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The Beancounter world of Hollywood
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Jon Newton in
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August 28, 2003 at 8:43 AM
Where is it?
Posted by
Lana in
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August 27, 2003 at 9:30 AM
Then -v- Now
Posted by
Jon Newton in
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August 21, 2003 at 11:54 AM
Pay attention, because it DOES !
Taking up the slack ...
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Jon Newton in
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August 19, 2003 at 9:05 AM
Death, destruction and decay
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Jon Newton in
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August 13, 2003 at 9:32 AM
'blurred by dollar signs'
Posted by
Jon Newton in
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August 8, 2003 at 10:52 AM
Movies are essential: ask Justed : )
Posted by
Jon Newton in
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August 7, 2003 at 5:00 PM
'The slave trade's been illegal for a long time'
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Ethan Ford in
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August 2, 2003 at 8:28 AM
Goldenpi on Micro$oft P2P SDK
Posted by
Jon Newton in
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July 28, 2003 at 9:25 AM
The RIAA has issued at least 871 federal subpoenas tieing up the District court in Washington D.C.
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Bill Evans in
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July 18, 2003 at 6:03 PM
Seems Metallica doesn't like your money
Posted by
Jon Newton in
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July 8, 2003 at 12:45 PM
"If you could duplicate cars, would you buy them?"
Posted by
Expo in
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July 8, 2003 at 1:58 AM
Just as a car dealership knows that you will want to test drive a vehicle of theirs before you purchase it, the R.I.A.A. (and all record labels, really) should realize that most consumers want more than just one song on the radio to persuade them to purchase an album.
by Miriam Rainsford: Advertisement In a recent weblog, Derrick Story wrote "I'm tired of listening to the RIAA. I want to hear from the musicians."
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Bill Evans in
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June 12, 2003 at 11:47 AM
We, the undersigned, while believing in the importance of copyright, also believe in the importance of the public domain. We believe the public domain is crucial to the spread of knowledge and culture, and crucial in assuring access to our past. We therefore write to petition you to reconsider major changes that you have made to...
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Bill Evans in
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June 5, 2003 at 11:55 AM
This is a sad day for me, and I think for the country. I'm afraid a dark storm cloud is now looming over the future of the American media. This is the most sweeping and destructive rollback of consumer protection rules in the history of American broadcasting.
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Bill Evans in
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June 3, 2003 at 7:31 PM
With the recent news reports and analyses about the ongoing, continuing trend of exporting manufacturing jobs overseas and shrinking wages of American workers, this writer, for one, detects a connection between this and, say, the perpetual CD sales slump, in massive, stark contrast to the RIAA's "it's all piracy, stupid" mantra.
Trademarks -
MP3.com's Fair Use Defense Doesn't Apply To Musicians' Claim of False Endorsement
A proffered fair use defense is not fatal to a prima facie trademark claim of false endorsement made by several recording artists against the operators of the MP3.com Web site, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District ...
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leflaw in
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May 31, 2003 at 10:19 PM
Groups create 'Sampling license'
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Jon Newton in
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May 30, 2003 at 12:28 PM
by Peter Spellman The news is good and bad. We’re seeing nothing less than a global restructuring of the economy. This isn’t a brief shudder; the organizational structures of the last century are being torn apart. Business worlds are deconstructing and reconstructing. Everything is blurred, fuzzy and vague. And the meanin...
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Bill Evans in
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May 27, 2003 at 12:57 PM
Some things need no explanation. They speak for themselves.
This is one of those things.
A Duke graduate student, Justin Moore, has done an interesting analysis comparing the RIAA sales declines to some top corporations in the country that is really quite interesting.
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Bill Evans in
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May 20, 2003 at 1:49 PM
As an ASCAP member, I have been concerned about the organization's stance on the RIAA's current trend and promise to continue to take consumers to court.
Now that I know the answer, I am even more concerned.
By Moses Avalon
Y'know how you're always complaining that the music biz is tough? Well, now is your chance to do something meaningful about it.
Next week, the California legislature is going to vote on a Bill SB1034 which would require record companies to account accurately to recording artists. This is a major mi...
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Bill Evans in
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May 13, 2003 at 5:18 PM
William Brown
George Ziemann
