Yearly Archives: 2004

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In light of Senate passage of the “Pirate Act“, authorizing civil copyright enforcement by the Justice Dept.—the content industry gets Justice to do it’s work for them—and the House’s passing of H.R. 4077: The Piracy Deterrence and Education Act (PDEA), it’s time to oppose the onslaught of current legislation aimed at keeping the future of music under the lock and key of the corporate content industries.

Let’s start with the Induce Act—”The IICA (“Induce Act”) is one of the most dangerously misguided and malicious pieces of technology legislation to rear its ugly head in the last decade.”

According to Ernest Miller, today’s scheduled markup of S.2560 (The Induce Act) in the Senate Judiciary committee isn’t happening. Instead,

the (Sen.) Hatch staff has invited a bunch of people, most of them content people, to a massive negotiation session at 1 p.m. in Dirksen 226. This is not a public meeting, but could be staked out. MPAA, RIAA, BSA, AOL-Time Warner were invited.

CopyFight has the worst case scenario

We have a House copyright bill (PDEA) and a Senate copyright bill (Induce). November rolls around, and ’tis the season for appropriations. Someone takes out the scissors and tape, and PDEA and Induce become PDEA+Induce. There’s an appropriations bill that looks a little lonely. Suppose we staple PDEA+Induce to the bottom? That way, it’ll be sure to sneak by—because you can’t hold back government.

This is what could happen if the Induce Act becomes law.

Check out The Induce Act Blog and Miller’s Hatch’s Hit List for more information and analysis of the ramifications of this legislation. Be sure to check out IPac, the new geek/technology political action committee, as well. IPac’s mission:

IPac is a nonpartisan group dedicated to preserving individual freedom through balanced intellectual property policy.

We believe that technological innovation and individual creativity are vital to the future of this country. We believe that a prosperous and democratic society depends on freedom for all individuals to pursue scientific invention and artistic expression. Unfortunately, new intellectual property laws threaten to stifle these freedoms and restrict public participation in science, art, and political discourse.

What are our nice donewaiting.com writers up to?

// ENGLAND: Steve Miller talks about the new REM album.

// JERSEY CITY: Brother Stephen returns to form.

// HOUSTON: David A. Cobb interviews the Methods.

// CHICAGO: Tankboy posts up tour dates for The Decibators.

// SAN FRANCISCO: Read about Craig’s show of the week.

// COLUMBUS: Chip Midnight interviews The Blood Violets

// LOS ANGELES AND INDIANAPOLIS: Sadness.

Miranda Sound [mp3/mp3/mp3] have been slowly unveiling all of their new songs to the world, show by show. If the recordings go as well as the live shows have, I’d wager their third album is going to be the one to put them over the top.

The band has a few out of town shows coming up that are worth your while, for sure:

9/25/04 – Chicago, IL – The Pontiac
w/ Josiah (Light FM) & Analog Radio (FREE SHOW)

9/26/04 – Dubuque, IA – Dubuque Sports Complex
w/ Thee Shams, The Bent Scepters, GrainBelt & More

9/30/04 – Philadelphia, PA – The Fire
w/ The Method and Result & Brandon Wiard

10/2/04 – Boston, MA – Bill’s Bar
NEMO Music Conference
w/ Loretta, The Remedy Session, Sam Bisbee & Sexy Magazine

BONUS: New photogallery of the band.

(upon further reflection, i realize a few of these days have already passed. i stupid)

Small pieces of information:

// Shortlist: The Compilation CD

// Weezer: almost done!

// Travis Morrison not getting much love in our message board.

// New Elvis Costello video in Quicktime [credz]

Kim has taken some great photos for us in the past, but this set of Hayden might be her best work. Here’s a small sample:

Check out the whole gallery here. They really are beautiful.

This is how Tankboy begins his donewaiting.com review of last week’s Green Day concert:

Nine-minute songs. Boldly nicking riffs from both Bryan Adams and Iggy Pop amongst others. Fucking tympanis on-stage? Auxiliary musicians hurrying to their positions to hit their cues. The audacity to play a full album?s worth of unreleased material with no promise of the hits. It could have been a disaster.

Well, was it a disaster? There’s only one way to find out: click it to win it.

Just a note to all the fine donewaiting.com readers that Christmas will be here before you know it, and well, I could always use a new pair of speakers:

Full details here.

Fugazi’s “Waiting Room” and Destiny Child’s “Independent Women” mixed together in one song? That can’t possibly work, can it? Actually, the results are impressive. Check out “Independent Room” (MP3) from Party Ben Information Systems.

It was announced yesterday that following the release of their new record Rendezvous next month, Luna will be closing the book on their wonderful 12-year career. Touring will carry on into 2005, with at least two treks through the US and Canada, but then that’s it. Fin.

[credz chromewaves]