According to Reuters: In a blog post on the Amazon site authored by the “Amazon Books team” [that is, an anonymous post], the ecommerce giant said e-books were very price sensitive. (amzn.to/1rD27WM) [Imagine for a moment if Universal Music Group posted anonymous public statements on matters of sensitivity to artists and songwriters signed “Universal […]
In 2011, Google paid a $500,000,000 fine to the U.S. Government for violating the Controlled Substances Act by promoting and to a degree knowingly facilitating the sale of prescription drugs online without a prescription. The company agreed to sign a nonprosecution agreement with the U.S. Government following a long grand jury investigation in Rhode Island […]
A keiretsu (系列, lit. system, series, grouping of enterprises, order of succession) is a set of companies with interlocking business relationships and shareholdings. It is a type of informal business group. The keiretsu maintained dominance over the Japanese economy for the last half of the 20th century. Wikipedia When Google’s current Chief Business Officer Omid […]
As has been widely reported, Alix Tichelman apparently met Google executive Forrest Hayes through a sugar daddy site called SeekingArrangement.com. Ms. Tichelman is accused of manslaughter and other charges relating to Mr. Hayes death. According to SF Gate: During interviews with police, Tichleman boasted of having more than 200 clients, all of whom she said […]
I’ve always believed that you don’t have to have had a bad guy point a .50 cal at your tummy from a guard tower on the wrong side of the demarcation line between the old East and West Germanys to understand free expression. But I also believe that it doesn’t hurt your comprehension, either. And […]
Every direct license has a term, that is, the period of time that the license is active. Almost every license has an assignment clause–a covenant that allows the license to be transferred to a third party. The identity of that third party is usually unknown at the time the license deal is closed. Here’s an […]
DEEP THROAT Look, forget the myths the media’s created about the White House–the truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand. All the Presidents Men According to a host of press reports, embattled lame duck EU-Commissioner for Competition Joaquín Almunia is giving Google yet another opportunity to revise their […]
Yesterday, the lobbyists for Pandora, Sirius and Clear Channel held a “staff briefing” in the Rayburn House Office Building entitled “Governing ASCAP and BMI”. What they left out of that title was any reference to songwriters–of course if the title was “Governing ASCAP and BMI Songwriters” that would have had a certain antebellum tone. Not […]
Originally posted on The Trichordist:
Diverse group of Washington DC lobbyists. ? The major webcasters and broadcasters decided to convene a nearly secret last minute congressional panel to urge Congress and the DOJ to keep in place the 73 year old “temporary” consent decree that forces songwriters to let companies like Clear Channel, YouTube, Sirius,…
Pandora and Sirius have decided to stop paying performance royalties to artists, producers and background performers who recorded before 1972–in other words, the creators (and their heirs) of the greatest music that influenced us all. Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, Aretha Franklin, Willie Nelson, Buddy Holly, Jack Teagarden, Johnny Winter and everyone […]
