Billy Bragg sings "Never Buy The Sun"
Will it stop at The News of the World? And for those wondering about the chorus, Wikipedia’s Hillsborough page will answer that. The British public can have a long memory when it is betrayed.
Category: Mainstream Media
What would you do at the End of the [News of the] World?
As the sun set on a day that many staff members described with expletives, dozens decided on a time-honored tabloid tradition. They gathered, en masse, at a nearby pub, where The News of the World was running an open tab for the staff.
Obvious flaws in the US "Six Strikes" copyright procedure
Copyright holders will scan the ‘Net for infringement, grabbing suspect IP addresses from peer-to-peer file-sharing networks. If they see your IP address participating in a swarm for, say, Transformers, they will look up that IP address to see which ISP controls it, then fire off a message… ISPs have agreed to institute "mitigation measures" (or, as you and I know them, punishments) based on the collected say-so of copyright holders. Well I can spot two flaws so far, (1) The lack of a legal process or the involvement of the judiciary at the punishment stage and (2) letting the copyright
Remember this stat the next the music industry cries poor
Digital album sales are up 19 percent through the first six months over 2010 and are on pace to set a new sales record at the end of the yearâ€. More than 660.8 million digital units were sold in the first half of 2011, an 11 percent increase from the summer of last year (Soundscan Neilsen)
Dark of the Moon in "this movie delivers" shock
As long as you go in knowing what to expect – a rambunctious movie about giant robots masterminding all manner of mayhem – then it’s easily the best of the three and a thoroughly enjoyable ride. I’ll trust Darth Mojo’s opinion on Transformers 3 over Roger Ebert – after all Mojo took his Best SFX Emmy award to the post-awards party in his Colonial Warrior outfit.
How to win the "not really a headline" award
"William beats Kate in boat race." The Guardian. My life really was incomplete not knowing that.
