They often say of legislation that it’s like watching sausage get made. Doesn’t give you a particular appetite for the finished product. So it is with Senator Ron Wyden’s bill (S3609) the Internet Radio Fairness Act. If you watch this video of Senator Ron Wyden’s keynote speech at last week’s Future of Music Coalition Policy Summit, you […]
I’ve heard a fair amount of agina today about a memo that was posted on the Republican Study Committee site, but not for the reason you might think. I had the privilege to work on the “Very Special Christmas” records to benefit Special Olympics, and for those who are involved in this issue due to […]
The erudite Neil Stevens (exceptionally erudite when I agree with him, of course) who writes the Tech at Night column at Red State had this to say about IRFA: ….[T]he Internet Radio Fairness Act (IRFA) [is] now opposed by Marsha Blackburn and [Citizens Against Government Waste]. Pandora and other Internet streamers want to get a special […]
I want my data and in 2012 I see absolutely no reason why I shouldn’t own it. It seems like everyone has it, and exploits it…everyone but the creators providing the content that services are built on. I wish I could make this demand: stream my music, but in exchange give me my listener data. […]
Interesting reading–Google’s objections to the Copyright Office’s proposal for a small claims system written by one Oliver Metzger. Participants and the Small Business Administration’s Orpan Works Round Table in 2008 in New York will remember Mr. Metzger–he was the one going around telling participants that what they said at the round table made no difference […]
Originally posted on The Trichordist:
Every once in a while Google will accidentally reveal their true nature through some cute slogan or catchphrase. There is of course their famous corporate slogan “Don’t be evil”. As noted previously, we at The Trichordist believe that “Don’t be evil” is not their corporate slogan but secretly their corporate reminder.…
This week’s staff picks from Semaphore Music 1. Chromatics (Portland) “In the City” 2. Ra Ra Riot (Brooklyn) “Beta Love” @rarariot 3. Roomrunner (Baltimore) “Super Vague” @rmrnnr 4. Drop the Lime (Brooklyn) “Shake Baby Shake” @dropthelime 5. Purity Ring (Montreal) “Lofticries” @PURITY_RING
Check out the performance of NYSE:P this week–Pandora’s Tim Westergren’s performance at the Future of Music Coalition Policy Conference was a new approach for a top executive of a public company. Bring the spinners from the company’s shillery and the bots from the company’s trade association to do what? Build up the company’s future with all the […]
By the way, the first question to the panel from the floor comes from Pandora’s lobbyist Elizabeth W. Frazee, top spinner from Washington shillery Twin Logic Strategies–who also spins for the Computer & Communications Industry Association, the Consumer Electronics Association, Net Coalition, Yahoo!–all of which MTP readers will recognize. (Nearly $1.5 million in lobbying money so far this […]
The wisest among you learn to read your portents well There’s no need to hurry, you know it’s all downhill to hell… Don’t Stand Still, by the Original Snakeboy I read with interest Senator Wyden’s suggestion that the obvious (or as lawyers say “facial”) First Amendment free expression issues in the so-called “Internet Radio Freedom Act” […]
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