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VIGSY'S NEW YEAR TIPS It's the end of the year, I don't know if you've noticed. If you haven't decided what you're doing for New Year's Eve, it's about time you did. Thankfully, our resident club tipper Paul Vig has selected the five best parties taking place on 31 Dec in the whole wide London. ROY AYERS LIVE at The Jazz Cafe, London, 7pm til late, £36 This is just one night of a six day post-Christmas UK residency for Uncle Roy, possibly the world's most celebrated jazz, soul and funk composers, probably best known for 'Everybody Loves The Sunshine'. The NYE show is selling fast, but if you miss out, be sure to check out one of the other shows from 26 Dec to 2 Jan. Info: www.jazzcafe.co.uk SOULBREW NYE at East Village, London, 9-5am, £15 adv The mighty Village hosts the SoulBrew All-Stars Spin Doctor & Andy Bird, joined by big hitters Jazzie B and the ballistic brother himself Ashley Beedle, plus Mr Thing, Kidkanevil and Kyri R2. Good venue, good line up. Info: www.eastvillageclub.com SECRETSUNDAZE NYE at The City Arts & Music Project, 9-6am, £15 adv The CAMP sees the basement rocked by Delano Smith (Mixmode/Third Ear) and Wbeeza (Third Ear), with resi's Giles Smith, James Priestley shoring it up. And in the bar To The Bone and The Cosmic Truth will get things grooving. Info: www.secretsundaze.net INNOVATION NYE at Fire, Vauxhall 8pm-11.30am £25 adv With over 100 artists in six rooms, this promises to be a back in the day night of mentalness, taking you on a journey from 1988 to 2010. The bill includes the Dreem Team and Rob Blake, the Old School Epidemik with Baby D and Ratpack, Slipmatt, Vibes, Top Buzz, Nicky Black Market, DJ Phantasy, Dr S Gachet with Probe and DJ Ollie, and then in the main dnb room we have Andy C, Mampi Swift, the mighty mighty Grooverider, Fresh, Adam F, Hazard, Shimon and Bryan G. Most likely gonna be roadblocked - this is a truly gargantuan line up. Info: www.innovation.gb.com BATMUCUMBA VS WAH WAH 45's at Life, Old Street, 9-5am, £15 adv The rather good DJ Cliffy from Batmucumba takes control of the room beneath this smallish Japanese restaurant, going head to head with Dom Servini from the Wah Wahs, and will join the dots from bossa to deep house and funk to fiesta beats. A bit different but should be good. Info: www.batmacumba.com |
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![]() NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT PUBLISHES REVAMPED THREE-STRIKES SYSTEM Anyway, yes, three-strikes in New Zealand, or Section 92A of the Copyright Act, to give it its proper name. This is the provision that will force internet service providers in the country to send out warning letters to persistent file-sharers, with the threat to disconnect their net connections if they don't stop accessing and sharing unlicensed content. Following a load of online outrage to the original 'three-strikes' proposals when they technically speaking became law earlier in the year, the legislation has been reviewed and ministers released the revised law this week. The new document outlines the system through which content owners can instruct ISPs to send out the warning letters, of which three must be sent before action can be taken. That action will be launched through a new strand of the country's Copyright Tribunal, who will have the power to fine persistent file-sharers up to NZ$15,000 if it can be shown defendants continued to access unlicensed content despite the warnings. Net suspension or disconnection is still technically on the agenda, I think, though that would seemingly involve a second stage of court action on the content owner's part. Those who were most vocally against the three-strikes proposals when they first became law - consumer rights groups and internet firms - do seem to be a little placated by the proposed system, assured that it won't result in content owners having people's internet connections disconnected on whim. Though all sides remain a little cautious. Bronwyn Holloway-Smith of the Creative Freedom Foundation told reporters that the new proposals were "a real improvement" on the original Section 92A of the Copyright Act, and that she was pleased that the courts would be involved before any actual action could be taken against the accused. However, she says she's concerned about the proposed fines, telling reporters: "They say fines will be in proportion to offending but there isn't any guidance on how fines will be structured". Her conclusion: "There are still some issues to resolve". For the music industry, what remains slightly unclear is just how tedious the Copyright Tribunal bit of the process will be and, perhaps more importantly, how much it will cost, given the content owners will most likely have to foot the bill of any court action. Whether or not the rules have any impact whatsoever on file-sharing rates will presumably depend on how easy it is for content owners to take at least a handful of infringers through to the fine and/or disconnection stage of the