 July 200

TechDirt, Law Would Tell Universities To Do The RIAA's Bidding, Or Lose Funding (24 july 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20070724/112821.shtml> at 28 July 2007

p2pnet.net, Take a hike, RIAA: US universities (11 July 2007) <http://www.p2pnet.net/story/12752> at 28 July 2007

Ars Technia, University of Kansas adopts one-strike policy for copyright infringement (20 July 2007) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070720-university-of-kansas-adopts-one-strike-policy-for-copyright-infringement.html> at 28 July 2007

ZeroPaid, RIAA Targets 23 NEW Schools in Latest Campus Piracy Crackdown (21 July 2007) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/8919/RIAA+Targets+23+NEW+Schools+in+Latest+Campus+Piracy+Crackdown> at 22 July 2007

EFF Deep Links, Public Interest Groups Respond to NBC on Mandatory ISP Filtering (20 July 2007) <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/005369.php> at 28 July 2007

Digital Music News, Belgian ISP Challenges Recent Liability Ruling (24 July 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/072407belgium> at 28 July 2007

The Register, Belgian ISP will appeal order to block file-sharing (23 July 2007) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/07/23/scarlet_file_sharing_appeal/> at 28 July 2007

p2pnet.net, Big music claims ISP victory (5 July 2007) <http://www.p2pnet.net/story/12692> at 28 July 2007

ZeroPaid, Belgian Court: 'ISPs Must Implement Measures to Stop Piracy on their Networks' (7 July 2007) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/8884/Belgian+Court:+> at 9 July 2007

TechDirt, Belgian Court Says ISPs Must Now Be Copyright Police (6 July 2007)<http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20070705/175932.shtml> at 15 July 2007

The Register, Belgium judge orders ISP to clean up network (5 July 2007) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/07/05/belgium_p2p_isp/> at 9 July 2007

ag-IP-news, IFPI Hails Court Ruling that ISPs Must Stop Copyright Piracy on their Networks (5 July 2007) <http://www.ag-ip-news.com/GetArticle.asp?Art_ID=4609&lang=en> at 9 July 2007

CNet News, British ISPs stand firm after file-sharing ruling (11 July 2007) <http://news.com.com/2100-1038_3-6196042.html> at 15 July 2007

The Register, ISPs face down Tories on file sharing (6 July 2007) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/07/06/cameron_p2p_isps/> at 9 July 2007

Zeropaid, Limewire: 'Congress Should Make ISPs Filter Copyrighted Content' (26 July 2007) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/8930/Limewire:+> at 28 July 2007

IP Addresses
p2pnet.net, IP addresses and identities (16 July 2007) <http://www.p2pnet.net/story/12790> at 28 July 2007

ZeroPaid, U of Chicago Professor Questions RIAA's Use of IP Addresses in Lawsuits (17 July 2007) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/8909/U+of+Chicago+Professor+Questions+RIAA> at 22 July 2007

Allofmp3
p2pnet.net, Russia’s allTunes defeats IFPI (13 July 2007) <http://www.p2pnet.net/story/12776> at 28 July 2007

Heise Online, Russian public prosecutor is demanding 3-year jail sentence for head of AllofMP3 (24 July 2007) <http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/93198> at 28 July 2007

TechDirt, Allofmp3.com Owners Could Face Jailtime For Demonstrating Better Business Model To RIAA (25 July 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20070724/213414.shtml> at 28 July 2007

TechDirt, Russian Court Says Visa Can't Cut Of AllofMP3 Unit (16 July 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20070716/103055.shtml> at 22 July 2007

TechDirt, Russia Shuts Down Allofmp3, International Trade Can Now Resume (2 July 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20070702/143923.shtml> at 15 July 2007

iTunes
p2pnet.net, iTunes: dumped by Universal (2 July 2007) <http://www.p2pnet.net/story/12657> at 28 July 2007

TechDirt, Universal Threatens To Take Its Music And Go Home (2 July 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20070702/073315.shtml> at 15 July 2007

SiliconValley, Music group refuses to renew iTunes deal (2 July 2007) <">http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_6280120>> at 9 July 2007

Copyright Law USA
TechDirt, Representative Actually Introduces Version Of Alberto Gonzales' Attempted Copyright Infringement Law (27 July 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20070726/202348.shtml> at 30 July 2007

p2pnet.net, New anti-P2P laws loom (25 July 2007) <http://www.p2pnet.net/story/12894> at 28 July 2007

p2pnet.net, US Copyright Crime bill (27 July 2007) <http://www.p2pnet.net/story/12921> at 28 July 2007

