Category Archives: Music & internet radio

Futurewatch

By take21 | Published: May 5, 2010

PEW Research Center Report: The Impact of the Internet on Institutions in the Future download PDF   When complex business models collapse Clay Shirky on why online video will not generate enough revenue to support the cost base of existing TV companies. [T]here are two ways to generate a profit: raise revenues above expenses, or […]

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The Pirate Bay: convictions

By take21 | Published: April 17, 2009

All four defendants in The Pirate Bay trial have been convicted and face 1 year prison sentences. Torrentfeak The Guardian

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Digital Britain forum

By take21 | Published: April 17, 2009

The Digital Britain summit Watch live stream http://digitalbritainforum.org.uk/ Numerous links to blogs, including Write To Reply. Live Twitter feed @digitalbritain Gordon Brown, Peter Mandelson, OFCOM, cable companies -all the players.

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tweetness

By take21 | Published: March 23, 2009

Argentine philosophy professor Horacio Potel faces criminal charges and a possible jail sentence for posting  translations of Jaques Derrida’s work to his website for his students. Via Boing Boing  http://bit.ly/u38aD and  http://bit.ly/ZLPTg Morehttp://bit.ly/2OL2D New Zealand scraps Controversial ‘3 Strikes’ Anti-Piracy Law which would have led to alleged copyright infringers being disconnected from the internethttp://tinyurl.com/d86ra6 A major new report published by the Rowntree Trust on the database state via Open […]

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Selection

By take21 | Published: March 18, 2009

Newspapers: Seattle Post-Intelligencer ends printing. Staff cuts, continues as web-only publication http://bit.ly/L1OnJ iPod headphones aren´t DRMed, just controlled by a proprietary chip that you have to license  http://bit.ly/YdnM4 Guardian Tech OFCOM sets out challenge of broadband Britain http://bit.ly/SsqGL More James Boyle and ‘How extending copyright term in sound recordings actually works’ with link to PDF […]

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Proposed Digital Rights Agency. Comment now.

By take21 | Published: March 16, 2009

Lord Carter’s office have issued a proposal for the Digital Rights Agency referred to in the Digital Britain report. The consultation is open until 30th March. WriteToReply have a site for you to comment on the proposal in detail. You can download the proposal and read the press release from the Intellectual Property Office. To comment […]

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News: tweet petit

By take21 | Published: March 10, 2009

guardiantech Google and PRS in headlock as music videos pulled from YouTube http://bit.ly/1SAvr6 Finally: Oxenford on US webcastcast royalty settlement http://bit.ly/fLrVH  US internet radio stations need to file with SoundExchange by 2 April or pay CRB rates Big Picture: London from above at night http://bit.ly/aHr9 That’s a lot of lightbulbs. Exhilarating, yes. Sustainable energy use? Big Picture photo journalism: Cambodia […]

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No extension of copyright exemption for mashups

By take21 | Published: March 4, 2009

“The Government has responded to a consultation paper published by the European Commission on copyright reform. That consultation asks whether the European Union’s Copyright Directive should be amended to introduce exemptions for ‘user-created content’. User-created content can include individuals’ use of professionally-produced music, film, video or images for a new or different purpose to the […]

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Pirate Bay trial ends

By take21 | Published: March 4, 2009

Pirate Bay trial ends: Guardian summary http://bit.ly/Jzer

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Digital Britain: watch and listen

By take21 | Published: March 2, 2009

The Digital Britain report is open to comment until 12th March. On 24th February NESTA hosted a conference on delivering Digital Britain. Many of the key players were present. Video and audio is now available. It is an extraordinary opportunity to see the development of public policy enacted. Watch and listen. NESTA delivering Digital Britain I’ve seen Carter’s […]

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