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wow old arcticle of mine: Who Will Make the Rules? Music Industry Faces Off at DC Conference

from O'Reilly old p2p site:

by John Scott, 05/21/2001

Who Will Make the Rules? Music Industry Faces Off at DC Conference

In what shapes up as an exhibition game for the Big League contests to come, music and movie industry lobbyists, artist representatives, a government official, and a reporter faced off in a debate on the future of digital entertainment. The outlook: threats, litigation, appeals, and (eventually) hearings before the Supreme Court. Most of the panelists who took part in this forum will no doubt be making their cases before Congress, the courts, and the media over the next several months and years.

Wilson Picket in Suburbia

You never know who your neighbors are (from WashPost):

A Soulman's Suburban Twilight: Ashburn [Suburb near Washington DC] Neighbors of Singer Wilson Pickett's Say They Saw Few Remnants of His Wild Side

After the drugs and the diamonds, the rabble-rousing and the 1960s hit song "Mustang Sally," Wilson Pickett simply wanted what many people want: a quiet slice of suburbia, soaring ceilings and a nearby airport....