2009 September | Keys Corner

Suicidal Music Industry

By John, on September 19th, 2009

There’s an article in ars technica about “big content”: Songwriters, composers, and music publishers are lobbying Congress to legislate the payment of performance fees into downloaded music. If music publishers get their way, they’ll be able to extract additional licensing fees from music downloads, movies, and TV shows containing their music, and even 30-second . . . → Read More: Suicidal Music Industry

No brainer

By John, on September 10th, 2009

I wouldn’t have thought you need to have a degree from the LSE to realise that the most effective way to reduce global CO2 emissions is to reduce the population. However that is what they have just stated in a new report (Fewer Emitters, Lower Emissions, Less Cost): It’s always been obvious that total . . . → Read More: No brainer

Are you going to get wet feet?

By John, on September 5th, 2009

Valencia and La Albufera if the sea level rises just one meter Flood Map, a Google mashup, shows which land will be under water when Global Warming raises the sea level.

(Via Boing . . . → Read More: Are you going to get wet feet?