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It is one of the newest words in the English language and today is a great day to use it. So here I go.. WOOT! I realize that so very often bring only bad news here when I discuss the RIAA, MPAA and copyright issues. Today it is not the case.

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Yesterday, I got off on a bit of a rant about how I felt about some recent happenings regarding my the the most dislike company in America. I refer to them as the Racketeering Idiots Association of Absurdity but most of you know them as the RIAA.

The post received a few comments and I [...]

Back when I first mentioned the "dancing baby case", I promised to mention if I heard anymore. For now, this is all I have at the moment but it looks like the case is going to proceed. (In my opinion, boycott-RIAA is a pretty decent source.)

I have a hectic day at work today [...]

I spent the past few evenings, intentionally isolating myself from distraction, at the local library. I had done so because I had a briefcase full of printed documents regarding numerous RIAA cases. I am not going to delve into those matters quite yet but it does seem that the courts have knocked a [...]

One of the things that I tend to follow is the antics of the RIAA.
Personally my favorite resource for this subject is Recording Industry vs. The People. It is one of the feeds I check each and every time I have Google Reader open. Apparently, many others share my interest in this blog.

It [...]

Almost a year ago, I put this post up here about an infant dancing to a song by "some artist with an identity crisis". I also heard that this same artist was a bit upset and had material he performed yanked despite the fact that he did not have rights to the song. [...]

Please don’t Rick Roll me for this, I have to confess that I like Tay Zonday. I think both "Chocolate Rain" and "Internet Dream" are great tunes.

With 24 million views of Chocolate Rain, a Dr. Pepper and McDonald’s giving him ad spots, I would reckon I am not alone. He was also in [...]

I was reading my many feeds and I happened across this article about a lawsuit because of a video. Apparently, Universal did not appreciate the fact that one of its signed artists could inspire a child to dance. The EFF (full release) is pursuing the case based on fair use and freedom of speech.

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[Tags]MP3, CD, cassette, music, copyright, piracy, RIAA, opinion, DRM [/tags]

Yesterday, I put a post here that was largely inspired by the comment of a reader on an earlier rant. Before I even conclude the first paragraph, I thank all of you for commenting and the compliments on my article.

Yesterday’s rant had several good comments. [...]