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Performance Right for Sound Recordings Moves Forward, Questions Remain

Artists and record labels who have been agitating for parity with songwriters took a major step forward this past Wednesday when the House introduced H.R. 848 the “Performance Rights Act”. The bill would require terrestrial broadcasters to obtain a license from holders of copyright in sound recordings whenever they transmit music.

Submitted by New Media Rights on Sat, 02/07/2009 - 3:22pm

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Adam Singer on CC licenses and Music Promotion

Adam Singer is a musician and “social media guru” who used his expertise in both fields to find a more harmonious means of online promotion. As a relatively “unknown artist”, Singer saw little return on efforts to profit from his works as CDs and digital downloads, selling only a few copies with “mixed results”.

Submitted by New Media Rights on Fri, 01/23/2009 - 12:25pm

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Norway coughs up the kroners to support use of open source software in the public sector

Norway has decided to commit money to adapt the OpenOffice suite for various government uses. This follows a commitment by Norway in 2006 to use more open source software in government functions. It will be interesting to see if any developments and modifications get picked up and used or modified by other governments.

Submitted by New Media Rights last modified Tue, 11/18/2008 - 4:12pm

Avvo - review your attorney

Avvo is like Yelp, except instead of reviewing your favorite local restaurants, bars, coffee houses, etc, you review attorneys. It will be interesting to see how these types of professional review websites fare. There does seem to be a lack of information when choosing a lawyer, doctor, dentist, or other professionals.

Submitted by New Media Rights last modified Tue, 11/18/2008 - 3:53pm

Two New Ripoff Report Cases Filed

Eric Goldman reminds us (here, here) that angry companies and individuals are still suing Xcentric Ventures, LLC and Ed Magedson left and right over reports submitted to Ripoff Report.  Ripoff Report is a website that allows users to post reports about individuals and companies that they believe have "ripped them off" or

Submitted by New Media Rights on Mon, 11/17/2008 - 8:00am

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Google Voice and Video Chat, YES!

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.

Submitted by Art Neill last modified Tue, 03/10/2009 - 2:24am

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