Why is There a Google Books, Part II: HAL Gets A Friend, or The Voice of the Machine
Google Books was just the start.
Category: News from the Metashills
The Most Dangerous Companies in the World Hide the Ball from Songwriters–AGAIN
You may have heard that there was a settlement of the streaming mechanical rates in the Copyright Royalty Board proceeding called “Phonorecords IV”. You may not have noticed in all the backslapping that no settlement agreement was filed with the CRB by the parties. The Copyright Royalty Judges noticed (as did George Johnson) and the […]
Unexpected Raging 9.1% Inflation Allows CRJs an Unexpected Opportunity for Fairness in Frozen Mechanicals Solution
Inflation is bad but the Copyright Royalty Judges have a chance to do something about it in Phonorecords IV and the #FrozenMechanicals crisis.
We Are the Bug: The Metaverse is Coming and the Zuckerbergs intend to dominate it
Mark Zuckerberg is building the bug-free infrastructure for the metaverse–inside your head. Remember–we are the bug.
What are DSPs hiding from royalty audits?
DSPs going out of their way to use CRB to take advantage of the “protections” from royalty audits they wrote into the Music Modernization Act over the heads of the lobbyists.
Justice, Thy Name is Kathy: NY @GovKathyHochul Vetoes the Metashills’ Illegal Library Compulsory License
Remember that illegal New York compulsory license for books that Big Tech tried to sneak through? Vetoed.
Big Tech’s Metashills Now Have ANOTHER Illegal Librarian Compulsory License, this time in New York for @GovKathyHochul’s signature
Big Tech’s allied special interest groups are making another end run around copyright, this time using librarians as human shields.
Maryland @GovLarryHogan and the Google Metashills Lead the Way on America’s Answer to Pirate Utopias In the Annapolis Autonomous Zone
Governor Larry Hogan illegal compulsory license for ebooks has created the Annapolis Autonomous Zone, the first state level TAZ.
The Revenge of the Internet Archive: Google and the Metashills Lead the Long March Through State Houses to Weaken Copyright for the Metaverse
Get the latest on how Maryland @GovLarryHogan and the Google metashills are screwing authors and rebuking Senator Thom Tillis–who’ll be next?
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