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<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 07:10:34 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Spotify mulls plan to limit free music]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 07:10:34 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Spotify is considering a plan to further cut back the amount of free music it offers to users and is expected to impose new limits perhaps as soon as this week, sources with knowledge of the plans told CNET. Spotify CEO Daniel Ek(Credit:Ian Phillips-McLaren)Spotify, the online music service that has attracted more than 10 million users in Europe in part by offering free-of-charge access to millions of songs, may cap the number of times users can listen to the same song and limit the total number of hours that existing users would have access to its free service, the sources said. Last May, Spotify capped access to free music for the first time. As part of an offering called Spotify Open, new users were given 20 hours of free song listening per month. If they wanted more they had to upgrade to Spotify Unlimited, which offers all-you-can-eat listening for a monthly fee. Whatever changes Spotify makes would go into effect sometime in May, said the sources. A Spotify spokesman was not immediately available for comment. Spotify is perhaps best known in the United States as the music company that has had trouble launching in this country. The company has penned U.S. licensing deals with two of the four major record companies but can't seem to lock down music rights from Universal Music and Warner. Related links&amp;149' Spotify wouldn't offer as much free music here &amp;149' Hey iTunes, here comes Google Music, Spotify&amp;149' Don't expect Spotify in U.S. this holiday seasonIf and when it does launch here, managers have already agreed to limit the amount of free music it offers, sources told CNET in February. The limits on free music appear to be designed to push people into paying for music. Ad-supported music services have struggled to generate profits and prove their business model. Even Pandora, the online radio service that started out paying the bills primarily through ad sales, has placed caps on free music. Still more ad-supported services flamed out and shut their doors, including Ruckus, SpiralFrog, and Imeem. For all of Spotify's notoriety and big European following, the company has not been able to show that it's able to generate big revenue or profits. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Report: Conficker worm beaten but not gone]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 08:10:44 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[TheConficker worm may have been squashed, but this nasty piece of malware is still squirming around millions of computers around the world.Those were the findings of the Conficker Working Group, a collection of antivirus vendors and several other parties that joined forces in 2009 and 2010 to try to stomp out the worm.Releasing a &quot;Lessons Learned&quot; document (PDF) yesterday, the CWG claimed success in ultimately stopping Conficker from communicating with its creator, thus preventing it from updating into newer and more dangerous variants. The group seemed especially proud of the way the various organizations and people were able to work together in their battle against Conficker.But the CWG also conceded that in some ways it lost the war because Conficker still resides on anywhere from 4 million to 13 million computers across the world. So it remains a threat as long as its creator can potentially tap into this huge reservoir of infected machines.Launched in late 2008, Conficker was designed to create a botnet, a collection of infected computers that can be controlled by cybercriminals, and has been used to send out spam and steal confidential data. The ongoing battle between Conficker and the CWG played out over months as new variants of the worm were released in an attempt to thwart the efforts of those trying to stop it. Only by registering and blocking entire domains before Conficker managed to use them was the CWG able to keep the worm's creators from further updating it.Experts have disagreed about the threat posed by Conficker, with some arguing that the worm was perceived as more of a danger than it turned out to be. The CWG said it believes that its own efforts helped stop the spread of Conficker but admits that the worm's author didn't seem to try his or her hardest. The group offered a couple of other explanations for the ultimate performance of Conficker.&quot;It is possible the level of attention given to the malware scared off the author,&quot; the report said. &quot;It is also possible the author is waiting for a later date or is waiting for someone to pay for the use of the botnet.&quot;Staying one step ahead of the bad guys will always be a challenge in fighting cybercrime. But in its document, the CWG expressed the notion that sharing information and resources among the private and public sectors, supporting law enforcement, and reforming current legislation are all key to fighting these ongoing threats.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Crafty marketplace Etsy could make $50M this year]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[New York startup Etsy has succeeded in turning a community of arts-and-crafts sellers into a growing business, according to a recent profile in The New York Times.Etsy has been around since 2005, but the article highlights how the company has become an increasingly important online marketplace, not just a fun place to shop. The site will process nearly $400 million in transactions this year, and now has 7 million registered users &amp;8212' both numbers are about double what Etsy saw in 2009.The people who sell handmade and rare goods on the site arena4a4t the only ones making money. Etsy says it has been profitable for a year and projects that it will bring in around $30 to $50 million in revenue in 2009.Of course, Etsy is still dwarfed by e-commerce giant eBay, which made more than $2 billion in revenue in its most recent quarter and which is projected to process nearly $15 billion in sales this year.[image via YouTube/Etsy]Previous Story: Apple sells 1M Apple TVs, cana4a4t be bothered to announce itPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: e commerce, handmade goodsCompanies: Etsy          Tags: e commerce, handmade goodsCompanies: EtsyAnthony is a senior editor at VentureBeat, as well as its reporter on media, advertising, and social networks. Before joining the site in 2008, Anthony worked at the Hollister Free Lance, where he won awards from the California Newspaper Publishers Association for breaking news coverage and writing. He attended Stanford University and now lives in San Francisco. Reach him at anthony@venturebeat.com. (All story pitches should also be sent to tips@venturebeat.com) You can also follow Anthony on Twitter.VentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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