May102008
Colleges fret RIAA push for state anti-P2P laws »
From CNet News:
The entertainment industry’s controversial efforts to get universities to be more proactive about policing peer-to-peer piracy have begun to spread from Capitol Hill to the states.
Earlier this year, the U.S. House of Representatives approved a Hollywood-backed proposal buried in a higher education reauthorization bill that would require universities receiving federal financial aid funding to devise plans for “alternative” offerings to unlawful downloading—such as subscription-based services—or “technology-based deterrents to prevent such illegal activity.”
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“Technological deterrents” vs. Copyright 101
That was the experience related by Thomas Danford, chief information officer for the Tennessee Board of Regents, a governance organization that covers 19 public colleges and universities inside the state. If it weren’t for the close scrutiny of his organization’s legislative committee, Tennessee universities may have been stuck with much less savory obligations related to managing peer-to-peer file sharers on their network, he said.The original version of the Tennessee bill (PDF), which Danford said was penned by a local RIAA lobbyist, would have required universities to effectively play copyright cops on their networks. It dictated that they must employ “effective technology-based deterrents, to prevent the infringement of copyrighted works over the school’s computer and network resources, including over local area and internal networks.”
May92008
(The best damn) Band Website Template (ever!) »
If bands are willing to migrate away from Myspace I can see this really catching on.
Reblogged from I Am Not Jeff Jewiss.
May82008
MySpace Partners with Yahoo, Twitter, eBay on Data "Availability" - ReadWriteWeb »
Hmmm…how about using Twitter data to create Hypem playlists…ideas bubbling. :)
Marshall tells it like it is! Here’s hoping this works out and you can use your user info from all over the web on Hype :)
Reblogged from whitneymcn on tumblr.
Insound.com's Give More Get More Program »
Every MP3 you buy, 25 cents goes towards your choice of 6 touring bands with the additional option to tip more.
Reblogged from Taylor McKnight.
"Think of the way online communication transforms the way “knowledge” is produced - from books to articles to blog posts to Twitter posts. A book tries to encompass a coherent system of interconnected ideas in one controled move - a Twitter post is only a “verse” in a never ending con-versation."
Sanfran MusicTech Summit
KickNote To Launch 50 Band Battle Live On Internet This Summer
From Techcrunch:
New startup KickNote, founded by Brian Erickson, will be launching a “Battle Of The Bands” event this summer that will allow people to watch, and vote, online. The actual concerts will be held in the New York city area, so this event will be called “Battle of the Boroughs.”
Thirteen separate events will be held over three rounds; 50 bands in total are expected to participate. The entire process will take seven weeks. KickNote is partnering with Justin.tv to deliver the live video to viewers.
May72008
Santana - Theo
Carlos Santana is an unbelievable guitarist and his band produces sweet spanish grooves that you can’t stop moving to. The first of these tasty tracks that I am providing is Santana Live at the Crossroads guitar festival in 2004 playing Jin-Go-Lo-Ba with Eric Clapton. You’re body will not survive this song, so take whatever precautions needed. The next couple of tracks are from different albums the band has produced.
Jin-Go-Lo-Ba - Santana featuring Eric Clapton
Evil Ways - Santana
Oye Como Va - Santana
Stormy - Santana
Aqua Marine - Santana
Reblogged from we share music.
May62008
RIAA: Piracy fight more important than net neutrality bill »
The Telecommunications and Internet subcommittee of the the House Committee on Energy and Commerce held a hearing today on H.R. 5353, the Internet Freedom Preservation Act of 2008. The bill would establish an official national broadband policy, one that prevents service providers from subjecting lawful content to “unreasonable interference” or “discrimination.” It also calls on the Federal Communications Commission to assess competition in and consumer access to broadband Internet access in light of this policy. The testimony at the hearing, however, suggested that these provisions, and net neutrality in general, means very different things to different groups. And, as far as the RIAA is concerned, net neutrality legislation could hamstring the fight against piracy.