Gallery of DRM-Related Antipixel Buttons and Badges • 06.30.05
Which should I use? nootropic: Gallery of DRM-Related Antipixel Buttons and Badges. So many choices. I think maybe the anti-broadcast flag one.
Archive for the ‘Copyright’
Recommend on MahaloGrokster and the financial future of America • 01.31.05
This is smart and offers a good history of the situation we find ourselves in:
In October of 1998 the Digital Millenium Copyright Act was passed. The DMCA was basically a law that set a very un-nerving precedent. That the government would do what it could to protect the interests of content owners at the expense of technological development.
The DMCA in and of itself didnt kill technological innovation. At the time it was passed it was more nuisance than anything else. Digital content wasnt all that prevelant and there certainly wasnt much money in it, so not many people cared that our tax dollars were being spent to make sure that your internet radio station never played more than 3 songs in a row from the same artist. Or that it became illegal to have a 24 hours a day Beatles (or any other artist) station.
Read the entire post. Good stuff. And now I know why I never got that 24 hours a day Beatles station I wanted…
CC Mixter • 01.05.05
Check out CC Mixter:
This is a community music sharing site featuring songs licensed under Creative Commons, where you can listen to, sample, mash-up, or interact with music in whatever way you want. To get this project started, we’ve dedicated the space to WIRED Magazine’s November 2004 Issue, which featured 16 songs on THE WIRED CD — Rip. Mix. Sample. Mash. Share., all licensed under the Sampling Licenses. If you’re into music, browse this site to hear the original WIRED tracks, or, the new songs that people have built from sampling them. If you’re into sampling and mash-ups we have the full tracks and loops in a ready to mix format, and you can upload your version back into CC Mixter, for others to enjoy. You can also upload and remix your own creations here, apart from the WIRED contest currently underway.
Disney Suppressing the Kleptones • 12.23.04
Check it: Waxy.org: Daily Log: Disney Suppressing the Kleptones:
It’s depressing to think that our horribly broken copyright law means that nobody can legally hear this album or create others like it.
Very depressing. I hope Santa brings Disney a whole big bag of coals!
