Entertainment

The DVD Copy Control Association (DVD CCA) has filed a suit against Kaleidescape, alleging misuse of the association's proprietary copy protection technology, known as the Content Scramble System (CSS). Mountain View, Calif.-based Kaleidescape is developer of a home audio video network that enables ...

Musicians and artists have embraced the Internet as a tool that helps them create, promote and sell their work, according to a just-released study by the Pew Internet & American Life Project. However, they are divided about the impact and importance of free file-sharing and other copyright issue...

Working through the weekend on a hotly contested topic with ramifications for the Internet and technology industries, the U.S. Senate approved a modified version of a controversial copyright protection bill being backed by the entertainment industry. The Senate on Saturday passed what it's calling t...

The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) -- following in the footsteps of its recording industry counterpart, the RIAA -- announced today its intent to file a series of lawsuits aimed at stopping the sharing of films over peer-to-peer (P2P) networks. The MPAA claims to lose more than US$3 mi...

Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates introduced Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 today at a gala media event at Los Angeles' Shrine Auditorium with high hopes of bringing his market-dominant operating system out of the office and into the living room. "Today, the dream of digital entertainment becomes ...

Microsoft's chairman and chief software architect Bill Gates tomorrow will officially launch the latest version of Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 operating system, complete with extensions that play or record video, music and other media. The update to Windows XP Professional will offer users ...

Satellite radio got a bolt of energy with the announcement that shock jock Howard Stern will be delivering his controversy-stirring show over the Sirius satellite radio network starting in 2006. While the company remains number two in satellite radio to XM -- which earlier this year added former NPR...

Following the lead of their American counterparts, the leading music industry groups in the UK and Europe have launched scores of private lawsuits against dozens of individuals they say illegally swapped copyrighted music. The British Phonographic Industry filed 28 lawsuits in Great Britain and the ...

Microsoft is positioning itself to extend its reach from the personal computer to the living room by becoming the go-to company for digital movies and music within the next three years, the company's chief executive said. CEO Steve Ballmer said one of his goals for the company is to expand Microsoft...

A very serious fight between Apple Computer and Apple Records of The Beatles is now headed for the ninth round. On this side of the ring is Sir Paul McCartney, with the title of a legendary musical artist and boyish looks with a cute smile. On the other side, yet another youthful boy wonder, Steve J...

Adding the latest competitive twist to the online music space, XM Satellite Radio said it would launch an Internet version of its commercial-free radio service next month. XM said it would offer a Web-only subscription to its satellite service for US$7.99 per month. Subscribers to its radio service,...

Yahoo and Musicmatch today announced they have signed an agreement for Yahoo to acquire Musicmatch for approximately US$160 million in cash. Digital music sales are expected to grow rapidly in the near future, particularly with the increasing availability of broadband access. Music subscription sale...

After months of speculation and anticipation, Microsoft launched a test version Thursday of the music download site it hopes will unseat rival Apple's iTunes Music Store as the dominant provider of digital songs. The beta site of MSN Music features around a half-million songs and offers individual d...

In a bid to win customers from market leader and now fierce rival Apple, RealNetworks said Tuesday it would offer 49-cent music downloads, a price-slashing move that the company admitted would cut into its profits. Real said it would cut its prices in half, offering single-song downloads for 49 cent...

The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), the trade group for the US movie industry, said Tuesday it has settled lawsuits with 321 Studios, a now defunct company which once made software which allowed consumers to make back up copies of DVDs and video games.