Anyone who has read various crazy religious comics about how playing with the occult will eventually leading to the death of yourself and everyone you love and possibly the end of the world, should read this. [via boingboing] You should read it if you love cthulhu too. Which limb will you shake when he comes for you?

Giant article which spells out rather clearly why copyright extentions are evil [via themusic.com.au] and why if John Howard agrees to change Australia's laws to match the US (he already has?) we can all kiss goodbye our much loved history. In fact, almost half of Australia's short history will be locked up in copyright hell.

Elsheimer himself has more than 13,000 obscure films--16mm, classroom filmstrips and bizarre instructional films, among others. He says people would be surprised by how much material is in the public domain. Some Hollywood films weren't considered important enough for the studios to bother to renew their copyrights. Others were never copyrighted in the first place.

But thanks to the 1976 law, everything created since then is automatically copyrighted and renewed, even if no one cares about it. "The biggest problem is that a lot of the entities that created those works don't exist anymore," says Elsheimer. "Legally, you're not supposed to use them, but there's nobody out there to represent them. You have this vast amount of knowledge and work that cannot be touched for 50, 60, 70 years."

I've never read the "automatic" copyright ideal that way. Pre 1976 (in the US) you had to write "Copyright Andrew Bowie 2003" on your work in order for copyright to exist, else is was placed directly into the public domain. I remember being taught at school that you had to add a copyright message to your work, but have since learned and grown up with the idea of automatic copyright to any work you create. It's always sounded great until I read the above quote.

The Live Music Taskforce has released their recommendations [rocknerd.org]. My favourite:

The principle of 'Agent of change' to inform planning practice and guide decision making by councils. Thus if a developer builds near an existing venue they, as the agent of change, would be responsible for the cost of noise attenuation, either of the venue and or the residential development.

New Fantomas album delayed until January. "It will be worth the wait" saying ipecac.com. I've heard that before. It's their job to tell you that.

I intended this to be my last ever post. I think that idea lasted about an hour.

Fantohawk on Thursday and Friday. Thank god for something to look forward to. Something that won't keep getting moved back two weeks. Damn it!

Fantomas has been getting a pounding from fans over their latest Kaaza-Un-released CD. I don't think Patton gives two craps.

I went for a jog yesterday. Actual deliberate exercise. First time since... I can't remember. I'm a little annoyed my stomach isn't an instant sixpack but I guess it takes time. Stupid body.

I'm not sure why I'm not talking about my latest crushing problem. It's mostly because I still hold out hope that it'll all work out, and I'll feel guilty for complaining. A pile of experience says otherwise.