Nov 23

MOvember continues

By Stefano Buliani My Works, Pleas No Comments »

Hi All,

During Movember (the month formerly known as November) I’ll be growin a Mo (slang for Moustache). That’s right I’m bringing the Mo back to raise funds for The Prostate Cancer Charity because I’m passionate about men’s health and the fight against prostate cancer. Why…

  • Prostate cancer is now the most common cancer diagnosed in men in the U.K. with at least one man dying every hour from the disease.
  • Every year about 35,000 men in the U.K. are diagnosed with prostate cancer and about 10,000 men die from the disease.
  • One man in 11 will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime in the U.K.

To sponsor my Mo (moustache) and fight against prostate cancer please go to http://www.movember.com/uk/donate, enter my registration number which is 120922 and your credit card details. Or you can sponsor me by cheque made payable to “The Prostate Cancer Charity” clearly marking the donation as being for my Registration Number: 120922. Please mail cheques to: The Prostate Cancer Charity, ATT: Movember, First Floor, Cambridge House, 100 Cambridge Grove, Hammersmith, London W6 0LE.

All donations are made directly to The Prostate Cancer Charity which will use the money to fund high quality research into the causes, treatment and impact of prostate cancer and to provide support and information to men and their families.

Movember culminates at the end of the month at the Gala Partés. These glamorous and groomed events will see Tom Selleck and Borat look-a-likes battle it out for their chance to take home the prestigious Man of Movember title. If you would like to be part of this great night you’ll need to purchase a Gala Parté ticket.
Thanks for your support

Stefano

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Apr 27

Where will you be when the music dies – Take 2

By Stefano Buliani General Babbling, Pleas, WWW No Comments »

Seems what all bloggers and activists did had the desired effect!

The CRB ruling to increase the royalties for net radios which sparked an outraged reaction from most webcasters and listeners and may be overthrown by the appeal.

An article on theregister.co.uk discusses the events which I originally reported in this post.

“The illogical and unrealistic royalty rates set by the CRB have placed the future of an entire industry in jeopardy,” said Jake Ward of the SaveNetRadio coalition. “This bill is a critical step to preserve this vibrant and growing medium, and to develop a truly level playing field where webcasters can compete with satellite radio.”

Take it easy,

Stefano

Apr 20

Where will you be when the music dies…

By Stefano Buliani General Babbling, Pleas, WWW No Comments »

SaveNetRadio.orgThe title quotes the new link/widget I just added on the sidebar.

This morning I read the sad news that the Copyright Royalty Board in the US has just increased internet radio royalty fees between 300 and 1200 percent. There’s something not quite right. Might as well say we want you to get out of business and that’s final.

I know it’s a US legislation and I shouldn’t care less. Nonetheless I feel that they should NOT get away with it, next thing you know they’re doing the same thing in Europe because regular/satellite broadcasters won one and feel they can be bullyish with their lobbying.

In 2005 the royalties for internet broadcasters were set to 7/100 of a penny for each song streamed. According to this new “bill” 2010 rates will be of 19/100 of penny. This is roughly triple what regular (satellite/terrestrial) broadcasters pay.

So please visit the site savenetradio.org and see if you can do something about it because this is just nuts!

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