In a judgment filed Saturday, U.S. District Judge Richard Sullivan sided with Universal Music Group’s Capitol Records, which had sued ReDigi for copyright violation.

Sullivan’s argument, in a nutshell: Unless the copyright owner gives you explicit permission to do so, you can’t resell a digital media file.

That doesn’t make sense to me.

Bobby Owsinski:

By now you’ve all heard that the legendary producer Phil Ramone has passed. If you read any of the obituaries, you’ll notice that they all quote his many Grammys and the superstars he worked with, which indeed placed him above the majority of his contemporaries. Phil was more than that though. He was a behind-the-scenes mover and shaker on the technical side as well, always eager to embrace new technology.

Stephen Hackett got his Pebble and posted his review. With everything I’ve heard about this watch, I was a little surprised with the conclusion.

Great story.

Ernie Varitimos:

Ask yourself, how many times have you tried to make sense of an analyst’s statement, where they’ve demonstrated a complete misunderstanding of Apple culture, the ecosystem, or the fan base. This isn’t universal of course, some analysts are very knowledgeable and huge Apple fans, but even a respected Apple bull like Gene Munster ranks only in the middle of the pack, well behind several amateur analysts. Some of the most influential analysts rank near the bottom of the pack, like Charlie Wolf and Kathy Huberty.

I have little to no respect for financial analysts.

Next year’s Macworld/iWorld expo will now take place March 27 through March 29, 2014. It had previously been scheduled for the first three days of February. The rescheduled event will move from Moscone West to Moscone North in San Francisco, as well.

If the beginning of February wasn’t good for you, does moving the event until the end of March make it more likely that you’ll attend?

Reeder developer Silvio Rizzi is giving away the Mac and iPad versions of his software until he releases version 2.0, which will incorporate improvements to free the software of reliance on Google Reader. He promises development will continue past Google Reader’s end date.

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Much respect to The Macalope for a great list. I might have given Eric Schmidt two or three spots though.

Following controversy in China with state-controlled media outlets going after Apple over its warranty policies, Apple CEO Tim Cook today addressed the issue in a letter published to the company’s website in China. Within the letter (translation below), Cook apologized to customers and announced the company would implement a number of changes to “improve the level of service” for Chinese customers.

Among the changes Apple will make is an improved repair policy for iPhones, clearer warranty wording on the company’s Web site, better training for Apple Authorized Service Providers and easier customer contact with Apple Feedback Service.

Seems like a step in the right direction. Now to see how Chinese state media reacts…

This looks great.

raskalov_vit:

I want to tell you a little story about how we climbed to the top of one of the seven wonders of the world.We had to hide from the guards at the Tomb near the foot of Cheops. Climb the stone slabs on the most ancient structure of humanity to the sounds of prayers. It was one of the most intense nights of my life. Many thanks to good friends who accompanied and supported the idea.

While I can’t condone the climbing of these beautiful and ancient structures, the view from the top must be magnificent. I’ve been to the Great Pyramids at Giza and some things are striking – how massive they are and how close the city of Cairo actually is, for example.

Not only has China’s Central TV been running regular follow ups to its March 15 expose on Apple’s iPhone repair policies, but on Thursday People’s Daily — the Communist Party’s official propaganda organ — attacked the company for the fourth day in a row, devoting half a page to negative articles.

Apple’s no longer a media darling in the US, either, but they’re definitely feeling the pinch in China. Philip Elmer Dewitt takes a look at the likely reasons behind the push.

This is just odd.

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Kevin Hoctor takes a look at the “race to the bottom” and the future for developers.

Fred Wilson:

It is also in the consumer’s interest. Just yesterday my friend Kirk found some new music because he follows me on Rdio. But I can’t do the same thing with my friends who are on Spotify. Because all of these services are silos, by definition of their paid business model. If a roaming network existed, there would be more social music discovery, listening, and, I believe, uptake of the paid subscription model by consumers.

If Apple ever does a subscription service, I think most people would default to using what they offer. Considering Apple is the most popular music distributor in the world, and if most people used their service, it seems likely it would turn into just what Fred described — except all on one service.

Dermot Daly remembering some moments from the 2012 Úll conference. Why do people make me walk? The 2013 Úll conference is coming up next month.

It seems clear by the invite that they’re entering the mobile space in one way or another.

A new page on Apple’s site explaining to people why they’ll love the iPad. I do love mine.

“The Internet and digital media have produced this ‘Peter Pan effect’ where we never grow up, we’re perpetual children, we never have to be responsible for anything — we keep this juvenile mentality,” she says.

Indeed, the Web has a clique for every would-be adolescent — class clowns, bullies, drama queens and fanboys. (There’s plenty of room for geeks and nerds, too.) They all get to indulge in their petty squabbles, and few of them show signs of growing up.

Residents of Santa Clara, Calif. not only have a new smart meter program but free outdoor Wi-Fi to boot. The city’s non-profit electric municipal utility, Silicon Valley Power (SVP), is taking advantage of connected electric meters by integrating support for a second public unencrypted Wi-Fi channel, allowing the city to blanket the airwaves with free Wi-Fi.

It’s a pretty clever idea, and Santa Clara has the advantage of having a population density high enough to create nearly ubiquitous coverage. The connection won’t be fast – only about 1 megabit per second, according to the report, so don’t plan on streaming HD video from your iPad on free wifi as you walk down the street.

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From data loss and corruption to unexpected Apple ID use cases, developers have seen it all—but are stymied by the persistence of problems that prevent them from shipping products with working iCloud support.

Comments from prominent developers including Rich Siegel at Bare Bones Software and Black Pixel’s Daniel Pasco paint an ugly picture about how difficult it is to work with iCloud.

Lesson learned: Don’t fuck with the bison.

I bet Jim could have scared the bison off by waving his beard.

Jennifer Siebel Newsom implored gaming entrepreneurs to feature strong women in their games, rather than highly-sexualized figures, at today’s Game Developers Conference.

The wife of California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, Siebel Newsom explored this issue when producing and directing the documentary film Miss Representation, which is highly critical of the media and entertainment industry’s portrayal of women.

Women make up a small percentage of the gaming industry – 12 percent, according to a member of the panel. What’s more, they’re relegated to marketing and support roles more frequently than development and design positions.

Until there’s better gender parity in the video game business, chances are this isn’t going to change dramatically.

Shopster is a new kind of groceries list app that learns what you purchase and where, so it can remind you later on.

Cool.