process, and whether doing so in isolated cases proves to be a deterrent for all. Again, it was cautious welcomes all round really. Anthony Healey of the Australasian Performing Right Association told Billboard: "It sends a strong message that illegal file-sharing is a serious issue and has a negative impact on the entire creative community. It will also encourage the development of new online business models. However some of the detail in the proposed legislation is unworkable and we will continue to work with government to ensure the law is a fair and reasonable one. Now, have a good Christmas, you fuck muppets". Well, he said some of that. EMI SUE VIMEO EMI's litigation says this: "The lawsuit is about a commercial, for-profit venture that has built a business by reproducing, adapting, performing, and distributing works that it knows contain the plaintiff's copyrighted recordings, and then knowingly profiting from the draw created by making these works available for free to millions of its users". I think Vimeo say that they remove any copyright infringing videos as soon as they are made aware of them, which technically speaking means they are not liable for the infringement that occurs before the video is taken down (well, depending on your interpretation of the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act, though that is the prevailing interpretation). However, EMI says that the video service only removes specific videos it is alerted to, not other videos featuring the same sound recording. They also make no effort, EMI say, to spot infringing content themselves (something YouTube is doing, increasingly through its automated content blocking system). Vimeo, which is owned by IAC, which is run by Ticketmaster chairman Barry Diller (fact fans), are yet to respond. Perhaps they could get Barry to lip sync to the closing minute of 'Killing In The Name' and stick it up on Vimeo. -------------------------------------------------- BROOKS SUES HOSPITAL I think Brooks donated the cash to the Integris Canadian Valley Regional Hospital in Yukon during a fund raising initiative to help pay for a $27 million extension programme. The problem arose because, in the end, the particular extension that was to be named in honour of Colleen Brooks was never built. Brooks' lawsuit says he has been trying to reach a settlement with the hospital regarding his 2005 donation and their naming pledge for two years. The hospital are yet to respond to the lawsuit. Slackers, they're probably off saving lives or something inane like that. OSCAR BEST SONG SHORTLIST REVEALED Note 'The Climb' (The 'HM' song Simon Cowell chose for the 'X-Factor' winner's debut single) does not appear. You might think that's because it wasn't specifically created for the film, and the Oscar people noted the recent decision by the Grammys people to take the track off its Best Original Song For A Film shortlist for that reason. But that is not the reason it does not appear on this list. It's not on here because it is a shit song. A shitty shitty shitty song. Possibly the shittest ever. You don't believe me? I spoke to Mr Oscar, and he confirmed it himself. Actually, that's not true. Happy holidays everybody. 'All Is Love' from 'Where the Wild Things Are' CAN WE WRITE ABOUT RATM EVERY DAY THIS WEEK? YES WE CAN And what does Simon Cowell think of the whole thing? Well, he thinks it's stupid, we already know that. But now he's come out and accused everyone who's bought the Rage Against The Machine single of bullying. He told The Sun: "If you take me out of the equation, you have a teenager with his first single being attacked by a huge hate mob on Facebook. It almost feels like a little kid being bullied. It feels like a spiteful campaign aimed at an eighteen year old who won a talent competition. It's David versus Goliath and it's not fair on Joe. It's getting out of hand". But what does Paul McCartney think of the whole thing? Well, he's leaning towards Rage Against The Machine, despite appearing on the 'X-Factor' final last week. He told Sky News: "Everyone expects Joe to do it. If he goes to number one then good luck to him. He's just some kid with a career ahead. I've got nothing against that, but it would be kind of funny if Rage Against The Machine got it because it would prove a point". We'll have to wait until Sunday to find out the result, of course. The votes (or sales, if you want to call them that) will continue to be counted up until midnight on Saturday. PS: While many people have pointed out that Sony Music, and therefore the mainstream music industry, will be the winner either way in this battle, because they released both songs, the wider record industry will, in one way, be the loser again. That very well made mash-up video making 'X-Factor' contenders seem to sing the RATM song has been taken off YouTube because of a copyright claim made by record label trade body the BPI. Others have re-uploaded it, but presumably YouTube will continue to take it down when they can. It means that when people click on