Month: September 2012

Weekly Recap & Links Sunday Sep 30, 2012

Grab the Coffee! Trichordist Recently Posted: * Why are Internet Freedom Fighters always fighting against the Internet Freedom of Artists? * Is The New Internet Association Really Just A Pro-Corporate Version Of The Pirate Party? No It’s a Transparent Ploy by Google To Curry Favor With Congressional Republicans. * Artists Utilize Power of Internet to Get Paid … * Ad Sponsored Piracy… Continue reading Weekly Recap & Links Sunday Sep 30, 2012

Why are Internet Freedom Fighters always fighting against the Internet Freedom of Artists?

We’re always a little amazed when site like Hypebot takes up the fight for internet freedom, as long as that freedom does not include artists rights. Recently the site has confused the difference between a $20 settlement for illegal downloading, versus a $9,250 per song judgement for copyright infringement. It seems to us, that getting off the… Continue reading Why are Internet Freedom Fighters always fighting against the Internet Freedom of Artists?

Is The New Internet Association Really Just A Pro-Corporate Version Of The Pirate Party? No It’s a Transparent Ploy by Google To Curry Favor With Congressional Republicans.

I’m just reading through some related documents for the “new” Internet Association.  It has really struck me that it is very similar to the Pirate Party. Except  it’s views are even more extreme than the Pirate Party. Here is an example. PP Germany only supports non-commercial filesharing.  But in the Internet Association’s view there should… Continue reading Is The New Internet Association Really Just A Pro-Corporate Version Of The Pirate Party? No It’s a Transparent Ploy by Google To Curry Favor With Congressional Republicans.

Artists Utilize Power of Internet to Get Paid – Community Activism moves the needle for Artists Rights.

We’ve already posted how pleased we are that Amanda Palmer is a class act and did the right thing by recognizing her error in not wanting to pay her local pick-up musicians. The part of this story that really excites us however is that the creative community came together to effect positive change. No part… Continue reading Artists Utilize Power of Internet to Get Paid – Community Activism moves the needle for Artists Rights.

Ad Sponsored Piracy Gains Attention and Awareness in Europe

Christian Wicky of Music Creators Switzerland is quoted in this story from the Swiss news outlet, 20 Minutes Online. As we’ve been reporting the advertising sponsored illegal exploitation of artists is rampant and appears to be an international problem gaining attention in Europe as well.

Is it The Pirate Party, or The Pirate Lobby?

It’s endlessly fascinating to witness the double standard of the internet companies and pirate communities. The conversation is, was and will always be about money. So much so, that the tech industry has created yet another lobby to prop up it’s interests to exploit artists and creators in the aptly named, Internet Association. This in… Continue reading Is it The Pirate Party, or The Pirate Lobby?

Mythbusters, Why Internet Pirates Will Not Win (and should just get over it)

PaidContent/GigaOm writer Jeff John Roberts wrote a brief but on the mark editorial summarizing the work of economist Micheal D. Smith at the Tepper School of Business Carnegie Mellon University. The most important take away from the research is, as Roberts states, “how the piracy debate is still driven by ideology not facts.” Read the… Continue reading Mythbusters, Why Internet Pirates Will Not Win (and should just get over it)

Pandora, Please Stop discrimination against Musicians!

Below is a letter from Tim Westergren, Founder of Pandora (NASDAQ: P) urging consumers to help him discriminate against musicians by attempting to reduce his royalty obligations. This letter is highly misleading. Pandora is not Radio!! Pandora is a near-on demand streaming service.  Having a subscription to Pandora is like virtually owning every album on… Continue reading Pandora, Please Stop discrimination against Musicians!

So much for Post-Scarcity, unless Electricity is free?

The freehadists like to say that digital content is only bits, but the truth is that there is a substantial carbon footprint to free. So big is this carbon footprint that it is causing concern by environmentalists. All of that allegedly free music could have a larger carbon footprint than CDs. Although this article from… Continue reading So much for Post-Scarcity, unless Electricity is free?