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krj
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response 75 of 151:
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Oct 22 18:37 UTC 2003 |
Todd Rundgren speaks out in favor of file sharing and against the
record companies and lawsuits. This may only be available TODAY at
the Hollywood Reporter:
http://hollywoodreporter.com/thr/music/feature_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=2
007230
The sidebar articles are also pretty good.
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murph
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response 76 of 151:
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Oct 23 18:52 UTC 2003 |
I've got an iBook, so I've been using iTunes for a long time; so far, most
of what I've heard about the Windows version has been good, except that it
won't work on Win98 and crashes Win2k if certain Win2k upgrades aren't
present. (google news says they just released an upgrade to fix that)
I've never bought anything from the store--anything that I want enough to buy,
either iTunes doesn't have (yet), or my girlfriend will have already bought.
And, since iTunes can share its library with other iTunes users on the local
subnet, I can play all of her music.
I'm interested to see how the iTunes Music Store AAC vs. Napster 2.0 WMA vs.
legacy hardware mp3 wars play out. The iPod's market share is only growing
(and with good reason, too), which means iTMS will have a huge advantage over
Napster 2. Unless, of course, Microsoft comes out with a piece of hardware
nicer than the iPod. I suppose that since Steve Jobs has announced hell to
have frozen over, the snowball's chance that is MS producing decent hardware
is plausible. Almost.
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dbratman
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response 77 of 151:
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Oct 24 07:13 UTC 2003 |
Once upon a time, the penalty for stealing a loaf of bread to feed a
hungry family was death. The latest rules are almost that stupid.
How's King Canute doing lately?
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murph
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response 78 of 151:
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Oct 24 20:06 UTC 2003 |
King Canute XCIII, last I heard, is on his way to death by saltwater
inhalation, just like every previous member of his ruling line...
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krj
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response 79 of 151:
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Oct 27 14:13 UTC 2003 |
Cary Sherman, president of the RIAA, is interviewed. He says the
RIAA lawsuits are working great; sales have been up for six weeks,
relative to the year-ago numbers, and the public backlash predicted
by common wisdom simply hasn't materialized.
http://www.boston.com/business/globe/articles/2003/10/26/qampa_cary_sherman
_riaa_president_on_battle_vs_file_swappers/
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mcnally
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response 80 of 151:
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Oct 27 17:45 UTC 2003 |
Wow. I wonder if he's being disingenuous or just phenomenally dense
when he cites a six-week rise in sales over last year (one of the
music industry's worst) as "proof" that the lawsuits are working?
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krj
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response 81 of 151:
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Oct 27 19:02 UTC 2003 |
From my looking at the Billboard reports of Soundscan's measures of sales,
the RIAA's Sherman is right on the mark. I entered Soundscan's report
of sales figures for the week immediately following the lawsuits in
resp:7, and sales have continued up. Here's the most recent stuff
I have, from Billboard dated October 25:
current week 11,580,000
same week 2002 10,654,000 up 8.7%
There's an accompanying text story. This was the fifth straight week
that sales have been up relative to year-ago, and that hasn't
happened since 2001. Industry execs prefer to stress the appeal of
the new releases, but say the lawsuits against file sharers are
helping a little bit.
The article says everyone expects sales to fall below the 2002 level
at the end of October, because October 2002 had a huge boost from an
Eminem release.
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The convention wisdom was that suing ordinary people would provoke a
backlash.
There is no sign of outrage at Big Music spreading beyond Slashdot
readers, and the 460 people who have been/will be sued. A telling
example for me is the website http://downhillbattle.org, which is trying
to raise money for legal expenses and settlement bills for those sued.
So far they have raised a whopping $1900; in terms of the net, that's
pathetic.
Big Music has to be saying: why didn't we sue individual file swappers
two or three years ago?
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gull
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response 82 of 151:
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Oct 30 14:02 UTC 2003 |
The Librarian of Congress has carved out some DMCA exemptions:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/33668.html
The exemptions cover:
- Censorware blacklists - researchers had asked for the right to extract
these without fear of DMCA prosecution
- Computer software protected by dongles that are obsolete or don't work
- Computer software protected by obsolete media
- E-books that stop blind or partially-sighted readers from turning on
read-aloud or large-print options.
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remmers
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response 83 of 151:
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Oct 30 15:44 UTC 2003 |
(Geez, my ex-history professor sure has a lot of power...)
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dbratman
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response 84 of 151:
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Oct 30 17:58 UTC 2003 |
Yes, "ex-history" seems to be the right field of study for this subject.