the video snippets many media have posted on their websites people see "removed because of a copyright claim by British Phonographic Limited". Presumably the BPI are acting on behalf of Sony, or someone else related to the 'X-Factor' or 'Britain's Got Talent' machine, on this. But when people see 'BPI' they read 'the record industry at large'. So, once gain the industry looks, at best, like a bunch of boring spoilsports, and worse like a bunch of evil bastards. When will the major labels and their trade body learn about the importance of public perception towards their businesses and industry if they want political support for anti-piracy measures and copyright extension? Can I come and give every record label chief some basic corporate PR training in the New Year please? Things like this drive me insane. FRUSCIANTE CONFIRMS CHILI DEPARTURE Frusciante originally joined the band in 1988, going on to record the 'Mother's Milk' and 'Blood Sugar Sex Magik' albums, before quitting in 1992. He rejoined in 1998, sparking a resurgence in the band's commercial success with the albums, 'Californication', 'By The Way, and 'Stadium Arcadium'. Writing on his own website, Frusciante said: "When I quit the band, over a year ago, we were on an indefinite hiatus. There was no drama or anger involved, and the other guys were very understanding. To put it simply, my musical interests have led me in a different direction. Upon rejoining, and throughout my time in the band, I was very excited about exploring the musical possibilities inherent in a rock band. A couple of years ago, I began to feel that same excitement again, but this time it was about making a different kind of music, alone". INTERPOL GO ORCHESTRAL OH NO ONO ANNOUNCE NEW SINGLE While you're deciding, I'll just leave the link here: soundcloud.com/theleaflabel/oh-no-ono-helplessly-young The group have also made three videos for the song, which you can find here: ohnoono.com/home/?page_id=148 KID CUDI DEPARTS LADY GAGA TOUR -------------------------------------------------- WHY? ANNOUNCE UK DATES The shows will take place on these very dates: 16 Mar: London, Heaven -------------------------------------------------- MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS TOUR DATES We asked Marina to tell us about her album. This is what she said: "It's inspired by family, being sad, drive, ambition, being average, being unique. Anything that I'd felt strongly about over the past four years. I would like my album to touch people. I'm after people's hearts rather than their pockets". She'll be touring in support of the releases from the end of January. These are the dates: 26 Jan: London, Dingwalls ------------------------------------------------- AN EXPERIMENT ANNOUNCE TOUR DATES Tour dates: 31 Dec: London, Decasia Club John Waters New Years Eve Party at The George Tavern MUSEXPO MOVES TO LIVERPOOL MUSExpo chief Sat Bisla helped programme the conference components of both Liverpool SoundCity and spin-off event Dubai SoundCity this year, but this time MUSExpo Europe itself - which launched in London last year - will form the main industry component of the Liverpool event. The Liverpool Daily Post quote Bisla as saying: "This event will help enhance the global profile of Liverpool as being a true international music destination and a place to do business. It will raise the profile of Liverpool not just as a music hotspot, but an industry hotspot". LSC chief Dave Pichilingi added: "By bringing Liverpool SoundCity and MUSExpo together, we have the opportunity to attract people who had never considered coming to Liverpool or the North of England before. It's a huge step up in terms of industry presence. It's a true coup for us to attract MUSExpo." Liverpool SoundCity 2010 takes place from 19-22 May. We've got some other exciting news about the event to tell you in January. So, stay tuned people. SINGLE REVIEW: Mew - Repeaterbeater (Sony/Columbia) CHRYSALIS DOING WELL - PRAISE BE TO JACKO Chrysalis chiefs said this current year is looking pretty good also, though revenues are unlikely to rise quite so steeply as they did last year. Interest in Jacko continues to aid the publisher, as does the recently re-released Beatles catalogue, which they benefit from via their partnership with producer George Martin, who has some rights in the master recordings. Other Chrysalis-signed song-writing artists, including Estelle, Robbie Williams, Black Eyed Peas, Jay-Z and Cheryl Cole, will also help boost revenues. PANDORA DOING WELL Whether they are making any money I don't know. Like Spotify the service has two models - a free to use ad-funded system, and a subscription service. Like all other streaming music services, they have struggled to negotiate workable royalty rates with the record companies and collecting societies, a fact that led them to have to block the service to anyone outside the US. If Spotify ever does get round to launching in the US it will be interesting to see what impact it has on services like Pandora. The latter does not offer