After just returning from Amsterdam earlier this week, it’s interesting to find their music scene on the international spotlight. No, it’s not because of their music, but because Anti-piracy group BREIN is caught up in a huge copyright scandal. A musician who composed a track for use at a local film festival later found it being used without [...]
Quietly over the Thanksgiving weekend American authorities made moves against a number of torrent sites. Via TorrentFreak Following on the heels of this week’s domain seizure of a large hiphop file-sharing links forum, it’s clear today that the U.S. Government has been very busy. Without any need for COICA, ICE has just seized the domain [...]
I wasn’t going to touch the Girl Talk news story. It felt saturated, plus I hadn’t heard the record. I tried to download Girl Talk’s new album multiple times and kept hitting server overload problems. That’s what happens when you have a hot jam. And that’s what All Day is, one long hot jam. The [...]
A few days ago we wrote about Copyright hype and how for musicians with developing fan base’s copyrighting songs was generally a waste of money. Today I saw this in my inbox: Joe Satriani Sues Coldplay Over “Viva La Vida” Guitarist Joe Satriani filed a lawsuit Thursday in Los Angeles federal court claiming “Viva la [...]
Just a heads up for all you University and College students: The RIAA has convinced Tennessee to filter computer networks for unauthorized music downloads at the states colleges and universities. This piece of legislation once again shows the short sightedness and idiotic attitude of the Recording Industry. The cost to monitor file sharing is expected [...]
Copyright Hype: Indie Pool
Recently there has been some net chatter about Copyrighting your songs. My friends have asked me, “What’s the deal?” So here’s my take: Copyrighting is a different beast then it used to be. The internet has changed the way we look at copyright and the idea of ownership. Arguably when you digitize something (music, books, [...]