Word: outlawing
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...TIME.com) and BMG's settlement Thursday with their old young nemesis, MP3.com, over copyright infringements. The free-music upstart that wanted to turn the industry on its ear is now in bed with two of the industry's Big Five (the rest are expected to follow soon). The outlaw has been deputized. "Whenever the record industry sues someone, you know they're then going to make a deal," says TIME Digital writer Nathaniel Wice. "The defendants turn out to be the technology partners they need to participate in the inevitable, which is the digital delivery of music...
...didn't hurt that there's a new outlaw in town. "When Mp3.com got outmaneuvered by Napster," says Wice, "Napster became the new bad guy, and Mp3.com became someone who needed to cooperate." Newsweek cover boy Napster allows music lovers to surf each others' hard drives and download the contents free; Mp3.com was more of a free-music clearinghouse, but really wanted to be its own little label. It wasn't happening. Now Mp3.com's revolutionary days look to be over - "The digital music space is still in its infancy. We look forward to working with Warner to expand...
...lacking the hallucinatory effects of LSD and the addictive properties of coke and heroin. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration was caught by surprise by the new drug not long after it had been embarrassed by the spread of crack. The administration quickly used new discretionary powers to outlaw MDMA, pointing to the private labs and club use as evidence of abuse. dea officials also cited rudimentary studies showing that ecstasy users had vomited and experienced blood-pressure fluctuations...
...Other Music in New York City or Atomic Music in Houston. Or you might surf the Net and check out sites like ravedata.com or raves.com Or you might just ask a friend in the know. Raves have traditionally been held in venues without permits or permission, giving them an outlaw allure. Today, however, an increasing number of raves are legal ones, and places like Twilo in New York City specialize in re-creating the rave feel in legitimate clubs. "The New York club scene was not about music until Twilo opened," says Paul van Dyk, a popular deejay who specializes...
...moment, he remained constantly upbeat to the last song. Still, while he showed that he could maintain the all-out performance levels of his youth, Cliff claimed that he has changed over the years. Reflecting on his 30 years in reggae, Cliff said that "I am still an outlaw in a sense, but I have grown spiritually...