My, this is getting old. Seems like the RIAA has come up with yet another way to squeeze every last penny they can out of the college crowd with bullying pseudo-legal tactics. Instead of dragging the "infringing" student through the inconveniences of the courtroom, he can just agree to settle beforehand to pay out $3000!
Part of me wonders why the RIAA keeps up these morally reprehensible shenanigans. Aren't there people, and not monsters, at the RIAA? The other part is looking squarely at the dollar sign on my keyboard. It seems that in the light of the recent counter-suit for attorney's fees that the RIAA came out on the loosing side of, they have decided that proving a student (or other poor soul's) guilt is just too much... justice. What a convenient way to supplement that declining revenue stream of CD dollars!
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Monday, February 05, 2007
Got moves? Get sued!
From Slashdot today:
"The "creator" of the Dance move known as the electric slide has filed a DMCA based takedown notice for videos he deems to infringe and because they show "bad dancing". He is also seeking compensation from the use of the dance move at a wedding celebration shown on the Ellen Degeneres Show. Next up, the Funky Chicken, the moonwalk, and the Hustle? More seriously, does the DMCA have any limit on its scope?"
"The "creator" of the Dance move known as the electric slide has filed a DMCA based takedown notice for videos he deems to infringe and because they show "bad dancing". He is also seeking compensation from the use of the dance move at a wedding celebration shown on the Ellen Degeneres Show. Next up, the Funky Chicken, the moonwalk, and the Hustle? More seriously, does the DMCA have any limit on its scope?"
Thursday, February 01, 2007
Hey, terrorists, want bomb designs? Look no further than the Republican Leadership!
This happened a few months ago, but is so shocking that I can't help but post it... in a confused effort to promote how good they were on national security, the Republican Leadership ignored the advice of every competent security advisor (including America's "security czar") and put documents detailing nuclear bomb designs on the Internet. The documents were only taken down after the New York Times exposed the incompetence of the act. This led, of course, to politicians trying to cover their ass by blaming the NYT for pointing terrorists to the document. Here's a good interview with a non-proliferation expert talking about the subject on Kieth Olbermann.
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