One of the intimidation tactics regularly used by Google in responding to DMCA notices is to forward the notice to something called the Chilling Effects Clearing House. (See Popup Pirates for Ellen Seidler’s experiences with this one.) Now we also find that Twitter is doing the same: “Furthermore, in an effort to be as transparent […]
Staff picks from Semaphore Music Brendan Benson (Nashville) “Spit it Out” @_brendanbenson King Krule (London) “Noose of Jah City” @truepanther The Twin Shadow (Brooklyn) “Castles in the Snow” @thetwinshadow Simian Ghost (Sandviken) “Wolf Girl” @simianghost Twin Atlantic (Glasgow) “Time for You to Stand Up” @twinatlantic
The Heritage Foundation has a surprising analysis of the rogue sites problem and particularly SOPA—and frankly, a disappointing view as much for what it omits as for what it includes. It is now becoming cant in these discussions for opponents of the rogue sites legislation—largely a market based approach to rampant online theft that is […]
Please note: This is an installment in a multi-part post. Each post has information relevant to prior posts, so until we get to the “Final” there will be more information to come. See also More Questions for Artists: Record Producer Agreements, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5. Part 6 , Part 7, Part […]
Please note: This is an installment in a multi-part post. Each post has information relevant to prior posts, so until we get to the “Final” there will be more information to come. See also More Questions for Artists: Record Producer Agreements, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5. Part 6 , Part […]
I wake up every day thankful that I make a living and support my family with my work as a record producer. Unfortunately, this has become increasingly more difficult thanks to rampant piracy and the unabated and, to many, socially accepted act of file sharing. Record producers play an integral role in the creation of […]
Please note: This is an installment in a multi-part post. Each post has information relevant to prior posts, so until we get to the “Final” there will be more information to come. See also More Questions for Artists: Record Producer Agreements, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5. Part 6 , Part […]
“Oh the shark, babe, has such teeth dear And it shows them pearly white… Ya know when that shark bites, with his teeth dear Scarlet billows start to spread” Mack the Knife, from The Threepenny Opera Written and composed by Kurt Weill, E. Bertolt Brecht and Marc Blitzstein Great prosecutors are often compared to sharks. […]
Popup Pirates: This is an interview with San Francisco indie film maker Ellen Seidler on her film And Then Came Lola, DMCA Hell, Google Adsense Sales to Pirates and more. This interview appeared in the September 2010 edition of the MusicTechPolicy Monthly Newsletter (sign up at http://www.musictechpolicymonthly.com or by subscribing to this blog). In 2006, MTP posted “The DMCA […]
Please note: This is an installment in a multi-part post. Each post has information relevant to prior posts, so until we get to the “Final” there will be more information to come. See also More Questions for Artists: Record Producer Agreements, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5. Part 6 , Part […]
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