Derek On The Spot

Derek Slater is blogging (at PaidContent; here are his first few posts) and podcasting the Future of Music Policy Summit going on right now in D.C. Thanks Derek!

Also see Eric Olsen at Blogcritics.

Week Linques

Tulane grad Dave Winer's September 6 podcast is one of his best, one of the best.

Thanks to Lisa Rein, I heard the 60 Minutes segment with Ray Nagin: "Man, I don't wanna hear any of that." Him, you do.

slight clutter has poignant, painful, and beautiful post-Katrina Astrodome pictures at Flickr. Here too are the Hurricane Katrina pool and tag.

Roger McGuinn of the Byrds has some illuminating comments about the impact of technology and networked distribution on the economics of music, on Episode 21 of this WEEK in TECH.

Reading and engrossed in:

• The Search: "In essence, we have taken much of our once-ephemeral and quotidian lives—our daily habits of whom we talk to, what we look for, what we buy—and made those actions eternal." Reminds me, my colleagues Stephanie Mendelsohn and Kerry Kearney have a webinar addressing email, IM, and persistence on September 14, should be good.


• The Singularity is Near.

Sampling Law Redux

The cover story of the Los Angeles Lawyer this month will be of interest to music and podcasting enthusiasts alike. It's available as a PDF, and is called "Sample This!" From the author's press release: "In the article, Astride Howell dispels the famed '30 second rule' of 'borrowing' hit songs, expands on the new trend of mashing–mixing two or more records together to make completely new song, and clearly sets out the legal benchmarks for those wishing to undertake sampling in the future."

Media Morph

Andrew Kantor at USAToday writes about Technology through children's eyes:

In Sam's world, whatever he wants to watch is at his — or, rather, his parents' — fingertips. We have TiVo, and we've amassed a sizable collection of his favorite shows. He never has to wait for The Wiggles to come on; he asks and he receives. I feel bad when we can't show him something because we didn't think to record it the first time we watched it. [...]

Kantor's piece is good but just begins to scratch the surface. I can't think of too many practical areas where my son's childhood looks like mine. Much of the entertainment (books, music) takes me right back, but we access them in ways my parents never imagined.

1-Click Relief

Yay, I've been wondering when this would be up: Amazon offers 1-Click Hurricane Katrina Relief donations to the Red Cross.