Yes we both get around a bit, so in case you’re inclined to look at some other places, you could check out Bite Size Bonus (feed) from Martin, or the stand-up comedy video podcast from Ewan (feed) alongside your slice of power chords.

An interesting one today, as BT Podshow (The UK outpost) and their Podfinder UK video podcast show (which brings a number of UK podcasts to the attention of their watches) features “The Rock Show,” even though I’m sure the branding is TPN Rock…
…I guess posting this here is preaching to the converted, but there you [...]

A big welcome to reader of Tom Reynolds blog Random Acts of Reality. Tom (who I think I can say is currently one of the top selling UK authors over the last 5 days) has mentioned TPN Rock’s Friday Rock Show as being one of the podcasts he really likes. Thanks Tom!
So for the five [...]

There are some headlines that just make you sit up and take notice - and the above is one of them that appeared in my Bloglines this weekend. Thought I’d share it with you all:
Decided I wanted to listen to some TPN Rock (awesome podcast - check it out) as I ate. Pulled laptop forward, [...]

Interesting angle on DRM Polititcs over at The Inquirer today:
DRM has absolutely nothing to do with protecting content, it is about protecting the wallets of major corporations. The funny thing is they aren’t protecting it from you, they are protecting it from each other.

Yes, the shocking truth. People who listen to a lot of music buy more music. In a survey of “illegal file-sharers” Jupiter’s survey discovered that 67% of those who share music actually buy more music because of their actions.
Of course, they’ve spun it as a third buy less music, but then there are always two [...]

For those of you not familair with the concept of The Long Tail, coined by Chris Anderson, he “argued that products that are in low demand or have low sales volume can collectively make up a market share that rivals or exceeds the relatively few current bestsellers and blockbusters, if the store or distribution channel [...]

In short, it sucks. UK Punk band Chumbawumba, who scored hits with “Tubthumper” and the slightly more forgettable follow-up “Amnesia,” have posted their thoughts on the rash of DRM copy protection [racket] that is sweeping the industry at the moment.
Early US records (eg Brunswick Records, who released, among others, Robert Johnson) had “Not for play [...]

One from Boing Boing I missed posting during our server change in the new year. The Macromedia DRM system in CD’s, as featured in the “Wonderful” Coldplay album X&Y (and others…)
This CD cannot be burnt onto a CD-R or hard disk, nor can it be converted ino MP3 for file sharing
This CD has been manufactured [...]

I will pledge to never purchase a CD contaning any form of Digital Rights Management (DRM), but only if 500 people around the world will too… DRM severely restricts our rights as users, creators, and members of the global community. We will not stand by and let fair use grow extinct as a consequence of [...]