CBS has a story comparing Frank Zappa's Congressional testimony vs. the Parent's Music Resource Connection and the current climate surrounding video games. It's interesting to me that no matter what the media is, there's still a bunch of old ladies trying to regulate it. Where Is Our Zappa?
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Sex Pistols snub Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. F---ing Brilliant. :)
read moreRIAA: Ripping CDs to iPod not 'Fair Use'
Slashdot has an article about how the RIAA is declaring that 'Fair Use' is not ripping CDs to an iPod. And I'm sure that the motion picture industry wanted so much to declare that recording television shows to VHS tape isn't fair use either, but, alas, it is.
Oh, and …
read moreMusical Tastes swayed by peers
Music Tastes swayed by peers, or "you only like Kelly Clarkson because you think other people do too".
read morePayola scandal reaches hundreds of radio stations
Payola scandal reaches hundreds of stations. When you think of the music business as a business, it all makes sense. FCC Commissioner: "This is potentially the most widespread and flagrant violation of FCC rules in the history of American broadcasting," Adelstein said. "We've never seen evidence of such a systematic …
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