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gull
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response 4 of 13:
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Jul 19 22:52 UTC 2006 |
Re resp:3: Hey, why mess with what works? :)
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naftee
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response 5 of 13:
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Jul 20 21:46 UTC 2006 |
i like canned salmon
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krj
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response 6 of 13:
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Jul 28 16:49 UTC 2006 |
The Kazaa company has reached a worldwide settlement of all
copyright infringement cases against it. Kazaa is to pay about
$100 million to the recorded music industry, an amount to be
determined later to the movie industry, and it is to (somehow)
shutdown unauthorized file sharing on its system.
From a technical perspective, that last one should be interesting
to watch. :)
(Kazaa might be able to disable portions of the network; in the past,
they pulled some sort of forced upgrade which kicked customers of
Morpheus, another file sharing client using the same underlying
FastTrack network, off the network.)
Supposedly Kazaa is going to turn into an authorized content
distributor, but no file sharing operation has ever made that
transition after reaching a settlement with the copyright
interests.
DigitalMusicNews had a comment on the whack-a-mole game:
http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/#072806parting
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krj
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response 7 of 13:
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Aug 19 04:52 UTC 2006 |
The LA Times classical critic has an essay on what the end of CD
retail and the rise of downloading means for classical music. Haven't
fully digested it yet, but I wanted to paste the link in here before I
lost it:
http://www.calendarlive.com/music/classical/cl-ca-downloads20aug20,0,772425
5.story?coll=cl-classical
When Tower Records closes -- rumors on the music biz board Velvet Rope
say that closing could be Monday -- that will be near
the end for classical music storefront retail in the USA. Borders'
classical CD stock has been cut to maybe 30% of what it was, and I
don't think any other national retailer stocks more than a
shoebox-full of classical titles.
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remmers
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response 8 of 13:
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Aug 19 12:59 UTC 2006 |
Interesting essay. Overall the author is optimistic that the download
paradigm will benefit classical music. An instance of the "long tail"
phenomenon.
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void
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response 9 of 13:
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Aug 20 11:56 UTC 2006 |
Warner just recently quit recording classical.
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krj
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response 10 of 13:
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Sep 6 21:51 UTC 2006 |
The Coolfer music blog delivers the weekly sales roundup:
http://www.coolfer.com/blog/archives/2006/09/chart_recap_dyl.php
If I read this correctly, sales at independent stores are down
*** 24% ***
for the year-to-date period, compared to 2005. Sales at mass
merchants are down only 3%.
This would imply a lot more independent CD stores going away after the
Christmas shopping season, I think, or as their leases come up for
renewal.
Only 5 CD titles sold over 100,000 copies for the week: Bob Dylan,
Danity Kane (who?), Young Dro (who?), Christina Aguilera and Jessica
Simpson. (Not recognizing two of the top five sellers makes
me feel really old.)
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There was a blivet of Tower Records news today: 12 potential buyers
have expressed interest in bidding for the assets of the chain.
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jadecat
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response 11 of 13:
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Sep 7 00:46 UTC 2006 |
Danity Kane is a girl group that I believe was put together by P Diddy
(Or is he Puff Daddy again?) on a tv show or something similar.
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jenevious
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response 12 of 13:
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Sep 9 05:45 UTC 2006 |
I think dro's the TI-shoulder-lean guy
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naftee
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response 13 of 13:
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Sep 9 17:51 UTC 2006 |
unlucky
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