Tag: United States Department of Homeland Security

SXSW Issues Statement On Visa Problems, As They Work To Help Bands Enter U.S.

Following multiple reports that artists scheduled to showcase at SXSW have been turned back at the border, festival organizers have stepped up efforts to aid musicians entering the country.

Bruce Houghton on 03/15/2017 in Conventions & Awards | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Executive order, Multiple citizenship, Muslim world, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, United Kingdom, United States, United States Department of Homeland Security, United States Department of State, Visa policy of the United States, Visa Waiver Program

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UPDATE: 400 Indie Artists, Labels Join Bandcamp, Will Donate Share Of Today’s Profits To ACLU To Fight Trump Anti-Immigration Actions

Buy something on Bandcamp today! 200 400 indie labels have teamed with Bandcamp to protest Trump's actions against immigrants. Today, Friday, Bandcamp and these artists and labels will donate a share. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 02/03/2017 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: American Broadcasting Company, American Civil Liberties Union, Donald Trump, Executive order, Los Angeles, music, Muslim world, President of the United States, Syria, United States, United States Department of Homeland Security

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Bandcamp Joins Anti-Trump Immigration Fight, Will Donate 100% Of Friday’s Profit To ACLU

Indie music powerhouse Bandcamp is joining the growing protests against President Trump anti-Muslim immigration ban. This Friday, Bandcamp will donate 100% of their share of all sales to the American Civil. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 02/01/2017 in Uncategorized | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: American Civil Liberties Union, Donald Trump, Iraq, lawsuit, Muslim world, President of the United States, Syria, United States, United States Department of Homeland Security, United States district court

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RESOLVED: Day Long DDOS Attack That Brought Down Spotify, SoundCloud, Others Ends, Homeland Security Investigating

UPDATE 2: Spotify, SoundCloud, Twitter and other major sites were down or loading slowly all day on Friday thanks to a massive Distributed Denial Of Services (DD0S) attack. By Friday evening the. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 10/22/2016 in Music Tech | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Amazon Web Services, AOL, Application programming interface, Disc jockey, Donald Trump, Entertainment Weekly, GitHub, Heroku, Internal Revenue Service, Internet of things, JSON, Soundcloud, The Boston Globe, The New York Times, United States, United States Department of Homeland Security, YouTube

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