As they say on
The Wire: "Sheeeeeeiiiiittt." Late yesterday, Universal Music Group filed lawsuits against video-sharing websites
Grouper and
Bolt (the latter of which, judging by accompanying photo, is staffed by the doorman at Delta Phi):
[The suits] mark the first time a major media company has tried to use the courts to narrowly interpret "safe harbor" protections provided by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 so it would exclude video-sharing sites. The DMCA provides protection from liability for copyright infringement to Internet companies if they meet certain criteria and follow so-called takedown procedures. Under the procedures outlined in the DMCA, sites have to remove any infringing copyright when notified specifically by the copyright holder.
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Idolator
Max Justus is a 20-year-old, Kansas City-based electronic composer whose stuff comes off like the love child of Harold Faltermeyer and my old NES, which is to say it hits me in all the right spots. He revels in just making beats and bleeps and throwing them out there, and there's always a hint of softness and beauty behind the retro goodies. It's rare that this kind of thing strikes me as emotionally generous and fun.
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