So you thought music pirating was new, huh?

from the New York Times... 1897

Yes, I said 1897



found via bestacttever.com

Copyright of Obama Campaign Poster

Interesting...

This poster:



comes from a copyrighted photo...

Check Techdirt for the story

The New Mets Patch

Its horrible... now even Colbert is making fun of us... PLEASE FIX IT!

About Radiohead and In Rainbows

A very well written article about how Radiohead could afford to give away/name your price for the In Rainbows album. Link here

NIN’s CC-Licensed Best-Selling MP3 Album

... and best selling album on Amazon.

Think about that... some you could get for free... still the best selling album...

Creative Commons link here

Lessig discusses it here

Lessing on Colbert

Talking about his new book REMIX



For those not in the know... Lessig is a big fan of copyright reform and talks a lot about the "hybrid" economy of thing like flickr, youtube and the like

more info about him and his thoughts here

Finally, a REAL guitar for guitar hero!

This is a pretty good idea, and thankfully only a matter of time. I wonder what the latency will be?

Sadly, this will probably only come with a lame kids guitar (Hanna Montana, or something equally unmusical). But, its only a matter of time before it gets hacked and made useful for actual musicians.

From Wired