DetritusDedicated to Recycled Culture. betaYour Own Private Plexure- December 14, 2005 About 13 years ago John Oswald gave us his masterwork of audio collage, Plexure, which wove together minute fragments of the greatest hits of the previous 10 years into a brilliant sound tapestry. Now you almost get to do the...http://detritus.net/blog/archives/000522.html Modern Copyright Law Is Destroying our Cultural Heritage- December 11, 2005 Paul of Mediageek has some interesting commentary on a report by the Council on Information and Library Resources about how over-restrictive copyright laws are making very difficult efforts to preserve and archive old sound recordings....http://detritus.net/blog/archives/000519.html The Grateful Dead Make An Intellectual Property Grab- December 1, 2005 Paul of Media Geek reports on the recent move by the Grateful Dead to stop free downloads of recordings of Dead shows. He discusses how the Dead became so successful largely because of an open policy toward taping and sharing...http://detritus.net/blog/archives/000510.html |