Music • Technology • Policy
"Focus on issues relating to digital distribution, especially of music."
Author: Chris Castle practices at Christian L. Castle Attorneys in Los Angeles.
Blawg Related Categories: Entertainment & Sports Law • Intellectual Property Law • Copyright Law • Science & Technology Law • Solo / Small Firm
Recent Posts from Music • Technology • Policy
-
Great News Sultan, Pt. 2
"What's to stop students from paying for one month and downloading the whole collection? 'Nothing,' said Mr. Griffin....'Our gut tell us that the right model is flat fee, unlimited use.'"Another Choruss sighting in the Chronicle…
-
“Don’t Be Moral”: Ars Technica’s Critique of How Google’s Patry Instructs Us All
As I’ve noted, I just know that I’m not going to have the time to read the new book by PS, the most prolifically legendary copyright scholar in the history of those who have never…
-
Digital Natives in the Digital Constituency: Secret Ballots Not Secret Voters
Democracy versus anarchyHave you ever wondered what would have happened if the Unabomber had the Internet? Or how many Unabombers are out there now finding each other online? How many times have you read anonymous…
-
"The (legal) music fades out for Canadians"
Interesting piece from Barrie McKenna, Washington correspondent for Canada's Globe & Mail: "And the creative industries that produce music, software and the like - industries that contribute significantly more to the economy than BitTorrent sites…
-
IPKat strikes out again: "Every Time a Phone Rings ASCAP Won't Get Its Wings"
For those of you who follow these things, there is an email list called IPKat that has a lot of cutesy pictures of kittens on it and really bad puns mixed in with decent coverage…
-
PS: Choppy, Directionless and Strident
There are some books that I have seen frequently in book stores over the years that I know I will never read. Dianetics is one such book. I have no particular reason to read or…
-
The Pirate Party's Gary Hart Moment
I highly recommend Andrew Orlowski's article about his encounter with the Pirate Party at In The City. If you have noticed a trend of conferences that used to be the domain of music fans becoming…
-
France protects creators with graduated response
It should come as no surprise that a country that calls Google Books "cultural rape" is the first country to pass a comprehensive graduated response regime, currently called HADOPI that we've been following for quite…
-
Oopsie...
When I was a first year law student, I accompanied a crusty litigation partner to an interview with a client. In discussing my preparation for the interview in the car on the way to our…
-
Flaws in Berkman Center Study?
No one was surprised that the Berkman Center was appointed by the FCC to prepare a study supporting the radical views on regulating broadband usage, particularly given the much trumpeted influence of certain members of…