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Lawmakers: Keep your tunes to yourself
Legislators are readying a bill that could sharply limit Americans’ rights relating to copying music, taping TV shows, and transferring files through the Internet. “If you were to take today’s episode of ‘E.R.’ and tape it and give it to your mother, it would be copyright infringement under this bill,”… Listen ⇢
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Emusic post Universal Music downloads
Today I was looking through eMusic, the music subscription service I joined a long time ago, when I saw tracks from Universal Music Group available for download. But what I didn’t know was that Universal, the media giant, had purchased eMusic a few months ago. I have to admit that… Listen ⇢
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Grandmaster Flash on Fresh Aire
On Monday’s Fresh Aire program, Terry Gross had a really interesting interview with Grandmaster Flash, where he discussed the origins of his music. Listen to the show here. Listen ⇢
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Callahan rips Levin as liberal, Jewish
Today’s Detroit Free Press details how State Rep. William Callahan, the Detroit-area Republican candidate for Congress riped Congressman Sander Levin for being Jewish. According to the AP, Callahan is quoted as saying: “I mean, the man has never owned a Christmas tree. He’s not a Christian. And I’m thinking, ‘Jeez,… Listen ⇢
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JACKO GOT OFF-TRACKO
And in dumb ass comments part II: Last weekend Michael Jackson accused SONY label head Tommy Mottola of being a racist. Almost as stupid as the Callahan quote above, Jacko stated at a rally with Rev. Al Sharpton, “If you fight for me, you’re fighting for all black people, dead… Listen ⇢
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Labels to Net Radio: Die Now
I have been horrified to watch the legal system roll over net broadcasters as they have sided with the labels and publishers in demanding royalties that will put most net radio stations off the net. This week’s Newsweek features a great article, Labels to Net Radio: Die Now: “You’d think… Listen ⇢
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Eminem on marriage
I recently read this great quote from Eminem that I just had to pass along… “I would rather *#@&^ be on a coach flight with ‘N Sync at the back of the plane in the last row in them seats that don’t go back, just stuck there with the bathroom… Listen ⇢
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Third/Sister Lovers
Recently I’ve been listening to Big Star’s brilliant Listen ⇢
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Nader Protests Borders
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