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U. of Maryland Nixes Pirate Porno
By Richard Amada on Apr 2, 2009 | In Cinema, TV, Radio
It took only about a day after news came out about the planned screening of a triple-X rated film at the University of Maryland for the Maryland legislature to whip things up and prompt the university president to pull the plug on the movie.
The on-ca… more »
The Horse that Dare Not Speak Its Name in China
By Richard Amada on Mar 18, 2009 | In Cinema, TV, Radio
In China, there’s nothing even remotely like the U.S. First Amendment to provide a great big blanket protection to most speech. Here, even what’s sometimes called “indecent speech” can fall under that protection. Not so in China. But that hasn’t stopp… more »
Musicians Sing the Blues over No-Pay-to-Play Radio
By Richard Amada on Mar 13, 2009 | In Music, Cinema, TV, Radio
In case you weren’t aware—and don’t feel bad about this if you didn’t, because it’s not something that comes up in conversation very often—local radio stations don’t currently have to pay the performers whose music they broadcast. If you or I want to pu… more »
Novelist Finds It’s an Unforgiving Desert for Exaggerators
By Richard Amada on Mar 11, 2009 | In Literary, Cinema, TV, Radio
The Associated Press reports that a judge has ordered author Clive Cussler, who wrote the novel, Sahara, to pay almost $14 million dollars in legal fees to the motion picture company that made the film version of the book.
Originally, Cussler sued Cru… more »
Pirates of the Scandinavian
By Richard Amada on Feb 23, 2009 | In Literary, Music, Cinema, TV, Radio
Avast, ye lubbers, and batten down the hatches for a swashbuckling battle over copyright infringement on the Internet. A Swedish file-sharing web site, called the Pirate Bay, is on trial in Stockholm on charges that it’s helping people illegally downloa… more »
