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HARVARD LAWYER FIGHTS FOR SONG SHARING
The Recording Industry Association of America regularly sends out thousands of greenmail compensation demands to the families of downloaders who are usually minors. College students are favorite targets, but the RIAA never sets its
Read More »3 SONGS FOR THE GREAT DEPRESSION OF ’09
The Wall Street Journal has caught up with Hicks with Sticks News in describing the trend toward songs about the Great Depression of ‘09 (HWS News, 12/24/08). A WSJ story of 2/6/09 missed Don
Read More »“SONGSMITH” USERS’ ALTER POPULAR SONG VIDEOS
Microsoft’s Songsmith was meant to take a simple tempo like snapping fingers or clapping hands and the user’s voice to create an instant backing band and a song, at least that’s how Microsoft envisioned
Read More »GOOGLE PAYS PUBLISHERS TO PUT THEM OUT OF BUSINESS
In 2002, Google embarked on an ambitious plan to expand its search capabilities by copying the text of every book in the English language. They claimed the right to do this under “fair use,”
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