Coupures de Presse [ le 13 janvier 2003 ]

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Musique Les producteurs français exigent un filtrage de l'internet Pascal Nègre, patron d'Universal Music France et représentant des producteurs, exige qu'un filtrage depuis les fournisseurs d'accès soit imposé pour bloquer l'échange de fichiers illicites. Il veut également que le droit sur la copie privée soit adapté. (ZDNet)

Press clippings [ January 13, 2003 ]

Featured Articles : www.netsurf.ch AOL AOL Chairman Quits His Post Amid Criticism Stephen M. Case, the former chief executive of America Online who engineered its acquisition of Time Warner, resigned last night as chairman of the combined company, AOL Time Warner, bowing to shareholder anger over the dismal results of the merger. He will remain as a board member. (NY Times) eBay evicts '$5M family' Those looking for some additional company at home will have to find someone other than the Youngs after eBay removed the offer by the family of four to sell itself for a minimum bid of $5 million. Young said he has recently worked on a WB network program "Family Affair" and writes for the Writers Guild magazine, but the work environment has become "very dry." In the eBay posting, Young wrote that the family would have changed its last name to the winning bidder's and -- what may be important to note -- everything he wrote upon being purchased would have been credited to the buyer. (CNN) TiVo TiVo pitches DVRs as home network hub TiVo has unveiled plans to position its digital video recorders at the centre of home entertainment networks.From this spring, users of TiVo Series 2 Digital Video Recorders will be able to link the device over a network with either Apple or Windows PCs, using TiVo's Home Media Option. TiVo Home Media Option costs a one-off fee of $99 for the first Series 2 unit, and $49 for each additional unit within a home. (The Register) WiFi Signs point to the wireless net It is soon going to be easier to find cafes and other places that offer wireless internet access. A global programme to label these locations, called wi-fi hot spots, has been launched by the trade body which promotes wireless. The scheme by the Wi-fi Alliance, which is backed by leading electronics companies, is due to launch in March. (BBC) A victory Microsoft to Pay Californians $1.1 Billion Microsoft Corp. said last night that it settled the largest consumer antitrust lawsuit against it by agreeing to give as many as 13 million California residents and businesses who purchased Microsoft software a total of $1.1 billion in vouchers that could be used to buy any computer hardware or software. (Washington Post)