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krj
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response 85 of 151:
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Oct 31 05:02 UTC 2003 |
The RIAA has filed 80 new lawsuits against alleged file swappers.
These people are from the list of 204 people who were warned by the
RIAA in early October that they would be the next targets. 124 of
that group have either settled, or are discussing settlements,
with the RIAA.
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-5099738.html
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BMG says they're happy with the SunnComm copy-restriction system
which installs drivers on the user's PC, and they plan to use the
system on more releases. BMG says that sales for the SunnComm-
infected disk, by Anthony Hamilton, fell less than expected in the
weeks after release, indicated that people were burning fewer
copies of it.
"CD Experiment Shows Early Promise"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38052-2003Oct29.html
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scott
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response 86 of 151:
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Nov 3 21:39 UTC 2003 |
Downloading music is no different than beating up a little crippled girl,
selling her wheelchair for crack money, and then going back to rape her.
Well, that's a bit of an exaggeration, but I'm getting really fed up with
these piracy analogies.
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tod
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response 87 of 151:
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Nov 3 22:41 UTC 2003 |
This response has been erased.
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jaklumen
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response 88 of 151:
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Nov 4 03:54 UTC 2003 |
Good analogies, actually. :>
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vegetto
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response 89 of 151:
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Nov 5 03:26 UTC 2003 |
re # 86-That is quite simply a matter of personal opinion scott.I'm guessing
you support the double-damned RIAA,huh?Shame on you!
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krj
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response 90 of 151:
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Nov 5 03:51 UTC 2003 |
Hi Dave, welcome to Grex! Do have your irony detector brought in for
its periodic maintenance, OK?
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krj
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response 91 of 151:
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Nov 6 22:26 UTC 2003 |
The five major record companies are about to consolidate down to four,
or maybe three.
Sony and BMG (Bertelsmann) have signed a letter of intent to create
a new firm from their existing operations.
Meanwhile, EMI and (AOL) Time Warner are still negotiating
some sort of a merger, and in late news today EMI has bank
financing lined up.
It's unclear if regulators in the USA and EU would approve
both deals.
Any consolidation would likely involve huge layoffs.
http://www.forbes.com/home_asia/newswire/2003/11/06/rtr1138376.html
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mcnally
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response 92 of 151:
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Nov 6 22:34 UTC 2003 |
I just can't wait until they pass the savings on to us!
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goose
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response 93 of 151:
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Nov 7 02:46 UTC 2003 |
Why Mike, is that just a *hint* of sarcasm I detect?
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gull
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response 94 of 151:
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Nov 7 14:12 UTC 2003 |
The FCC has approved plans for a "broadcast flag" that will allow
broadcasters to block recording of digital TV transmissions. All
digital TV devices made after July 1, 2005 will have to honor the flag.
Why do I get the feeling this flag will be turned on most of the time?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/33807.html
You have to hand it to the media companies...it took them about 20 years
to figure out a way around their failure to get the VCR banned, but
eventually they did it.
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gelinas
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response 95 of 151:
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Nov 7 15:15 UTC 2003 |
Hmmm... The report I'd heard said that the flag would NOT prevent the
recipient of the broadcast making a copy for personal use.
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tsty
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response 96 of 151:
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Nov 11 09:36 UTC 2003 |
after translation to baseband video, noting is impossible. how silly of
a 'fix.'
same with audio/cds ... once into audio format, notng is impossible.
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gull
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response 97 of 151:
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Nov 11 21:13 UTC 2003 |
The movie studios and record labels are now starting to talk about
"closing the analog hole," so you can probably expect to see digital to
analog conversion devices restricted as well. It wouldn't surprise me
to see no analog outputs at all on digital video devices in the future,
since this would both benefit the studios by restricting copying *and*
benefit the hardware manufacturers by forcing people to buy new digital
equipment instead of using converter boxes with their old analog TV
stuff.
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tsty
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response 98 of 151:
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Nov 12 11:11 UTC 2003 |
now *tha's* a fix.... NOT!
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krj
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response 99 of 151:
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Nov 15 20:19 UTC 2003 |
Cnet has bought what's left of mp3.com, which has been a source for
independent and amateur musicians to distribute their recordings.
The site will shut down at the beginning of December, and Cnet
plans to relaunch it as a music information site -- sounds like
downloadable MP3 files will no longer be a part of the game plan.
http://news.com.com/2100-1027-5107696.html
There's an interesting story to be written about the rise and
fall of MP3.com, one of the dot-com debacles which might have
gone somewhere.
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