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Guru's Weekly Buzz: March 8-14
Guru, Guru writers, Published on 08/03/2024
» Guru By Bangkok Post's pick of the most exciting products, activities, food and travel to indulge in.
£1.4bn music fund founder spurns new music for old hits
Bloomberg News, Published on 14/07/2022
» The music industry has rebounded after more than a decade of piracy and songs have become a serious asset class. But that may not help the upcoming artists of today, as the sector’s biggest investors are mainly interested in old records.
'Ghost piracy' creating a challenge for enforcement
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 22/06/2022
» As remote work gains a foothold, the act of remotely accessing unlicensed software, known as "ghost piracy", has been on the rise, according to BSA, The Software Alliance, a non-profit advocate for the global software industry.
Illegal streams, merch bonanza: Squid Game craze hits China
AFP, Published on 13/10/2021
» BEIJING: It is not available in China but Netflix's global sensation Squid Game has already built up a huge following in the country, with fans dodging strict internet controls to stream the show and snapping up merchandise such as its unique outfits.
Tale of the tape
Life, John Clewley, Published on 30/03/2021
» Lou Ottens, inventor of the humble cassette tape, died on March 11. He was 94. Ottens was a Dutch design engineer who worked as a product development officer for Philips. Before the cassette tape, he created the company's first portable tape recorder (reel-to-reel) and it was his irritation with the lack portability and clumsiness of reel-to-reel tape recorders that led him onto a path to the cassette tape. From 1963 to the late 1980s, 100 billion cassette tapes were sold.
Improved IP rights crucial to progress
Business, Published on 10/10/2019
» Thailand is among the Asean countries that must raise their intellectual property rights (IPR) frameworks and enforcement mechanisms in line with global standards in order to join the ranks of high-income countries, new research by the Geneva Network shows.
Apple officially phases out iTunes
Business, AP, Published on 09/10/2019
» SAN FRANCISCO: It's time to bid farewell to iTunes, the once-revolutionary application that made online music sales mainstream and effectively blunted the impact of piracy.
Mit's kin yet to spring, sit-down critics, Dew drops in ring
News, Mae Moo, Published on 28/07/2019
» Likay performer Mit Mitchai's family is coming under pressure to help the young man pay off his debts after the Supreme Court last week sent him to jail for six years for fraud, with more cases in the dispute still pending.
Tuning out the music middlemen
Business, Jirayut Srupsrisopa, Published on 22/06/2019
» From vinyl records, cassette tapes and CDs to MP3 players, music has come a long way to the point where we can enjoy it at the touch of our fingertips on a mobile phone. Communication technology now allows artists to reach hundreds of millions of listeners, but it's not making many of them rich.
BSA expects drop in unlicensed software
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 14/03/2019
» The Business Software Alliance (BSA), a non-profit trade group sponsored by Microsoft, expects unlicensed software in Thailand to decline at a faster pace because of the upcoming Cybersecurity Act and Data Protection Act.