A whole country (albeit not a very big one) goes in for compulsory licenses for music.
Alright... So I should get around to seeing a Noam Elkies lecture some time.
From the public domain to Wikimedia Commons to a song performed by an acapella group in Cambridge. Awesome.
I didn't realize Kraftwerk were the bad guys.
This would have been really useful at DebConf a few years ago when we were looking for a new pump for a pipe organ!
" An appeals court agreed, with Judge Alex Kozinski saying, "With fame often comes unwanted attention." Noting the often bitter tone taken by companies in this five-year legal battle, Kozinski ordered both sides to behave. "The parties are advised to chill," he said in his ruling."
Unbelievable review of Pitchfork in n+1. I didn't even know what Pitchfork was before I read the article, I loved it. But I basically love everything that they do.
via Nadav: "Azerbaijani authorities used SMS eavesdropping to see who their citizens voted for in the Eurovision song contest. They then interrogated the 43 people who voted for "rival" country Armenia..."
Racist war-song I heard in college.
Must be shopped. In any case, I had a similar (Star Wars themed) punk jacket once.
Great old article on the failure of DRM.
Interesting. But speculation that a report may have existed that implied these things seems like pretty week ammution.
Music video by a friend of a friend.
