Songbeat
This article by TechCrunch, talks about some of the copyright things we’ve talked about in class. What I don’t understand is why the author seems like Songbeat could win their appeal… unless he doesn’t actually believe that and I missed his sarcasm…?
Songbeat is a German start up company that enables people to stream and download music with out permission from the artist or record label. Warner music has sued them (duh.) and won and now Songbeat is appealing.
Their website has stopped running ‘just in case’ but I don’t see how they could win the case… unless they made a deal with Warner and other music labels to somehow gain permission… or charged more money?
Here’s another article about the situation: Lawsuit It explains it in a little more detail, and makes Songbeat sound even more dumb.
Would Dept. of Justice go after Google?
In this TechCrunch article, the writer explains a bit why Google could get into trouble for monopolizing things such as corporations who participate in its keyword auctions.
The author makes some interesting comparisons (I think the airlines is a good explanation) that really spell out past cases and why the Department of Justice may actually, at some point in time, seek more regulation for Google. Though the article states that the Dept. may also seek to break up Google, I don’t really see that ever happening. I mean, Google is turned in to a verb half the time for crying out loud; you can’t break up something like that.
Do you think Google has abused market power?
