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  1. Re:Dreamy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Japanese Probe Returns First HD Video of the Moon

    I recommend Gargarian's Music

  2. The RIAA is dead. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Music Should Be Heard But Not Understood
    more often than not they see they don't have the money so they're forced to stop.

    For me, that would be the perfect reason to fight. What exactly are you gonna get out of me? I have nothing. Come and get it suckers.

    Free music from bands that don't suck:

    Defeat the RIAA. Stop listening to what they produce.

  3. The RIAA is dead. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Music Should Be Heard But Not Understood
    more often than not they see they don't have the money so they're forced to stop.

    For me, that would be the perfect reason to fight. What exactly are you gonna get out of me? I have nothing. Come and get it suckers.

    Free music from bands that don't suck:

    Defeat the RIAA. Stop listening to what they produce.

  4. The RIAA is dead. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Music Should Be Heard But Not Understood
    more often than not they see they don't have the money so they're forced to stop.

    For me, that would be the perfect reason to fight. What exactly are you gonna get out of me? I have nothing. Come and get it suckers.

    Free music from bands that don't suck:

    Defeat the RIAA. Stop listening to what they produce.

  5. Dreaming? Someone pinch me... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Digital Music Stock Market?
    If you think you'll get music for less than $0.99 per song, you're dreaming.

    If the RIAA members think they have a monopoly on creativity, they're the ones who are dreaming. Go ahead, charge $5 per track for the latest bubble gum pop. I won't even notice.

    The RIAA is toast.

  6. Dreaming? Someone pinch me... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Digital Music Stock Market?
    If you think you'll get music for less than $0.99 per song, you're dreaming.

    If the RIAA members think they have a monopoly on creativity, they're the ones who are dreaming. Go ahead, charge $5 per track for the latest bubble gum pop. I won't even notice.

    The RIAA is toast.

  7. Dreaming? Someone pinch me... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Digital Music Stock Market?
    If you think you'll get music for less than $0.99 per song, you're dreaming.

    If the RIAA members think they have a monopoly on creativity, they're the ones who are dreaming. Go ahead, charge $5 per track for the latest bubble gum pop. I won't even notice.

    The RIAA is toast.

  8. Gitch'yer free music here... by MacDork · · Score: 2, Informative · on No Levy on iPods in Canada
    Let's consider for a moment what would have happened if this levy passed. Quite simply: Free music for everyone!

    Did someone say Free Music?

    All songs are RIAA free as far as I can tell. In short, I've already got the free music. The 'industry' hopes I haven't found it yet, so they'll trot out Shitney Beers or some other jailbait teen with more T&A than talent hoping I'll bite. The special interest groups can go f' themselves as far as I'm concerned. I don't buy, listen, or even want any of their crap, so they'd best keep their grubby hands out of my pockets.

  9. Gitch'yer free music here... by MacDork · · Score: 2, Informative · on No Levy on iPods in Canada
    Let's consider for a moment what would have happened if this levy passed. Quite simply: Free music for everyone!

    Did someone say Free Music?

    All songs are RIAA free as far as I can tell. In short, I've already got the free music. The 'industry' hopes I haven't found it yet, so they'll trot out Shitney Beers or some other jailbait teen with more T&A than talent hoping I'll bite. The special interest groups can go f' themselves as far as I'm concerned. I don't buy, listen, or even want any of their crap, so they'd best keep their grubby hands out of my pockets.

  10. Gitch'yer free music here... by MacDork · · Score: 2, Informative · on No Levy on iPods in Canada
    Let's consider for a moment what would have happened if this levy passed. Quite simply: Free music for everyone!

    Did someone say Free Music?

    All songs are RIAA free as far as I can tell. In short, I've already got the free music. The 'industry' hopes I haven't found it yet, so they'll trot out Shitney Beers or some other jailbait teen with more T&A than talent hoping I'll bite. The special interest groups can go f' themselves as far as I'm concerned. I don't buy, listen, or even want any of their crap, so they'd best keep their grubby hands out of my pockets.

  11. Gitch'yer free music here... by MacDork · · Score: 2, Informative · on No Levy on iPods in Canada
    Let's consider for a moment what would have happened if this levy passed. Quite simply: Free music for everyone!

    Did someone say Free Music?

