Salt Pepper Ketchoop For Here Or To Go?

After the Youtube debacle, Rolling stone is reporting that Google is pulling posts containing copyrighted tracks from people’s Blogger pages without warning. Classy move. WMG’s stock is way up, but instinct tells me there’s no way it’s staying that way.

The public performance rights bill i wrote about here was introduced into congress last week. Choice quotes include ” Our ignorance of intellectual property rights on this issue is a worldwide embarrassment and it must end now,” said Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), a co-sponsor of the House bill.”

Calling it a “record label bailout” is tacky and embarassing to all involved, though.

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This article over at Variety clued me in to one of the more sensible things that the RIAA has done lately.  They’re finally pushing congress hard for a uniform public performance royalty from radio stations.  The bill was originally introduced backed in December of 2007 and Passed the House Judiciary Committee back in June but seems to have stalled around the time of that whole economic crisis thing.  Pfft.  Hit the jump for a bunch of background and analysis on what’s going on.

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