06 Aug 2007
SoundExchange, Caught Lobbying, Says Lobbying Bar Does Not Apply

What? The music biz is trying to stretch the rules to their own advantage? I'm shocked, shocked, I tell you!

The collection agency for webcasting royalties has joined the political fight to force traditional radio stations to pay performance broadcast fees -- a move that could expand its power enormously -- despite statutory restrictions that appear to bar the group from lobbying.

(link) [Wired Top Stories]

06:01 /Copywrongs | 0 comments | permanent link

Rome Journal: In Rome, a New Ritual on an Old Bridge

Lots of interesting angles in this tale: public trothplighting, invented ritual and not the least, a bridge that has stayed up for 2200 years...

To some, a tangled mess of padlocks on Rome’s oldest bridge is a symbol of undying love; to others, it is a menace tantamount to vandalism.

(link) [New York Times]

05:59 /Home | 0 comments | permanent link

Congress approves six-month blanket wiretap warrant

This is why voters sent a Democratic majority to Congress last election, no doubt.

US legislators have approved controversial wiretapping operations by American spies, which had been forbidden by secret judges.

(link) [The Register]

05:44 /Politics | 0 comments | permanent link