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Copying Is Stealing, Says Sony BMG
Mark Fleischmann  |  Oct 05, 2007  | 
Buying a CD doesn't give you the right to copy it, a record-company attorney testified in a trial that pit the recording industry against a Native American woman in Minnesota. The single mother of two was successfully sued for using peer-to-peer file sharing to violate numerous copyrights. What may ultimately come to matter more than the verdict were some of the details that emerged along the way.
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iCompetition Heats Up
Mark Fleischmann  |  Oct 04, 2007  | 
Look out, Steve Jobs. Two (other) large corporations are looking to eat your lunch. Cue famous Steve Jobs scowl. Thank you, sir.
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Universal Expands Web-Enabled HD DVD Connectivity
 |  Oct 04, 2007  | 

Universal is boldly going where no studio has gone with its HD DVD web interactivity. In addition to allowing users to access and download content and share favorite scenes with other HD DVD users on their "Best Buddies" lists, the U-Shop feature will expose users to movie-related online purchases.

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HD Ads Sell Better
Mark Fleischmann  |  Oct 02, 2007  | 
Viewers who watch high-def commercials are more likely to remember brands, buy stuff, and have a good time than viewers of standard-def commercials, according to a recent survey.
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MGM Lion to Roar in HD
Mark Fleischmann  |  Oct 01, 2007  | 
DirecTV will get a leg up on the Dish Network this fall with the launch of the MGM HD channel, reports Broadcasting & Cable. The lion will roar 24/7.
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Samsung Cancels BD-P2400 And Delays Duo-HD Combi Player
 |  Oct 01, 2007  | 

Reports circulated around the web today that Samsung has canceled the release of its upcoming high-end Blu-ray Disc player, the BDP-2400, and that its BD-UP5000 Blu-ray/HD DVD combi player will be delayed until December. And this is not all bad. Let me explain.

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Holiday Heap O' Hi-Def Growing... And Growing
 |  Sep 27, 2007  |  First Published: Sep 28, 2007  | 

Many long-rumored HD releases have been officially announced into fact in recent weeks, and since other news has been slower this week I thought we'd play some catch up.

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Will Zune Acquire Auto Download Magic?
Mark Fleischmann  |  Sep 28, 2007  | 
Zune may be about to start making download decisions for you. The name of the Microsoft patent application in question is "Automatic delivery of personalized content to a portable media player with feedback." That says it all, doesn't it?
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Burn DVDs the Legal Way
Mark Fleischmann  |  Sep 27, 2007  | 
Burning a DVD with copyrighted material is about to become legal--under the right circumstances. The DVD Copy Control Association has approved CSS Managed Recording for burning of commercial DVDs.
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Suit Demands Cable Unbundling
Mark Fleischmann  |  Sep 25, 2007  | 
A lawsuit filed in a Los Angeles federal court demands that the cable and satellite industries offer channels individually, not in tiers.
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NBC to Offer Free Downloads
Mark Fleischmann  |  Sep 24, 2007  | 
Less than a month after withdrawing from iTunes, NBC has announced it will begin allowing time-limited free downloads of popular shows from its website.
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Apple May Rent Movies
Mark Fleischmann  |  Sep 21, 2007  | 
Would you like to rent a movie from Apple? The company is in "advanced talks" with studios over a new scheme that would offer 30-day download rentals for $2.99 via iTunes, according to the Financial Times.
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New DVD Format Coming, Shoot Us Please
Mark Fleischmann  |  Sep 20, 2007  | 
Why should blue lasers have all the fun? HD DVD and Blu-ray will get some competition next month when New Media Enterprises drops its first red-laser-driven HD VMD players and titles on an unsuspecting world.
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Toshiba Adds 1080p/24 To HD DVD Players
 |  Sep 18, 2007  | 

This is what nerds do: after watching another awesome episode of season one of <I>Heroes</I> on HD DVD I cued a firmware update and indeed my Toshiba HD-XA2 found one and started downloading it. I waited up until the update was complete, and then checked the player's setup menu and sure enough, "up to 1080p/24" is now a selectable output resolution.

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Satellite Problems Loom in DTV Transition
Mark Fleischmann  |  Sep 18, 2007  | 
Until now concerns over the transition to digital television, scheduled for 2009, have centered on broadcast-dependent viewers. But satellite viewers may be in for trouble too.
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