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• Copying Art - The Art of Copying

  November 10, 2008 · Words: Martin S · 0 Comments
  

  Here are two odes to the art of copying, which have surfaced on my radar lately and tickled my inner-pirate. The first is this month’s The Wire magazine, ‘Unofficial Channels - a tour of music’s unauthorised domains, from bootlegs to blogs and beyond‘, and its series of mini-essays on the joys of ’sharity’ (full album) [...]

  
  



• Crazy comic indoctrinates school-pupils on illegal file-sharing

  August 20, 2008 · Words: Martin S · 3 Comments
  

  I came across this absurd piece of overt propaganda designed to sway school pupils in favour of the court system in cases of music copyright violation– or illegal file-sharing if you prefer.
  It’s a print comic (previewable entirely in pdf format) produced by the NSCS (National Center for State Courts), which centers around a college student [...]

  
  



• Muxtape RIP? - Updated

  August 19, 2008 · Words: Martin S · 1 Comment
  

  Bad news for fans of Muxtape, the mp3 playlist sharing site. Since somepoint yesterday the site has been “unavailable for a brief period while we sort out a problem with the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America)”, who like to take issue with innovative music-sharing platforms. The irony is that according to a post on [...]

  
  



• Links for 29.07.08

  July 29, 2008 · Words: Martin S · 0 Comments
  

  More miscellaneous links rounded up from the web!:
  Illegal filesharing: A suicide note from the music industry (the Guardian)
  Stones Throw Podcast 888: Area Codes by Peanut Butter Wolf
  People of Durban, South Africa (Photography @ the Behance network)
  Press Release on Variant’s removal from CSG venues (Mute magazine)
  Glitter And Doom: Tom Waits In Concert (audio stream @ NPR.org)
  Hacked [...]

  
  



• Music links for 24.07.08

  July 24, 2008 · Words: Martin S · 0 Comments
  

  Quick round-up of music links from round about the net today!
  Deerhoof leak new single…as sheet music [the Guardian]
  Listen to guitarist / composer Sean Smith’s session [Wnyc.org]
  Immortal Technique interviews at Urb Magazine & Prefix Mag
  Dance crew remix entire of Portishead’s Third album
  Courtney Love gets sued over Nirvana sale [Pitchfork Media]
  Will Russia outlaw emo? [Prefix Mag]
  Britain agrees [...]

  
  



• Saul Williams LP out now, for free if you like

  November 5, 2007 · Words: Martin S · 0 Comments
  

  Hip-hop’s poet laureate Saul Williams has released his new album online, and available for free if you don’t want to pay. “The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust” is produced by Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor, who previously encouraged Chinese listeners to illegally download his music if they couldn’t get it through legal [...]