US Congress moves to censor the Internet

[Purple Monkey]

Please share them with me! this year has been lousy for me

[kaosmark2]

If you have Spotify:

J. Rollans – Swim

Anthony Wilson – Campo Belo

King Creosote & Jon Hopkins – Diamond Mine

Cashier No. 9 – To The Death Of Fun

Atlas Sound – Parallax

The Black Dog – Liber Dogma

Ochre – Early Learning

Mice Parade – What It Means To Be Left-Handed

Mattias Hellberg – High in the Lowlands

Broken Bells – Broken Bells

Junip – Fields

Karen Elson – The Ghost Who Walks

Alela Diane – Alela Diane & Wild Divine

These Ghosts – You Are Not Lost, You Are Here

Dark Dark Dark – Bright Bright Bright

Dark Dark Dark – Wild Go

Puscifer – Conditions of My Parole

Civil Civic – Rules

Cut Copy – Zonoscope

How To Destroy Angels – How To Destroy Angels

Explosions In The Sky – Take Care, Take Care, Take Care

Mogwai – Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will

Death In Vegas – Trans-Love Energies

Beach House – Teen Dream

Feist – Metals

Warpaint – The Fool (Deluxe)

Kim Cheshire – Dead Man's Shoes

Grandaddy – The Sophtware Slump

Rue Royale – Guide to an Escape

Wild Nothing – Gemini

Some from from 2011 some from 2010. To name a FEW.

Spotify is amazing.

[Purple Monkey]

As almost all the ones I've heard I really loved, I'll be checking the others out. I was a bit disappointed with the How To Destroy Angels album though, considering I'm a bit obsessive regarding NIN and anything Trent does. Still enjoyed it, but wouldn't say it's 'stunning'.

The Sophtware Slump is a reissue as well. Sadly, Grandaddy broke up several years ago. Cracking album though.

Edited November 17, 2011 by Purple Monkey

[kaosmark2]

Ah yeah I should have said some of them vary from "stunning" to "just bloody decent". My point was that good music is out there. It always was, always is. Check out Dark Dark Dark - absolutely beautiful stuff, as is King Creosote. Also, this is a snippet from a fairly tranquil-in-tone playlist, there's just as many metal/thrash/hardcore albums sprouting up too. Devildrivers new album is excellent, and Machine Head just popped another one out this year.

In fact as the world steadily goes to hell I'd suspect there will be an equal and wonderfully opposite reaction in all forms of art. Until the powers that be start burning books and banning shit.

Hence why this law is bad news.

[eFestivals]

I object to the idea that the big record labels own the music, not the musician who wrote the songs.

What you've missed from that is that the musicians have happily sold any rights they've passed on to others. No one has ever forced a musician to hand over any rights from their music.

[kaosmark2]

What you've missed from that is that the musicians have happily sold any rights they've passed on to others. No one has ever forced a musician to hand over any rights from their music.

[5co77ie]

There's a growing number of detractors from the bill:

http://www.nydailyne...rticle-1.979020

Hearings in the House of Representatives on the Stop Internet Piracy Act (SOPA) began Wednesday, sparking a campaign by dozens of companies to keep the bill from becoming law.

"We support the bill's stated goals," says

an open letter signed by nine Internet companies, including Google, Facebook, Twitter, Yahoo, AOL and eBay.

"Unfortunately, the bills as drafted would expose law-abiding U.S. Internet and technology companies to new uncertain liabilities."

Edited November 17, 2011 by 5co77ie

[eFestivals]

And with the shift the internet has created, I don't see the major labels as having any actual contribution any more

Oh c'mon - they still have the power to make or break someone.

It's not talent that got Gaga to be the biggest selling artist of the moment in a very small moment but the marketing and hype that a record co can deliver.

They of course can't do that for everyone, so they don't - else they'd simply drive themselves bankrupt. But little of this side of things has changed in the last 40+ years.

while they constantly try and push for laws that will help maintain the status quo, allowing them to enjoy the same control and privileges, while what they actually offer is of decreasing value.

The same could be said of any other industry tho - they all try to protect their own interests; in the UK if not elsewhere it's their legal duty to do that.

And just about every product is of decreasing value, due to how the world changes.

I'm not really trying to sup[port them cos in many ways I feel the same as you, but I still dislike the myth that gets pushed of stuff being 'stolen' from musicians, or that record companies no longer serve a purpose. The growth in radio listening (which funnily enough should also be suffering a similar internet effect but is not) gets to show that record companies will still be around for at least few decades yet.

[kaosmark2]

Oh c'mon - they still have the power to make or break someone.

It's not talent that got Gaga to be the biggest selling artist of the moment in a very small moment but the marketing and hype that a record co can deliver.

They of course can't do that for everyone, so they don't - else they'd simply drive themselves bankrupt. But little of this side of things has changed in the last 40+ years.

The same could be said of any other industry tho - they all try to protect their own interests; in the UK if not elsewhere it's their legal duty to do that.

And just about every product is of decreasing value, due to how the world changes.

I'm not really trying to sup[port them cos in many ways I feel the same as you, but I still dislike the myth that gets pushed of stuff being 'stolen' from musicians, or that record companies no longer serve a purpose. The growth in radio listening (which funnily enough should also be suffering a similar internet effect but is not) gets to show that record companies will still be around for at least few decades yet.

[windy_miller]

Junip – Fields

[Purple Monkey]

Ooh, how did I not know about this? I have their Black Refuge E.P from a few years ago which is excellent. Any Jose Gonzales fans out there should check this out (its his other band).

Just to add a few more to the list (the M83 and Washed Out albums are particularly stunning)...

M83 – Hurry Up, We're Dreaming.

