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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I love activism [SaveNetRadio.org]
May 5th, 2007 · No Comments · CRB, IREA, activism, internetradio, music, npr, riaa, savenetradio
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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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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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