September 30th marked the 50th year anniversary for one of our favorite families, The Flintstones.
From mental_floss : 'TV’s favorite stone-age family first visited our living rooms on September 30, 1960. Originally pitched as The Flagstones, television’s first prime-time animated series ran for six seasons and became so popular that companies like Welch’s paid big bucks to get their products advertised by Fred, Wilma, Betty, Barney and Pebbles.'
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Does The DMCA require internet disconnections?
From ars.technica : 'Torrentfreak ran an article last week about a small US Internet provider called Suddenlink, which apparently disconnects its users for six months after receiving three copyright infringement allegations. When a customer was disconnected and asked the reason, he was told that the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) requires it. But does it?'
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Just because we all can use a distraction once in awhile, here are 10 WTF Images Of Famous People via Listverse. VIEW HERE
And finally, for now....
From Yahoo! 'A German student has created a computer game giving players a taste of life as an East German border guard shooting political fugitives fleeing to the West, to the outrage of victims' relatives.' READ MORE
As another crazy week ends... here we go again.
What is the RIAA Hoping To Change? From Hypebot: 'In a recent interview, Joel Tenenbaum was asked what he had hoped to change when he stood up against the RIAA and refused to agree to a settlement. He fired back, “I’m not ‘hoping to change’ anything… Maybe the better question is: What is the RIAA hoping to change?'
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Do you think Michael would have wanted this? From Yahoo!News: 'The Michael Jackson estate has entered a licensing deal with a Los Angeles company that will create an online virtual world based on the King of Pop called "Planet Michael." ' READ MORE
Myspace has lost so much over the last few years. It looks like they are ready to give it another try to win back our hearts. TechCrunch: 'It’s no secret that embattled MySpace is working on a complete redesign of its site in hopes of reversing the staggering loss of users and traffic over the last couple of years.'
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So, you may think that terrestrial radio is dead... well, by the looks of things presented, that may not be so. READ MORE
And finally, because I felt this was an important article for twitter users. It made me think about my use.
UNEXPECTED LESSONS -- from BIG METHOD
It is a holiday weekend.... so, it's time to catch up on some of the things we may have missed....
Hype Machine Outs Artists For Chart Manipulation - (hypebot) -- "We found several artists and blogs creating fake accounts on the site and favoriting their tracks to get higher visibility in the charts." (pretty pathetic if you ask me)
Recording Labels Sue Online Music Services - (tulsaworld) --- Microsoft Corp., Yahoo Inc. and RealNetworks Inc. have been sued by music labels that allege the companies made recordings available without getting permission. (didn't this already happen?)
Sony Music, IODA Create Digital Network (reuters)
Sorry, this is a short post.... but like I said, it is a holiday weekend... now go out and have some fun!
