links for 2008-04-18

Apr 18, 2008 Author: Adrian Fusiarski | Filed under: Uncategorized

Austrian city’s cell phone crackdown reflects a growing European backlash - International Herald Tribune

Europe may be the world’s most connected continent, but it’s developing a real hang-up over the ubiquitous cell phone.
Tesco piles into MP3 | The Register

Does Tesco know something the rest of us don’t? The supermarket has announced that it’s opening an online store of MP3 music, with all 3.3 million tracks DRM-free by the end of the year.
Hacking recommenders - Duke Listens!

Companies like Google have spent years fighting search engine optimizers that will try to inflate the search rankings in exchange for money. The next wave of this foolishness is upon us - recommender engine optimizers
Music Bloggers Share 151 Songs That Shape Their Day-OurDigitalMusic.com

A music bloggers day: Wake up, lots of coffee, turn on some tunes and let another daily episode of life play itself out and its all backed by the musical soundtrack of the day.
Music industry spent $2.8M lobbying federal government

The recording industry’s trade group spent nearly $2.8 million pumping up the volume on its lobbying on Capitol Hill last year.
Patry - British Copyright Industry’s New Perverse Copyright Theory

When one makes makes a private copy of a copyrighted work for non-commercial purposes, many Americans think of fair use and end the debate. In Britain, the copyright industry is responding to what Americans would classify as “fair use” as something that s