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  Open Letter to Lib-Dem Lord Clement-Jones re: Web Blocking.

  03.03.10 | Permalink | 10 Comments

  [I just sent this in response to the Open Rights Group's call to contact the Lib-Dem and Conservative Lords over their proposed amendment to the Digital Economy bill allowing sites to be blocked under suspicion of enabling the transfer of copyright materials.] Dear Lord Clement-Jones, Along with everyone I know who works in IT/the internet [...]

• music, news/current affairs, social media

  RATM Christmas Follow-up: Was It A Fix?

  12.22.09 | Permalink | 19 Comments

  I’ve started mentally drafting this a few times, but almost all of them just ended up with me reiterating everything I said in my ‘Futility Of Fighting Fire With Fire‘ post over on stevelawson.net. However, this evening, someone linked on Twitter to This blog post claiming that it was a campaign masterminded by Sony. And [...]

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  The Future of Politics is Mutual

  11.09.09 | Permalink | 38 Comments

  This is not a post about the things that are wrong with our world. This is a post about how we make them right. Of course it is not exhaustive, and by no means is it intended to be a detailed and flawless solution, in fact it openly admits that fact, because that (you will [...]

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  Together We’re Louder – Campaigning In the 21st Century

  10.13.09 | Permalink | 4 Comments

  Everything has changed. And the more things change, the more they stay the same. Every time a new technology comes along, its success is largely governed by the level to which it helps us to do what we’ve always wanted to do, but have previously been unable to do properly – or at least as [...]

• music, news/current affairs

  Free Albums – Screw The RIAA

  08.01.09 | Permalink | 12 Comments

  Having just read the story of Joel Tenenbaum, who has just been fined over $600,000 dollars for downloading 30 songs, I’m incensed by the insanity of the RIAA – the Record Industry Association of America. While it claims to be “the trade group that represents the U.S. recording industry. Its mission is to foster a [...]

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  Could you Live Without Money?

  07.23.09 | Permalink | 6 Comments

  Just found this article, via a music mailing list – basically about a dude who lives in a cave in Utah, with no money. He picks wild plants, occasionally eats insects, dumpster-dives in the nearest town… Fascinating story, with much food for thought…. I’m not sure the lesson is about living with nothing, as much [...]

• music, news/current affairs, video

  The Power Of Music

  06.28.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  In a week when endless words are being spent deconstructing the meaning of Michael Jackson’s life and legacy, This video provides a stunningly powerful example of the role of music at the opposite end of the spectrum. Bant Singh is a singer and farmer from Punjab, India. His story is told in detail on the [...]

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  Michael Jackson Dead Aged 50

  06.25.09 | Permalink | 19 Comments

  Wow, bit of a surprise this one. I didn’t know he was ill, or any more ill than he always appears to be. The LATimes are just now reporting that his death has been confirmed A proper nutcase, and quite a scary one at times. But also a musical genius. When teamed up with Quincey [...]

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  Recycle Week – Suggest a Pledge.

  06.22.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  Next week has been declared ‘Recycle Week’ – have a look at the website here. So, suggestions for cool pledges? Have you already pledged? what did you post? (feel free to link to your pledge, so we can keep an eye on whether you maintain it or not ). If the pledges-to-make-the-world-a-better-place idea appeals to [...]

• music, news/current affairs, social media

  ISPs & those troublesome downloaders – A possible solution

  06.17.09 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  The BBC news reported that “Virgin and Universal have signed a deal that will give the ISP’s customers access to “unlimited” music. For a monthly fee, Virgin’s broadband customers will be able to download or stream as many MP3 files as they want.

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