First, my apologies for the delay in the show’s release. I made the terrible mistake of renewing my WoW account. It won’t be renewed.
As usual, we start with review a few movies. Adam and Brian went to see Get Smart and Wall-E. Brian and I give a quick review of The Incredible Hulk.
RIAA Special references:
The Wikipedia article on the RIAA
DAT Tapes article (includes RIAA’s DAT lobbying info)
The article on the RIAA suing Napster
The EFF article of the RIAA’s stance on copying an CD to your iPod
From Ars Technica, the RIAA sues for a loss of $9,250 per song in their suit against Jammie Thomas
Leaving Record Labels Behind
The RIAA is now stating that the broadcasters are pirating music by playing songs over the AM/FM
The Buzz Report episode with a nice Molly Wood rant about the RIAA [VIDEO]
What you can do:
Petition against the RIAA
Use RIAA Radar to see if the CDs your are buying are supporting the RIAA. The site also has a list of the top RIAA safe albums.
Support the artists directly by going to concerts and buying other band merch. You can find local events with sites like Upcoming and Eventful.
Find out about other musicians with online services like Last.FM and Pandora.
Buy music from indie artists on sites like Amie Street, Jamendo, and Podsafe Audio. A list of sites can be found here.
License your own music as Creative Commons (as we do with our own shows).
To play us out, we are going with “Opening Band” by Paul and Storm.
