--- Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2004 12:45:34 -0800 (PST) From: Annalee Newitz <brainsploitation@private> Subject: whose pod? To: declan@private Hi Declan. Thought Politech folks would be interested in a package of stories in the San Francisco Bay Guardian this week about iPods, free speech, and how to share music "safely." Contributors include old school punk rocker Victor Krummenacher of Camper Van Beethoven and XLR8R editor Vivian Host. And, of course, yours truly. The package is here: www.sfbg.com (note this URL will change next week). Here's a bit from my article: Yaaar! The music pirates' manifesto By Annalee Newitz WITH A GROAN, I peeled the transparent sticker off my brand-new iPod. In the clean, cute font for which Apple is known, it read, "Don't steal music." Even the wrapping paper on my smooth little machine was full of antipiracy propaganda. But the software wrappings Apple places around the music the iPod plays are far worse than propaganda: they enforce, with no subtlety or charm, the licensing preferred by corporate copyright holders. Once upon a time, Apple's slogan "Rip. Mix. Burn." meant "make as many copies as you want of your legally purchased music." Now it means "make the limited number of copies we deem appropriate." All that's being ripped, mixed, and burned are fair-use laws . . . http://www.sfbg.com/38/19/cover_noise_pirates.html ===== Annalee Newitz tech * pop * sex 415.487.2559 - cell: 415.378.4498 www.techsploitation.com _______________________________________________ Politech mailing list Archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Moderated by Declan McCullagh (http://www.mccullagh.org/)
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