Philip Ryan Johnson

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Sirius comes to the iPhone with uSirius

June 28th, 2008 · No Comments · iphone, music

My wishes have finally come true: Sirius is now accessible on the iPhone, thanks to Jason Millard’s brilliantly designed software uSirius for the iPhone.
Of course, you need an internet streaming subscription to Sirius in order for the player to work. I’ve had Sirius since its early days and gave my system to my sister when [...]

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I love activism [SaveNetRadio.org]

May 5th, 2007 · No Comments · CRB, IREA, activism, internetradio, music, npr, riaa, savenetradio

Time to get involved—I’m sick of the government bowing down to the RIAA with their decades old business models and pulling laws out of their ass for the Internet, the one place where there should be no laws. The attempt by the Copyright Royalty Board to raise Internet radio rates does nothing but shut down [...]

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Why the DMCA looks good, but still sucks

May 3rd, 2007 · No Comments · DMCA, america, drm, economics, iplaw, music, riaa

A commenter over at Slashdot gives an insightful explanation of why we have the DMCA even though it is, umm, not worth having:

All of this is just my rather long-winded way of trying to explain why so many people (people in government in particular) are hooked on strong IP law (including the DMCA, DRM, and [...]

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Links for Saturday [2007-03-31]

April 3rd, 2007 · No Comments · links, music, onlinecommunity, web2.0

Online Community and Music Band Blogs - Friends, Music, Video Sharing, Photo Sharing, and Blogs at Buzznet - Another online community alternative to MySpace and Facebook.

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Reputation management: RIAA screws college students

March 5th, 2007 · No Comments · ethics, itunes, music, public relations, reputation management, riaa

I really, really hate the RIAA. I’m a musician and I support the protection of copyright. However, I also support the protection of college students’ rights and a free market economy. When the signs are there that the industry needs to make changes, why fight that? Change is good, and necessary.
Why is Apple’s iTunes so [...]

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Not sure whether this is comedy

March 5th, 2007 · No Comments · itunes, music, wtf

Top 40. Remixed. Ages 6-12.

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