I haven’t decided what I’ll tell my kids about Santa.
Fed-Up Priest Starts ‘Santa-Free Zone’
By Ruben Baudisch
Groups in Germany and Austria have launched campaigns protesting the commercialization of Christmas. The main target is Santa, an American import who doesn’t represent what the holiday is all about.
It seems AFL-CIO is buddy-buddy with those who oppose web radio. !@#$% UNIONS!!! I guess hosing the steel industry in the US wasn’t enough damage for them.
Artists willing to kill webcasting for a check that may total $0?
By Kurt Hanson
“Apparently, the biggest potential block to HR 5469 – the bill that would have created a six-month delay and cooling off period – is the AFL-CIO objecting on behalf of recording artists. “
Millions of people are starving around the globe, but I need my platinum cell phone, so let them eat cake.
Web Music Keeps Streaming–For Now
Music labels, Webcasters reach compromise that won’t kill small online stations with stiff fees.
By Michelle Madigan
“WASHINGTON–After a week of nonstop negotiations, Webcasters and the recording industry have struck a deal designed to keep small Internet radio stations in business.”
Why am I not surprised the DMCA is involved?
Church, DMCA, and too many missing links
By Molly Wood
“How scary is the Church of Scientology? Well, I waffled on whether I should even write the column you’re about to read, because I figured I’d get CNET sued just by bringing up the topic. But I couldn’t stay out of the fray. I find it terrifying that any criticism of Scientology is fast disappearing from the Web, thanks to ill-conceived copyright laws and an apparently rampant fear of being sued. “