Copyright issues irk me. So do Patent issues. Only a few other issues get my blood boling hotter. It is stupid that internet radio has to play royalties when normal radio does not. None of those royalties will ever make it to the original performers, so why in the world should those taxes-to-a-corporate-not-government-entitiy be mandated anyway.
If the US Congress wants to do something good for the people, they’ll rewrite the patent and copyright laws. Let us share to our hearts content and let the business world work out how it is going to make money. They’re good at it, so don’t worry about them. Bands will be fine, they can do concerts and actually work for a living. The music itself shouldn’t be a product, but an experience to be shared.
From digg:
National Public Radio has filed a motion for rehearing over the Copyright Royalty Board’s decision to drastically increase royalty rates paid out by nonprofit and Internet radio stations. NPR’s not happy, and the organization is kicking butts and taking names.
A story about Guild Wars made it to the front page of Digg! Very cool.
From Digg:
Guild Wars FactionsTM, the second chapter in the free-to-play Guild WarsTM MMORPG franchise and one of the year’s most-popular online games, took home the award for ‘Multiplayer Game of the Year’ Wednesday at Billboard Magazine’s prestigious Digital Entertainment Marketing and Media Excellence (DEMMX) awards gala.
From Digg:
Jon Stewart on Monday’s Daily Show reviews the Chris Wallace interview of Bill Clinton and makes fun of how the media spins the event in an attempt to make Clinton appear to have “lost it”. Obviously, Clinton put Wallace in his place.
Joystiq interviews Dan Connors and Emily Morganti of Telltale about ‘Sam & Max: Culture Shock’ the first episode in a new string of short Sam & Max games. They discuss the episodic model the game will be released under.
From Digg:
Step 1: Put glass tube on a socket into pond.
Step 2: Suck air out of tube with a swiming pump.
Step 3: Profit-able new point of view for fishes.
Page is german but it’s small and simple anyways.
[Insert Ted Stevens jokes here]
My cousin Angie(the soon to be lawyer)’s got nothing on this guy. Hope he find time for a life at some point along the way. Sheesh!
From Digg:
And you thought your kid was smart. David Banh, an 18-year-old from Annandale, just graduated from the University of Virginia in one year. With a double major.
