Electronic Music NewsArmin Van Buuren 5 hour set
The News Review:
- Armin Van Buuren 5 hour set
- Final farewells: Some of the entertaining folks who died in 2007
- New levies proposed for iPods and memory cards
- In Trade Ruling Antigua Wins a Right to Piracy
Armin Van Buuren 5 hour set
Skiddle.com – Dec 22, 2007
Armin has become a cult hero with the GodsKitchen faithful and is renowned as one of the biggest DJ;s in the world. His appearance last Christmas was a complete sells out and hype for this event is already immense!! Support comes in the form of a new comer to Godskitchen BLAKE JARRELL from Chicago and Godskitchen super resident MARK ETESN. The Nitrogen room will be hosted by Godskitchens House resident PAUL THMAS MICKY SLIM FUNKAGENDA and DUNCAN MURRAY all of whom are making waves on the electronic music scene in their own right with hot productions and full diareis across the globe! Do not miss this proper Christmas knees up in preparetion for family antics and excess amounts of turkey. Early birds now on sale. com Also check out our special Christmas offer buy the Xmas party and NYE for a combine price of £35.
Final farewells: Some of the entertaining folks who died in 2007
Albuquerque Tribune – Dec 22, 2007
Karlheinz Stockhausen 79. Avant-garde German composer; pioneer of electronic music. Country singer bandleader (“The Wild Side of Life”).
New levies proposed for iPods and memory cards
CTV.ca – Dec 22, 2007
ca News Staff Updated: Sat. 22 2007 8:52 AM ET Consumers could potentially be hit by a new tax on electronic storage devices such as iPods and blank memory cards in 2008. The federal Copyright Board has given its approval for a special levy on iPods and other digital players because they can be used to copy movies and music. The Canadian Private Copying Collective the non-profit agency that represents the music industry wants to make sure that artists get compensated. Small tariffs are currently in place for such items as rewritable CDs and cassettes. The CPCC first requested a levy on removable electronic memory in its 2003-2004 tariff proposal… The CLA would like to see the government address illegal behaviour rather than trying to catch up with ever-evolving digital technologies. “It comes back to intent. When you buy a music CD copy it six times and give it or sell it to your friends well that’s wrong. That’s infringing” Butcher said. “Downloading a music CD onto your hard drive isn’t illegal it’s what you do afterwards that may or may not be illegal. ” However the CRIA says the music industry is being hit hard by the ongoing problem of what they call music piracy the illegal peer-to-peer sharing of music files. CRIA’s figures show sales of music CDs DVDs and other formats fell 35 per cent in the first quarter of 2007 compared with the same period a year earlier.
In Trade Ruling Antigua Wins a Right to Piracy
New York Times – Dec 22, 2007
“I hope that the United States government will now see the wisdom in reaching some accommodation with Antigua over this dispute. ”Though Antigua is best known for its pristine beaches and tourist attractions the dozens of online casinos based there are important to the island’s economy as its second-largest employer. By pressing its claim trade lawyers said Antigua could set a precedent for other countries to sue the United States for unfair trade practices potentially opening the door to electronic piracy and other dubious practices around the world. Still carrying out the ruling will prove difficult the lawyers say. “Even if Antigua goes ahead with an act of piracy or the refusal to allow the registration of a trademark the question still remains of how much that act is worth” said Brendan McGivern a trade lawyer with White & Case in Geneva. “The Antiguans could say that’s worth $50000 and then the U.