Italy Posed To Make “Degraded” P2P File Trading Legal

Italy is one step away from declaring file trading on Peer-To-Peer (P2P) networks legal according to Italian copyright law experts. The new Italian copyright law would allow users to upload and freely share copyrighted music, video and images as long as the items are in “degraded quality,” not sold and used for scientific or educational use. The new law has been approved by both legislative houses. The law will be...

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Yahoo Dumps Subscription Service Into RealNetwork’s Lap

In a move that was expected by industry watchers, Yahoo will can its online music subscription service and port its customers to RealNetworks’s Rhapsody. Yahoo has been looking to unload its unsuccessful subscription service for quite some time, and its recent restructuring put the destination on the selling block. RealNetworks, who has a knack for picking up the pieces of failed music services, also gained some advertising...

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