Thursday, March 8, 2007

Crank Calling for Jesus. Crank Calling for Jesus. A "family values" group trying to clean up Hollywood employs a determined computer dialer named Cammie, which manages to annoy people from coast to coast. In 27B Stroke 6. [Wired News: Top Stories] 11:59:01 PM

C-SPAN Adopts Creative Commons-Style License. C-SPAN Adopts Creative Commons-Style License.   Trillian_1138 writes  "C-SPAN, a network in the US dedicated to airing governmental proceedings, has adopted a Creative Commons-style license for all its content. This follows the network claiming Speaker of the House Pelosi's use of C-Span videos on her site violated their copyright. Specifically, 'C-SPAN is introducing a liberalized copyright policy for current, future, and past coverage of any official events sponsored by Congress and any federal agency -- about half of all programming offered on the C-SPAN television networks -- which will allow non-commercial copying, sharing, and posting of C-SPAN video on the Internet, with attribution.' Here is the press release. The question remains whether videos of governmental proceedings should be public domain by default or whether the attribution requirement is reasonable in the face of easy video copying and distribution." [Slashdot: Your Rights Online] 6:59:33 PM

Webcasters face doubling of royalties. Webcasters face doubling of royalties. Bad Moon Rising on the rise The Library of Congress' copyright board, which sets the royalty rates for statutory licenses, proposes doubling the amount webcasters pay for their statutory license in the next the few years. [The Register - Music and Media] 5:49:21 PM

Cuban gets stuck into YouTube, demands it squeals. Cuban gets stuck into YouTube, demands it squeals. 'Talk, morons' Attention-seeking tech billionaire Mark Cuban has set the legal dogs on YouTube, demanding it snitch on users who uploaded video which one of his investments owns the rights to. [The Register - Music and Media] 5:47:54 PM

The Fix is In: Massive Web Radio Fee Hike and the XM/Sirius Merger. The Fix is In: Massive Web Radio Fee Hike and the XM/Sirius Merger. Greetings. While no conspiracy beyond "business as usual" is required to explain this confluence of events, it is fascinating to note the continuing collapse of true competition in the music and radio industries (as in the Internet ISP industry).  [Lauren Weinstein's Blog] 5:37:56 PM

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