Germany to fight back against foreign music
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German radio stations will be encouraged to play more German pop music in an effort to support the domestic music industry, officials say.
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SCHWERIN, Germany  - A far-right anti-foreigner   party has embarrassed German Chancellor Angela Merkel in a   regional election in her home state and delivered a wake-up   call to her 10-month-old government.
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The head of German football threatens to exclude fans from some matches after crowd violence in Leipzig.
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German lawmakers voted Friday to urge the country's radio stations to play more music made in Germany.
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Music comes to the movies at the Berlin  Film Festival this year, with the Rolling Stones and Madonna  expected on the red carpet and a heavy metal band from Baghdad  banging heads on the big screen.
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European Parliament is pushing for changes in how musicians collect online copyright fees.
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Far from soothing the savage breast, music is driving some of the world&#39;s largest companies into a frenzy of competition. At stake is participation in, if not command of, a multibillion-dollar
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The piracy-battered music industry said Thursday it will sue British, French and Austrian music fans for the first time as it intensifies its legal crackdown on Internet song-swappers.
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The UK music industry is set to launch legal action against people who download music from the net.
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(InfoWorld) - Hackers may want to avoid Germany, after the approval of a law that makes their activity a punishable crime. The legislation, which theÂ German government proposedÂ earlier last year and approved Friday with no changes, aims to crack down on the sharp rise in computer attacks in the public and private sectors. Although Germany already has a comprehensive penal law against attacks on IT systems, the new legislation looks to close any remaining loopholes. It defines hacking as penetrating a computer security system and gaining access to secure data, without necessarily stealing data. Offenders are defined as any individual or group that intentionally creates, spreads or purchases hacker tools designed for illegal purposes. They could face up to 10 years in prison for major offenses. Other punishable cybercrimes include DOS (denial-of-service) attacks and computer sabotage attacks on individuals, which would extend the existing law that limited sabotage to businesses and public authorities. The new law, however, has drawn criticism by several groups, including the hacker club Chaos Computer Club e.V., which points to the work of "good" hackers, also known as "white hats," who work for security companies. These computer experts, the club argues, could be restricted in their ability to help software makers develop secure products and businesses to deploy them. That opinion is shared by some hackers as well. In an e-mail, a hacker, known by the pseudonym van Hauser, wrote that if hackers are unable to share their tools with the public, white hats will not be able to get them and use them internally for testing or external security consultants won't be able to do security testing. "It's a win-lose law in favor for the bad guys," he wrote. Chaos Computer Club also warns that the law could make it much easier for the German government to allow law enforcement officials to install spyware on computers of suspected criminals without their knowledge. The club is concerned about the ability of consumers and businesses to protect their systems from government spyware without support from the hacker community. In February, the country's High Court handed down a landmark decisionÂ banning police from installing spyware, delivering a blow to the plans of the German Interior Minister Wolfgang SchÃ¤uble to give the Federal Criminal Police Office greater power to monitor terrorists and other criminals online, and peek inside their computers. But SchÃ¤uble is seeking ways ever since to have the court revise its decision. Â
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The German government said on Monday a law penalizing people for displaying Nazi symbols might need to be changed after a court fined a man for selling anti-Nazi T-shirts and badges bearing swastikas.
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Hackers may want to avoid Germany, after the approval of a law that makes their activity a punishable crime.
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An upsurge in far-right attacks is causing concern in Germany as the soccer tournament nears
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Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder says the rising popularity of right-wing extremist parties is a &quot;great problem&quot; for Germany and could frighten off foreign investors.
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Apple and four of the biggest record companies have until Wednesday to submit their written response toÂ antitrust charges that they restricted online sales of musicÂ in Europe.ADVERTISEMENTIBM Information On Demand 2006Industrial Industry Leaders, please join us at IBM's premier information management global event, IBM Information On Demand 2006, October 15-20, Anaheim, CA. More IBM business and technical solutions content in one place than ever before! Select from  over 800 sessions. Register today!
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One of Europe's biggest pop music trade fairs and festivals opened against a backdrop of calls for German music to be promoted by forcing quotas on radio stations.
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Last.fm users in the U.S., Britain, and Germany can search for an artist and stream a song for free, or pay to download an MP3.