The Ghost Who Talked

Source: Outlook India

Ardeshir’s ardent dream, or the story of India’s first talkie The sound revolution took a heavy toll on many a leading female star, most of them Anglo-Indians. Their glamorous presence, uninhibited approach to work and flai ...
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Youth vital in renewing Ireland, says President

Source: Irish Times

THE TRANSFORMATION of Ireland requires the commitment and contribution of its youth, President Michael D Higgins has said as he launched an initiative encouraging young Irish people at home and abroad to offer ideas on how ...
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Video Highlights Earlier Beastie Boys Copyright Lawsuit & MCA's Thoughts On Sampling

Source: Techdirt

One is a 2003 sampling lawsuit brought against the Beasties in which they triumphed: the Ninth Circuit ruled that a flute sample they took from a James Newton song was protected by the de minimis doctrine. ...
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The Strangely Tilted Playing Field of Music Copyright Royalties

Source: Brookings Institution

To say that copyright law is complex would be an understatement. At the most basic level, however, it is underpinned by a simple premise: that “authors” (including songwriters and recording artists) deserve to be compensated for the use of their creative ...
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Treasured Hawaiian songs enshrined in Library of Congress

Source: Star Advertiser

Hawaiian slack-key and steel guitar songs were among 25 sound recordings newly enshrined in the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry, library officials said. Gabby Pahinui's "Hula Medley" and "Fascinating Rhythm" by steel and electric ...
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Future Comics: Brandon Generator: a good step in the right direction for interactive storytelling

Source: Publishers Weekly

My common complaint with the current wave of interactive/digital comics is the lack of ingenuity, risk, and execution, which fall into three camps. The first is the artist-centric camp where the person who made the com ...
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What do Donna Summer, Prince, The Grateful Dead and Thomas Edison have in common?

Source: NetworkWorld

It's not often you get to listen to the sounds of Donna Summer, Prince, The Grateful Dead and Thomas Edison all in one place. Hat is unless you tap into the wide-world of recordings being preserved by the US Li ...
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National Recording Registry: The New Class

Source: WNYC | New York Public Radio

Since 2002, the Library of Congress has annually added recordings of great historical or cultural importance to its National Recording Registry. 2011’s twenty-five selections include the earliest-known commercial sound recording… the psyched ...
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Busting Down the ‘IP-Intensive’ Buzz Word

Source: ZeroPaid

One of the terms frequently used in a GIPC, which we fully debunked yesterday, was the term “IP-Intensive”. While it was used so frequently throughout the report, the GIPC was certainly not forthcoming in defining what “IP-I ...
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