Discussion of all things related to Public Domain

["Francis Brock" <francis AT brockworks.com>]

Hi Tom,

Some questions and suggestions concerning the newsletter.
(I haven't check and some of this may be available on line)

I'm interested in knowing if we have published guidelines for the
newsletter. Who has editorial responsibility for content accuracy and
length? I think that there should be a direct statement of editorial content
when it's specifically an opinion or point of view.  (OpEd)

By publishing guidelines for the newsletter, potential contributors will
know, in advance, the preferred format and other requirements expected and
that content may be changed (if indeed it may be) for grammar, spelling,
length. A deadline should be established to make it into an issue of  the
newsletter. The newsletter should be published on the same day (relative)
every - week, month? Which ever makes sense.

It may be argued that it's to early to impose that kind of editorial
structure to the newsletter except that having those things spelled out will
lend creditability to the information and opinions expressed.

Articles of a technical or research nature should include facts and
references.
I think having articles that  illuminate the missions topics and educate and
enlighten subscribers about the issues surrounding community based
recording, the copyright laws, open source, artists rights, etc. Can have a
strong impact.
Letters to the editor should allow the free expression of points of view.
The newsletter should be available on line, also. Articles should be
printable.

I'm certainly interested in writing but I'd like to get a feel for it,
first. I may be able to pick up a technical article or two. I might have an
impassioned statement with an opinion to express. Although, I may be
preaching to the choir.

What kind of readership/subscriber base do we have? How strong a membership?

Peace and Music,

Francis


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "tom poe" <tompoe AT amihost.com>
To: "Community Studios" <community_studios AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 05, 2004 1:32 AM
Subject: [Community_studios] Newsletter Issue #9: September, 2004


OPEN STUDIOS: RUNNING BOARD

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http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=musicNews&storyID=5879441
Musical All-Stars Unite for Anti-Bush Tour
Thu Aug 5, 2004 02:53 AM ET
 By Brooks Boliek

 The Vote for Change Tour will include such stars as Bruce Springsteen
and the E Street Band, Dave Matthews Band, Pearl Jam and the Dixie
Chicks, with stops in the so-called "battleground states" of Ohio, North
Carolina, Pennsylvania, Missouri, Michigan, Iowa, Florida, Wisconsin and
Minnesota.
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http://www.reason.com/0408/fe.bd.john.shtml
August/September 2004
John Perry Barlow 2.0
The Thomas Jefferson of cyberspace reinvents his body -- and his
politics.
Interviewed by Brian Doherty

Copyright and intellectual property are the most important issues now.
If you don't have something that assures fair use, then you don't have a
free society. If all ideas have to be bought, then you have an
intellectually regressive system that will assure you have a highly
knowledgeable elite and an ignorant mass.
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http://www.caledonianrecord.com/pages/top_news/story/989ca550e
Roads Turn Into Mud Bogs At Fest
BY GARY E. LINDSLEY, Staff Writer
Saturday August 14, 2004

COVENTRY VERMONT
Two days of hard rain have left the grounds and roads of the Phish
farewell festival a sea of mud bogs.
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http://www.freepress.net/news/4323
Copyright crusaders hit schools

"Any education program that comes from [the content industry] is
inherently going to be biased."
>From Wired.com, August 13, 2004
By Katie Dean

The ALA sees a need for this because materials offered by groups like
the Business Software Alliance and the Motion Picture Association of
America are designed to influence kids with one-sided information, said
Rick Weingarten, director of information technology policy for the ALA.
Topics like "fair use" - the right to use copyright material without the
owner's permission, a key concept in American law that
intellectual-property experts say leads to innovation - are not
adequately addressed.

"There is certainly concern about the fact that when the content
industry talks about copyright and young people in the same sentence,
they are either calling them all crooks or they are making claims for
copyright that far exceed what copyright is all about," Weingarten said.
"Any education program that comes from that source is inherently going
to be biased."
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http://news.findlaw.com/ap/e/1403/8-20-2004/20040820051503_32.html
Friday, Aug. 20, 2004
More Musicians Trying to Unseat Bush

NEW YORK (AP) - The coalition of the willing-to-rock is growing. Sheryl
Crow, Jack Johnson and Crosby, Stills & Nash have joined the nearly 20
other musicians trying to unseat President Bush in November.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/08/25/doj_goes_after_filetraders/
US DoJ searches homes of P2P evil doers
By Ashlee Vance in Chicago
Published Wednesday 25th August 2004 20:36 GMT

"When online thieves illegally distribute copyrighted programs and
products, they put the livelihoods of millions of hard-working Americans
at risk and damage our economy," Ashcroft said. "The Department of
Justice is committed to enforcing intellectual property laws, and we
will pursue those who steal copyrighted materials even when they try to
hide behind the false anonymity of peer-to-peer networks."

It's unclear what false anonymity means or if Ashcroft consulted the
higher power before using that phrase.
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http://news.findlaw.com/ap/f/1310/8-26-2004/20040826080008_13.html
Thursday, Aug. 26, 2004
Japanese Music Companies Are Raided

TOKYO (AP) - Japan's anti-monopoly agency raided several top record
companies Thursday on suspicion they illegally blocked other firms from
offering music ringtone services to mobile phone users.

Fair Trade Commission official Toshihiko Oizumi said investigators
suspect more than 10 companies violated Japan's fair trade laws by
preventing the Japanese mobile phone operators from offering the
service.
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THE COMMUNITY SCENE:
Open Studios works with communities around the country and around the
world to build and operate community-based recording studios.  You can
keep up with the latest happenings by checking this section each month.
Learn what others are doing, and get ideas for your community.

Did you know that in the future, grandparents will have refrigerators
with computers on the side, the monitor stylishly displaying files from
the Internet?  Imagine the grandparents, each morning, walking over to
their refrigerator, loading up the day's drawing made by one of their
grandchildren?  Nice, eh?

NO ENTRY THIS MONTH
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This on-going series explores potential business strategies and ideas
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