DeWitt Clinton

The mission statement at Loca Records resonates with our concerns about copyrights. In an attempt to address these issues, they are using a licensing structure called the Creative Commons, which similar in spirit to the GNU Public License, the license frequently applied to Open Source Software. Loca’s plan is intriguing, as they will offer the [...]

Clear Channel is apparently behind another assault on our personal space, this time here at home in New York City. According to the New York Press the city is considering a ban on street vendors and newspaper concessions. The proposal is sponsored by Business Improvement Districts, which are city-sanctioned organizations authorized to access dues from [...]

As if controlling three quarters of a million outdoor advertising spaces and over 1,200 radio stations wasn’t enough for Clear Channel, they want to own space inside your car. As an article on “A New Form of Radio Marketing” in the New York Times is reporting, Clear Channel and Infinity Broadcasting are developing techniques to [...]

Lars Ulrich of Metallica made headlines, way too many headlines, over the past year or two regarding his comments to congress on filesharing (which helped back up the DMCA) and his band’s widely publicized lawsuit against Napster. Right or wrong in their arguments, Lars and Metallica undoubtedly did far more harm than good to their [...]

HispanicBusiness.Com is running a news brief on Clear Channel’s launch of a new Spanish language radio station in Arizona. At 97.1 FM, the new station, Que Suave (yes, Clear Channel is actually calling it that), will feature such artists as Ricky Martin and Shakira (both on Sony Records). Not only is it too much to [...]