DMCA
TechDirt, EFF Sues Universal Music For Getting Home Video Of Kid Dancing Pulled From YouTube (26 July 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20070725/224422.shtml> at 28 July 2007

Copyright Law - Other Countries
p2pnet.net, German p2p law ‘criminalizes playgrounds’ (9 July 2007) <http://www.p2pnet.net/story/12728> at 28 July 2007

Heise, German parliament passes new Copyright Act (6 July 2007) <http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/92318> at 15 July 2007

p2pnet.net, Sweden considers new copyright laws (10 July 2007) <http://www.p2pnet.net/story/12737> at 28 July 2007

p2pnet.net, Swedish anti-P2P laws (24 July 2007) <http://www.p2pnet.net/story/12883> at 28 July 2007

Yahoo News UK/Reuters, Swedish ministry proposes tougher file-sharing laws (9 July 2007) <http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20070709/tot-uk-sweden-copyright-b86c26b.html> at 15 July 2007

Levies
TechDirt, Canada One Step Closer To Adding The 'You're A Criminal Tax' To iPods (20 July 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20070720/150509.shtml> at 22 July 2007

Canadian Copyright Board, iPod Levy Decision (July 2007) <http://www.cb-cda.gc.ca/decisions/c19072007-b.pdf>

Copyright Term
p2pnet.net, Big Music’s UK defeat (25 July 2007) <http://www.p2pnet.net/story/12897> at 28 July 2007

Digital Music News, British Government Rejects Extended Copyright Term (25 July 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/072507uk> at 28 July 2007

Reuters, UK rejects music copyright extension (24 July 2007) <http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSL2442476820070724> at 28 July 2007

TechDirt, UK Gov't Recognizes That Songs Performed 50 Years Ago Don't Need Any Additional Incentive To Get Recorded (25 July 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20070724/210959.shtml> at 28 July 2007

Ars Technia, Researcher: Optimal copyright term is 14 years (12 July 2007) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070712-research-optimal-copyright-term-is-14-years.html> at 22 July 2007

DRM
EFF Deep Links, Update on DRM in Music Radio Negotiations (19 July 2007) <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/005367.php> at 28 July 2007

The Register, Web radio firms cry foul over DRM proposal (23 July 2007) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/07/23/web_radio_drm/> at 28 July 2007

ZeroPaid, RIAA Admits 'Stream-ripping' Is Not a Problem (20 July 2007) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/8918/RIAA+Admits+> at 22 July 2007

EFF, Privatunes 0.9 does not anonymize iTunes Plus files (28 June 2007) <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/005342.php> at 22 July 2007

The Register, Zune DRM stripped (16 July 2007) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/07/16/zune_drm_crack/> at 22 July 2007

washingtonpost/The Associated Press, Microsoft Copy Protection Cracked Again (17 July 2007) <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/17/AR2007071700696.html> at 22 July 2007

TechDirt, Sony BMG Hits Rootkit Providers With Lawsuit (12 July 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20070712/101538.shtml> at 15 July 2007

BBC News, Sony BMG sues anti-piracy company (13 July 2007) <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6897202.stm> at 15 July 2007

SiliconValley, EMI unveils DRM-free music sales deal with Snocap (29 June 2007) <http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_6262837?nclick_check=1> at 9 July 2007

Labels Revenue
TechDirt, Is Radio Bad For Music? Not Really, But The RIAA Will Say So (24 July 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20070723/145554.shtml> at 28 July 2007

Digital Music News, Research Reaffirms Dominant Universal Music Market Share (19 July 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/071907study> at 22 July 2007

Digital Music News, IFPI Figures Reaffirm Drizzly Recording Industry Scorecard (5 July 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/070507ifpi> at 15 July 2007

Payola
Digital Music News, Senator Prods Radio Conglomerates on Payola Compliance (12 July 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/071207feingold/view> at 15 July 2007

Mergers/Consolidation/Sales
The Register, Warner Music Group waves goodbye to EMI (18 July 2007) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/07/18/warner_emi_drops_bid/> at 22 July 2007

New Business Models
p2pnet.net, p2p download data sway Big Music (13 July 2007) <http://www.p2pnet.net/story/12777> at 28 July 2007

Zeropaid, Does P2P Piracy Actually Help the Music Industry? (24 July 2007) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/8922/Does+P2P+Piracy+Actually+Help+the+Music+Industry?> at 28 July 2007

TechDirt, Clear Channel Shows RIAA A Non-Infringing Use Of File-Sharing Networks (12 July 2007)<http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20070712/165007.shtml> at 15 July 2007

The Wall Street Journal, Pirated Music Helps Radio Develop Playlists (12 July 2007) <http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118420443945664247.html> at 15 July 2007

