'I would be bereft if Viacom succeeded in slimming or shutting YouTube down. Artists are not much bothered by its minor copyright infringements, as they were by file-swap sites, and Hollywood gets more promotion from it than violation. As an educational tool and creative resource, it has untold value' - The Lebrecht Weekly, June 25, 2008.
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This wonderful video clip of Scott Ross playing Scarlatti's Sonata K209 has come via Nuno Lemos' Portugese music blog.
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"Five Turkish punk rockers and their agent face up to 18 months in jail for insult after a bureaucrat took offence at their song criticising the country's unpopular university entrance exam. The head of Turkey's central examination board, OSYM, Unal Yarimagan reportedly smiled when he first saw a clip of OSYM, Kiss My Arse by Deli (mad), a group from the western city of Bursa. "I'm a tolerant person, but that didn't stop me doing my duty and checking it wasn't breaking any laws," he said. Last month, an Ankara prosecutor said it was, and a court case is due to begin on May 2.
"It's ridiculous," says the lead singer and lyricist, Cengiz Sari, 24. "I was 17 when I wrote that song. I was just your typical rebellious teenager." Sensitivity to criticism is a common trait of Turkey's great and good. Since March 2005, when the prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, sued a cartoonist who portrayed him as a cat tangled in wool, he is believed to have earned at least £100,000 in damages. The cartoon is below.
Turkey's understanding of freedom of expression surfaced again last month when a judge ordered the website YouTube to be blocked. YouTube has a central role to play in Deli's story. Until last June, few had heard of the band. It was then that a fan uploaded a clip of himself lip-synching his way through OSYM. "Let me tell you something:/ screw your exam system," Hako mouthed over a sound track reminiscent of the Sex Pistols. Posted days before 1.5 million Turkish teenagers took the much-criticised university entrance exam, Hako was an overnight sensation."
For more on this story from Istanbul follow this link, and here is the video five young Turks may face jail sentences over:
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I've been doing some very rewarding media training with young victims of crime for the charity Victim Support Norfolk. Here are the results from BBC TV News. You can catch a glimpse of me in the middle of the human knot, which is kind of appropriate.
Much media hype about Apple's iPhone. Less media hype about another handheld electronic device launched at last week's Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show. The Taser C2 is a 'personal protection device' using the electro-shock technology from Taser's law enforcement product range. The Taser website says: 'Unlike conventional weapons the Taser C2 discharge can work anywhere on the body, making it easier to stop a threat under stress than other self-defense options.' Taser 'citizen defense' systems can be bought online from the company's website, of from Actionguns.com. The Taser C2 will be available to the public in April 2007 for $299, and comes in a choice of four colours.
Taser devices are used by more than 10,000 police agencies in 40 countries. The Amnesty International website says that 'since 2001, more than 70 people are reported to have died in the USA and Canada after being struck by M26 or X26 Tasers, with the numbers rising each year', and goes on to say 'the use of stun technology in law enforcement raises a number of concerns for the protection of human rights. Portable and easy to use, with the capacity to inflict severe pain at the push of a button without leaving substantial marks, electro-shock weapons are particularly open to abuse by unscrupulous officials, as the organization has documented in numerous cases around the world.' Now follow this link to experience the zeitgeist of the YouTube generation, and this one to find out about the Pentagon's manna from heaven.
Now playing - Anton Webern's orchestration of the Ricercata from Bach's Musical Offering played by the Münchener Kammerorchester conducted by Christoph Poppen (ECM 1774). As a leading member of the Second Viennese School Anton Webern (right) helped develop the twelve-tone system. He was accidentally shot dead in September 1945 by an American Army soldier in the Austrian village of Mittersill. The shooting happened five months after hostilies ended in Europe.
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Read about a recording of his fine symphonies here.
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