WELOME TO THE NEGATIVLAND FORKLIFTERS CLUB Good Hello Forklifters. In this announcement you will find–
Made especially for Negativland, we now have for sale a new four-button Val-U-Pak of badges from our friends at the Copyright Violation Squad in the UK. For $4 you get the classic Negativland "house logo" with the C.I.I.Y.B.E.V. inscription, a C.V.S. badge, the nefarious "N©!" logo, and a great new image of a man tossing a copyright symbol into the waste bin. All buttons are sparkly metallic silver with black ink. Go here and see what they look like and how to get them - 2. VIDEO FROM "THE CONFERENCE ON THE PUBLIC DOMAIN" NOW ON THE WEB Video and text from last falls "Conference On The Public Domain" at Duke University is now up on the web. If you'd like to see Negativland member Mark Hosler's lecture and presentation to 150 intellectual property lawyers and professors (as well as a segment Mark showed from Negativland's up-coming DVD video collection) go here. 3. BRAND NEW WEATHERMAN FAMILY SLIDE SHOW ADDED TO NEGATIVWORLDWIDEWEBLAND Here's the latest addition to our slide show stories about Negativland's founding members - the family slides of David "The Weatherman" Wills. In never before heard or seen pictures and sound, you can experience the formative years of this fussy, fastidious, founding Floptop....toads, parakeets, his first radio station and a lot of carefully arranged plumbing pipe. link 4. APPARENTLY, WE'RE A DANCE BAND NOW A poll in a recent issue of the popular UK techno/electronica magazine MUSIK listed Negativland's ESCAPE FROM NOISE as one of the top 50 best "dance " LPs of all time. We're listed alongside Bjork, Moby, Pet Shop Boys, Kraftwerk and Madonna. Huh? The issue came with a compilation CD that includes our track "Christianity Is Stupid". 5. COPYRIGHT ROUND-UP "Copyright: Who Should Benefit?" by Adam C. Engst is an excellent recent article that discusses all the latest goings on in the intellectual property world, with file sharing, music industry copy protection and more. With Larry Lessig (author of the excellent "The Future Or Ideas" book) bringing the Eldritch case all the way to the Supreme Court, some very exciting things are going on right now. Go here to read all about it - http://www.tidbits.com/tb-issues/TidBITS-618.html 6. DICK VAUGHN'S HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE DEATH Our recent re-release of ancient Dick Vaughn radio show tapes ("DICK VAUGHN'S MORIBUND MUSIC OF THE 70's" as part of our ongoing OVER THE EDGE radio show series. ) included a tape specifically meant to be played in the event of Dicks death. It has prompted a storm of questions about how and why we ended up with these tapes. Here's a sample - Dear Negativland - One wonders, if ol' dead Dick Vaughn recorded all those tapes in the event of his death, a different tape for each possible demise-- well, where are those many tapes now, and what were they like? I'm morbidly curious to know what his final message would have been like if he'd died in a fire, an auto accident, a prison riot, or of anthrax exposure... Sincerely,
Dear Concerned - Yes, his extensive and well catalogued "death tapes" fell into our hands and, believe me, they are some bunch of moribund listening! The "Falls Down Stairs" tape is extremely insightful on both balance and footwear. The "Overcome By Sewer Gas" tape is an indignant rant on the tragedy of odor related death. The "Shot By The Weatherman" tape exhibits his typical paranoia about all those who surrounded him. The "Radio Falling Into The Bathtub" is a lesson for all who combine cleanliness and music. Well, there's over a thousand more, but unfortunately, being the stickler for accuracy he was, Mr. Vaughn's last will stipulates that only the tape relating to the TRUE cause of his death could ever be released. Sorry, folks, I'm afraid the rest remain only as entertainment for Negativland in-house parties. Sincerely,
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