(Update: This has been reposted on Techdirt.) ASCAP has published a Bill of Rights for Songwriters and Composers, which, unfortunately, seems to be more like a bill of “wrongs”. Just as citizens of a nation must be educated about their rights to ensure that they are protected and upheld, so […]
Blaise Alleyne
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(This post originally appeared on the UofT Students for Life blog.) The York Federation of Students’ (YFS) motion to ban “anti-choice” groups from using student union resources or space has successfully been accepted by the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS). The motion reads: Be it resolved that member locals [of […]
Last year, Viacom sued YouTube for a billion dollars over copyright infringement. The lawsuit is problematic and the premise is weak for many reasons, but that’s for another time. The recent news is that Google has filed its response to Viacom’s recent filings. Its defence has people talking about the […]
(Warning: This will be a bit of a rant.) Old people don’t get Facebook. I’m not talking about the average not-so-tech savvy older relative you may have, but older folks in the tech industry itself. Today, Matt Assay missed the point. The primary problem with Facebook is not applications. The […]
I’ve attended a few panels on the music industry in the past few weeks. I listened to David “Click” Cox speak and answer questions at Long & McQuade a few weeks back (as part of the Big Schmooze, I believe), and I sat through a few music panels at the […]
TechCrunch has been covering the breaking news: Facebook is planning to release the infrastructure between the Facebook Platform as free software! Facebook, I knew you had it in you. Many older folks in the tech crowd view Facebook with much suspicion, if not considering it outright evil or Microsoft-like in […]
Just one more a capella video… Mortal Kombat in Central Park
I’m in the process of booking a hotel for World Youth Day 2008 in Sydney. I was having a bit of difficulty confirming which neighbourhood (if any) will be hosting the majority of the Youth Festival events. In Cologne (2005), activities were spread out between three cities, but in Toronto […]
Confession: once you start watching a cappella videos on YouTube, it’s really hard to stop. And yes, it is 3am. This video, though, is a perfect example of why our copyright laws are terribly suited for encouraging artistic expression in the 21st century. This is way too good to be […]