Law Publishing: political chaos.

Given the interest in a matter 'policy' so close to the election, you chase the positions taken against the ill-fated law. After Martin (FI) and Bertinotti (RC), also Milio (Radicals) attacked the measure, raising the referendum

WebTracer.

Do you already have the beta for Windows WebTracer , a work of Tom Betts who excels in the scene of 'visulizzatori structure of the web'. The aim is to adequately represent the hypertext structure as

Net.music: conference and live webcast.

Today ICA (Institute of Contemporary Arts in London), for a series of meetings 'Cybersalon' conference by Jacques Attali (author of 'Noise') on the theme 'The new political economy and aesthetics of interactive music'. In the evening

Napster maneuvers.

"Shameful" is the judgment of the judge Marilyn Hall Patel on the present state of Napster. The warning is even more explicit: "If you can not get on top of the filters, maybe it's time to

Emusic plans purchase of Universal.

The Universal Music Group has announced plans to buy for $ 23 million in the Emusic, removing another 'player' from the online music scene, and by retracting its substantial catalog of independent labels and artists in

Shopping Windows.

Shopping Windows , "net.art after the e-commerce and the death of net.art," is the provocative title of an online exhibition of works made ​​on commission who cross the streets of art with the internet and the

Napster: new persecutions.

Since last week the clutches of the RIAA also came on iMesh , the Israeli alternative to Napster. A notice has informed users that the application of a series of filters would make it impossible to

Napster: new deployments.

Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment have struck a deal with Yahoo to entrust the distribution of their titles not just taken off the project Duet (see Duet, paid media ) expected for the end

Weekender.

– Friday on Weekendance (Radio 2 at 23:00)
. Avalanches (breakbeat, tech-house)
– Saturday in Rome, at the Bluecheese
. Leeroy Thornhill (The Prodigy) DJ sets UK – Saturday in

Press law: first petition.

While the list of Italian webzine that have stopped stretches eerily, all obviously frightened by the regime of penalties imposed by the new Press Law, Computer Point launched the first petition , which was signed yesterday

Hacktivism in Bologna.

Today in Bologna for the series of meetings 'Digital_is_not_analog' at the Media Lab Salara (via Don Minzoni 18), 'Hacktivism, experiences and activities of independent political communication on the Internet' with Ricardo Dominguez, the Electronic Disturbance Theatre