TechDirt, A Detailed Look At How Prince Embraces New Music Distribution Strategies (23 July 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20070722/223557.shtml> at 28 July 2007

TechDirt, Music Retailers Flip Out That Prince Wants To Give Away His Music (29 June 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20070629/163147.shtml> at 1 July 2007

TechDirt, Record Label Begs Fans To Put Latest Tracks On Pirate Bay To Help Bandwidth Load (23 Juy 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20070720/181847.shtml> at 28 July 2007

Zeropaid, Record Label Actually ASKS Fans to Share Its Music on the Pirate Bay (25 July 2007) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/8926/Record+Label+Actually+ASKS+Fans+to+Share+Its+Music+on+the+Pirate+Bay> at 28 July 2007

Zeropaid, EMI Launches Pre-Paid DRM-Free Download Promotion With Burger King (26 July 2007) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/8929/EMI+Launches+Pre-Paid+DRM-Free+Download+Promotion+With+Burger+King> at 28 July 2007

TechDirt, Record Label Sells Sponsorship Of P2P Downloads (9 July 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20070709/120625.shtml> at 15 July 2007

Zeropaid, Nokia Embraces File-Sharing (26 July 2007) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/8931/Nokia+Embraces+File-Sharing> at 28 July 2007

Imeem
TechDirt, Now That It's Getting A Cut, Warner Says Imeem's Not So Bad (13 July 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20070712/181551.shtml> at 15 July 2007

SiliconValley/Associated Press, Warner Music strikes licensing deal in settlement with Web site imeem (12 July 2007) <">http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_6359720>> at 15 July 2007

Royalties
The Age, The day the music in nightclubs got dearer (11 July 2007) <http://www.theage.com.au/news/entertainment/musicians-win-case-for-higher-royalties/2007/07/10/1183833519305.html> at 15 July 2007

Piracy
ZeroPaid, US Mayors Back RIAA Fight Against Piracy (6 July 2007) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/8881/US+Mayors+Back+RIAA+Fight+Against+Piracy> at 9 July 2007

Security
p2pnet.net, p2p file sharing ‘risky’ says FTC (25 July 2007) <http://www.p2pnet.net/story/12887> at 28 July 2007

p2pnet.net, P2P file sharing Lime(Wire)light (26 July 2007) <http://www.p2pnet.net/story/12912> at 28 July 2007

CNet News, Congress: P2P networks harm national security (24 July 2007) <http://news.com.com/2100-1029_3-6198585.html> at 28 July 2007

TechDirt, Politicians Blame P2P Software For Not Stopping Gov't Employee Stupidity (25 July 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20070724/204401.shtml> at 28 July 2007

Zeropaid, Congress: 'Can P2P and File-Sharing Programs Lead to a Cyber Pearl Harbor?' <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/8928/Congress:+> at 28 July 2007

ZeroPaid, P2P Trojan Makes PC Talk, Laugh at You, While Erasing Hard Drive (6 July 2007) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/8882/P2P+Trojan+Makes+PC+Talk,+Laugh+at+You,+While+Erasing+Hard+Drive> at 9 July 2007

Webcasting (this month see also DRM above)
Digital Music News, NAB Backs Internet Broadcast Bill, Strikes Against SoundExchange (26 July 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/072607nab> at 28 July 2007

Digital Music News, The Internet Radio Royalty Debate: Frequently Asked Questions (15 July 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/071507ten> at 22 July 2007

TechDirt, Wow -- SoundExchange Does Something Reasonable, Says It Won't Enforce New Webcast Royalties Yet (13 July 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20070712/220759.shtml> at 15 July 2007

Reuters UK, U.S. court denies Webcasters' stay petition (12 July 2007) <http://investing.reuters.co.uk/news/articleinvesting.aspx?type=media&storyID=nN12340366> at 15 July 2007

YouTube (this month see also DMCA above)
SiliconValley, YouTube responds to copyright suit (28 July 2007) <http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_6487317> at 31 July 2007

CNet News Blog, EFF sues Universal over 'fair use' of song in YouTube video (24 July 2007) <http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9749386-7.html> at 28 July 2007

TechDirt, Is It Copyright Infringement To Embed An Infringing YouTube Video On Your Blog? (3 July 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20070703/144358.shtml> at 15 July 2007

Baidu
Variety, Baidu faces the music in China (19 July 2007) <http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117968867.html?categoryid=22&cs=1> at 22 July 2007

ZeroPaid, Chinese ISP and Music Label Team Up for Ad-Supported Music Streaming Service (7 July 2007) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/8885/Chinese+ISP+and+Music+Label+Team+Up+for+Ad-Supported+Music+Streaming+Service> at 9 July 2007