Jul 15, 2004

A look on Wired

Can Odd Alliance Beat Pirates?
Wired:Several movie studios and technology companies say they are working together to protect upcoming high-definition video formats from piracy, while letting customers share the video among many home devices. By Katie Dean.

Comment: Pirates will live, and allways will, on ships on boats and also on Computers and stories.

And also

Documenting Moore's Oscar Chances
Wired: A strangely worded rule covering the Oscar eligibility of documentaries could spell trouble for Michael Moore, thanks to illegal Internet downloads. Then again, it may not. By Staci D. Kramer.

Comment: For sure Moore will not win the oscar because it didn't feel like an Oscar winner. But I liked the movie a bit.


EBay Tests Digital Music Waters
Wired: Business: In Brief » The online auctioneer experiments with download sales. Also: A Hello Kitty robot is planned for November release.... Fiat and Microsoft will build telematics systems into Fiats.... BT and Yahoo to offer VoIP.... and more.

Comment: And an intresting article on Ebay music!