illegal-art.org :: a project of Stay Free! I wish I were going to be in Chicago or New York sometime in the next couple months. This should be a great exhibit. To no surprise, Negativland is very well represented with audio, video, and visual (U2 album cover) contributions. Quote from the website: “The Illegal Art… Read More: Illegal Art Exhibit »
If you are as big of a fan of Einstürzende Neubauten as Sandra and I are, you should definitely check out their new website. Neubauten is working on the release of an exclusive album for their paying supporters by their 23rd anniversary, April 1, 2003, without the involvement of a record company. The site has… Read More: Einstürzende Neubauten’s Website and Next Album »
Cryptome.org has a transcript of federal hearings on “Home Recording of Copyrighted Work”. These hearings took place in 1982 as a result of a decision in the case of Universal City Studios vs. Sony Corporation of America. Universal had sued Sony over whether private individual users of VCRs were infringing copyrights by recording copyrighted television… Read More: Jack Valenti’s 1982 Testimony on the VCR’s Assault on Life… »
The recent ruling of the Librarian of Congress still contains the requirement that webcasters must pay performance royalties for each unique stream. Since it’s impossible for a webcaster to tell whether a real person is on the other end listening to the stream, the webcaster must pay the performance fee regardless for every stream, even… Read More: Should a Webcaster Pay If No One is Listening »