People’s Champion: Behind the Battle from Trent Babbington on Vimeo. Fascinating doc about the “Eli vs Envy” rap battle which blew up in 2008. “I’m the best, mayne. I deeeeiid it” Long pause Long pause
ISPs to Disrupt Internet Access of Copyright Scofflaws (Threat Level Blog, wired.com) And all on the say so of the content industry. ISPs have said that they will not cut people off, and we are talking about a “six-strikes and you’re throttled-or-something” regime… but even the French 3 strikes law eventually involved the judiciary. More coverage on ArsTechnica: Major ISPs agree to “six strikes” copyright enforcement plan. Ars also has a breakdown of The six ways you can appeal new copyright “mitigation measures”
The always excellent TechDirt has a breakdown and an embedded video from an entertainment lawyer about record label contracts. RIAA Accounting: How To Sell 1 Million Albums And Still Owe $500,000 I knew about some of these line items, but “reserves” and “breakage”? We should all keep these numbers in mind the next time a label boss says he needs legislation allowing him to charge copyright violators with a crime and not merely a civil offense. When label bosses whine about how “no artist will want to make music if they can’t get paid”, ask that boss if his artists…