Posted on 29 September 2008 by Raizel
In their new book, Born Digital, John Palfrey and Urs Gassler discuss the generation of digital natives, described as those born after 1980, and how they interact with online knowledge, compared with the online experiences of digital immigrants. The thesis of the book is that those in the youngest generation are more adept, more at [...]
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Posted on 28 September 2008 by keidra
I gave a test run to MySpace’s new and “improved” music store/community this weekend. I want to give it a little more time, since it literally just came out yesterday, but so far I’m not quite feeling it. Honestly, I don’t spend much time on MySpace these days, I long abandoned it for Facebook as [...]
Filed under: music, recording industry, social networking, technology, the recording industry is hastening its own slow death | Tagged: intunes, myspace, myspace music, recording industry | 1 Comment »
Posted on 24 September 2008 by keidra
Yippie! On Monday, I got an exciting e-mail from my hero, Trent Reznor! I had this entire post planned about the survey that Trent Reznor sent out to registered fans at NIN.com, and how DIY marketing is a sign of things to come in the music industry, and that connecting with and engaging your base [...]
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Posted on 23 September 2008 by Raizel
After many months, Judge Patterson issued an opinion (PDF) in the Harry Potter Lexicon case, ruling that the Lexicon, could not be published and ordered a payment of $6,750 for copyright violation. The part of the decision based on fair use states The fair-use factors, weighed together in light of the purposes of copyright law, [...]
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