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> Bono recently announced that in his opinion the way to stop music piracy is to employ some combination of the great firewall of China and\/or the methods used to stop child prOn – both of which seem odd company for the music “industry” to keep. But his other argument is that ISPs should be taxed because they are the ones getting rich from all the file sharing. As plenty of commenters state, there doesn’t seem to be any actual data to support this theory – because if there was it would be trotted out in the same sentence… is<\/em> there any data to support this theory?
\nWhat’s even odder from my point of view is that I have heard the same argument (tax the ISPs) from U2s manager, and from the local performing rights & royalty collection agency, APRA who quoted & have then assumed this theory as part of their strategy.<\/a> They state: “The perception that music is free is wrong and currently music represents a vast amount of what ISP\u2019s and telecommunication companies receive, in the form of data charges from their customers. Copyright owners should share in this economy.” For that statement to be correct, surely it should say “The perception that ALL music is free is wrong…” – because there IS plenty of legitimate, free music available online but its the rest I am interested in: “music represents a vast amount of what ISP\u2019s and telecommunication companies receive” – really? Here are the two sources of Bonos comments: boing boing<\/a> and sonic state.<\/a> <\/p>\n

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> Watch the ball:
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> How to make a living<\/a> playing music<\/p>\n

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> My favorite new visual blog: Black and WTF<\/a>
\nEvery photo posted there must<\/em> have a fascinating back story!
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> 21 Great Free Thinkers<\/a> of Indie Film<\/p>\n

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> James Cameron: crack\/VFX Addict
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> Avatar in 5 panels<\/a><\/p>\n

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> I actually tried to go see Avatar in 3D the other day but turned out its booked up 4 days in advance, so I’ll leave it for a month – I don’t like sitting in a packed picture theatre. But since it was a sunny day I jumped on a boat to Somes Island & wow! The 3D effects were fantastic! It was like really being there!<\/p>\n

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> Shift magazines DOT MOV short film festival is currently touring Japan, but you can watch the selected shorts online here,<\/a> while my favorite of their selection LoopLoop<\/a> is already on vimeo (& has been posted here before)
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> Ah Joe – he’s the kind of drummer who can adjust his glasses mid mind-blowing solo…. Such a melodic drummer!
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