The FBI had the Orlando gunman under watch — twice — and, after much consideration, decided to stop following him. Was this a mistake? Obviously, tragically so.
But in this massive lost opportunity to prevent a slaughter dwells a positive sign for our ability to stop future attacks. Law enforcement at least had its eye on him. Scarier would have been that it had never heard of Omar Mateen.
Two Boston colleges are leading the way in protecting the rights of music creators, performers and rights holders around the world.
Berklee College of Music and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are collaborating on the Open Music Initiative to improve how singers, songwriters and performers get paid in the internet era, according to reports in the Boston Herald and Rolling Stone magazine.
