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Old Capital Square Dance Club makes lemonade out of lemons after copyright infringement

2 years 4 months ago
St. Louis band Old Capital Square Dance Club recently discovered that their 2019 album was altered — someone took their songs, changed their tempo and pitch-shifted the vocals. The doctored tracks were on Spotify under the name Marico Charlotte. It’s estimated that playlists made of copyrighted songs may generate tens of thousands of dollars for whoever is behind them. We talk with Old Capital bandmates Jesse McClary, Drew Lance, and Zach Anderson about this experience and what the band has in store for the coming year.

Group turns in signatures to put minimum wage hike, paid sick leave on Missouri ballot

2 years 4 months ago

An initiative petition campaign that seeks to raise Missouri’s minimum wage delivered over 210,000 signatures to the Secretary of State’s Office Wednesday afternoon — nearly double the amount needed to make the statewide ballot.  It is the first of five initiative petitions the Secretary of State’s office expects to deliver signatures this week. Petitioners need […]

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Annelise Hanshaw

Entrepreneur Sterling Moody passes

2 years 4 months ago
Gen Z and those born afterward probably won’t remember the time when there were no major grocery stores in north St. Louis. In fact, in the early nineties, Blacks resorted to launching protests just to persuade major grocers and pharmacies…
Sylvester Brown Jr. | The St. Louis American

Regulations For Generative AI Should Be Based On Reality, Not Hallucinations.

2 years 4 months ago
In a haste to do something about the growing threat of AI-fueled disinformation, harassment, and fraud, lawmakers risk introducing bills that ignore some fundamental facts about the technology. For California lawmakers in particular, this urgency is compounded by the fact that they preside over the world’s most prominent AI companies and are able to pass […]
Mike Masnick

Guitar great Duane Eddy dies at age 86

2 years 4 months ago
Guitar legend Duane Eddy passed away Tuesday in Franklin, Tennessee, at the age of 86, his manager confirmed to ABC Audio."Duane inspired a generation of guitarists the world over with his…

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