Clay Shirky: Why SOPA is a bad idea "Just consume, don’t produce, don’t share." The content industries don’t want a distinction between what’s legal and illegal, that bit them in the ass already, with the Home Recording Act of 1992, wherein it was declared legal to make your own mixtapes, even share them. That horrified […]

1. What A Difference A Day Makes! Members of Congress positions In case you’re on a mobile phone or don’t have the patience to click through to the Internet, this is a chart showing the switch in position by Congressmen after yesterday’s web blackout. On January 18th SOPA/PIPA had 80 supporters and 31 opponents. On […]

You don’t mess with the Web. Isn’t that what the battle between Napster and the music industry taught us? That despite having the law on your side you just can’t win? Meanwhile, the pirating of music is in its sunset years. People will pay for streaming services just like they used to pay for push […]

Suddenly Juliette Lewis is an expert? Isn’t that like Brad Pitt believing he can really manage a major league baseball team, or Lester Bangs thinking he can be a rock star? If you want to watch one skit from last night’s SNL, watch this one, "You Can Do Anything", which may not be hysterically funny, […]