    All songs are RIAA free as far as I can tell. In short, I've already got the free music. The 'industry' hopes I haven't found it yet, so they'll trot out Shitney Beers or some other jailbait teen with more T&A than talent hoping I'll bite. The special interest groups can go f' themselves as far as I'm concerned. I don't buy, listen, or even want any of their crap, so they'd best keep their grubby hands out of my pockets.

  12. Re:Very true by Kinky+Bass+Junk · · Score: 1 · on BitTorrent: Sysadmins to face the music

    As you would know, Theo, there isFree music available. The lyrics are even about Freedom, so you don't have to have anything to do with Non-Freedom.

    Or go one better, and cruise over to mp3.com.au.

  13. The MPAA is gonna lose. by MacDork · · Score: 1 · on Building the AACS Next-Gen Copy Protection Scheme
    They can live without the 3% of their market that's made up of hardcore nerds, but the nerds probably won't live without the 25% or more of their entertainment that comes from mainstream media distributors.

    Like hell you say. I only buy non-RIAA affiliated music from CD Baby, or download free tracks with iRate. You know what? I like this stuff a lot better than most of the crap that passes for music on the advertising clogged radio and TV stations.

    Want some? Here's a small sample:

    And so on... All great stuff IMO. So yeah, I'm doing just fine without contributing a penny to the RIAA. (They're not even getting their blank CD tax from me. I bought an iPod + iTrip.) You can get plenty of music without them.

    The same will happen to the MPAA. It's only a matter of time. The MPAA fears bandwidth and BitTorrent. They say it's because of piracy. Either they are really stupid, or they think we are. They just don't like competition.

  14. The MPAA is gonna lose. by MacDork · · Score: 1 · on Building the AACS Next-Gen Copy Protection Scheme
    They can live without the 3% of their market that's made up of hardcore nerds, but the nerds probably won't live without the 25% or more of their entertainment that comes from mainstream media distributors.

    Like hell you say. I only buy non-RIAA affiliated music from CD Baby, or download free tracks with iRate. You know what? I like this stuff a lot better than most of the crap that passes for music on the advertising clogged radio and TV stations.

    Want some? Here's a small sample:

    And so on... All great stuff IMO. So yeah, I'm doing just fine without contributing a penny to the RIAA. (They're not even getting their blank CD tax from me. I bought an iPod + iTrip.) You can get plenty of music without them.

    The same will happen to the MPAA. It's only a matter of time. The MPAA fears bandwidth and BitTorrent. They say it's because of piracy. Either they are really stupid, or they think we are. They just don't like competition.

  15. The MPAA is gonna lose. by MacDork · · Score: 1 · on Building the AACS Next-Gen Copy Protection Scheme
    They can live without the 3% of their market that's made up of hardcore nerds, but the nerds probably won't live without the 25% or more of their entertainment that comes from mainstream media distributors.

    Like hell you say. I only buy non-RIAA affiliated music from CD Baby, or download free tracks with iRate. You know what? I like this stuff a lot better than most of the crap that passes for music on the advertising clogged radio and TV stations.

    Want some? Here's a small sample:

    And so on... All great stuff IMO. So yeah, I'm doing just fine without contributing a penny to the RIAA. (They're not even getting their blank CD tax from me. I bought an iPod + iTrip.) You can get plenty of music without them.

    The same will happen to the MPAA. It's only a matter of time. The MPAA fears bandwidth and BitTorrent. They say it's because of piracy. Either they are really stupid, or they think we are. They just don't like competition.

  16. The MPAA is gonna lose. by MacDork · · Score: 1 · on Building the AACS Next-Gen Copy Protection Scheme
    They can live without the 3% of their market that's made up of hardcore nerds, but the nerds probably won't live without the 25% or more of their entertainment that comes from mainstream media distributors.

    Like hell you say. I only buy non-RIAA affiliated music from CD Baby, or download free tracks with iRate. You know what? I like this stuff a lot better than most of the crap that passes for music on the advertising clogged radio and TV stations.

    Want some? Here's a small sample:

    And so on... All great stuff IMO. So yeah, I'm doing just fine without contributing a penny to the RIAA. (They're not even getting their blank CD tax from me. I bought an iPod + iTrip.) You can get plenty of music without them.

    The same will happen to the MPAA. It's only a matter of time. The MPAA fears bandwidth and BitTorrent. They say it's because of piracy. Either they are really stupid, or they think we are. They just don't like competition.

