Thursday, July 25, 2002

Artists and Record Store Owners Offer Their Two Cents: 2 perspectives on MP3 disrtibution. [MP3 Newswire]

MP3 rival Ogg Vorbis gets Real. RealNetworks, the most recent corporate convert to open-source religion, pledges to embrace streaming media's open-source stalwart in a move that could threaten the popular MP3 format. [CNET News.com]

Hollywood hacking bill hits House. A bill introduced in the House of Representatives would dramatically rewrite federal law to permit copyright owners to legally hack into peer-to-peer networks. [CNET News.com]

Siriusly Toxic. Zeke Ashton expects Sirius to go nowhere but down. [The Motley Fool]     Google It!

Lambchop are part of the Nashville music scene with a sound that veers from twangy country to ambient, alt/art rock. Watch: Autumn's Vicar from the CD, Is A Woman (Merge Records) Listen to the audio only version: Real Audio | Windows Media [From All Songs Considered  Episode 15]

On trial: Digital copyright law. Filing suit on Thursday, the civil liberties group hopes to prompt the first ruling that would curtail the wide reach of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. [CNET News.com]     Google It!

Dictionaraoke. Listen to the mellifluous sounds of dictionary text-to-speech generators provide the vocals for a number of popular songs, from Black Flag to Elvis. Link Discuss (Thanks, Kate!) [Boing Boing Blog] I dont know what the hell this is yet, but its too intriquing to pass by.

Excellent mash-up video. When I was an editor at Wired, Howard Wen wrote some great pieces for me. He just sent me a great mash-up video he did of Christina Aguilera mixed with with The Strokes. it's remarkable how well these two completely different songs fit together. Great use of video, too! (Howard told me that he would appreciate it if people mirror the video clip from other sites, to reduce the load on his server). Link Discuss [Boing Boing Blog]

Web radio royalties silence broadcast pioneer. New Scientist Jul 24 2002 7:52PM ET [Moreover - moreover...]

Washington U.-St. Louis radio station fights for online broadcasting. U-Wire.com Jul 24 2002 10:04PM ET [Moreover - moreover...]

Hard Drive for the Car Lets You Rip CD's on the Way to Work. With its hard drive for storing music, the Sony MEX-HD1 is a bit like a built-in Apple iPod for the car. But unlike an iPod or other similar portable music players, the MEX-HD1 can download music from CD's without a computer. By Ian Austen. [New York Times: Technology]