Free Download 7, God Save The Internet! June 24, 2006
The Broadband, three singer/songwriters, Kay Hanley, Jill Sobule, and Michelle Lewis, (with special guest appearance by Michelle’s mom) have released their new hit single for free download at SaveTheInternet.com called God Save The Internet. If the song doesn’t move you to call your reps you could always Ask a Ninja or watch a bunch of cool videos. Download this great new tune by independent artists while you still can!
Files are not for sharing!
Matthew Baldwin and Goopymart have an informative yet humorous on-line book for kids called Files are not for sharing.
This book is a must read for young people trying to understand file sharing.
“What is sharing?
Sharing is when you give something to someone else, like a cookie or a toy.
What happens when you share?
Your friend has a cookie and a toy and you have nothing.”
URGENT: The Broadcast Flag Is Back, Again June 21, 2006
From the EFF and BB: The RIAA and MPAA have managed to get the broadcast flag into the official Republican version of the telecoms reform bill and it’s being considered in committee tomorrow (Thursday, June 22). Senator Sununu (R-NH) has filed an amendment to get the flags thrown out. If you’re in the States below, call your Senator NOW, and ask him or her to support the Sununu amendment to remove both TV and audio flags (he also has an amendment to modify the audio flag, so be clear you want to kick out both flags).
For more info visit these links
http://www.boingboing.net/2006/06/21/urgent_call_now_to_s.html
http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/004759.php
Here is the list, call and let your voice be heard!
Chairman Ted Stevens (AK), (202) 224-3004
John McCain (AZ), (202) 224-2235
Conrad Burns (MT), Main: 202-224-2644
Trent Lott (MS), (202) 224-6253
Kay Bailey Hutchison (TX), (202) 224-5922
Gordon H. Smith (OR), (202) 224 3753
John Ensign (NV), (202) 224-6244
George Allen (VA), (202) 224-4024
John E. Sununu (NH), (202) 224-2841
Jim DeMint (SC), (202) 224-6121
David Vitter (LA),(202) 224-4623
Co-Chairman Daniel K. Inouye (HI), (202) 224-3934
John D. Rockefeller (WV), (202) 224-6472
John F. Kerry (MA), (202) 224-2742
Barbara Boxer (CA), (202) 224-3553
Bill Nelson (FL), (202) 224-5274
Maria Cantwell (WA), (202) 224-3441
Frank R. Lautenberg (NJ), (202) 224-3224
E. Benjamin Nelson (NE), (202) 224-6551
Mark Pryor (AR), (202) 224-2353
DRM Stinks. Let Freedom Ring…..the RIAA
DefectiveByDesign.org is staging another protest against DRM. Thanks BB! From the site
On Friday, June 23rd, we will coordinate a day of action, and this time it doesn’t involve yellow hazmat suits. You don’t even have to leave your desk. We will provide contact numbers for executives at the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and similar organizations around the world. We’re asking you to proclaim your support for digital freedoms by calling the RIAA and telling them what you think of DRM and what you think of them!
Bound By Law, interview with the authors June 20, 2006
Wired has an interview with the law professors Keith Aoki, James Boyle and Jennifer Jenkins, authors of Bound By Law? Tales From the Public Domain. Thanks reddit! We covered this wonderful Creative Commons comic book when it came out here.
DefectiveByDesign DRM demonstrations tomorrow June 9, 2006
DefectiveByDesign.org, an anti-DRM campaign targeting Big Media, unhelpful manufacturers and DRM distributors will be picketing Apple Stores across the USA tomorrow to inform consumers about the DRM hiding in Apple’s iTunes. From the site
“Let the fun begin! We will be on-site tomorrow from 10am (local time) getting suited-up and you can expect the action to start at 10:30am – remember to bring those cameras!”
Apple Store – 1 Stockton St, San Francisco, CA 94108
Apple Store – 679 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Apple Store – 4702 NE University Village Pl, Seattle, WA 98105
Apple Store – 100 Cambridge Side Place, Cambridge, MA 02141
Apple Store – 767 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10153
Apple Store – 160 Walt Whitman Rd. Huntington Station, NY 11746h
Apple Store – 6121 West Park Blvd. Plano, TX 75093
Apple Store – 189 The Grove Drive Los Angeles, CA 90036
Over 500 Art Professionals Call for Balanced Copyright Laws June 6, 2006
A coalition of over 500 art professionals are calling on the Canadian government to reform copyright law (thanks BB!). The list of members includes the President of CARFAC, (Canadian Artists Representation/Le front des artistes canadiens), an organization that believes that “artists, like professionals in other fields, should be paid for their work and share equitably in profits from their work”. From the website,
“The Coalition offers three principles that it argues must ground Canada’s copyright policy:
FAIR ACCESS TO COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL LIES AT THE HEART OF COPYRIGHT. Creators need access to the works of others to create. Legislative changes premised on the “need” to give copyright owners more control over their works must be rejected. (more…)
