'We are the Google of music'

1 July 2008

by Ofer Petersburg

Jewish entrepreneurs launch new search engine for internet music files. 'We are music industry's future,' says entrepreneur Deddy Schwartz

A group of Jewish entrepreneurs is trying to compete against existing internet music files by launching Jogli.com – a new music search engine. Jogli allows users to listen to full songs and albums by various artists.

According to entrepreneur Deddy Schwartz, the website’s database contains more than 500 songs and 12 million full albums. The website has also received excellent reviews from the technology blog TechCrunch.

The website is currently in its trial period (beta phase),mainly offering users search results from YouTube. Jogli enables surfers to listen to the music on the site, while search results are accompanied by the songs’ lyrics, links to additional albums by the same artist or similar artists, and more.

Schartz says the main difference between Jogli and other competing sites is the song selection. “We are the Google of music,” says Schwartz. “Other sites offer tens of thousands or hundreds of thousand songs, but on our site you can find more then 500 million - and not only popular music.”

Schwartz added that in the future, Jogli will provide songs from sources other than YouTube: “We can hook up to any site with a song selection and add it to our database. As a start, it was easier for us to hook up to YouTube because they pay the artists and therefore offer a larger selection.”

Jogli also arranges the songs according to albums, so that the user doesn’t have to search for each song separately whether on YouTube or any other site, but is given the full song list. Users can also build their own song lists by dragging the song icons to their personal music library on Jogli.

And what about copyrights? “We don’t store music or create music,” says Schwartz. “All we do is refer to other internet websites where an artist and his songs can be located. Therefore, we are not violating any law.”

According to Schwartz, international music companies have shown an interest in investing in the site. “They understand that we will change the ancient laws of the music industry. We are the music industry’s future,” he proudly said.

Need for Better E-government Services

Bush Burns Over New SCHIP Bill

President George W. Bush welcomes President Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of Congo to the Oval Office Friday, Oct. 26, 2007. Story

For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
October 26, 2007

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THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. I went out to California yesterday to meet with families affected by the wildfires, and to thank the state and local officials for their outstanding work in this difficult time. While I was there I saw the terrible destruction and heartbreaking loss. Yet I was also encouraged by the spirit I found -- the families determined to rebuild, the volunteers who stepped forward to help neighbors in need, and the first responders who have shown such courage in battling the flames and caring for those who were displaced.

I returned to Washington late last night. And when I got back to the White House, I was disappointed by what Congress had been doing -- and even more disappointed by what they had not been doing. This week, the majority in the House passed a new SCHIP bill that costs more over the next five years than the one I vetoed three weeks ago. It still moves millions of American children who now have private health insurance into government-run health care. It raises taxes to pay for it. And it fails to do what needs to be done: to put poor children first.

After I vetoed their last SCHIP bill, I designated members of my administration to work with Congress to find common ground. Congressional leaders never met with them. Instead, the House once again passed a bill that they knew would not become law. And incredibly enough, the Senate will take up the same bill next week, which wastes valuable time.

As the House was debating SCHIP, the Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee unveiled a massive tax package that raises taxes on more than a million small business owners, among others. Earlier this week, Congress sent me a fiscally irresponsible water resources bill. The House version came in at $15 billion. The Senate version came in at $14 billion. So the House and Senate compromised -- and sent me a bill that costs $23 billion. In Washington, they call that "splitting the difference."

And today Congress set a record they should not be proud of: October the 26th is the latest date in 20 years that Congress has failed to get a single annual appropriations bill to the President's desk. And that's not the only thing congressional leaders have failed to get done.

They have yet to make the Internet tax moratorium permanent, or even extend it -- even though this moratorium is set to expire in just a few days. The House and Senate have both passed temporary extensions but have not agreed on a final bill. I urge Congress to keep the Internet tax-free -- and to get a bill to my desk that I can sign.

They have yet to move Judge Michael Mukasey's nomination to be Attorney General out of the Senate Judiciary Committee -- even as members complain about the lack of leadership at the Department of Justice.

They have yet to act on our emergency war funding supplemental -- even though our troops on the front lines depend on these vital funds to fight our enemies and to keep us safe at home.

This is not what congressional leaders promised when they took control of Congress earlier this year. In January, one congressional leader declared, and I quote: "No longer can we waste time here in the Capitol, while families in America struggle to get ahead." He was right. Only a few weeks left on the legislative calendar -- Congress needs to keep their promise, to stop wasting time, and get essential work done on behalf of the American people.

Thank you.

Is Their Being Created a Electronic War?

The following is an open petition sent by a brother who is Palestinian:

Dear Friends,

I have just read and signed the online petition:

"Against delisting Palestine from Facebook"hosted on the web by PetitionOnline. com, the free online petition service, at:

http://www.Petition Online.com/ ADPF/

I personally agree with what this petition says, and I think you might agree, too. If you can spare a moment, please take a look, and consider signing yourself.

Best wishes,

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The Net War

May 1, 2007

by Housewife4Palestine

Something I wish to bring to mind here besides this petition, is that it seems their has been a kind of war going on within the net.

What more comes to mind is some people in the West especially attacking Muslim computer’s with viruses to posting pornographic material in certain places for fellow Muslims to see.

Also, their seems to be a growing trend to just blatant hate messages, which I am sure is intented to bring a reaction. And as usual I have chosen to ignore the blindness and deafness which come with hate.

While I wonder what reaction they expect from these hateful act’s, I wonder if they realize that for some it is distain and nothing more.

While I do not know of some Muslims doing similar because those that I know, are appalled with these attack’s on the net as much as I am.

People think of a war being in a country standing on solid ground, but I tend to think since 9/11 those who have found a new group to hate with this electronic super highway has chosen to take not just their hate but the war there.

While I do not agree with war’s in any manner, especially now with way to many innocent people being harmed not just physically, but mentally.