weekend linkage

5.Jan.08 | uncategorized |

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here are a few articles i’ve been chewing on for the past couple of weeks that have certainly peaked my interest…

» Ripping MP3’s illegal, Grounds for Lawsuit ::: it seems the recording industry has begun declaring it illegal to take your CD’s and import them onto your computer… this constitutes an unauthorized copy. it looks to me as if they’re just trying to get people to stop buying CD’s altogether.

» A Business-model for Saving Souls ::: a look at Willow Creek’s methodology by the Chicago Tribune. it also gives a glancing look at the consumer-Christian mindset of church-shopping.

» Megachurches Add Local Economy to Their Mission

» A Force for Good ::: The new and liberal world of evangelical Christianity… a look at the Emerging Church. I still can’t completely figure out why the emerging church gets labelled in the “liberal” camp as if it is somehow the left-wing, counter-opposite of the Religious Right. Sure there are differences and reasons, but it can’t be broadly categorized in a fair way.

» Does Your Religion Dance? ::: Behold, the most dangerous issues facing modern faith: it’s inability to evolve, nakedly. Mark Morford is a op-ed columnest for the San Francisco Chronicle and often times presents a very interesting and controversial perspective on faith that certainly will either make you laugh, angry, or perplexed…
one response

  1. Jeff |

    7.Jan.08 @ 2:54 pm

    Yet another attempt by the record industry to just shoot themselves farther in the foot. Hey RIAA - because we purchased your product, we have the right to make a backup copy of it. We also have the right to put it on any media we choose. It’s called the law - look it up.

    I like how now they want to completely change what they have been saying. Check out the bottom of this very page from the RIAA:

    http://www.riaa.com/physicalpiracy.php?content_selector=piracy_online_the_law

    I quote - “Beyond that, there’s no legal “right” to copy the copyrighted music on a CD onto a CD-R. However, burning a copy of CD onto a CD-R, or transferring a copy onto your computer hard drive or your portable music player, won’t usually raise concerns so long as:

    * The copy is made from an authorized original CD that you legitimately own
    * The copy is just for your personal use. It’s not a personal use – in fact, it’s illegal – to give away the copy or lend it to others for copying.”

    Now they want to change the rules mid-stream to try and make MORE money out of us?