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Moral Panics in the Copyright Wars
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| This is a new blog, designed to provide feedback to and discussion about the
| issues raised in my just published book "Moral Panics and the Copyright
| Wars," available here and here. In terms of feedback, I am interested in
| obvious things like printing errors caught (I have caught 10 that I am happy
| to point out and did to the publisher already), arguments people think were
| wrong or overstated, things I missed, as well as good old fashioned
| disagreements.
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http://moralpanicsandthecopyrightwars.blogspot.com/
The Monopolists' Con of Constitutionality - part 1 Â
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| This is the first of a four part series examining the way in which people who
| should know better maintain and reinforce the con against the US citizen that
| copyright and patent are sanctioned by the US Constitution.
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| As should be increasingly obvious in these days of instantaneous diffusion,
| the US Constitution is being abusively cited in ever more desperate attempts
| by the incumbent monopolists to demonstrate a solid foundation for copyright
| and patent. Naturally, the constitution can do nothing of the sort, so the
| corporate lackeys who resort to such abuse in pretending otherwise are
| attempting a con. In this way, it is solely a matter of confidence that
| anyone is able to persuade their audience that copyright and patent are
| natural rights of the individual and properly recognised by the US
| Constitution as deserving of protection by a necessarily empowered
| government.
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http://www.digitalproductions.co.uk/index.php?id=204
The most insane bit of U.S. copyright law?
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| My dad is a professional musician; he plays blues and jazz and original piano
| music, and has made five records. For professional musicians outside of pop
| music (and often in in pop as well), copyright law is already simply a burden
| to the point that it is almost universal ignored. Gigging blues and jazz
| musicians have long used "fake books", unauthorized charts of the melodies,
| lyrics and chord structure of jazz standards. No one is worried about other
| musicians infringing on their copyrights, because jazz and blues (among other
| genres) are rooted in a culture of borrowing and adaptation. It's inimical to
| creativity to draw sharp lines between what can and can't be borrowed or
| adapted, and indeed in academic jazz programs one learns to improvise by
| practicing the great "licks" on classic recordings.
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http://ragesossscholar.blogspot.com/2009/08/most-insane-bit-of-us-copyright-law.html
Recent:
Stephen Fry on copyright
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| At an event in London last night, the writer, actor, and gadget fan Stephen
| Fry launched a surprisingly ferocious attack on the music and movie
| industries over the way they have acted to defend their copyright.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/technology/
Richard Marx (!) attacks RIAA after $1.92M Thomas verdict
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| Jammie Thomas-Rasset was held liable to sharing 24 songs, including one by
| pop crooner Richard Marx. But the lawsuit wasn't done in Marx's nameâthis
| week, he called out the recording industry's "greedy actions."
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http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/06/richard-marx-attacks-riaa-after-19m-thomas-verdict.ars
Moby: The RIAA Needs to be Disbanded
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| The two million dollar fine handed out to Jammie Thomas by a Minnesota jury
| this week hasnât done the music industryâs image much good. While lawyers and
| high level managers at the major labels cracked open the Champagne, artists
| such as Moby and Radiohead shook their heads in shame at what the music world
| has become.
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http://torrentfreak.com/moby-the-riaa-needs-to-be-disbanded-090620/
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