In the tradition of Stephen Colbert, I’m declaring the next week to Forehead Awareness Week! More specifically, “Watch Out For Pens in Wall-Mounted Penholders, Especially When Bending Over Near Said Wall to Unplug A Computer Week”. Without such awareness weeks, everyone would end up with my current fashion statement: the forehead Band-Aid. Be careful out there people!
You couldn’t make this stuff up. Ironically, someone already did. One of my favorite comedy sources in The Onion. They wrote this article back in 2002 and it’s simultaneously funny and sad that it’s come true.
What I find truly sad is that an industry that is so obviously hurting to regain it’s popularity, profits, and dignity has stooped this low. Mark my words, they will destroy themselves by being this greedy.
So I finished tracking guitars at Vibe Dial Studios on Sunday. We thought we had everything finished up when there’s that one little part that I just had to have in there. The song just wouldn’t be right without it. In the next few weeks I’ll start recording vocals and any odds and ends that need to be added. I’m still hoping for a July release, so keep your ears open for more news in that area. I’ll try to get some more pics posted when we start working on vocals.
This is posting from one of my other blogs, “But I’m No Expert“.
The MPAA has stated today that they shouldn’t need to prove infringement occurs in order to collect fees from “law breakers”.
“Mandating such proof could thus have the pernicious effect of depriving copyright owners of a practical remedy against massive copyright infringement in many instances.” – MPAA attorney Marie L. van Uitert
Are you kidding me!? This will just open the door to copyright owners being able to collect $150,000 from any person they choose to target. The whole idea of taking someone to court that you have to prove it in order to win.
“It is often very difficult, and in some cases, impossible, to provide such direct proof when confronting modern forms of copyright infringement, whether over P2P networks or otherwise; understandably, copyright infringers typically do not keep records of infringement.”
Wah. Boo-f’ing-hoo. So you can’t catch them. Too bad for you. Either release your stuff and try to make money from it, release it for free to anyone who wants it, or don’t release it at all. It’s not the government’s job to make sure that you’re able to make insane levels of profit. It’s bad enough they have enabled you to have practically unlimited monopolies on your content, but now you want to collect money from just anybody!?
Puh-lease! These quotes are regarding the Jammie Thomas case, where the RIAA authorized a company to download 24 files from Ms. Thomas’ computer. I’m sorry, but if the RIAA authorized the downloading, then it’s not copyright infringment! It was authorized! Sorry, but you’ll not only need to prove that actual infringement occured, but you’ll need to prove that it wasn’t you guys doing it! These people need to figure how to make money doing something other than suing people, but I’m no expert!
Doe Prince just enjoy hacking off his fans? A fan posted his performance of Radiohead’s song “Creep” from Coachella. Prince and his people sent a DMCA request to Youtube and it was pulled down. I understand that Prince “owns” his performance, therefore can do what he likes with it (including pulling it from Youtube), but really? What is the problem here? Unfortunately, Prince has decided to go with the idea of controlling everything and anything about his career, even when he can’t control it. Next thing you know, he’ll sue Saturday Night Live for their skits about him. Lighten up a bit or at least explain yourself (if that’s possible).
Buh-rilliant! This band, The Get Out Clause, from Manchester, England found themselves short of funds, but needing a music video. So they setup their rigs in front of dozens of security cameras all over town, including a bus. Then they requested the videos under the Freedom of Information Act. They got 20 locations to give up their video footage and edited them into this awesome music video. If only all of us could be that creative…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98u1HuqS7Nk
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