Americans are freedom loving people and nothing says freedom like getting away with it.Guy Forsyth, Long Long Time © 2005 Monkey King Music “Everyone knows where the booze is, Mr. Ness,” warned Officer Malone in David Mamet’s iconic screenplay, The Untouchables, as the federal officers were about to raid a Post Office transhipping point for […]
Attention! The Samuelson Glushko Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic is accepting applications for the Google Policy Fellowship allocated to the US-backed SM-CIPPIC. Apply at http://www.sgcippic.ca/ — no wait, that’s http://www.cippic.ca/. (Applications are to be sent to Google per instructions.)
Isohunt gets a helping of humble pie in the Central District: “Defendants’ technology is nothing more than old wine in a new bottle….Defendants third main argument ignores the unrebutted fact that millions of United States citizens have accessed Defendants’ websites, and a substantial proportion of the files made available to them through those websites contained […]
Acoustic Ladyland, The Blackout, The Joy Formidable, Outlaw Anthems Guilty pleasures: Fleurty Girl shirts from NOLA, Jac Vanek, or anything from Oak Street
You should definitely be reading The Cynical Musician, a blog by a very smart guy who describes himself this way: “My name is Krzysztof Wiszniewski – just Faza to most people I know. I’m a musician and I’m cynical, hence the name of the blog. I am the lead guitarist of Viridian – a Polish […]
For the next few weeks, we’re going to post sections from the article “20 Questions for New Artists” by Chris Castle and Amy Mitchell which has been posted various places. If you are interested in getting a free copy of the article, write to semaphoreindustryquestions@gmail.com before February 1. This doesn’t constitute legal advice, or any […]
More about this later, but a quick note to point out a truly insightful editorial in The Hill regarding the wailing of the amici among the self-anointed “consumer advocates”: “Where do Public Knowledge and other consumer advocates get the hubris to insist Comcast has ‘every incentive’ to destroy such innovations, including those for which it […]
Have You Registered With SoundExchange? Featured recording artists and bands that own their own sound recordings can register with SoundExchange, the U.S. performing rights organization for sound recordings. Registration forms are available on the SoundExchange website (http://www.soundexchange.com/), and membership is free. It is a good idea to check the PLAYS database (which can be done […]
The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Lawrence Lessig http://www.colbertnation.com/ Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor Economy This is a hysterical example of what happens when a geek talks down to a comedian on his own show. Note how Lessig blows it in the first 20 seconds with THAT TONE on the word […]
Google VIP Patry and Tony Montana. Anyone seen them in the same room at the same time? An excellent follow up by Tom Sydnor on the “economic analysis” argument from “Don’t Be Moral”.
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