Remarks delivered by Bruce P. Mehlman, Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy

Kronos Quartet to debut a new Terry Riley composition based upon plasma waves from space: With scientific instruments on NASA’s Voyagers, Galileo, Cassini and more than two dozen other spacecraft, University of Iowa physicist Dr. Don Gurnett has been recording waves that course through the thin, electrically charged gas pervading …

I am not a hunter, but I like meat and feel no guilt in eating it, er them. I am against cruelty, but I believe animals have no rights we don’t give them. It’s all about us, to put it bluntly. Morrissey disagrees and tells a PETA interviewer so: Morrissey …

The American Civil Liberties Union, The American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression, the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) and the American Library Association’s Freedom to Read Foundation have sued the Justice Department under the Freedom of Information Act in an effort to extract more information about the government’s application of …

RIAA’s Rosen addresses Janis Ian’s USA Today editorial: Janis Ian’s USA TODAY column (Oct 23rd, “Music industry spins falsehood”) so blatantly mischaracterizes both the RIAA position as well as that of most record company executives that I know on several different issues that a response is merited. First, I must …

With an exceptionally exciting World Series tied at two games each (echoes of 1960 with the Angels in the Yankees’ role of burying, and the Giants in the Pirates’ role of eking) David Hogberg brings up an excellent point: why is it that no one seems to care about base …

Lyricist of classic Broadway and Hollywood musicals.

New Epic “sonic novel” Scarlet’s Walk: On October 25 at 7PM (ET) / 4PM (PT), Tori Amos will chat live online with fans to invite them to join her on Scarlet’s Walk, her sonic novel and auspicious debut on Epic Records that arrives in stores four days later on October …

DMCA sweeps on eBay prevent artist from selling his own CDs

Legal license to vandalize at will being reconsidered: Alec French, an aide to bill author Rep. Howard Berman, D-Calif., defended his boss’ ideas but acknowledged that some critics had made reasonable points about the controversial proposal. “He plans to significantly redraft the bill to accommodate reasonable concerns before reintroduction in …