Month: January 2001

The Lip Magazine Collective has an article up by my friend Ron Sakolsky, a scholar of music, revolution and radio, called “The LPFM Fiasco: Micropower Radio & the FCC’s Low Power Trojan Horse.” Ron is also a member of the Springfield, IL Media Activist Coalition (MAC), which is working with others in Springfield to start…

Thanks to Slashdot, I found this informal essay on “What’s Wrong With Content Protection” by John Gilmore of the Electronic Freedom Foundation. Beyond the clear problems, like the fact that content protection disallows legal copying of media that you own, Gilmore points out that content protections, like SDMI have a chilling effect on the creation…

The Urbana Independent Media Center Open House last night went amazingly well. Random spot check head counts indicated that at several points in the evening we had around 70-80 people on the premises, and since lots of people just filtered through (though many stayed for quite some time), the total attendance was surely close to…

On Sunday’s show (1/21), I’ll have highlights from the Washington D.C. IMC’s live streaming radio coverage of the inauguration and anti-inauguration protests on Saturday.

CNET News has an article on outgoing FCC chair William Kennard’s “record of controversial compromise.” It explores the way Kennard tried to walk the line between industry-friendly deregulation and the public interest. LPFM is an example of this type of compromise, where Kennard tried to recreate a service that would give community broadcasting a tiny…

An article from the most recent Nation Magazine entitled “The Crackdown on Dissent” has been posted on the DC Indymedia site. While it primarily focuses on police surveillance and actions against protestors engaged in direct action, this chilling climate is also very significant to anyone doing or intending to do independent journalism. In the eyes…

Reminder: Tune in to the Internet for the REAL coronation… er, inaguration coverage! I know I mentioned it before, but it’s already getting pushed down the page: Microradio.net is hosting streaming audio and video coverage of the planned protests against the inaguration of George W. Bush on Saturday. I’ll actually be out videotaping local protests…

More Pacifica First, Michael Albert, of Z Magazine, has written a thoughtful and insightful analysis toward “Resolving the Pacifica Crisis.” What’s refreshing is Albert’s even-handed, yet unflinching approach to the conspiracy of factors that have influenced the situation that mires Pacifica. To whit: “Given the bitter hostility within Pacifica’s camps… those who seek a rejuvenated,…

Talking About ‘ZinesHad a few beers this evening with local ‘zine publisher Jason Pankoke who does Micro-Film, the journal of personal cinema, who is helping me find resources for obtaining independent publications and ‘zines to sell and stock in the Urbana-Champaign Indpendent Media Center library. Since ‘zines are some of the most grassroots and independent…

MicroRadio.net announces streaming audio and video coverage of the planned protests against the inaguration of George W. Bush on January 20. They’re looking for community and unlicensed/micropower/pirate radio stations to pick up and rebroadcast the feed–tune your ‘net to them on Saturday or contact your local station if this is something you want to hear.