School Can't Handle Critical Community Message Board
techdirt.com — School couldn't handle the fact that there was a Bay Ridge messageboard that had a critical thread about the school, including links to some news articles that were highly critical of the school. Rather than respond to those claims, the school sent the messageboard owner a cease and desist letter, demanding the entire thread be removed. (Submitted by lekahe) More...
Poet's Son Says No One Can Quote Father Without Paying Up...
techdirt.com — crcb alerts us to the bizarre situation where the son (and heir to the copyrights) of poet Louis Zukofsky isn't just brandishing the copyrights against those trying to republish his works, but he seems to be demanding fees from anyone quoting his father or writing about him -- even academic dissertations. (Submitted by brendoman) More...
50 Cent: Piracy Is A Part Of The Marketing
techdirt.com — 50 cent sees piracy as a part of the marketing of a musician, because "the people who didn't purchase the material, they end up at the concert." He says that people can fall in love with the music either way, and then they'll go to concerts. He notes that you can't stop piracy either way, so why try to fight it? (Submitted by itc518) More...
GNR Uploadr Gets 2Mos & Will Produce RIAA Propaganda
techdirt.com — It still doesn't make much sense that the FBI got involved in trying to track down and arrest a guy who uploaded a pre-release version of Guns 'N Roses' long awaited new album before it was released. If anything, it should have been a civil matter -- and, honestly, there's little indication that the upload caused any harm whatsoever. (Submitted by Surferess) More...
WSJ Chief: Google Not Just A 'Thief' But A 'Digital Vampire'
techdirt.com — Lately we keep seeing odd stories of newspaper business folks complaining about the fact that Google sends them traffic. The latest? Dow Jones CEO Les Hinton, who called Google a "digital vampire" claiming that it's "sucking the blood" out of the newspaper industry. (Submitted by EMFK) More...
Bailing Out The RIAA?
techdirt.com — At the Tech Policy Summit yesterday, David Carson, the General Counsel of the US Copyright Office spent a bit of time at the beginning of his talk explaining why the Performance Rights Act made sense. This is the bill that would make radio stations pay musicians (rather than just songwriters as it is now) for every song they play on the radio. (Submitted by EMFK) More...
97% Of All Email Is Spam, But How Much Of Other 3% Is Noise?
techdirt.com — A new report from Microsoft says that 97 percent of all email is spam, reflecting the degree to which email systems worldwide are swamped with the messages. The figure seems high, but perhaps that's just because anti-spam tools have gotten better at deflecting spam away from most people's inboxes. But clearly enough is still getting through... (Submitted by upick) More...
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