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No Defense for MediaDefense

06-02-2008 | 08:33 PM EST | 0 Comments

When a couple of teens recently knocked Comcast.net offline, the FBI went into overdrive to bring the criminals down. When a systematic attack by the recording and motion picture industries' corporate goons-for-hire brought down a large new medi . . .

Preserve Culture: Donate to the Internet Archive

05-16-2008 | 11:54 AM EST | 0 Comments

A few weeks ago I mentioned the rise of audio re-mixing websites, and today I want to up the ante by suggesting that you not only contribute your re-mixes but your actual source work as well. Movies, music, text, even web pages, they're all being . . .

Feel the Force for Free

05-12-2008 | 02:27 PM EST | 0 Comments

Okay, all you Star Wars fans out there, time is running out! For a very limited time only, you can get your hands on a free, complete copy of Betrayal, (the latest installation in the STAR WARS: LEGACY OF THE FORCE: BETRAYAL series . . .

A Pragmatic Reason To Oppose DRM

05-05-2008 | 09:34 PM EST | 0 Comments

DRM (Digital Rights Management) is a general-purpose term that refers to technologies that limit or control the ways that an end-user can interact with a product. A great example of this is digital music that is stored in a file format that can o . . .

Music Riles the Savage Beast

05-02-2008 | 05:39 PM EST | 0 Comments

The old adage tells us that music soothes the savage beast. Well, it would seem that when the beast is the RIAA or the Atlantic Recording Corp and the music in question belongs to them, there ain't nothin' soothing.

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Ahoy! Thar be Pirates Everywhere

04-28-2008 | 06:00 PM EST | 0 Comments

These are dangerous times. From a Canadian Parliament member worrying about Canada's flagging global image as a result of its current copyright laws to China's recent "self-imposed" nationwide crackdown (more here and here) to the Bush adminis . . .

"Free" As In "Pay for It Later"

04-22-2008 | 12:16 AM EST | 0 Comments

Sony BMG has recently announced that it will become the second major record label to sign onto cell phone maker Nokia's "Comes With Music" handsets. First announced back in December of 2007, Comes With Music will give Nokia brand cell phone owner . . .

Reduce, Reuse, Remix

04-19-2008 | 12:21 AM EST | 1 Comments

For artists to be commercially successful (or even just share their work with others at all), they need to make sure that people know about what they're doing. And while getting the word out can be relatively easy with the backing of a major corp . . .