Archive for July 29th, 2006
“Earlier this week, WSYR news reported that the music industry was going after a pub in Syracuse, NY for having a karaoke night and not paying the related performance fees (the pub claims that only five songs in the rotation were on the list of complaints). Apparently, industry lawyers actually bothered to hire a private investigator to go to the pub and write down the songs being sung.” Our little advice, next time don’t sing your favorite tunes outloud in the public, you might end up being arrested too for not paying royalty fees. (Read full article here)
July 29th, 2006
“Microsoft is serious about taking on Apple in the portable media player business. According to several media reports covering an analyst conference held by the company yesterday, the company is set to throw in hundreds of millions of dollars into its new business - which may not only impact but also threaten the existence of several smaller media player makers such as Creative or Iriver…” (Read full article here)
July 29th, 2006
“Crockett and Tubbs — the crime fighting duo of “Miami Vice” — woulda been proud. West suburban police busted a Chicago man at a midnight showing of the new film “Miami Vice” as he allegedly tried to film the flick with a camcorder. “We never had one like this before,” said a spokeswoman for the Lombard police, which arrested the man early Friday after police said he was caught with a Sony Handycam mounted on a tripod at the AMC Yorktown 18 theaters…” (Read full article here)
July 29th, 2006
