DMCA’s Takedown Procedure Is A Total Mess. Are Automated Takedowns To Blame?

As the Copyright Office seeks public comment on how to reform copyright law, DMCA takedown notices have been gaining particular attention, although many of the suggestions for how to improve them involve automated takedowns, which many say would actually make the problem worse. _________________________________ By Mike Masnick of Techdirt Both…

Hear Deftones’ Lurking New Song ‘Hearts/Wires’

Ahead of the arrival of Deftones’ new LP Gore on Friday, the band have shared another new album track, “Hearts/Wires.” “I feel like that’s when the record jumps up a notch,” frontman Chico Moreno said of the lurking, atmospheric track to BBC Radio 1’s …

See Levi Hummon Bring ‘Guts and Glory’ to Ram Country Concert

April 1st was a day of firsts for Levi Hummon. He was in Las Vegas for the very first time, there to attend his first ACM Awards. He released his first EP that day, and he performed a song on the collection for the first time to people who helped inspire…

Sony Music UK hires Julie Weir to run revived Music For Nations label

Visible Noise founder has worked with Bring Me The Horizon and Cradle Of FilthThe post Sony Music UK hires Julie Weir to run revived Music For Nations label appeared first on Music Business Worldwide.

"Gonna Take You Higher" – Cannabis Chain Bids To Rename NFL’s Mile High Stadium

Cannabis becoming big business will inevitably lead to some strange bed fellows; and if a beer company can own the naming rights to a sports stadium why can’t a chain of legal marijuana dispensaries? We’ll find out what the NFL thinks of that soon. ____________________________________________ Native Roots, Colorado’s largest cannabis…