Why does anyone take Techdirt seriously? How are Techdirt writers any different than your typical cyberbullies and trolls on some abusive reddit thread? Editor Mike Masnick has repeatedly made the claim (unsupported by the objective facts) that he is on the side of musicians, especially those independent musicians that are trying to make it outside… Continue reading Once Again Techdirt Has Nothing Intelligent To Say So They Just Resort To Mocking Musicians for Being from “Crappy Town” in Southwest Virginia.
Month: April 2013
Artists Rights Watch – Monday April 22, 2013
POLITICO: * Creators need Copyright Protection So let’s agree that certain principles should be the foundation of any update of the Copyright Act: Creators should receive fair compensation for their work when it is exploited. Too often we’ve heard that new and old businesses should be allowed to use creators’ works at a below-market (or… Continue reading Artists Rights Watch – Monday April 22, 2013
How Guys Will Use Google Glass
Resistance is Futile: Google Says Don’t Fetishize Royalties
Originally posted on Music Technology Policy:
If I worked for a company like Google that got slammed by Members of Congress for promoting “sex club” apps on Android and YouTube, I’d be a bit careful about using the word “fetish” to describe anything, even metaphorically. But Google spends hundreds of millions in legal fees annually…
Google’s Charm Offensive Comes to Nashville Behind YouTube Front: But Where is the Straight Count?
Originally posted on Music Technology Policy:
“It’s really important that we protect the rights of really good looking people in this society,” Attorney Andrew Bridges of Fenwick & West (frequently representing Google) quoted at Beautiful Person Derek Khanna’s SXSW Panel ______________________________________ First They Send the Missionaries If you read much about the expansion of the…
Google’s Charm Offensive Comes to Nashville Behind YouTube Front: But Where is the Straight Count?
Originally posted on Music Technology Policy:
“It’s really important that we protect the rights of really good looking people in this society,” Attorney Andrew Bridges of Fenwick & West (frequently representing Google) quoted at Beautiful Person Derek Khanna’s SXSW Panel ______________________________________ First They Send the Missionaries If you read much about the expansion of the…
Artists Rights Watch – Monday April 15, 2013
VICE: * Chris Ruen Is Taking the Anti-Piracy Argument Back from the Music Industry … If we can agree that artists have legitimate rights to their own work, it follows that we have some duty as individuals and as a society to respect those rights”. NEW YORK TIMES: * The Slow Death of the American… Continue reading Artists Rights Watch – Monday April 15, 2013
NY Times Op-ed on Authors and Copyright.
I Just had to post this quote from Scott Turow’s stunning New York Time’s Op-ed. “The Constitution’s framers had it right. Soviet-style repression is not necessary to diminish authors’ output and influence. Just devalue their copyrights.” Read the whole article here: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/08/opinion/the-slow-death-of-the-american-author.html?smid=tw-share&_r=0&pagewanted=print
Artists Give Madison Ave and American Eagle Outfitters a Lesson in Messaging. Meanwhile Ghost Beach Gets Buried.
Last week we covered the strange and divisive “Artists Vs Artists” campaign brought to you by American Eagle Outfitters and Madison Avenue firm TBWA Chiat Day. In case you’ve been in a cave for the last week this consisted of four story high LED billboards on the front of the American Eagle Outfitters store… Continue reading Artists Give Madison Ave and American Eagle Outfitters a Lesson in Messaging. Meanwhile Ghost Beach Gets Buried.
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