award tour » copyright

fairey vs ap

tyler — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 02:39:14 +0000

Artist Files Lawsuit Against The Associated Press Over Image of Obama – NYTimes.com. all over the iconic obama poster.

ruining it for everyone with copyright

tyler — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 00:13:12 +0000

Misunderstanding Copyright Law And Ruining Everyone’s Fun. that “we didn’t start the fire” parody for bubble2.0 had to be taken down cause it uses a copyright photo and the photographer threatened to sue. some people really suck.

lessig at ted

tyler — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 03:54:38 +0000

Larry Lessig at TED 2007

defending the pig

tyler — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 12:11:14 +0000

DEFENDING THE PIG – DJ Rupture on the closure of Oink. “If sharing copywritten music without paying for it were legal, than Oink was the best music website in the world.”

oink shut down

tyler — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:54:11 +0000

BBC NEWS | Huge pirate music site shut down. i’m amazed oink lasted this long.

texas family ’sues creative commons’

tyler — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 04:58:29 +0000

Slashdot | Texas Family ‘Sues Creative Commons’. welcome to the 21st century you idiots.

ntp at it again

tyler — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 00:39:16 +0000

NTP, the patent trolls who robbed RIM of over $600M last year, are now suing the four major US wireless carriers. what douche bags.

lessig changes course

tyler — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 23:15:38 +0000

Lawrence Lessig is changing his academic and activist focus. he’s going to start focusing on “corruption”, in however he defines that. via ram.

mediamaster

tyler — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 22:01:12 +0000

MediaMaster. yet another “upload all your music and listen to it anywhere” site. the demo video makes it look pretty cool. how are any of these going to legally (and financially) stay afloat?

harvey danger for free

tyler — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 19:09:15 +0000

Harvey Danger – Why We’re Releasing Our New Album for Free on the Internet. i didn’t know they were on barsuk.

jobs on music

tyler — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 22:36:59 +0000

Steve Jobs – Thoughts on Music. is it just me, or did he just politely tell just about everyone to fuck off?

mixtape arrest

tyler — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 22:56:57 +0000

Mixtape DJ arrested – NYTimes. the riaa has their head so far up their ass.

alternative freedom

tyler — Mon, 01 May 2006 18:39:40 +0000

ALTERNATIVE FREEDOM – trailer. hold on, shouldn’t the whole movie be free too?