The California based company Santa Cruz-based Media Rights Technologies is paying EMI, the Beatles’ record company, a whopping $950,000 to settle a copyright infringement lawsuit after being found guilty in December, 2010as reported by Reuters. In 2009, Media Rights Technologies was selling Beatles songs for 25 cents each as well as tracks by Radiohead, Coldplay and Bonnie Raitt on its siteBlueBeat.com. But the folks behind BlueBeat claim they weren’t posting original tracks, but songs they had re-recorded using a technique called “psycho-acoustic simulation....

This video was bought to you bySitePenandViadeo. In Washington DC at theReelScreen SummitI caught up with Mark Burnett, The British television producer, known for producing competition-based reality television shows such as the American edition of Survivor, The Apprentice and Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? Since 2001, Burnett’s series have been nominated for 67 Emmy Awards and have won 2, along with 4 People’s Choice Awards. Time included Burnett in their April 26, 2004 list “100: Our List of the Most Influential People in the World Today....

When wefirstcoveredEmpire Avenue, it was an obscure, but interesting, game based around the idea of trading visrtual stocks in users’ social media presence – Klout crossed with the NASDAQ, if you like. Since then it’s picked up a lot ofsteam. Now the Canadian startup is taking things a step further with its first commercial partnership. The deal with Microsoft’s Xbox brand means that users will be able to trade their virtual social value on the site for a ‘virtual Xbox360’ to show their love for the brand....

Since the pandemic, working from home has become the new norm, butthere’ll be a pinch of sadness when we eventually go back to the office. On the upside we’ll see our colleagues again and we’ll stop wearing pj’s all day long, but on the downside we’ll lose a significant benefit: the lack of commuting. A survey byHubbleshowed that79% of respondents consider the lack of commute as one of the biggest advantages regarding working from home....

According to a recent study from the enterprise network solutions provideriPass, workers with smartphones have a harder time being physically separated from their gadgets, even when it’s time to sleep. Here are a couple of eye-popping stats: 39% wake up at night to check their phones and 35% check their email in bed before doing anything else. These findings show that contrary to popular belief, employees who are tied to the office put in less time on the job....