Join the world's first virtual online collaborative orchestra

art neill — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 11:44:18 -0800

The folks from Youtube are asking for musicians to join the world's first "collaborative online orchestra" over at the Google Blog . Video entries will then be voted on by users worldwide and the favorite performers will get to perform in a concert at Carnegie hall. Excuse me while I go grab my trumpet.

From the site:

Google Voice and Video Chat, YES!

art neill — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:12:00 -0800

Google released its Voice and Video chat today, and our own unscientific tests here at New Media Rights and UCAN show that the audio and video quality easily rivals competing services such as Skype. The biggest difference is that this is Google making a move into the voice and video area and it has the potential to alter the playing field a fair amount.

New Media Rights files reply comments to Copyright Office regarding section 115 compulsory license rulemaking

New Media Rights — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 20:54:03 -0700

Our reply comments to the Copyright Office regarding the proposed rulemaking on section 115 compulsory licensing have been posted to the Copyright Office's website and can be found here.

The RIAA's "making available" strategy takes a big hit.

dillon coil — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:32:51 -0700

The RIAA has consistently attempted to sue P2P network users by claiming that "making available" copyrighted works violate's the copyright holder's exclusive right of distribution under Copyright Law, but yesterday, the RIAA's $220,000 verdict against Kazaa user Jammie Thomas was set aside after the judge declared a mistrial. This decision is significant because the RIAA will now have a substantially higher burden of proof for infringement; they will need to show affirmative steps toward distribution aside from making the music available in their shared folders.

Google hopes to shape web's future with Chrome

dillon coil — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 09:07:23 -0700

New Media Rights files comments in Copyright Office music licensing rulemaking regarding Section 115 Compulsory Licenses

New Media Rights — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:31:19 -0700

On July 16 the Copyright Office released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking soliciting commentary on various issues concerning the treatment of digital phonorecord deliveries with relation to compulsory copyright licenses. A major piece of the discussion was the characterization of buffer reproductions of digital sound recordings under copyright law, an issue which could have a profound effect on innovation in new media. We have issued our comments to the Copyright Office and have posted them here.

Second Circuit's Cablevision DVR decision good news for remote data storage

dillon coil — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:12:10 -0700

Cuil's random image placement troubles IP owners

dillon coil — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:59:23 -0700

Hey officer, he stole my scepter! A look at crime in virtual worlds

dillon coil — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 11:17:55 -0700

Unknown tax consequences for virtual property owners

dillon coil — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:14:47 -0700

It may not be long before the IRS recognizes the sale of
Linden Dollars for U.S. Dollars as a taxable event in the sale of property.