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News from the Goolag Since 2006 ~ A survival guide to the creative apocalypse: We follow issues and opinion important to professional creators. Data is the new exposure.

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Written by Chris CastleNovember 20, 2022

Why is There a Google Books, Part II: HAL Gets A Friend, or The Voice of the Machine

Google Books was just the start.

Written by Chris CastleSeptember 27, 2022

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 […]

Written by Chris CastleJuly 13, 2022

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.

Written by Chris CastleJune 4, 2022June 6, 2022

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.

Written by Chris CastleMay 19, 2022May 19, 2022

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.

Written by Chris CastleDecember 30, 2021December 30, 2021

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.

Written by Chris CastleDecember 16, 2021December 16, 2021

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.

Written by Chris CastleDecember 15, 2021December 15, 2021

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.

Written by Chris CastleDecember 10, 2021December 14, 2021

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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