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Taking a break
Some of you might have already noticed it: There ain’t much going on here recently. I have to appologize. I’m currently starting a new business which as you can imagine is consuming quite … more →
Höf's Mixtape
Taking a break
Christian Hoeferle (Höferle) wrote 9 months ago: Some of you might have already noticed it: There ain’t much going on here recently. I have to … more →
"Three strikes" laws for Germany? Not with the current administration
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Christian Hoeferle (Höferle) wrote 10 months ago: Even though conservative members of the German grand coalition government have been asserting that t … more →
The plan to extend the copyright term in Europe - a good idea?
Christian Hoeferle (Höferle) wrote 10 months ago: For years the recording industry in Europe and especially in Great Britain has been pushing for an e … more →
Know all about what's going an at Midem without being in Cannes
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Christian Hoeferle (Höferle) wrote 10 months ago: Actually, going to Midem should be mandatory for anybody who wants to cover the music business. Ther … more →
UK government wants to legislate on how to deal with filesharing
Christian Hoeferle (Höferle) wrote 10 months ago: This music industry claim saying that 95% of all downloads are illegal and unpaid for is causing Bri … more →
German government wants music business and ISPs to cooperate
Christian Hoeferle (Höferle) wrote 10 months ago: The French have been working on this for months now, so have the British. Even the content industrie … more →
While I was away ...
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Christian Hoeferle (Höferle) wrote 11 months ago: Welcome back, readers of Höf’s Mixtape. Sorry it took me so long to get back online. While I w … more →
Coldplay's Satriani PR debacle
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Christian Hoeferle (Höferle) wrote 11 months ago: This is probably the worst possible way to deal with that situation. It will keep the story in the h … more →
EMI and Sony BMG on board with Griffin/Warner flatrate model
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Christian Hoeferle (Höferle) wrote 12 months ago: The flatrate model proposed by Jim Griffin and Warner Music which tends to be falsely described as a … more →
Warner and Jim Griffin keep pushing flatrate to universities
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Christian Hoeferle (Höferle) wrote 12 months ago: What’s with this American paranoia about taxes? Nobody likes to be forced to give away hard-ea … more →
Voting rocks! Do it. Now
Christian Hoeferle (Höferle) wrote 1 year ago: On a day like today news from within the small music industry are more or less irrelevant. If you ar … more →
France one big step closer to "three strikes" legislation
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Christian Hoeferle (Höferle) wrote 1 year ago: The French Senate has voted overwhelmingly in favor of President Nicolas Sarkozy’s plan to int … more →
Obama team plots Chicago victory party with C3 Presents
Christian Hoeferle (Höferle) wrote 1 year ago: Memo to the Obama campaign from the “don’t get too cocky” department: don’t … more →
DJ Z-Trips rocks the vote
Christian Hoeferle (Höferle) wrote 1 year ago: What is better than supporting the right presidential candidate? Supporting the right presidential c … more →
Bush signs Anti-Piracy law
Christian Hoeferle (Höferle) wrote 1 year ago: Counterfeiters and pirates beware. Dubbya on Monday signed the PRO-IP Act, which means higher penalt … more →
Not all "piracy" is bad
Christian Hoeferle (Höferle) wrote 1 year ago: Creative Commons co-founder Lawrence Lessig has an essay in Saturday’s Wall Street Journal tha … more →
Everclear make a political statement
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Christian Hoeferle (Höferle) wrote 1 year ago: Musically this isn’t exactly my cup of tea. But I like the rebellious spirit. You can downloa … more →
PPP funding to send German music delegation to China
Christian Hoeferle (Höferle) wrote 1 year ago: You’ve got to hand it to Wolfgang Spahr, Billboard’s German stringer aka “Häuptlin … more →
German government commits to copyright protection - 3 strikes? Well, maybe ...
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Christian Hoeferle (Höferle) wrote 1 year ago: During his opening address at Popkomm in Berlin German minister for culture and the media, Bernd Neu … more →
