Archive for August 26th, 2006
“It looks like the day we’ve all been waiting for has arrived. A freeware GUI application built on top of drmdbg called FairUse4WM is now available for download. Ryan Block at Engadget confirms that it works with subscription and pay-for-download music services that support PlaysForSure devices but not with video services like Vongo (at least not yet). Additionally, Ryan states the removal of the DRM key does not affect quality since it’s not transcoding the file in the process…” (Read full article here)
August 26th, 2006
“In the case of Arista Records v. Tschirhart, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas has shown little mercy on a defendant accused by record companies of illegal file-sharing. Knowing that a court order was in place requiring her to turn over her hard drive to be copied, the defendant allegedly used “wiping” software in an attempt to destroy all evidence of her illegal P2P file sharing. In response, the plaintiff record companies moved, pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 37(b), for the most severe form of sanctions against the defendant – entry of default against her. The court granted the plaintiffs’ motion, and provided them with 30 days to submit a proposed order spelling out their damages…” (Read full article here)
August 26th, 2006
“Here we go again…another online giant getting into the movie download biz. This time it’s AOL, who apparently have learned nothing from the gents that have been in the game awhile, namely Movielink and CinemaNow. AOL has signed deals with most of the major studios to start providing their movies and TV shows via their new-ish video portal, creatively dubbed “AOL Video.” Prices range from $9.99 to $19.99, and your purchases are only viewable on your PC or a Windows Media portable device (sorry iPod owners!)…” (Read full article here)
August 26th, 2006
“According to Ryan Schneider, spokesman for Insomniac Games, “Resistance: Fall of Man” Blu-ray PS3 game is making good use of the new format, using up a massive 22 gigabytes for music, level data, textures and code. These discs can only hold 25 gigabytes in total per layer. Pointing to the fact that HD-DVD cannot store this much information on a single layer disc, he kind of threw some sand in Microsoft and Toshiba’s eyes. He said for this reason of extra storage capacity, this game will be PS3/Blu-ray only…” (Read full article here)
August 26th, 2006
“Realty Income Corporation (Realty Income), today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire a portfolio of 89 Pizza Hut properties for $59 million from NPC International, Inc. The Company will acquire 89 existing stores subject to long-term, triple-net lease agreements. The restaurants have, on average, approximately 3,000 leasable square feet situated on an average lot size of approximately 37,000 square feet with an average purchase price for each property of approximately $663,000…” (Read full article here)
August 26th, 2006
