David Bowie is confident that copyright, for instance, will no longer exist in 10 years, and authorship and intellectual property is in for such a bashing
Dee Dee Ramone, a founding member of the pioneer punk band the Ramones, was found dead of a possible drug overdose in his Hollywood home. He was 50
Jeanne Heifetz thought she had merely tripped over one of those quirks that occasionally worm their way into standardised tests. Words were missing from a book excerpt she was familiar with on a Regents English exam. But when she discovered a second extensively altered excerpt, she began to wonder, if there was something sinister afoot?
A possible challenge to the ban on Baise-Moi is being planned by the manager of Melbourne’s Lumiere cinema, which is now the only cinema showing the controversial French film in Australia
Mash-ups are songs created by digitally synchronising instrumental tracks with vocal tracks from two or more existing songs. Often the source songs are wildly disparate, and the result is frequently better sounding than you might first expect
The British Board of Film Classification has demanded a cut in Star Wars: Attack of the Clones for a head-butt. The one second cut means the difference between a 12
and a PG
certificate
Sci-fi readers often deplore book best-seller lists — because review editors actively ignore many sci-fi sales, since they don’t consider that stuff popular
, even though sci-fi titles often sell in far greater numbers than serious
highbrow literature. But this all might change soon, with the launch of Bookscan; new technology that tracks actual sales at the cash register with greater precision than ever before — via Slashdot
Rick Boucher, said last July that he wanted to amend the DMCA to permit certain fair uses
of digital content, such as backing up an audio CD by bypassing copy protection technology. In an interview on Thursday, Boucher said he now has sufficient support — from the tech industry, librarians, and Internet activists — to feel comfortable introducing his bill in the next month
Hundreds of millions of songs may illegally trade hands online every month, but file swapping may actually be causing people to spend more money on music. A study by Jupiter Research reports that about 34% of veteran file swappers say they are spending more on music than they did before they started downloading files. About 14% of heavy file traders say they now spend less on music
When asked why personal video recorders are bad for the industry, Turner Broadcasting CEO Jamie Kellner says; Because of the ad skips… It’s theft. Your contract with the network when you get the show is you’re going to watch the spots. Otherwise you couldn’t get the show on an ad-supported basis. Any time you skip a commercial or watch the button you’re actually stealing the programming
— via Slashdot
Paul McCartney has won a court order preventing auction house Christie’s from selling his hand-written lyrics to Hey Jude
The community of fan made Star Wars films received a boon in December when Lucasfilm loaned their sponsorship to the event, and George Lucas himself would be a judge. Unfortunately, they’ve limited the contest to parodies and documentaries, thereby shutting out hundreds of entries — via Slashdot
Joseph Byrd, who recorded a pair of experimental psychedelic albums in the 60s, says he can’t get Sony to pay royalties, so his psychedelic pop might as well be free
Television viewers may get multiple channels from each of the big networks as the Federal Government considers overturning its digital TV strategy
Eric Flint talks about the effects of posting his books for free on the Baen Free Library. Specifically, he uses his own royalty statements to show that sales for his books have gone up whenever he has made them available for free
In A Case of Musicogenic Epilepsy Induced by Listening to an American Pop Music
, the
authors report: A 23-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital due to the musicogenic epilepsy. She had four generalised tonic clonic seizures at 18 and 19 years old. Since 19, she had had complex partial seizures lasting for about 20 seconds which was easily evoked by listening to an American pops particularly Dreamlover
song by Mariah Carey
Manufacturers could design Harry Potter
style computers for children or other specialised users, if restrictions are imposed on Microsoft. AOL has revealed the plans while testifying at penalty hearings in the Microsoft antitrust case
Use of hand-held technologies, such as mobile phones, GameBoys and computers, has caused a physical mutation in the under-25s, according to new research. The study, carried out in nine cities around the world, shows that the thumbs of the younger generation have overtaken their fingers as the hand’s most muscled and dexterous digit
It’s no surprise to anyone that this year’s best actor and actress Oscars were rebadged prettiest, black American. Denzel Washington is a great actor, but his performance is barely worth a nomination, let alone an award, when compared to his peers competing against him in the category. As for adorable Halle Berry, her acting is best done with her mouth firmly shut, handing her an acting award is as ludicrous as handing one to Meg Ryan. This is supposed to be an award for outstanding talent, it is neither a politically correct campaign tool or the you’re-nearly-dead-have-an-Oscar award that Henry Fonda received for On Golden Pond. Unfortunately, the Oscars have been a laughable award for so many years that no one will raise an eyebrow. Just seems a shame that Wil Smith was apparently deemed not poster boy cute enough to have beaten Washington to an award that he had out-acted him for
Acclaim Entertainment, a computer games firm, has been accused of pushing back the frontiers of bad taste after it announced that it was seeking to advertise its latest title on gravestones
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