'RIAA wants to close down the net'

If the tune enterprise wins a crucial upcoming case, the internet will have to be closed down, a legal professional worried in the case has claimed.

Ray Beckerman, one of the lawyers concerned in protecting instances introduced against humans by using the Recording industry affiliation of the united states (RIAA) , said the case of Electro vs. Barker may want to spell the cease of the internet .

Beckerman, defending Barker in courtroom, made a movement to dismiss the case due to the fact the RIAA had neglected to provide any acts, dates, or times of copyright infringement, as required by the regulation.

The RIAA countered that by making files available on-line within the first area, Barker become making a copyright infringement, an issue which Beckerman observed "stunning".

He stated if the RIAA's argument changed into conventional by using the courtroom it might possibly close down the complete internet. The implication might be that any files sent over the internet could allow the RIAA to suspect that a consumer changed into in breach of copyright.

faulty Sony CCDs: are you influenced?

Sony's problem with defective CCDs does not seem to have affected as many cameras as first notion.

Sony issued a assertion closing Friday listing eight Cyber-shot fashions that function the faulty CCDs and will emerge as faulty. The models had been bought global among September 2003 and January 2005 however the problems have been observed specifically in nations with warmer climates.

however after checking with Canon , Fujifilm , Nikon and Konica Minolta , no models other than the aforementioned Cyber-pictures appear to were affected. all the agency spokespeople we spoke to confirmed that none in their digital cameras have been involved, consequently making any recollect needless.

The affected Cyber-shot models are the DSC-F88, DSC-M1, DSC-T1, DSC-T11, DSC-T3, DSC-T33, DSC-U40 and the DSC-U50. Sony stated it'll repair a digital camera that has developed the hassle freed from price.

water resistant mini tough power survives shocks to

next time you have got numerous gigabytes of essential statistics that you worry may be either dumped within the sea or thrown down a flight of stairs, then getting hold of I-O information 's new water- and surprise-proof mini hard power ought to set your thoughts cozy.

The HDMC-U series of 1-inch external hard drives connect by means of USB 2.zero and are to be had with 8GB or 12GB of garage. every force is enclosed in a water-resistant case and then wrapped in shock-resistant rubber before the four sides of the enclosure are surrounded by a thick rubber USB cable.

The result is IPX7-popular waterproofing that will continue to exist immersion in 1m for as much as half an hour and MIL-STD-810F surprise-proofing to guard the pressure from drops of over 1.2m.

most I-O records products come to be available remote places fast and the HDMC-U collection have to promote for near their japanese fees - 8GB for ¥15,seven-hundred (£70) and 12GB for ¥21,000 (£ninety three).

BitTorrent to make cope with television, movie corporations

Peer-to-peer innovator BitTorrent is to strike a address media companies permitting them to apply its software program to distribute television and film content to the masses.

BitTorrent has emerged within the remaining 3 years as the fastest and maximum green way of dispensing huge documents between many customers on the same time.

it's also presently the technique of preference for illegal downloaders everywhere in the international, however BitTorrent is eager to head professional.

BitTorrent is scheduled to launch a brand new video download save in February, in order to legally distribute content material from Hollywood studios which include Lionsgate, 20th Century Fox and Paramount.

popular supervisor of client services at BitTorrent, Eric Patterson, stated: "We come to the desk with a option to piracy. thousands and thousands of people are the usage of BitTorrent to down load content material each legally and illegally.

We recognise from our research that 30 consistent with cent of that audience will pay for content material. we are going to help the studios flip an full-size trouble into a feasible income channel."

ProjectionDesign model wide HD projector

home cinema projector professional ProjectionDesign has released a huge-perspective high-definition projector - perfect for small rooms.

With a 1:1:1 ratio, the excessive-cease projector will produce, say, a two-metre picture sitting best two-metres away from the display screen.

The version two extensive has a 4000:1 assessment ratio, one thousand lumens brightness from a 220W bulb and an Ethernet port for connecting it to a home community.

equipped with a Fujinon lens, a popular choice in high-end projectors - the version  wide is capable of 720 strains of definition (1280 x 720 pixels) at a 16:9 element ratio.

genuine optical lens shift

it is also able to proper optical lens shift, a feature discovered in higher-quit projectors which stops pictures distorting if the projector is sitting at a slightly obscure angle relative to its display.

unluckily, the projector doesn't have an HDMI port, but does have a DVI port. this means it may not be immediately well matched with the approaching Sony ps three , however will paintings with the Sky HD field.

The version two extensive is to be had now from specialist stores, priced £four,000.