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Wal-Mart Shuts Down Support for DRM Music Files
Customers who bought DRM-restricted WMA (Windows Media Audio) music files from Wal-Mart’s online music store before Feb. ‘08 have to burn them onto a CD or risk losing them forever, the company announced via email (published on BoingBoing).
Wal-Mart is shutting down the servers that control reauthorization of purchased music files. This means that if users try to reload those music files onto a...
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States Levy Digital Download Tax
With song purchases topping 5 billion and the label of “top music retailer” for the first half of 2008, iTunes is riding high on tax-free sales - but perhaps not for long, CNET News reports. Digital downloads (music, movies, and computer software) may soon be widely taxed by states.
Some 18 states levy a “digital download tax” on e-products - including Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho,...
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Counterfeit-Sales Ruling Goes eBay’s Way
A federal judge ruled that eBay is not responsible for identifying counterfeit goods sold on its auction site, writes CNET news.
The lawsuit was brought by Tiffany & Co. which saideBay is responsible for policing its listings for fakes.
However, the court disagreed: “It is the trademark owner’s burden to police its mark,” wrote US District Judge Richard Sullivan.
The ruling will also apply...
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Yahoo’s Buys IndexTools as Answer to Google Analytics
Following the success of Google’s integration of the Urchin analytics package into its Adwords advertising auction system, Yahoo announced it will buy IndexTools as part of assets purchased from Tensa KFT. Terms and price weren’t disclosed, other than to say that the transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2008, according to Internet Retailer.
Whether Yahoo will offer the...
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