The New York Times reported that New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer is investigating possible antitrust violations in the pricing of songs sold by Internet music services. If true, retailers in the music, movie, book and video game downloading business, or those who might hope to compete in that space, will certainly hope that […]
The National Institute on Media and the Family issued its Tenth Annual MediaWise Video Game Report Card. The Report begins with quite a bit of the same foolishness that has characterized past endeavors, as it addresses a “problem” that can only exist in problem families.
They have for years complained about the Entertainment Software Ratings […]
Today, the Texas Attorney General filed suit against Sony BMG under the Texas Consumer Protection Against Computer Spyware Act, seeking redress for the recently-reported practice of surreptitiously installing “cloaking” software that is very difficult to remove and reportedly leaves computers vulnerable to third parties who would use it to hide malicious code.
This may be terrific […]
CD Freaks.com reports that EMI Group expects iTunes to offer flexible pricing within a year . The report suggests growing pressure from some record companies to control iTunes’ retail price in the name of “flexible pricing.” The problem is that if this is true, it may be illegal.
Record companies are already free to […]