by Daniel Brouse For years, the music moguls, executives, record companies and other middlemen in music have been trying to pass this law – MMA The new law creates a “modern” music management company [Collective Management Organization (CMO)] staffed mainly by existing music management. All artists must pay the new entity. The new law also […]
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Music Modernization Act
Posted in Business, music, taxes
Tagged ASCAP, BMI, copyrights, MMA, Music Modernization Act, RIAA, SESAC, streaming music
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Facebook Hack and Facebook Messenger App.
By Daniel Brouse In late September, Facebook acknowledged having 50 million accounts hacked; however, Facebook has not been forthcoming with answers or a response. To the best of our knowledge, Facebook has not notified any of the victims. Facebook said, “On the afternoon of Tuesday, September 25, our engineering team discovered a security issue affecting […]
Posted in cybersecurity, Security
Tagged data breach, FaceBook, Facebook Messenger App, Identity & Online Security, mobile devices, phones, privacy, smart phones
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Insects to Disperse Modified Viruses and Modify Plant Genomes
Sidd said: When I read this, chills ran up my spine. There is research in progress in using insects to disperse modified viruses to plants they feed on. These viruses will, in turn, modify plant genomes. The modifications extend to affecting the chromosomal germline so that the modified traits will be inherited. The research is […]
Posted in Environment, health and wellness, Science
Tagged disperse modified viruses, insects, modify plant genomes, plants, virus
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Cybersecurity, Russia, China Hacks and 5 Eyes
King Arthur asked sidd: you see these? China motherboard hack https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-10-04/the-big-hack-how-china-used-a-tiny-chip-to-infiltrate-america-s-top-companies and Russia wifi attack Britain and the Netherlands on Thursday accused the Russian GRU military intelligence agency of a series of global cybercrimes, including attacks against the international chemical weapons watchdog https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/the-latest-dutch-gru-targeted-chemical-weapons-watchdog/2018/10/04/5664a72a-c7c1-11e8-9c0f-2ffaf6d422aa_story.html?utm_term=.e626ce36e615 sidd replied: all the companies involved are denying the bloomberg article but […]
Posted in cybersecurity, Security
Tagged 5 Eyes, China, Five Eyes, motherboards, Russia, wifi
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Robo Call Scams and Spoofs
Sidd said: Briefly, the idea is this: someone calls you up spoofs the callerid on your phone so that your phone displays bank phone number then they reel of a bunch of information about you …. but they then ask for security code on card, PIN, mothers maiden name and it’s game over when you […]
Posted in Business, cybersecurity, Education, Security
Tagged phone scams, robo calls, spoofing
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Avoiding Racial Bias
Sidd said: This has relevance to the unified real estate database we are talking about and to a lot of other things. Quite high level, but it illustrates why, for example, chicago was sending black people to jail alla time, but not white folk. https://boingboing.net/2016/05/24/algorithmic-risk-assessment-h.html here is a some detail with programming on how to […]
Underestimated Flood Risk
https://eos.org/opinions/millions-more-americans-face-flood-risks-than-previously-thought text follows: Millions More Americans Face Flood Risks Than Previously Thought A different modeling approach fills large gaps in the U.S. governmentâ??s flood risk estimates, revealing previously overlooked at-risk areas often surrounding small flood-prone streams. A Spring Lake, N.C., resident is carried from her flooded home on 17 September 2018, in the aftermath of […]
Posted in Environment, Global Warming, Science
Tagged climate change, flood insurance, flooding, floods, real estate, rising sea level, sea level rise
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Climate Change Is Happening Faster
Researchers are reporting in the journal Science that climate change is happening faster than what was forecast. What we thought would take 20,000 is going to happen in 100 years if we don’t take serious action. Past and future global transformation of terrestrial ecosystems under climate change by Connor Nolan1, Jonathan T. Overpeck2,1, Judy R. […]
Rising Seas and Declining Infrastructure
Miami’s Other Water Problem — If a coastal neighborhood will have to be abandoned anyway, is it worth spending money on new sewers? “People will hang on with their fingernails to keep what they’ve got,” Stoddard says. “But who’s going to move here? And that’s what’s going to kill us.” — Read the whole thing. […]
Posted in Environment, Global Warming
Tagged climate change, flood insurance, real estate, rising sea level, sea level rise
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Flood Risk and Real Estate Values
The risk of floods increasing do to human induced climate change is affecting real estate values. Though the risk is increasing in all flood zones, coastal areas are already feeling the pain. Most homeowner’s don’t know about flood insurance until they need it. Then, it is too late. Bloomberg News reports: Recent research confirms that […]
Posted in Education, Environment, Global Warming, weather
Tagged climate change, flood insurance, real estate, rising sea levels, sea level rise
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