Grey Tuesday, copyrights, and creative freedom
In February 2004, an event known as Grey Tuesday took place in protest against musical censorship. This is what happened and what we can learn from it.
Tag: Sony
MiniDiscs + their modern-day resurgence
Between Radiohead being held to ransom and vaporwave releases, the MiniDisc isn’t strictly dead. I’ve owned a lot of hardware in my time but one model that always alluded me was a MiniDisc player. My cousin had one in the early 2000s and it was the coolest thing. This was before the days of MP3 …
Bizarre Tribe Receives A Cease & Desist Letter From Sony
Well, that’s sad. Sony send Gummy Soul a cease and desist letter for their Bizarre Tribe release. Industry Rule #4080 in full effect. Following on from the ingenious Fela Soul, Bizarre Tribe fused the rhymes of The Pharcyde and Tribe from their debut album and the samples from ATCQ’s The Low End Theory breathing fresh …
