The US Senate and Congress have both been discussing extending special copyright protection to the fashion industry -- an industry which thrives on the lack of copyright protection in several ways. And guess what one of the reasons they supposedly need copyright protection is: to ensure that terrorists don't win. :) If there's one thing no one can accuse Washington of, it's inconsistency.
Links:
[1] http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080215/135455266.shtml
[2] http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20070810/030915.shtml
[3] http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/09/fashion/09ROW.html?ex=1344398400&en=1075a5b43c787fd8&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Friday, February 15, 2008
Broken Violins
I just came across an article about David Garrett accidentally crushing his 236-year-old million-dollar Guadagnini violin and felt really sad.
I don’t play the violin although many years ago, my grandmother had given me an old Czech copy of a Stradivarius. It first came to me in good condition. After years of my being separated from it, it came back to me with its body cracked. I doubt the violin was ever worth very much but I was heartbroken nonetheless.
Link: http://music.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,2257124,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront
I don’t play the violin although many years ago, my grandmother had given me an old Czech copy of a Stradivarius. It first came to me in good condition. After years of my being separated from it, it came back to me with its body cracked. I doubt the violin was ever worth very much but I was heartbroken nonetheless.
Link: http://music.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,2257124,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront
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