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Most famous Blogcritic Glenn Reynolds is on a roll of late with digital/entertainment goodies. He is following the conceptual music/digital exploits of prodigy Aimee Deep: Here are the dirty details of how Big Media plans to attack us in our homes: First, serve millions of secret subpoenas to get our …

As everyone who gives a fig knows by now, Kelly Clarkson won the American Idol competition last night. She is now in the hands of the 19 Group of Companies (scroll to bottom): A Brief Introduction Simon Fuller has had a profound influence on current British pop culture. At 21, …

The Electronic Music Defense and Education Fund (EM:DEF) is holding a national protest against the RAVE Act this Friday: On Friday, September 6th thousands of voters will be calling their Senators and urging them to oppose the RAVE Act, a bill that is a danger to free speech and public …

Royalty fees to turn webcasters to talk or silence: Jupiter Research said royalty fees could bankrupt Web radio stations by forcing them to pay more to play songs than they could ever make up in advertising revenue–a prediction that’s already come true for dozens of stations that have ceased their …

PW Daily newsletter reports on publishing companies in the vicinity of WTC, one year later – by Steven Zeitchik: They are connected in the unlikeliest of ways, six companies that because of geographic coincidence became touchstones for how publishing felt America’s tragedy. In mission they are as different as midnight …

Steve Baltin tells the tale in the LA Times: One film crew is already shooting in the sparsely decorated Mulholland Drive home of Charissa Saverio–a.k.a. popular nightclub disc jockey DJ Rap–when a second crew arrives at the door. It’s a little before 4 in the afternoon, the start of her …

Mick Jagger was animated, Keith Richards less so according to reviewer Greg Frost in “Licks” tour debut in Boston: “There’s nothing so exciting as starting an American tour on the first night,” the 59-year-old Jagger told the audience. “And there’s nothing so exciting as starting it here in Boston.” The …

SYNFEST ANNOUNCES PANELS AND PANELISTS SynthCleveland presents SynFest, an electronic music conference and festival Saturday, September 28, 2002 at the Phantasy Complex in Lakewood, OH. This two-part event starts at 3pm with the conference portion, featuring panel discussions. The format of the panels will begin with a moderated discussion and …

Analysis from Reuters: Bertelsmann’s new “safe pair of hands” boss has taken just six weeks to kill off some of the wilder ventures in his far-flung media empire, but kicking what remains into shape will be a far greater challenge. By unpicking ousted CEO Thomas Middelhoff’s handiwork, Gunter Thielen is …

Petition signed by several hundred people: The Honorable John Ashcroft Attorney General of the United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530 Dear Attorney General Ashcroft: We are artists, technologists, scholars and consumers…individuals on the Internet, united by the human will and the common bonds of …