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When I "upgraded" from an iPod Photo to an iPod Classic, I got far less than I bargained for. Simplicity and configurability had been forsaken for novelty, leaving me yearning for my tried-and-true fourth-gen model.

The Department of Justice has ruled that the RIAA's $1,920,000 P2P copyright damages against Jammie Thomas-Rasset are OK, and it's perfectly constitutional to award $80,000 per MP3 song. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers get on their high-horses, wondering which planet the Obama administration is on.

By Richi Jennings. August 17, 2009.

Your humble blogwatcher has selected these bloggy morsels for your enjoyment. Not to mention more old computer ads...

In Monday's IT Blogwatch, Richi Jennings listens to the music industry's latest wheeze to sell us their choonz: a drm-free album on a microSD card for under $10. Not to mention a "clbuttic" mistake...

Arik Hesseldahl gets the party started:

Today's NPD survey reveals a lot of information.

Some results:
50% of Apple Users buy music online. 16% of PC Users do.
Apple's share of the personal computer industry went from 6% in 2006 to 9% in 2007 according to NPD's "consumer panel data" (does this exclude enterprise business?)....

Usenet.com has lost its copyright lawsuit vs. the RIAA over MP3 filesharing. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers debate the latest battle in the copyright war and the legal nicities of the Betamax Defense.

By Richi Jennings: your humble blogwatcher, who selected these bloggy morsels for your enjoyment. Not to mention how we used to play games on phones...

In today's podcast: Hackers attack Church of Scientology; Microsoft refreshes Vista SP1 beta; and Amazon to take MP3 sales international.