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And You Thought That I Had Forgotten!!
Yes, I’m back. Apologies for the long hiatus, but I was busy with some knucklehead who had the world convinced that he was going to buy the Pirate Bay. Oy vey. What a story. I’ll get into all of the details in the coming months. It’s one of the weirdest chapters of my extremely unconventional... »
Welcome To Hong Kong
You’re looking at one of the finest hotels in the world, The Langham Place Hotel in Hong Kong. According to the hotel web site: Among 5-star Hong Kong hotels, Langham Place Hotel Hong Kong is unique… Langham Place captures the vibrancy and buzz of local culture like no other. And presents it in a way that’s... »
UPDATE: Qtrax Correction. Sort Of.
You may have read my previous post about Qtrax and their multiple legal woes and gnarly “loans” that seemt o have come back to bite them on the ass big time. In that post I wrote “Mr. Klepshitz took a default judgment on April 20, 2009 totaling more than $516,000 including interest in the NY Supreme... »
Would You Buy A Used Car From This Man? If So, Honest Al Has a Deal For You
UPDATE: Our man Al Klepshitz must not be doing that badly after all. In spite of all of the judgments and outstanding claims against Brilliant Technologies, Qtrax and or Klepshitz personally, he was seen not long ago in the First Class section of a Singapore Airlines flight (Klepshitz is know to have a great... »
Coldplay Does It Again!! Here Comes Another Lawsuit
I’m sure you recall that pablum rockers Coldplay have been accused of plagiarizing their biggest hit “Viva La Vida” not by one other songwriter, but two. Guitarist Joe Satriani filed a lawsuit and Brooklyn band Creaky Boards also accused the band of stealing their stuff. Well, according to a report in the Brit... »
Lawyers In Love–Lessig To Warner: Shove It Pal!
Everyone loves author, professor, freedom fighter and all around copyright egghead Lawrence Lessig. Everybody except Warner Music. Lessig posted one of his presentations on YouTube that evidently contains some Warner Music content. This is certainly within the bounds of the fair use doctrine. Larry surely thinks so. But it appears that some bonehead lawyer... »
Those Pesky Little Swedes
Everybody’s heard about the Pirate Bay ruling by now. There’s nothing I can add to everything that has been written so far other than to say that realistically it won’t have much impact. But my favorite take is Peter Kafka’s post in All Things Digital. »
Is This Man The Next Steve Jobs?
Not! As you could see from my post last week about Qtrax, you’d have to think twice about lending him your car. Yes, it’s Qtrax CEO Allan Klepshitz. And how is the new Qtrax user experience? Does it equal or top that of iTunes? Is Kelpshitz the digital music genius he would have us... »
Another Lame Qtrax Launch
UPDATE–3:49 PM EST Upon further investigation, Brilliant Technologies, a corporation registered in Delaware and owner of Qtrax, is a publicly traded pink sheet stock (BLLN). All well and good. But it turns out that BLLN hasn’t filed any financial statements with the SEC since May, 2007–an out and out violation of the law. Paging Bernie... »
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