August 9, 2007

Soundexchange, Lobbying, and the Nature of Bureaucracy

Lynne Kiesling SoundExchange is a nonprofit that is meant to collect royalties on behalf of artists and recording labels. As such, its legal activities are strongly legislatively circumscribed; this Wired article cites SoundExchange’s legal activities according to the relevant legislation: “(A) the administration of the collection, distribution, and calculation of the royalties; “(B) the settlement …

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Biofuels Update

Lynne Kiesling Yesterday the New York Times had an interesting article on new uses for the by-products of biofuels production, particularly glycerol and lignin. Here’s the story of one entrepreneurial venture: In the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, not far from the Coors brewery in Golden, Colo., PureVision Technology is making lignin. A natural compound …

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