Science and Technology

Very interesting study by blogger Darren at the Living Room on time-spent stats for blogs. Check it out: How long does the average blog reader stay on a blog on any given visit? I searched for the statistic on Google but couldn’t find it so I decided to do some …

This strikes me as a totally worthwhile endeavor, and I encourage your interest and participation: Hello Over the past several months, we have been planning and developing a project that allows artists to easily distribute their music freely on the Internet. The program produced by the Gnomoradio project will allow …

Somewhat to my surprise, several Blogcritics and some readers have indicated they weren’t aware that I write for MSNBC.com. I am forever indebted to Jan Herman for bringing me in to the fold, and I miss his editorial expertise greatly – be sure to check out Jan’s great Straight Up …

A fascinating new study on the “Analysis of Security Vulnerabilities in the Movie Production and Distribution Process” by AT&T researchers find that: Unauthorized copying of movies is a major concern for the motion picture industry. While unauthorized copies of movies have been distributed via portable physical media for some time, …

Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.) was online yesterday in a live chat via Washingtonpost.com to talk about his efforts to rein in the recording industry’s legal war against people who share copyrighted material without permission: washingtonpost.com: Good morning Senator Coleman, thanks for joining us today. The war over online file swapping …

I’m all for pretty much anything that puts more power and flexibility into the hands of consumers. If the recording industry continues to add value to its product, it may survive: FABOLOUS HITS THE STREETS NOVEMBER 4th WITH MORE STREET DREAMS PT. 2 THE MIXTAPE Groundbreaking ‘Mixable CD’ Format Lets …

There is none. Dawn and I had to attend a memorial service for the minister who married us yesterday – we were busy and sad – so I was unable to give Blogcritics the full attention it deserves. Interesting that on this particular day my pal Charles Johnson would choose …

Yes, you can rightfully argue that ignorance of the law is no excuse: as citizens we each have the responsibility to know what the rules are. But the main rules are just common sense: don’t kill anyone who isn’t trying to kill you, don’t beat people up, don’t steal, don’t …

Because of the DMCA, the RIAA can literally extort money from “customers” beyond the supervision of the law – it kind of reminds me of the good old days of sharecropping and the company store. Remember what Tennessee Ernie Ford sang? “Load sixteen tons and what do you get? Another …

I’ve been saying this for over a year: digital music is priced WAY too high for it to be either anything close to a good deal, or for it to be appealing vs the price of FREE (not really free – it costs time, the expense of the computer, broadband, …