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Why Bowie and the Grateful Dead are the web’s real visionaries – The Observer

February 22nd, 2010

If you want to know our online future, ask a musician, writes John Naughton in the Observer. Naughton cites an interview David Bowie had with the New York Times eight years ago, where he said: “I don’t even know why I would want to be on a label in a few years because I don’t [...]

Digital Economy Bill cannot protect copyright

January 26th, 2010

‘Robin Hood’ developers will neuter Bill with new applications and tools
 
The Digital Economy Bill will have precisely the opposite of its desired effect. The Bill will ignite the development of tools that make it easier for people to access music, films and other copyright-protected material for free and undetected, defeating any attempt to protect copyright.
 
That [...]