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gull
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The Seventeenth Napster Item
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Jan 13 14:40 UTC 2004 |
Since no one has started a Napster item yet this Agora, and I have some
stuff to post, I thought I'd start one. Quoting from krj's post in the
previous Agora:
"Napster the corporation has been destroyed, but the Napster paradigm
continues. This is another quarterly installment in a series of weblog
and discussion about the deconstruction of the music industry and
other copyright industries, with side forays into
'intellectual property, freedom of expression, electronic media,
corporate control, and evolving technology,' as polygon once
phrased it.
"Several years of back items are easily found in the music2 and music3
conferences, covering discussions all the way back to the initial
popularity of the MP3 format."
Would someone be kind enough to link this to Music?
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gull
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response 1 of 102:
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Jan 13 14:43 UTC 2004 |
I'll lead off with an article from the LA Weekly. The RIAA has taken a
page from the ATF, and is staging raids with units dressed in SWAT team
style gear with "RIAA" stencilled on the back:
http://www.laweekly.com/ink/printme.php?eid=50096
This seems kind of creepy to me, but I've probably read too much sci-fi
that involved private corporate police forces.
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twenex
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response 2 of 102:
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Jan 13 14:48 UTC 2004 |
It seems creepy to me, too, and I haven't read too much (any) of that kind
of Sci-Fi.
Big corporations have always been part of the "Establishment"; it's the bad
side of capitalism. There was a news report the other day about the lobbyists
in Washington; all the big corporate interests had the ear of the Powers that
Be, but a spokesperson from some citizens' interests pressure group complained
of often having to fight to speak to senatorial aides, never mind senators
themselves.
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krj
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response 3 of 102:
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Jan 13 17:26 UTC 2004 |
((( Winter Agora #72 now linked as Music #169. )))
Thanks for starting this and keeping the traditional form, David!
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jep
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response 4 of 102:
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Jan 13 20:31 UTC 2004 |
There are lots of music services out there these days, selling songs
for about 99 cents. Are people here who used to use Napster or Kazaa
buying their music from these services now?
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twinkie
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response 5 of 102:
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Jan 13 21:28 UTC 2004 |
I think at Macworld last week, Steve Jobs announced that over 30 million songs
had been dowloaded. So certainly, some people are buying songs now.
I've purchased two songs from Apple's music store, and was relatively
impressed with it. Though, I think reducing the prices would help
substantially.
As it stands now, the going rates are $0.99/song or $9.99/album. For two or
three dollars more, I can buy a CD at Best Buy that isn't AAC compressed, and
comes with liner notes and album art.
If the prices dropped to a level where I'd see real value in downloading vs.
buying retail, I'd jump on it. And it would seem that Wal-Mart may help make
that happen. They're poised to open their own music store, with plans to sell
songs for $0.88 and albums for $8.88.
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