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01 – Letter To Emily White @ NPR
02 – Over 50 Major Brands Supporting Music Piracy, It’s Big Business!
03 – Two Simple Facts about Technology and Piracy : iTunes Vs. YouTube
04 – New Boss Worse Than The Old Boss
05 – Lars was First and Lars was Right!
06 – Free Culture’s Epic Fail – If Free is Working, Why Fight Copyright?
07 – The Copyright Policy Reality Gap
08 – If the Internet is working for Musicians, Why aren’t more Musicians Working Professionally?
09 – Artists, Know They Enemy!
10 – Principles for an Ethical and Sustainable Internet

Why I Was Banned From Speaking At San Francisco Music Tech #SFMUSICTECH: “This says It all” I was supposed to... bit.ly/13PX2gi 7 hours ago
Ready The Clown Car : Kim Dotcom Contemplates Suing Google, Twitter and Facebook: Serious folks, we can’t make... bit.ly/13PsKKG 10 hours ago
Friday’s Endnotes – 05/24/13: Copyright Implications of Yahoo Buying Tumblr — PlagiarismToday’s Jonathan Baile... bit.ly/13P4qbS 12 hours ago

Aimee Mann Exploited by Russian Brides, Wells Fargo Bank and Nationwide Insurance
Billy Corgan Exploited By… Citi Bank, AT&T, Target, Virgin Atlantic, Mazda, Neiman Marcus, Musicians Friend, Hertz, BMW, Audi, Boston Market, Urban Outfitters, Williams Sonoma
Dead Kennedys Exploited by Charter, Blizzard, @AlaskaAir and @1800Flowers
Dirty Money, Profits From Piracy [video]
Jared Leto Exploited by Rapidshare, VW, Go Pro, LG, Emirates Airlines, Adobe, Ford and Target
Lou Reed Exploited By American Express, AT&T, Chevorlet, Chili’s, Lysol, Pottery Barn, Vons, Domino’s Pizza, Netflix, Galaxy Nexus and Ron Jeremy!
Lyric Pirates Supported by Big Business…
MegaUpload (MegaVideo) Smoking Gun? Did the site illegally charge for Streaming Movies? (Star Wars)
Neil Young Exploited by Ford, Cooper Mini, Target, State Farm, Adobe, Alaska Air, ATT, Boy Scouts, DIRECTV, LG, Princess Cruises, HP, Westin, Charmin, RapidShare
Neko Case Exploited by Macy’s, Levi’s, Princess Cruises, Skype, Yahoo, Marvel and Electronic Arts
Talib Kweli Exploited by State Farm Insurance, Neiman Marcus, Ferguson/Kohler, The Ad Council, Google, Ad Choices and Desk Top Strippers
Tom Waits Exploited By Wendy’s, Yahoo, BMW, Mitt Romney, Adobe, Cadillac, LG, Target, Westin Hotels, Priceline, Hyatt Hotels, Weight Watchers, VISA, State Farm, Mini Cooper, ADT Security…
U2 Exploited by United Airlines, Jet Blue, HP, State Farm, Westin, Urban Outfitters, Sprint, AT&T, Amazon, Disney Resorts, Crate and Barrel

* Bad News, Good News, Bad News. Internet Radio “Fairness” Act Sponsor and Conservative UT Congressman Chaffetz Taunts Musicians; Admits to Belief in Evolution; Urges Government Interference In Markets.
* Four Simple Reasons Why the Pandora Radio Act Screws Musicians (EZ Reader)
* IRFA and the Future of Music Policy Summit: Why Would FOMC Miss An Opportunity to Defend Artist Rights?
* IRFA is the Broadcast Industry’s SOPA. Censors Free Speech
* Is Tim Westergren (Pandora) Really Just A Beard For Clear Channel?
* Lobbyist For CCIA Makes All Kinds of Wild Claims About Copyright Management Organizations. BMI ASCAP SOCAN SAMI Included in Charges of Corruption.
* Muzzling Free Speech By Artists: IRFA Section 5 Analysis
* Pandora Comes Out Of The Closet; Confirms Clear Channel and Pandora “More Than Just Friends’
* Sign the @musiciansunion (AFM) Letter: Friends don’t let friends get IRFA’d!
* Untruth in Advertising: Pandora’s Misleading Plea To Listeners On Behalf Of The Internet Radio “Fairness” Act.

_ Meet The New Boss, Worse Than The Old Boss?
_ Mellencamp Character Assassination. The New Republic Bravely Stands Up For Corporations and Criminal Groups That Exploit Artists.
_ The Most Important Fact Academics and The Copyleft Neglect to Mention: Copyright is Optional.
_ Video of the “Radio Active” panel at The Future of Music Summit 2012.
_ You Can’t Have A Have A Healthy Market Economy Without Property Rights. Why Do So Many In Tech Blogosphere Want To Abolish Cyber Property Rights And Cripple The Cyber-Economy?

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