New Music 10-29-10: Warpaint, Mighty Moe, Band of Skulls, Noisecontrollers, Killick
Staff picks: Killick <—very serious Band of Skulls @bandofskulls Noisecontrollers Mighty Moe Warpaint
Month: October 2010
News from the Goolag: Adserving company liable for ads to pirate websites
In a triumph of common sense, Triton Media LLC was found liable for contributory copyright infringement and inducement of copyright infringement “by operating and providing material assistance such as advertising consulting and referrals” to drive traffic to pirate websites. Funny, that sounds just like Google Adsense. Consent judgment in Warner Bros. v Triton Media
Oh, Canada: French 3 Strikes Drives Bit Torrent Thieves to–Canada
According to Torrentfreak, a French BitTorrent operator is trying to get around the French government’s new anti-piracy administrator by establishing a VPN for thieves in…Canada! (MTP readers will remember Torrentfreak as one of Michael Geist’s outlets to drive traffic to the CCER form letter that was used to try to tweak the recent Canadian copyright […]
News from the Goolag: Just in time for Halloween, Dr. Smarty Pants sez "Just Move It"
Just in time for Halloween, Eric Schmidt had yet another one of those slips that even his fans are finding hard to defend in Google’s quest to organize the world’s information whether the world likes it or not. Schmidt tells the world–or at least Parker/Spitzer–that if you don’t like street view–just move it. “‘Street View, […]
A Very Serious Topic
It is Good to be KingI thought I’d take a look at a paper by a Canadian academic on the subject of digital rights management, or what some in the professoriate call “digital locks”. (I still can’t quite shake the image of a virtual dominatrix instructing “show me your digital locks, geek boy”, so I […]
News from the Goolag: Google Music Search, or so you think you can filter?
Google India has launched a music search platform, which has two interesting features: First, the music search functionality apparently filters out most or all illegal links. For example, if you search for the world-renowned R.D. Burman you get 2,300 or so hits. We haven’t been through each of these to check, but eyeballing the list […]
New Music 10-22-10: Jim Bryson and The Weakerthans, Pegasus Bridge, Railroad Earth, Clare Maguire, Le Volume Courbe
Staff picks: Jim Bryson & The Weakerthans Pegasus Bridge Railroad Earth @railroadearth Clare Maguire @claremaguire Le Volume Courbe
Interview with Songwriters Guild of America President Rick Carnes on Choruss, the Songwriters Association of Canada and Global Licensing
The following is an excerpt from an interview with Rick Carnes, President of the Songwriter’s Guild of America. The full length interview runs in Music Tech Policy Monthly. MTP: In the news this week, Jim Griffin is quoted as acknowledging he underestimated the complexity of his Choruss plan which he largely blames on there being […]
Say goodnight, Choruss
It will come as absolutely no surprise to MTP readers that Choruss is no more. Why? Inexplicably, because its founder says he underestimated the complexity of changing everything about the way the world’s artists and songwriters choose to be compensated. Also apparently underestimated the complexity of file identification for the world’s music. And who is […]
New Music 10-15-10: Betty Trouble, Little Comets, Mr Downstairs, Stornoway, Anika
Staff picks: Mr. Downstairs Stornoway Betty Trouble Little Comets Anika
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