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...or is it just too tempting?

I wrote a (very) short piece on this after the music industry had a wee get together in Kristiansand back in June last year.

One of the outcomes reported was the recognition that monetising, instead of prosecuting, was a better idea. Is it just the wheels moving slowly or is the easy path involve a lot less work for a lot more short term gain?

...nicely(~50KB jpg).

I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it.

--George Bernard Shaw

Firmware?

Direct link to Apple from that page. Niiiiice...

How do people find these?

Firmware?

I wrote a (very) short piece on this a while ago, in response to an article on El' Reg.

Again, looking at the list of 'discoveries' there, and at the reasons given here, it's hard to believe that the industry hasn't already fallen over in a big screaming heap. The only thing propping it up thus far are multi-album recording contracts, and their McDonald's inspired ability to foist very average fair on to the average user.

In the last couple of years with GarageBand etc providing the ability for anyone to make reasonable music at home, the iTunes Music Store and it's ilk providing the ability for almost anyone to publish their work, and social networking sites providing the marketing (often viral), it's time these commercial dinosaurs went the way of their reptilian cousins did millions of years ago.

Either way, it's us punters who are enjoying the fruits of this competition :-)

90/100.

Getting pretty close.

Demise? Or retirement? This thing takes no prisoners...

Depending on cost, one obvious potential use I can see for it is for breath testing for alcohol (instead of this method).