In his latest movie, The Woman In Black, Dan traded his Hogwarts uniform for a totally new role as a Dad.
Natalia brings you the latest news on Adele’s interview with Anderson Cooper, Kristen Bell’s interview on Ellen is auto tuned, Ladyhawke’s latest music video and much more!
Natalia discusses what’s new with Pharrell Williams and her thoughts on Karl Lagerfeld’s mean comments towards Adele’s weight. She also shows a roster of animals behaving like humans and, wait until you see the new size of coffee available at Starbucks!
Natalia dishes the latest news on the Juno Awards nominees, the upcoming Spiderman 3D film starring Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield and is Katy Perry hooking up with Tim Tebow? Watch today’s episode to find out.
When The Kooks are in the studio they’re focused and most importantly, sober. Watch Hugh and Luke explain their reasoning below.
The Kooks released a new album called “Junk of the Heart,” and you would think Hugh and Luke would be very excited about it. Well, they seemed rather indifferent to be honest. We spoke about that and why they don’t care about critics.
Natalia dishes the latest in entertainment news on Joan Rivers, Lana Del Rey and a brand new trailer for the movie Hunger Games.
Natalia talks about how Snooki might be pregnant, Nicolas Cage’s Cage Rage, Elisabetta Canalis is dating Steve-O and more for Feb 1, 2012.
Natalia dishes the news on Miley Cyrus breaking her tailbone, a 100 year old woman who plays the Nintendo DS to stay young and Houston, Texas contemplating a statute of Beyonce.
David Beckham debuts a new line of underwear, the worst dressed celebrity – Shy’m and Matthew Broderick is back as Ferris Bueller with a brand new commercial airing during the Super Bowl on Feb 5th 2012.
Daniel Radcliffe is back with his new movie The Woman In Black. It’s a bone chilling remake of a film from the ’80s. Ironically, Daniel actually scares very easily but he’s not afraid of ghosts. In this interview he tells us what really gives him the creeps.
Next time you’re struggling to make conversation, try asking this question: “If you could invite anyone (living or dead) to the perfect house party, who would it be?”
Graffiti6 is starting to make their North American invasion, and they are hitting up the Tonight Show. Does this sound familiar? Well the Beatles made the exact same journey over 40 years ago. Naturally, @jordans_life had to make some comparisons.
Nick plays World of Warcraft. Not only that, he’s the head of his guild, demonstrating that it IS possible to juggle being a hardcore gamer with being a top-selling recording artist.
During a LIVE interview on andPOP.com Nick Carter gave out a number and took phone calls from his fans. These were real phone calls from real fans who we gave exclusive access to one of the biggest recording artists of our generation.
There were great questions about music, fitness, the backstreet boys but the most popular question, however, was about his underwear. In this clip Nick talks about his his ‘Haynes’ and covering his fans with glow in the dark paint.
When releasing new music today, half the battle is online promotion. However, contests, signed merch and giveaways aren’t always the best solutions. When working on their latest album, Hedley came up with a brilliant idea, they decided to make trailers.
It’s hard to prepare for an interview with Hedley. So in this interview, we threw caution to the wind, got a 24 of beer and broadcast the interview live on our USTREAM (andPOP.tv). Eventually Jacob, Dave and @jordans_life ended up talking about hairy legs, their newest music video and more.
Diamandis from Marina and The Diamonds talks to us about her very serious disease. It’s called synaesthetic. And we lied, it’s not a disease. More like a cool condition. Diamandis explains further.
Would you be embarrassed if someone scrolled through your iPod? We sit down with Spee and Brendan to talk about the diverse music on their playlist.
If you’re confused about file sharing networks, and the hazards involved, you’re not alone.
Many people looking for for free downloading networks online have unanswered questions about p2p sites and RIAA lawsuit risks. So here are crucial facts and important information you need to know about p2p file sharing sites – before using them!
- File Sharing Download Truth #1: File sharing networks are extremely controversial.
Although file sharing applications have been ruled legal in a court of law, controversy lies in the fact that file sharing software can be used illegally. How? Anytime a user of a p2p software program downloads or shares copy-righted material they are breaking the law.
The RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) is on an active campaign to track down and sue file sharers who are breaking copy right infringement laws. And in more recent developments, the RIAA has sent letters to p2p networks demanding them to “immediately cease-and-desist from enabling and inducing the infringement of RIAA member sound recordings.”
The RIAA is very serious about finding and suing people who are breaking copy-right infringement laws. It’s strongly advised to take the lawsuit risks very seriously yourself BEFORE using a free file sharing download site.
- File Sharing Download Truth #2: The only way to get 100% legal music is with the “legitimately licensed” music sites.
