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Posted on Wed, Nov. 03, 2004 Movie industry to sue file sharers LOS ANGELES (AP) - Taking a cue from recording companies, Hollywood movie studios are preparing to file copyright infringement lawsuits against computer users it says are illegally distributing movies online, a source familiar with the studios' plans said Wednesday. The lawsuits will target movie fans who share digitized versions of films over peer-to-peer networks, with the first wave of litigation planned for as early as Thursday, according to the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity. Like the recording industry, which began suing individual music file-sharers last year, the movie studios plan an ongoing litigation campaign, the source said. The Motion Picture Association of America, which represents the major film studios, declined to comment Wednesday. But the organization issued a release saying its chief executive would be making ``a major announcement regarding illegal file sharing of motion pictures on peer-to-peer networks'' early Thursday. The movie studios were still finalizing how many lawsuits would make up their initial filing, but it would probably be around 200 or so, the source said. Videotaped copies of films in theaters often are digitized or burned off DVDs and then distributed on file-sharing networks. The MPAA claims the U.S. movie industry loses more than $3 billion annually in potential global revenue because of physical piracy, or bogus copies of videos and DVDs of its films. The MPAA doesn't give an estimate for how much online piracy costs the industry annually, but claims the health of the industry is at stake as the copying and distribution of movies online continues to grow unabated. Along with the recording industry, movie studios have tried to shut down companies behind file-sharing software through litigation with little success. The movie industry has also tried to battle piracy by running ads in movie theaters and elsewhere designed to dissuade people from file-sharing films by stressing the risks of identity theft and liability. Up to this point, the studios have stopped short of taking legal action against individuals. 4:55:35 PM

The Blogs' Long Tail: Blogs And RSS Profit Potential. Robin Good summarizes, in his usual effective style, the Morgan Stanley analysis of RSS carried here last week, for those of you who don't want to read the entire document in analyst-speak. By Luigi Canali De Rossi, Robin Good, October 27, 2004 [Refer][Research][Reflect] [OLDaily] 9:23:11 AM

The Personal RSS NewsReader: Project DU And RSS Publishing Possible Future Evolution. Coverage of a new cross-platform RSS newsreader, Project DU newsreader. But this item is more interesting for the discussion that follows outlining the features a really good newsreader would have, and even (for those of you with dollar signs in your eyes) suggestions on how to monetize it. By Luigi Canali De Rossi, Robin Good, October 31, 2004 [Refer][Research][Reflect] [OLDaily] 9:22:26 AM

pOWL. pOWL is a PHP, open source, web based semantic web editor targeting at making web based RDFS/OWL editing as easy as possible. As the authors of the website explain, "Although there is a bunch of OWL ontology editing and management solutions available, some of them are complicated to deploy or handle, some do not support strategies for collaborative, distributed development of ontologies, some are not Open Source or not available for the most distributed web technologies." By Soren Auer, SourceForge, November, 2004 [Refer][Research][Reflect] [OLDaily] 9:21:50 AM

Apple disables iTunes plug-in [Edu_RSS] 9:00:23 AM

http://www.bandero.com:8080/bandero/WebMain Buy and Selling Digital Content over Internet. 8:56:48 AM

Wife 1.0 Tech Help Subject: Tech Support Last year I upgraded from Girlfriend 7.0 to Wife 1.0. I soon noticed that the new program began unexpected child processing that took up a lot of space and valuable resources. In addition, Wife 1.0 installed itself into all other programs and now monitors all other system activity. Applications such as Poker Night 10.3, Football 5.0, Fishing 7.5 and Racing 3.6 no longer run, crashing the system whenever selected. I can't seem to keep Wife 1.0 in the background while attempting to run my favorite applications. I'm thinking about going back to Girlfriend 7.0, but the uninstall doesn't work on Wife 1.0. Please help! Thanks, A Troubled User. Dear Troubled User, This is a very common problem that men complain about. Many people upgrade from Girlfriend 7.0 to Wife 1.0, thinking that it is just a Utilities and Entertainment program. Wife 1.0 is an OPERATING SYSTEM and is designed by its creator to run everything. It is also impossible to delete Wife 1.0 and to return to Girlfriend 7.0. It is impossible to uninstall, or purge the program files from the system once installed. You cannot go back to Girlfriend 7.0 because Wife 1.0 is designed not to allow this. Look in your Wife 1.0 manual under Warnings-Alimony-Child Support. I recommend that you keep Wife 1.0 and work on improving the situation. I suggest installing the background application 'Yes Dear 6.0' to alleviate application conflicts. The best course of action is to enter the command C:APOLOGISE, because ultimately you will have to give the APOLOGISE command before the system will return to normal anyway. Wife 1.0 is a great program but tends to be very high maintenance. Improper use will cause the system to launch Nag Nag 9.5. Once this happens, purchase additional software – Flowers 2.1, Chocolates 3.2.1 and Diamonds 5.0. Best of luck, Tech Support." My married cyber glasses see things this way. 8:54:56 AM

50% on new PDAs sold in Europe have GPS unit. According to IDC, while GPS isn't making much of a mark in Nokia's stomping ground of smartphones, the tracking technology is creeping onto PDAs. GPS attach rates stand at 50% in Western Europe. The Netherlands and Denmark are leading the market, with over 80% of PDAs packing a GPS unit. More on this story at www.ITfacts.biz [AlwaysOn Network] 8:50:50 AM

Sony (finally!) garners their Hi-MD customers' votes: Clay reports.... Sony (finally!) garners their Hi-MD customers' votes: Clay reports that Sony has released their Wav Conversion Tool that converts uploaded Hi-MD recordings into Windows ".wav" format audio files. From there they may be easily converted to MP3 or burned to CD. ( Discuss... ) [MiniDisc Community Site] 8:36:38 AM

Interactive Wallpaper Goes Commercial Looks like David Buzzini's interactive wallpaper, which I'm sure we've talked about before but can find no reference to, is becoming a commercial product. These wall coverings not only change color and design, but can also be used as alternatives to switches for your lights or appliances, as well as displays from which to read e-mail or enjoy digital photos. For our delicious Italian friends, you can check it out in person at the Science Festival in Genoa until next Monday. Not-So-White Walls: Interactive Wallpaper [WeMakeMoneyNotArt] - Ryan [Gizmodo] 8:17:08 AM