Voted worst company in America; RIAA earns its stripes


	Voted worst company in America; RIAA earns its stripes

conches

5-3-2008 11:59 AM

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RIAA is suing MP3Tunes to keep users from storing personal files on a remote computer.

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Cloud computing is supposed to be the next big tech revolution. One of the basic ideas, for the uninitiated, is that all of your apps and files (docs, pictures, music) are stored online in a digital locker, and you can access them from anywhere, no matter what computer you're using, thus heralding the <A href="http://gizmodo.com/382978/microsoft-live-mesh-device-syncing-hub-goes-private-beta">end of the localized desktop</A>, Windows, etc. MP3Tunes provides a digital locker for backing up music files—it's not a covert file-sharing thing, you can't share a locker with someone, so it's really only for personal backup/place-shifting. The record label EMI says it's illegal and is suing them to turn over all the music stored by the site's users.
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