Check out this interview with DJ Spooky. It's about his new CD and book and offers some interesting ideas about copyright laws.
More information about Creative Commons, an organization that is trying to make copyright laws more reasonable and user friendly, can be found here.
A good Q&A feature in the Guardian that asks "Do the Arts Matter?" A few highlights are below. Read the entire article here.
Civilisations are judged and remembered not by their most successful businessmen but by the art they leave behind.
The distinction between high and low art is itself rather coarse and unhelpful (as Allen Ginsberg said, Dylan proved 'great art can be done on a jukebox'). I prefer to distinguish between all the good things - food, friends, books - that enhance your life and the overwhelming quantity of crap from which you need to avert your eyes if you're to avoid sinking into despair.
We look at pictures differently because of Picasso and we use words differently because of Joyce and Beckett.
Oh, and don't forget to go to the This American Life website and listen to the show entitled "Not What I Meant". The story about the art project that became a terrorist threat is really amazing. You can listen to streaming audio of the show for free by clicking on the Real Audio link. Moral of the story...always make sure that at least one other person knows your secret identity and has your back. Every Batman needs his Alfred.
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