Fair use vs. copyright law quotes, Yahoo, ISPs join Verizon’s fight with the RIAA, forbiden 9-11 thoughts.

by johnford on September 12, 2002

O’Riley has a number of great quotes up on the copyright/fair use issue. My personal fave has to be: “The record industry is still pissed off that other people are making money off their business, even if it promotes their products and increases their sales. I think they’re still mad about radio.”

Yahoo and a number of Internet service providers have sided with Verizon Communications in its legal wrestling match with the recording industry. ZDNet has the scoop.

Shirky.com excerpt I from Clay Shirky’s speech to the BBC about the prospects for online community building by broadcast media.

Forbidden thoughts about 9/11 on Salon.com. My fave: “I felt that this was not my problem as a black person. The people who worked at the World Trade Center were mostly white men, and so they had nothing to do with me as a black woman.

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