Music sales are down 10% in the first half of 2002, compared with the same period last year, according to a survey from the RIAA. ‘The study found that consumers who say they are downloading more say they are purchasing less music “by more than 2 to 1,” the RIAA said.’ (paid subscription req’d to access WSJ story)
Copyright readings is a useful, ongoing bibliography of articles on copyright, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, and related legislation.
Just because no blog would be complete without a link to it: Newsweek’s Steven Levy on Living in the Blog-osphere.
Thanks to xian on blogistan, I’ve been reading up on old Jon Udell columns:
How many weblogs are, there, really? Who knows?
Memo from Jakob Nielsen to Web designers: For pity’s sake, please stop using tiny, fixed-size fonts on your pages and CSS (cascading style sheet) designs. Thank you, Jakob!
Cascading style sheets: Don’t be afraid. Dave Raggett explains CSS in a clear, common-sensical way.
The Invisible Library catalogs imaginary books.
DOJ to prosecute individual P2P file traders? Maybe.
Alex Golub has a brilliant critique of Lawrence Lessig’s recent OSCON speech — complete with the song that Lessig should have sung. Even Lessig commends it. And here’s Alex’s followup note, with a very pointed comment on Lessig vs. Winer.