It’s true. Legitimately licensed sites are Internet-based services that provide downloads of music legally licensed from established record labels and the artists themselves.
This combined partnership between the music industry and the legal music sites, (like Napster, iTunes & Emusic) guarantees you 100% legal music downloads. In comparison, when using p2p file sharing software it’s almost (if not completely) impossible to stay legal while using the file sharing program. Why?
Legal file sharing is only possible by following and complying with ALL relevant copyright laws. This means that when using a file sharing application, in order to stay legal, you must never publicly share, reproduce or distribute copy-righted material – ever!
Therefore, the only way to stay safe and avoid being targeted by the RIAA is by researching the copyright laws for each and every song BEFORE you download and/or publicly share the song online. Besides the fact that this research would be extremely time-consuming, it’s also virtually impossible to do successfully.
- File Sharing Download Truth #3: File sharing networks can threaten your online privacy and security.
Although many file sharing applications are free, they make money by adding “adware” into the p2p software program.
Adware is software that works by large media companies offering shareware developers banner ads to put in their products. In return, the media companies provide the software developers a portion of the revenue generated from the banner sales.
And when done properly, adware is considered win-win. You’ll get the file sharing software download for free, and the software developer will still get income for their product.
However, many file sharing networks also include potentially dangerous spying programs into their software programs as a way to make more money. “Spyware” is a generic term describing any software that secretly sneaks around in the back-round of your computer (usually without your permission or knowledge) gathering information and performing activities hidden to you.
Spyware is a big risk to your online security and privacy, and can cause serious damage to your computer by exposing you to dangerous viruses, worms, malware and online hackers. Don’t get me wrong, making money online is not a bad thing. However, many file sharing download programs fail to disclose critical information and lawsuit risks about the use of their sharing software programs.
To Sum Up:
It’s extremely important that you get all the facts about file sharing networks, including the risks involved, before using a any p2p program.
By learning all you can about how p2p file sharing download networks work, you’ll be able to make an informed decision about which music download solution is right for you. And remember, there are many quality legal music sites available for you to choose from that offer cheap music downloads.
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Some are calling this one of the most important cases ever with regards to online file swapping. Next week, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear the cases against peer to peer file sharing programs Morpheus and Grokster, as the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), the National Music Publisher’s Association of America (NMPAA) and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), attempt to convince the judge that the aforementioned services were created for the sole purpose of trading material that is copyright online. Case number 04-480 will be heard on March 29.
It’s really a shame that corporate America continues to deal with its problems in the courtroom. What they fail to see is the potential in this technology. Imagine a network of millions of people worldwide with the ability to transfer files within seconds. That’s exactly what these programs do. But instead of trying to shut this technology down, why not embrace it? Record labels could release music that is protected with various digital rights management software, allowing a person to only listen or burn a track once they pay for it.
What it boils down to is this. P2P has made the trading of copyrighted materials a lot easier than in the past. However, if the judge rules against the file swapping programs, it’s going to have a damaging effect on many other things. Devices such as CD Burners, VCRs, and tape recorders could become illegal. Or better yet, the companies who invented them could be sued for millions.
Back in 1984, Sony was sued for their Betamax technology because it allowed people to violate copyright laws. Sony won that case setting a precedent for what will be a long and intense battle in the coming weeks.
Yesterdays release of 261 more subpeonas involved a 12 year old girl.
Brianna LaHara, a 12 year old girl from New York City, was charged yesterday for downloading copyright material on Kazaa.
Brianna did not think she was doing anything illegal as her family actually pays a service fee to Kazaa.
“I thought it was OK to download music because my mom paid a service fee for it. Out of all people, why did they pick me?” Brianna told Fox News.
The RIAA has no idea how old anyone is, as no personal information is every gathered. Whether or not the RIAA is going to go forth with this charge is unknown at this time.
Update: The family has settled with the RIAA For $2000US.
The RIAA is about to unveil what they call an “amnesty program” that will allow users, who are caught downloading copyrighted music, a way out.
Users will be required to sign an affidavit that promises no more use of peer to peer services, such as Kazaa, and to delete all their illegal music. If they are caught again, they may face criminal charges.
Yesterday, we reported that Universal Music will be lowering prices on their CD’s to help stimulate the falling sales.
The RIAA said it will not target small time music swappers on popular P2P services. The decision was given in writing after Sen. Norm Coleman called the investigation “excessive.”
“RIAA is in no way targeting ‘de minimis’ users,” wrote Cary Sherman, the group’s president, in a letter the subcommittee released Monday. “RIAA is gathering evidence and preparing lawsuits only against individual computer users who are illegally distributing a substantial amount of copyrighted music.”
The RIAA has not said how many files you must be sharing before they decide to come after you. If convicted, damages per song could carry penalties of up to $150,000.