Washed Out – Within and Without

The War On Drugs – Slave Ambient

Yuck – Yuck

Braids – Native Speaker

Death In Vegas – Trans-Love Energies

Gang Gang Dance – Eye Contact

Amon Tobin – ISAM

EMA – Past Life Martyred Saints

Carbon Based Lifeforms – Twentythree

[russycarps]

If you have Spotify:

J. Rollans – Swim

Anthony Wilson – Campo Belo

King Creosote & Jon Hopkins – Diamond Mine

Cashier No. 9 – To The Death Of Fun

Atlas Sound – Parallax

The Black Dog – Liber Dogma

Ochre – Early Learning

Mice Parade – What It Means To Be Left-Handed

Mattias Hellberg – High in the Lowlands

Broken Bells – Broken Bells

Junip – Fields

Karen Elson – The Ghost Who Walks

Alela Diane – Alela Diane & Wild Divine

These Ghosts – You Are Not Lost, You Are Here

Dark Dark Dark – Bright Bright Bright

Dark Dark Dark – Wild Go

Puscifer – Conditions of My Parole

Civil Civic – Rules

Cut Copy – Zonoscope

How To Destroy Angels – How To Destroy Angels

Explosions In The Sky – Take Care, Take Care, Take Care

Mogwai – Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will

Death In Vegas – Trans-Love Energies

Beach House – Teen Dream

Feist – Metals

Warpaint – The Fool (Deluxe)

Kim Cheshire – Dead Man's Shoes

Grandaddy – The Sophtware Slump

Rue Royale – Guide to an Escape

Wild Nothing – Gemini

Some from from 2011 some from 2010. To name a FEW.

Spotify is amazing.

[The Nal]

Looks like this SOPA bill is going to be passed in some reduced form. Cant upload clips from TV shows/movies to Facebook, Twitter etc or you may be breaching copyright law. Basically, you may have to be very careful of everything you share on the internet. A clip of some clown falling off a chair may be copyrighted to someone.

Wikipedia on blackout tomorrow for 24 hours. Good to see.

Twitters' CEO Dick Costolo criticising Wikipedia for doing so, calling them "foolish" and "silly". Not so good to see.

[5co77ie]

Wiki aren't the only one - a few festival sites down too like this one:

http://womad.org/

[Paul ™]

http://wordpress.org/

http://boingboing.net/

[Ed209]

Totally support wikis stance and actions. The guy from twitter got it wrong. They're not a business, They're a registered charity who aim to provided free information to the world. It's their duty to stand up for stuff like this.

[The Nal]

So I shouldn't upload copyrighted material ? So what's new?

[Ed209]

I believe that if the legislation goes through, then in theory you may be prosected for even just linking to a website that is displaying copyrighted material. Whether you were aware of that or not.

[Ed209]

http://theoatmeal.com/sopa

[MrZigster]

It's like Ian Hislop said a couple of days ago regarding media (and others) isn't it? There are already laws in place to deal with these offences. It doesn't need more regulation, just enforcement of the current legislation.

Still, why enforce an old law when you can make a new one eh?

[5co77ie]

Which is clearly still illegal right now...

If I upload a Premiership Football Match and claim to not know it is copyrighted then that isn't going to be much of a defence...

If you didn't take the photo, film the movie or write the song... Then you probably don't own the rights...

Edited January 18, 2012 by 5co77ie

[t8yman]

Great video outlining what is at stake here

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

Thanks for posting that t8yman. I have forwarded it on to others (while I still can).

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

Got this back in reply;

We have just six days to stop the US Congress censoring the world’s Internet. After massive public pressure this shocking bill is losing traction, but to bury it we need to urgently pull out all the stops.

The US Congress was poised to pass a law allowing the US to censor access to any website around the world. But after we delivered our 1.25 million strong petition to the White House, it came out against the bill and with public pressure at boiling point even some bill backers are switching sides. Now, the Wikipedia-led blackout protest has rocketed the campaign to the top of the news.

But in the final hours, our opponents are desperately trying to revive it. It’s up to us to stop the US from gagging our Internet as we know it. Click below to sign the urgent global petition now then send this to everyone. Our ally Senator Wyden will read out our names during a filibuster to block the vote in Congress:

http://www.avaaz.org/en/save_the_internet_signing_f/?vl

The bill would make the US one of the worst Internet censors in the world -- joining the ranks of countries like China and Iran. The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and PROTECT IP Act (PIPA) would allow the US government to block any of us from accessing sites like YouTube, Google, or Facebook.

But Avaaz voices are making a difference and amazingly we could win! After we delivered our 1.25 million-strong petition to high level officials, the White House came out against the legislation. And our massive push alongside national campaigners has catalysed a flurry of opposition from powerful online companies like Craigslist and now Wikipedia is leading an Internet blackout protest tomorrow.

Now, our mighty opposition is picking off bill proponents and even co-sponsors one by one. Last weekend Senator Cardin, who cosponsored the legislation, announced that he will vote against it! And six prominent Republicans, including two other co-sponsors, penned a letter requesting that the bill be shelved. We are turning the tide, but the dark forces of censorship are well funded and we need to keep ramping up the pressure right up until the vote. Sign this emergency petition to save the internet now and forward it to everyone:

http://www.avaaz.org/en/save_the_internet_signing_f/?vl

This US legislation could infringe on all of our freedoms. But if we win, we will show that when people unite with one voice from all over the world we can stop the abuse of power anywhere. We have brought this bill back from the brink. Now, if we amplify our voices, we can put an end to the most powerful Internet censorship threat that the world has ever seen.

With hope,

Dalia, Ian, Alice, Ricken, Diego, David, and the Avaaz Team

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

Well, I've signed anyway.