Oh, the humanity!

The US constitution's copyright clause says "Article I, Section 8, Clause 8: [The Congress shall have Power . . . ] To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries." That is based on Queen Anne's Law from England, the worlds first copyright law, which was the ruling class' reaction to the Gutenberg press. That invention threatened their stranglehold over the flow of information. The original 1790 copyright law in the US allowed for a 14 year term renewable only once. They understood that this was locking up ideas as property, which is a form of censorship. That is why its length and scope were strictly limited. Now, it is nearly perpetual and covers all kinds of frivolous entertainment that is clearly not the useful arts. Popular Music, Hollywood movies and anything on the idiot box are only frivolous entertainment.

They will NOT say Domo Arigato to Mr. Roboto!

The second launch will have more booms and autotune on the vocals... We built this city We built this city on rock and roll Built this city We built this city on rock and roll Say you don't know me or recognize my face Say you don't care who goes to that kind of place Knee deep in the hoopla, sinking in your fight Too many runaways eating up the night Marconi plays the mamba, listen to the radio, don't you remember? We built this city, we built this city on rock and roll We built this city, we built this city on rock and roll Built this city, we built this city on rock and roll Someone's always playing corporation games Who cares, they're always changing corporation names We just want to dance here, someone stole the stage They call us irresponsible, write us off the page Marconi plays the mamba, listen to the radio, don't you remember? We built this city, we built this city on rock and roll We built this city, we built this city on rock and roll Built this city, we built this city on rock and roll It's just another Sunday in a tired old street Police have got the choke hold, oh, then we just lost the beat Who counts the money underneath the bar? Who rides the wrecking ball into our guitars? Don't tell us you need us 'cause we're the ship of fools Looking for America, coming through your schools Don't you remember? (Remember) Marconi plays the mamba, listen to the radio, don't you remember?

The song, Grinder has become hilarious years later,,, Never straight and narrow I won't keep in time Tend to burn the arrow out of the line Been inclined to wander Off the beaten track That's where there's thunder And the wind shouts back Grinder Looking for meat Grinder Wants you to eat

There is nothing on AM but hate talk. It has become a public nuisance that spreads hate and division. Since it is too lo-fi for music, it is not good for anything but talk. Let it die.

Between data compression and the loudness war killing dynamic range, many are convinced that digital sounds computerized and artificial. Analog captures actual sound waves in recording and re-creates them in playback. Many prefer that even if there are some clicks and pops.

I would not pay so much as a penny for eternity if there were commercials.

Standard time matches our circadian rhythms. It is the one we should keep.

LPs are bulky, and don't play in the car, so a lot have decided to just endure the loudness war and other issues with digital for the sake of convenience.

Whoever decided to put Windows 7 and 8 together must have been smoking crack laced with bath salts!

There is no free speech. There is no freedom of the press. Locking up ideas as property is no less a form of censorship that suppressing them.

Facebook will say they are sorry, and try to blame it on a few rogue employees, but helping con men find marks has been a profit center for them all along.

Bu bu bu but, they assured me it is IN flammable!

Cry! Raise you eyes! This is considerably more than teenage wasteland.