From Gizmodo:
The RIAA seems to be changing its annoying tune these days, saying that ripping a CD that is lawfully yours to your own MP3 player is no longer fair game. During the US Supreme Court Grokster case, the RIAA made sure to tell us that this was OK and that they loved us. However, […]
(click on post title, or here, for the rest)A good rule of thumb when hiring someone for your business is to exclude people who’ve pissed off your customers in the past.
If only Current TV had remembered that when they brought Al Gore aboard as Chairman.
According to SF Weekly, Gore’s cable channel, San Franciso-based Current TV, is having a hard time getting distribution on […]
Apple Macs are supposed to be so easy to set-up and use. But when they don’t work they are as confounding as any Windows machine.
I have a Mac Mini, which I love. For the past 4 months had been using it to receive faxes. Then one day (exactly a month ago) it stopped receiving […]
To no one’s surprise, the obesity crisis hitting America has hit Disneyland’s workforce and the heaviest place on earth has been forced to redesign its costumes for ride operators, shop clerks, waitresses and other employees.
It turns out that it’s not just the guests who are packing a few extra pounds (see below) and, as […]
Robert Joseph Pfeifer, 50, (who was typically referred to as “Bob Pfeifer”) has been jailed in connection with the wiretap and conspiracy prosecution of former Hollywood private investigator Anthony Pellicano (who Pfeifer reportedly referred to as his “godfather”).
Pfeifer had allegedly previously fled to Canada when he believed an indictment was imminent. In a custody […]
E3 moves to take all fun out of its tradeshow:
The video game industry’s 2006 E3 Expo trade show in Los Angeles is getting a make-over — banned are the swarms of sexy, semi-clad “booth babes” that in years past took the unveiling of new games and technology to titillating new levels.
Rules prohibiting the use of […]
A German Court has ordered the German-language version of Wikipedia shut down after the family of deceased phreaker/hacker “Tron” sued Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. for using the deceased’s full name in an entry–something the family has been fighting to keep silent since his death many years ago. As ARS Technica notes:
Trying to order information […]
Twenty, count them, twenty women showed up to protest Echostar’s dropping the Lifetime network. 20? That’s more of a meeting than a protest and it certainly doesn’t send much of a message to Echostar. I would think more than twenty people would show up to protest the closing of a Dunkin Donuts.
Denver councilwoman Elbra […]
Economic blogger Long Tail pulled together a spreadsheet of the top 100 albums and the years they were released (grouped them in 5-year intervals). They were nice enough to post the raw data for downloading. The resulting chart gives a nice graphical representation of how bad things are for the music business. It’s not just […]
(click on post title, or here, for the rest)Just a few days ago we wrote this about the University of California’s mishandling of an ethics case:
…former UC Provost M.R.C. Greenwood got a 15-month sabbatical collecting $300,000 per year plus a $100,000 research grant when she moves into her tenured professorship at UC Davis (which will pay another $163,800). As the Los Angeles Times […]
(click on post title, or here, for the rest)Both Wacko Jakko and Kate had tough years from pedophilia trials to being filmed snorting coke. Read:
Topless Kate Moss: the movie that will never go away
Defamer: Michael Jackson’s ‘Neverfed’ Ranch
Michael Jackson Defies Experts and Acts Even More Bizarre
Weekend Edition: “Guilty as Sin, Free as a Bird:” Michael Jackson Jury Weak, Corrupt and Immoral
Both lost the […]
(click on post title, or here, for the rest)While making my daily trip to Starbucks, I was greeted with this upsetting sight..
Could there be two less relevant artists than Barbara Streisand and Barry Gibb? Tip to Starbucks, just because you can get these two back together doesn’t mean you should do it.
Not to squash dissent but I will delete any comments telling me […]
Six years ago when music downloading exploded, the major record companies were amazed at how much they were despised by consumers, the government, and their artists. It really surprised the music industry executives how little support that they had. Weren’t record companies cool? It turns out not even close.
Here were some of the reasons that […]
[If you’re looking for info on topless photos of French newscaster Melissa Theuriau, go to this post.]
Poor Kate Moss. It’s clear that Kate is having her share of drug problems and hopefully she will one day clean herself up. However, because of the nature of the Internet, she and future employers will have to contend […]
If you use Friendster, you will be interested to know that they are for sale. Oh, that’s none of you? Not surprising as they have gotten their clocks cleaned by My Space.
The reported price is in the ball park of $50m. That should be enough for the VCS to get all of their money plus […]
