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• The sheet music hits the fan Indie 'lifers' Oasis have been causing quite a stir recently. Firstly, because someone assaulted Noel Gallagher on stage in Canada. Someone filmed it, predictably, and popped it up on YouTube.
  
  But secondly, they are giving away a song book free with NME. The scheme has been widely hailed as helping to promote a new generation of musicians, by giving them the tools and encouragement to reinterpret their favourite bands' work. But that very activity is something parts of the music industry have been trying to stamp out... from : petebradwell 10th September 2008
• Copyright extension is the enemy of innovation -Times Online Copyright extension is the enemy of innovation -Times Online from : petebradwell 23rd July 2008
• It's time to overhaul copyright law | Technology | guardian.co.uk Cory Doctorow on why copyright law needs to spot the differences between the different uses of copyrighted work. from : petebradwell 1st February 2008
• Music industry rebuffed across Europe on file-sharing identifications | OUT-LAW.COM German court refused to order ISPs hand over user details to the music industry from : petebradwell 10th August 2007
• You are not anonymous At the home of former file-sharing service Grokster, you will find a stern reminder of the illegality of p2p content sharing - followed by a thoroughly sinister last couple of lines:
  
  "YOUR IP ADDRESS IS xx.xx.xxx.xxx AND HAS BEEN LOGGED.Don't think you can't get caught. You are not anonymous." from : petebradwell 17th July 2007
• Another inconvenient truth? Al Gore has announced plans to organise seven concerts around the world to take action on climate change. He is backed by the man behind the Live8 concerts in 2005, Kevin Wall. With Make Poverty History and the One campaign seen by most people as a huge success, the news that these concerts will take place in response to another of the most pressing environmental and social issues that we face has been welcomed with open arms. To a large extent, that reaction could be the right one. from : hannahlownsbrough 21st February 2007
• Friday Rant - Simple Red I haven't ranted for a while so here goes...Mick Hucknall, in what I can only describe as the most perplexingly misguided and confused piece of writing I have ever seen, argued yesterday in the Guardian that copyright is fundamentally socialist, and implored 'real' Labour supporters who 'really' believe in Labour values to support the extension of copyright beyond the current 50 years. The piece is beyond nonsense... from : petebradwell 24th November 2006
• Nothing is Free So Universal has signed up to the incoming download site SpiralFrog - which promises to offer free music and rely instead on advertising for revenue. For those of us who see the big-players of the music industry's reaction to digital music as the example of industry fudging - through misunderstanding - the promise of new technologies, this might come as a surprise. But I suspect that amidst the extraordinary publicity the news has generated, we might miss an important distinction that unlocks some questions that are rather more interesting than whether we can get free Razorlight tracks. from : petebradwell 30th August 2006
• Are you thinking what we're thinking? Summer at the Greenhouse means lots of new ideas and projects we can't wait to get kicked off. Right now our thinking is developing across all of our 6 programmes, and we are planning projects on issues from relationships and happiness, security and privacy, to music, and social enterprise. Check out the overview for more details, or email me at niamh.gallagher@demos.co.ukWe want to know what YOU think of our ideas, so login and let us know. from : niamhgallagher 14th August 2006

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