anything like the on-demand flexibility of Spotify, though arguably has the "set me up and I'll play you music you like without you having to bother doing anything" thing better cracked than anyone else. -------------------------------------------------- DMN PUBLISH DIGITAL HOLD OUTS LIST GATELY'S PARTNER COMPLAINS TO PCC As previously reported, the article noted that there were some unanswered questions about Gately's sudden demise, before basically suggested that aspects of the Boyzoner's lifestyle led to his death, and that that lifestyle was basically a result of his homosexuality. This despite her previously listing a number of heterosexual celebrities who, she claimed, also lived "dangerous lifestyles" in the spotlight - some of whom have, or have had, drug dependencies on a whole different level to the dope smoking it was revealed Gately was partial to. Many concluded Moir was really participating in some casual homophobia, a theory strengthened by the Mail hack's conclusion that Gately's death "strikes another blow to the happy-ever-after myth of civil partnerships". As if civil partnerships had somehow been positioned to the Mail-reading faithful as being fairy tale unions in a society where most straight marriages ultimately fail. The conclusion seemed to be that because a man in a civil partnership had died, the whole concept should be abolished. On the Friday the piece appeared on the Mail's website, the PCC received 1000 complaints, thanks largely to people expressing outrage on Twitter, and by the following Monday afternoon the complaint count had reached 22,000, meaning the article generated more complaints in one weekend than the whole body had received in the previous five years. Moir responded to all the outrage about her piece, saying that the article - or at least its homophobic undertones - were simply misunderstood, and accused pressure groups of orchestrating a campaign against her which, she said, explains the sheer scale of the formal complaints made about the piece. She failed to point out the reason she had been misunderstood was that she is an atrocious writer. Boyzone's record label, Universal/Polydor, were among the complainants, but the PCC only usually steps in when an individual personally connected to an offending article complains. Although it did previously ask the Mail to respond regarding the piece, that key complaint was not submitted until now. Cowles cited inaccuracy, intrusion into grief and discrimination as reasons for the complaint, meaning the Press Complaints Commission will now formally investigate whether or not Moir's column breached its code of practice. -------------------------------------------------- JONATHAN ROSS MAY TAKE 50% PAY CUT Given all the pressure on the Beeb to cut the pay packages of its big stars and senior execs, as the commercial media are forced to do the same (well, in some cases) as a result of the economic down-turn, it was always likely that the chat show host - whose record breaking (reportedly) £6 million a year previous contract has become the standard complaint for BBC haters - would have to accept a much lesser pay deal this time round, oblivious of how well his shows are doing. Though Sachsgate presumably also reduced his power at the negotiating table. And, with that in mind, while a £3 million a year deal will be quite a cut back, most BBC haters will probably rightly argue that's still far too much for any presenter, and certainly one who - while still good at what he does - is hardly the hottest talent on the block. -------------------------------------------------- BEN FOLDS IS THE NEW SIMON COWELL Folds is judging on NBC's four night Idol competitor 'The Sing Off'. And the competitors on this show really can sing. I mean, it's all a bit jazz hands, but I'm a sucker for some quality close harmony a cappella singing. This is how the first edition of the show kicked off: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qw04_m1ZBcQ MOLOKO MURPHY GIVES BIRTH -------------------------------------------------- FIDDY SAYS GETTING SHOT HELPED HIM SUCCEED Fiddy says being shot helped him succeed in music, giving him a better perspective on the world, and a stronger nerve in business dealings. Recalling how, in 2000, a drug dealer shot him no less than nine times, he told Angry Ape recently: "[After the shooting] I put in more effort to be a success. [Now] I will be the person with the least amount of fear in the room when we're negotiating business. Because I'll weigh it up against situations far more dramatic than a deal going bad - like the confusion after being shot". Looking back, he says the mental aspects of the shooting were harder than the physical, concluding: "Not knowing what I was going to do with my life after being shot hurt more than being physically shot". So, that's something to think about this Christmas. Happy holidays everyone. -------------------------------------------------- BUT WHAT ARE THE STEREOPHONICS THINKING ABOUT? |
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