My pal John Anderson was my guest on the radioshow this evening to tell us about the newest dirt on the Calvary Satellite Network, the Clear Channel of Christian broadcasting. It seems that the two principal churches behind the network, the Calvary Chapel of Twin Falls, ID and the Calvary Chapel of Costa Mesa, are […]
Archive | May, 2006
Bit-Torrenting TV Shows — Why Do It?
No Media Kings interviewed one man responsible for releasing a significant quantity of series TV shows onto Bit Torrent to find out why. It’s an interesting read: If you try to approach file-sharing the way I do, it is a library. A library exists to provide copyrighted materials to the general public without purchasing, pending […]
Internet Freedom Fight Brewing in the House
By Paul on May 25, 2006 in media ownership & consolidation, net neutrality / free the internet!, telecomm
Today the House Judiciary Committee passed the “Internet Freedom and Nondiscrimination Act of 2006,” HR 5417, which offers what SaveTheInternet calls “meaningful protections for Network Neutrality.” All 14 of the committee’s Democrats supported it along with 6 Republicans. 13 Republicans voted against it. Today’s vote is shot across the bow in a turf war, as […]
A Wee Little Bit of Justice…
It’s not media, but the news made me smile: Enron’s Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling were just found guilty of fraud and conspiracy, which carry sentences of 5 to 10 years. Of course these evil fuckers will appeal, but at least they’ll squirm some more. Yet it’s amazing that these greedy bastards will get less […]
Telcos Exploiting Their Bully Pulpit
By Paul on May 24, 2006 in media ownership & consolidation, net neutrality / free the internet!, networks, telecomm
Just read an interesting anecdote reblogged at SaveTheInternet. Apparently, AT&T’s astroturf group TV 4US is now telemarketing to ask people: “The internet is going to be more expensive, because big companies like Microsoft and Google are wasting all our bandwidth. Do you think consumers should pay for that? Or should the big companies that are […]