intellectual Property and Copyright

Pure Irony right here, with the discovery of pirated music being used for the anti-piracy campaign. Anyone who has watched a DVD in the last couple of years will be familiar with the video, which claims stealing films to be the same as stealing a car, handbag, tv or any other thing for that matter. So, it would seem that music isn't included in the intellectual copyright laws, as the music, composed by Melchior Rietveldt, was composed for BREIN (anti-piracy group), for use in a film festival. Here's the best thing - "Legal estimates put the amount of money Rietveldt is owed by pretty much every movie house on Earth at somewhere close to €1 million. Matters got even worse when the chairman of the board of the royalty collection agency in the Netherlands offered to help recoup the funds - but only if he could take a 33% cut." I'm sure that this will sway well for SOPA (stop Online Piracy Act) in the current heated battle of passing the blame of copyright from consumer to web hosts and small businesses. Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales is also protesting against SOPA by threatening a "blackout" in which wikipedia will be taken offline. Google and Ebay founders are also joining the fight against SOPA, as they "would threaten the technology industry and lead to Web censorship." So with the rising pressure from internet giants Wikipedia, Google and Ebay, it seems to be a case of "fair trade to musicians and film makers, but a massive loss of internet resource for everybody" or "Musicians and Film makers must find another way to make money, but the internet lives on". I know, even as a musician, which of them i'd pick. You can view the anti-piracy video right here, with stolen soundtrack all inclusive Sources: Anti-piracy video has pirated music! Wikipedia to 'blackout' Google and Ebay founds join the fight

A project i did with a couple of Documentary Film Students. I did all the sound and music, they made the video.

Thought of the day

"One life - a little gleam of time between two eternities."
Thomas Carlyle


I was really inspired by this thought. I've often wondered what comes after life, and i've always believed it to be the same thing that comes before life. It's hard for us, as humans, in a world in which everything has a beginning and end, to imagine something which is eternal and infinite. In fact, i would go as far as to say that it is impossible. 


Time is a man made concept. It's a measurement, if you will. Think of it like mass. We measure mass using grams and kilograms. Grams and kilograms do not exist, they are just a scale of numbers to represent mass which can then be used to compare objects. Time is the same, there is no such thing as a second, or a minute. Time is just a way of understanding the order of events, as well as predicting or manipulating future events. (for example, two people would manipulate the future by deciding to meet each other in one hour, which is measured by the movement of hands on a clock (which in turn is decided by the speed of cogs moving) Without the idea of time, it would be difficult to know when to do things in the future)  If there is no time in space (because there are no humans to decide upon time, or use it), then there is no timeline. If there is no timeline, there is no beginning. If there is no beginning there is no end, and if there is no end then we really have nothing to worry about.

Thought of the day

After the game,
the king and the pawn go into the same box.
Italian Proverb

Joe Rogan discusses DMT

I think this is fascinating. Just embrace the idea for a moment. There's some quite beautiful imagery towards the end.

Thought of the day.

Life is a tragedy for those who feel, and a comedy for those who think.
La Bruyere