Next week Congress will vote on the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). The bill will force websites large and small to stop advertising with or taking paid advertisements from sites that aggregate pirated content in addition to having a regulatory committee to seek out Internet piracy and remove violators from the web. I get it;…
Originally publiushed at TheSFCritic. If you aren’t familiar with Harlem, NY based Immortal Technique, it is likely because he has never signed to a major label and his following has been personally cultivated through independent album sales. Following Revolutionary Volumes 1 and 2 and the Third World, Tech released The Martyr for free online October…
Originally posted at The SoulfulMBA for Lorry I. Lokey Graduate School of Business Net Impact Chapter at Mills College Last week we lost one of the greatest pioneers in tech industry history, Steve Jobs. Jobs, founder and former CEO of Apple Computers died of pancreatic cancer last week amid a media storm created by the…
Grammys Awards Notes From A Writer Posted by Angela Bacca on 2/14/11 • Categorized as Editorials Photo Courtesy of Just Jared As I began watching the 2011 Grammy’s, a Pitchfork Tweet from the East Coast popped up on my screen. The Arcade Fire’s Suburbs had won album of the year. Great, I can stop watching now I thought. But I…
The Net Neutrality Ruling: Its Potential Impact on Independent Bloggers Posted by Angela Bacca on 2/07/11 • Categorized as Editorials The 20th Century was an era of increased efficiency in communications technology. It has allowed our economies and culture to globalize, turning communication into the world’s most valuable currency.Like the print, radio and television media before it, international…
Oscar Grant Case and Reaction in Music By Angela Bacca On Thursday, July 8, we in Oakland were anxiously awaiting the verdict in the murder trial of Johannes Mehserle, the BART police officer accused of shooting the unarmed 22-year-old father, Oscar Grant, while he was face-down and compliant on the platform on New Year’s Day…
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