Waiting for Spring
Nothing much new today. I just feel spent. Maybe I'm coming down with something. But I can never be too sure because I'm such a hypochondriac. My sister is organizing a rally at UCSD, clamoring for the lifting of the anti-affirmative action resolutions SP-1 and SP-2. I'm really proud of her. This is what leadership and activism is all about. I'm becoming slowly convinced that the corporations will win in the end, barring World War, and that if I decide to have children, they will more likely than not be cast in chains of virtual slavery. I'm trying not to be pessimistic about the future, but it's really hard these days. There are bright spots of light along the way, though. Here's a quick update on Courtney Love's lawsuit against Universal. No, it's not Napster-related, but it's pretty awesome, a totally idealistic crusade. So screw everybody who thinks that we should just accept what the RIAA has to say about music and art just because they're the ones with the money. Really, why should some brainless suit get to profit more than the artist? This story actually broke yesterday--Courtney Love alleges that recording contracts rip-off artist. The suit specificallytargets Universal, but it'll easily have repercussions throughout the industry. I've been looking for the title of this rap that sounds kind of like Bone, Thugz, and Harmony and uses "Human" by theHuman League. Oh, and finally, on a Napster-related tip, copyrights.net launched a program to track down pirates. All it really does is take your shared playlist and scan for proscribed titles. It doesn't even check to make sure they're really what they're entitled. [Story on www.siliconvalley.com][ Story on www.tennessean.com] My friend Eugene alerted me to this one, and it was posted on Slashdot.org too.
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