links for 2006-11-17
- EFF: DeepLinks – Sample Trolls Killing Hip Hop? “Apparently, having absconded with George Clinton’s copyrights, Bridgeport is now shaking down artists like Jay-Z. Of course, lawsuits like this also make it harder for lesser-known sample-based artists to get distribution, radio play, and CD pressing ser (tags: ip-maximalism sampling free-culture)
- New World Notes: COPYING A CONTROVERSY (Updated) “Welcome to the Napster era of Second Life.” (tags: copyright virtual-reality free-culture)
- The Art Newspaper — Government Siezed Works Made By “New Deal” Artists “The US government is quietly confiscating works of art produced by struggling artists who were enrolled in President Franklin Roosevelt's “New Deal” economic recovery programme” (tags: free-culture art-market)
- assembly robots Architectural plans remixed as humanoid robots. (tags: remix visiref)