The Daily Loper – March 1, 2007

In Like The Cutest Little Kitten You Ever Have Seen Edition

Todays links of interest:

• RIAA Boycott: Kicking Things Off
  Gizmodo is encouraging people to boycott the RIAA this month. I’d join in, but I’ve already been boycotting the RIAA for several years now.
• TiVO Tells You How To Defeat Their DRM To Keep You From Canceling
  The company is apparently unconcerned about encouraging their customers to violate the DMCA.
• Tarantino’s Grindhouse Fest celebrates cinematic cheese
  QT pays tribute to some of our favorite places in LA. Man it’s hard to believe that Eddie Brandt’s Video is still open.
• RIAA slams FAIR USE Act
  More proof that the FAIR USE act is a good thing.
• I Bought Votes on Digg
  Welcome to the Social. That’ll be $450 please.
• John Edwards Second Life HQ Vandalized
  This whole Second Life thing isn’t working out so well for Edwards. First there was the psychic who moved in next door, then Fox news accused him of supporting rape fantasies, now Bush ’08 (Bush ’08?) supporters have vandalized his virtual headquarters.
• Fox News Discovers Second Life; Calls on Edwards to Denounce Virtual Underage Sex Brothels
  Well of course they do. They’re also calling on Edwards to denounce Second Life "terrorists". It’s funny that conservative party line is that the media focuses too much on the bad stuff happening in Iraq, and not enough on the good stuff. That seems to be the approach Fox is taking with SL. I expect we’ll see quite a bit more of this type of muckraking until Rupert buys out Linden Labs.
• Stunning Relevation: Mobile Ads Should Be Short
  If this is truly stunning or a revelation, we are terrified. Very, very terrified.
• Oscars.com vs Youtube.com and the value of hosting on Gootube
  Mark Cuban on protecting brands and driving YouTube traffic in the direction you want it to go.
• It’s Not All YouTube — The Web Is a Trove Of Watchable Videos
  Take a moment to absorb these words: there is more to life than YouTube.
• Memo from Len and Phil: Washington Post writers have to write shorter stories — or else…
  The headline says it all. Another win for short attention span practitioners everywhere.
• RIAA Boycott: Congress Introduces "Fair Use" Bill; They’re Totally With Us
  Some days, you read things and think "this is a joke". But would Gizmodo pull our legs?