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iinet vs AFACT: Final Decision

Justice Cowdroy’s final decision has been revealed today in the iiNet vs AFACT (Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft) case and has found that “”It is impossible to conclude that iiNet has authorised copyright infringement” and “iiNet did not have relevant power to prevent infringements occurring,”
Village Roadshow, Universal Pictures, Warner Bros, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment, [...]

The Great Australian Internet Blackout

The Great Australian Internet Blackout is a combined online and offline demonstration against imposed online censorship otherwise known as CleanFeed.  This Filter will impose blanket filtering for all web connections at the Internet Service Provider (ISP) level and has officially been given the go ahead after completely ridiculous trials with minor ISP’s.
What does cleanfeed mean [...]

Cheapest Australian online Store for CD’s DVD’s and Games.

I have always been on the lookout for a decent yet cheap Australian based online store for Music and Movies and at long last I have found my new favourite.  CDWOW.com.au offers CDs, DVDs, Games and even cosmetics at significantly discounted prices. You can find a great range of products sourced from the major media [...]

Lily Allen vs Piracy and Techdirt

In the few days since I posted about Matt Bellamy’s chat with Lily Allen on Lily’s Myspace page, it appears Lily’s now defunct blog has been the target of a internet slagging match with absolutely no purpose or concept of the actual issue other than to find fault with Lily Allen’s views and methods of [...]

Muse take the piss on Quelli che il calcio

This is what happens when you force a talented band to mime, The look on Matts face is priceless and be sure to check out his drumming style.
Quelli che il calcio is an Italian variety show from what I can gather.

Lily Allen and Matt Bellamy from Muse talk Piracy

Matt Bellamy talks about his views on the Piracy issue with Lily Allen on Lily’s Myspace page with a few concepts and insights of his own.
Both artists are pretty switched on and respected individuals, producing some of the finest music in recent years.  I have always had a soft spot for Lily’s witty and lyrical [...]

Songbird 1.2 Released

The Open Source Itunes killer, Songbird has just had an update.  Along with Foobar2000 it is probably the best free music player available.
New Features
Automatically Organise Library Files
Songbird can now automatically organise the files that are contained in your library. Once enabled, it will consolidate your media in one location. You can customise the structure of [...]

Boxee Update: Mac, Pandora, Hulu and Radiotime.

The Open Source XBMC fork; Boxee, has been going from strength to strength adding some new “most requested” features and also managing to get Hulu into the front end thanks to a unique legal workaround.  The new version is currently only for Mac platforms at this stage with Windows and Linux soon to follow.
Download boxee [...]

Sound Relief Roundup

The Sound Relief fund-raising efforts in Sydney and Melbourne – A tribute to the victims, survivors and volunteers of Black Saturday and the Queensland floods has been a massive success.  Not even the Melbourne rain could dampen the amazing spirit of the huge crowds.

Over 120,000 people attended the concerts. The 80,000-plus crowd at the MCG [...]

PS3 Media Server

Until recently, using the PS3 as a HTPC device was a tedious and almost pointless affair.  Installing Linux was a possibility though restricting direct access to the PS3’s RSX GPU pretty much reduced the benefit of using a PS3 in this way.
Using software like TVersity was the closest you could get in turning the Playstation [...]