Interactive
game shows: you'll never get rich
- Fox Family Channel touts its
new Paranoia game show by
saying that "finally you can
get in the game." Viewers at
home can play along with
contestants, via the Internet or
telephone and compete for prizes.
MTV's webRIOT and ABC's Who
Wants to Be a Millionaire
make similar claims, so I set out
to see just how easy - or hard -
it would be to play along. Instead
of shouting out the answers at the
TV set, could I truly put my mouth
where my money was? ...
Hollywood
tries to block DVD decoder
- Seven major studios return to
court to stop Eric Corley from
posting links to a program that
allows users to decode encrypted
DVD disks. The major
Hollywood studios filed a motion
in New York federal court seeking
to block a controversial Web site
from posting links to other Web
sites where users can download a
program that decodes encrypted
material on digital video disks...
Rapper
vs. Napster: Dr. Dre cries foul
- It's a hit on the Net, but the
music file-sharing program is fast
becoming a sour note for the
recording industry. Rapper Dr. Dre
became the latest artist to lash
out at Napster Inc., giving the
song-swap software company until
Friday to take his music off its
directory, which he says is
infringing his copyrights. Dr. Dre
made his demands known in a letter
to Napster's acting CEO, Eileen
Richardson. The rapper's action
follows a lawsuit filed last week
by heavy-metal band Metallica,
which sued San Mateo, Calif.-based
Napster , and three universities
alleging they encouraged users to
trade songs and recordings without
the band's permission...
