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NFL Tries To Keep A Lid On Legal Sports Betting

It is going to exist anyway, so why not? There is such a thing as right and wrong, too bad so many don't believe that anymore. And people wonder why things are bad in this country? Will making it legal cause the illegal component go away ? Doubt ...

From CARLO LONGINO, Techdirt,  18 Jun 2009
Related Topics: NFL

Senators Sniff Around Exclusive Handset Deals

A group of senators has announced they'll hold a hearing in Washington on Wednesday to examine exclusive deals between mobile handset vendors and operators, and has asked the FCC to look into the practice. The senators want to know if the deals (such ...

From CARLO LONGINO, Techdirt,  16 Jun 2009
Related Topics: AT&T Inc.,  Federal Communications Commission

Digital Britain: Few Surprises As It Looks To Prop Up Content Industries

The final version of the UK government's Digital Britain report, its blueprint for updating the country's tech-related laws and infrastructure, has been released today, and it doesn't look like it holds too many surprises. Like the interim report that ...

From CARLO LONGINO, Techdirt,  16 Jun 2009
Related Topics: RIAA

Blu-Ray To Allow Users To Make 'Copies' -- With Lots Of Strings Attached

So is this Fair Use for Blu-Ray as interpreted by "Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc."? I like it, except a glaring change has occured. Sony leadersihip has changed. It's not Japanese anymore. This fact is quite interesting indeed. ...

From CARLO LONGINO, Techdirt,  15 Jun 2009
Related Topics: Sony,  Howard Stringer,  Circuit City

StubHub Says Ticket Resales Are Booming, Thanks To Lower Prices

Ticketmaster charges extra for the paperless tickets. Doesn't that show that they don't think that paperless tickets prevent resale? No, it shows that there are some higher administrative costs in getting paperless tickets to work (particularly at the ...

From CARLO LONGINO, Techdirt,  12 Jun 2009

DJs Buy Their Own Music Online With Stolen Credit Cards To Grab Royalties

It's only simple to spot when the criminals are stupid and greedy. If they were to buy each track once or twice with several (hundred) different cards then no one would notice. It might even be a way to boost your exposure if iTunes uses any kind of ...

From CARLO LONGINO, Techdirt,  11 Jun 2009

A Few Million Homes Still Aren't Ready For Digital TV Transition... But Don't Let That Stop It

There are always some people not ready for the obvious. This isn't ...

From CARLO LONGINO, Techdirt,  11 Jun 2009
Related Topics: U.S. Congress,  Netflix,  Google Inc.

iPhone Owners Discover, Lo and Behold, It's Just Another Cell Phone

Well, I'm leaving this comment from my HTC G-1 on T-Mobile's (limited) 3G footprint and although my carrier's not as big as AT&T, I've been able to use MMS (plus other features the iPhone can't do yet) since I got my device in October. Now that ...

From CARLO LONGINO, Techdirt,  11 Jun 2009
Related Topics: AT&T Inc.,  Steve Jobs,  Google Inc.,  Yahoo!,  Microsoft Corporation

Ticketmaster Takes Another Stab At Shutting Down Scalpers With Paperless Tickets

When it's not been busy trying to get into the scalping business itself, Ticketmaster has been trying to push scalpers aside. It claims it does this for altruistic reasons, but those claims generally fall on deaf ears, with many people believing it's ...

From CARLO LONGINO, Techdirt,  10 Jun 2009
Related Topics: Miley Cyrus

Sirius XM Passing Music Royalty Rates On To Subscribers, Raising Lots Of Questions

Went back to FM and my MP3 cd player. Really don't see a reason for satellite radio esp for the price. My friends and I who have satellite radio have noticed our prices going up and services going down. Like the articled states we have to pay to listen ...

From CARLO LONGINO, Techdirt,  10 Jun 2009
Related Topics: Howard Stern

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