Good-bye Live365

Sorry, edo.

The Copyright Review Board dealt a serious blow to Internet Radio today, when it denied a request to reconsider its March ruling that would greatly increase fees broadcasters pay to copyright holders. The original ruling called for a serious escalation of fees, to the point where most small, medium, and even large Internet radio broadcasters would not be able to afford to continue broadcasting.

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Internet radio and sites like Pandora and Last.fm have become popular, useful tools for finding new music. So why are SoundExchange and the RIAA pushing for a structure that would shut them down?

Thanks for killing the bees, jerks.

Percy, that you enjoyed that video is surprisingly unsurprising.

my favourite picture of the day... and i've seen quite a few pics today... believe me!



does it suggest something to you? maybe?

TED: Ideas Worth Spreading

TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from those three worlds. Since then its scope has become ever broader.

The annual conference now brings together the world's most fascinating thinkers and doers, who are challenged to give the talk of their lives (in 18 minutes).

The Paradox of Choice was fun.

Wow. Get a statuette of your Mii.

São Paulo banned billboards last year.

The result:

ICC is "Integrated Clinical Clerkship". Which means, I'll spend 8 months in a rural hospital/clinic setting. Congrats are a bit early, I think. Party as well. Perhaps in September, when this is a bit more tangible. (I don't even know for sure that Hinton's where I'll end up.)

I like this info, though. 14 doctors and 3 surgeons (not sure if those numbers overlap) and 21 beds at the hospital. Two clinics (I assume that means one Hill and one Valley). And just under 10000 people who will find out all about the two new med students in town (although I imagine they serve more people than that in the surrounding area.) w00t.

But don't you understand, alison? The problem wasn't the gunman's access to guns. The problem was that there weren't enough guns on the campus.