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polygon
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The Sixth Napster Item
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Jun 24 02:40 UTC 2001 |
The ongoing discussion of intellectual property, freedom of expression,
electronic media, corporate control, and evolving technology continues
into the summer.
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ceyx
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response 1 of 151:
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Jun 24 08:54 UTC 2001 |
Well what can you do? I loved it, but normally if it's to good to be true then
it normally is.
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micklpkl
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response 2 of 151:
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Jun 25 20:17 UTC 2001 |
From the latest Roxio (EZ CD Creator) e-mailing:
Apparently some of our customers have misinterpreted our new partnership
with EMI. This is somewhat understandable in that there has been nothing
less than a "holy war" being waged between content owners and some high
profile internet entrepreneurs.
The fact is, however, that Roxio in no way intends to restrict
functionality, or obstruct the free and easy burning of content. The
EMI/Roxio deal is about enabling -- not disabling.
Roxio is hardly waving a white flag here. We have pro-actively fought
and lobbied the labels to allow more burning functionality, not less.
Our customers will continue to be able to burn all the content they burn
now (regardless of the source--CD collection, mp3 files, downloads,
etc.). Roxio's mantra is "Burn Everything". We have no intention of
deviating from this fundamental promise to our customer.
We think the major significance of the EMI/Roxio partnership is that one
of the largest record companies in the world has publicly recognized
that digital distribution doesn't work without burning. This is a huge
win for the consumer in getting closer to delivering on the promise of
the "celestial jukebox".
Thank you,
Chris Gorog, President and CEO, roxio
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Also in the same e-mail, it was announced that there is now an update to EZ
CD Creator 4.02 that "fixes" the Audio Recognition feature that "broke" when
CDDB threw a spanner in the works.
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krj
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response 3 of 151:
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Jun 26 05:07 UTC 2001 |
I tend to use this item as a running weblog for news stories and essays
which I find of interest; hope everyone else isn't too bored.
http://www.newmediamusic.com/articles/NM01060306.html
"Don't Let The New DRM Standards End Up In A Chorus of Disapproval"
I can never be certain if author Larry Powers at New Media Music is
utterly brilliant or just blowing really pretty smoke rings.
In today's essay Powers talks about how the music industry in
the past has created "the illusion of ownership" for LP/tape/CD
consumers, and how the DRM systems threaten to destroy that illusion.
But, according to Powers, the labels don't grasp that when they
trash the consumers' illusion of ownership -- with song files which
expire after 30 days, or which have a limited number of plays --
they will damage the value of their intellecutal property holdings.
Powers cites the first DiVX DVD system, the one which involved
players which had to phone home for authorization to play the disc,
as an example of what might be in store for the music industry
if they continue on their present course.
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krj
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response 4 of 151:
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Jun 26 05:18 UTC 2001 |
http://musicdish.com/mag/?id=4017
"Dear Artists, Take Control Now While You Can"
The hook quotes economist David Friedman:
"Mark Twain made a lot of his money lecturing, not selling books. His books
were more or less promotional tools. In the future, creative people will have
to accept a similar business model. Current copyright laws simply won't be
enforceable..." (paraphrased)
The article also mentions a Chinese artist-management agency which
has thrown in the towel on CD piracy, which is rampant in Asia.
The agency has now adopted a policy of manufacturing just enough
CDs to get the interest of the pirates; the agency then lets the pirates
assume the costs of manufacturing and distributing the discs, which
the agency now regards as promotional tools for concerts.
Musicdish.com is somewhat amateurish, but I have found their essays
worth checking in for.
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I had another article which discusses the original Napster, and its
file sharing successors, as the only consumer-driven online distribution
system to date, but I've lost the reference...
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krj
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response 5 of 151:
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Jun 26 05:22 UTC 2001 |
((( Summer Agora #22 now linked as Music conference #315.
Previous items in this series can be found in the Music
conference: items 240, 279, 280, 294 & 304. )))
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krj
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response 6 of 151:
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Jun 27 17:50 UTC 2001 |
I stuck a response in the music conference (item:music,293) about the
financial difficulties and possible bankruptcy of Tower Records.
Requoting from the L.A. Times:
"Music merchants say sales are down 5% to 10% for the first six
months of the year..."
The LA Times story mentions lots of causes for Tower's problems,
and for the general fall in music sales. Curiously, Napster is
never mentioned.
One wag somewhere (mp3.com/news, maybe?) argues that the falloff in
music sales has accelerated as Napster has been fettered with
filters, and as all measurements report that less and less music is
being traded through the Napster system. So, he argues, this shows
that Napster actually was helping drive sales of music.
(That argument is probably about as valid as the argument that
Napster was damaging sales in 2000...)
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