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Category: Industry News

The Orphan Works Act of 2008

Creative professionals ... Two tendentious pieces of legislation are now being sponsored by our “friends” in Congress that will give corporations another big advantage in the arena of “creative rights”.

Bill # H.R.5889 & Bill # S.2913 - These bills effectively release creative work, whose authors or originators cannot be found, to be used by anyone, including major corporations. This will allow large corporations to take advantage of the limited understanding of

Posted by 16toads on 05/14 at 05:44 AM in Industry News • (1) CommentsPermalink

Absolut Ignorance

A current Absolut ad running in Mexico has managed to elicit cheers from Mexicans and (who would have guessed) condemnation from people in el Norte.

The billboard and press campaign, created by advertising agency Teran\TBWA, is a colorful map depicting what

Posted by 16toads on 04/09 at 08:13 AM in Industry NewsBlatherings • (2) CommentsPermalink

DRM-Free Music with AmazonMP3

I recently ran headlong into the wall that is Apple iTunes DRM (also known as FairPlay). What is DRM? The short explanation, for those of you who need it, is that DRM is Apple iTunes' method of protecting music from being "shared" or "pirated". The argumentative

Posted by 16toads on 04/08 at 03:52 PM in Industry NewsBlatherings • (2) CommentsPermalink

Don’t take the Internet for granted

The Internet Freedom Preservation Act will guarantee Net Neutrality protections for us all.

Save the Net Now

Big phone and cable companies are trying to get rid of Network Neutrality, the principle that protects our ability go where we want and do what we chose online.

We must pass this bill to protect everyone's right to search the Web, share videos and photos, connect

Posted by 16toads on 02/11 at 08:13 AM in Industry News • (0) CommentsPermalink
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