  17. What are the independent MP3 download sites? by Anonymous+Writer · · Score: 1 · on Beastie Boys' New Album Silently Installs DRM Code

    The SuperDrive on my PowerBook couldn't handle the copy protection on a CD I bought a while back, so I simply stopped buying CD's because I use my computer as my stereo, and some stores don't take returns. I have an iPod too. If it won't go on my iPod, I don't want it. I didn't have a problem with buying CD's before. I used to buy tons of them. I'd even buy a whole album just for one song, rather than just getting a single. I'm the kind of customer they are alienating. I've decided to just boycott buying music because of this. There's always radio anyway, internet or free-to-air.

    What I'd like to see are stores that specifically sell CD's without this kind of crap. These "copy protection" labels are usually hidden very obscurely in the fine print. I'd like to see CD's with huge "NO COPY PROTECTION" labels on them that you could see from across the music store. And I'd like online MP3 download music services for independent music getting together. I can't access the iTunes Music Store. It is taking too slow to get to different countries, and they sell music from the record companies I want to boycott anyway.

    Here are a list of the MP3 sites I've come up with. If other people know of other sites, please post them. And if I'm mistaken about any on this list, please say so.

  18. mp3.com.au by farfisa69 · · Score: 1 · on Obtaining Legal MP3s Outside of the U.S.?

    Check out mp3.com.au

    They have heaps of tracks for free and for sale. It is an Australian site run by Destra who have been one of the first companies to sell legal music downloads in Australia. They have a lead on Apple because their is still wrangling with local record companies over the lax DRM of AAC.

    Pssst... while your there, check out my band's mp3s at mp3.com.au/JeffMarni

  19. mp3.com.au by farfisa69 · · Score: 1 · on Obtaining Legal MP3s Outside of the U.S.?

    Check out mp3.com.au

    They have heaps of tracks for free and for sale. It is an Australian site run by Destra who have been one of the first companies to sell legal music downloads in Australia. They have a lead on Apple because their is still wrangling with local record companies over the lax DRM of AAC.

    Pssst... while your there, check out my band's mp3s at mp3.com.au/JeffMarni

  20. All you need is Photoshop and Kinkos by nexu56 · · Score: 1 · on Making Your Own Board/Card Games?

    We were brainstorming cool stuff to put on a website for our band, RSMinc. Inspired by the Star Wars monopoly set, we decided to come up with our own branded board - RSMinc Monopoly. Just set the resolution really high in Photoshop so you can print it really large, add your band photo to the centre of the board, et voila. We had a contact at Kinkos who printed it up on A2 and laminated it for free. We just use the standard notes from another monopoly set for the cash. You can see this flagrant infringement of intellectual property here.

  21. Sources by Snork+Asaurus · · Score: 5, Informative · on Ideas for a Recording Industry Alternative?
    Here are some places to look for indies and unsigned artists. I'd guess this to be a pool of about 2 million tunes (across ALL genres). All offer streams/previews, mostly in low bit-rate mp3, a few in (yech) real media:

    mp3.com (biggest >1.5 million tunes, now owned by Universal Vivendi who, so far, haven't messed it up too much)

    IUMA (based in the USA, but international)

    Besonic (based in Germany, but international)

    mp3.de (based in Germany, but international)

    Soundclick (based in the USA, but international)

    (Garageband based in the USA, but international)

    France mp3 (based in France)

    Vitaminic (free + pay - based in the USA, but international)

    Washington Post (yup, the newspaper)

    Online Rock (based in the USA, but international)

    Peoplesound based England

    mp3.com Australia (not the same mp3.com - based in Australia, but international)

    Emusic (pay and not really indie per se, but smaller label and re-release oriented, based in USA)

    Artistlaunch (based in the USA, but international)

    mp3 Poland - (Based in Poland - mostly domestic)

    Good Google will searches turn up more small sites, thousands of independent artists' sites with free mp3's, some smaller labels that have free samples, many, many links pages. The biggest problem here is that it takes time to separate the wheat from the chaff. There is some incredibly good stuff out there and a lot of crap.

    Use Google - many local newspaper sites have mp3 sections for local artists and there are many mp3 sites that are specifically for local talent.

    If you're not familiar with mp3.com, it can be daunting in the sheer volume of material (no pun intended). And they accept material of all (musical) quality from absolute crap to incredibly good. They have many genre-based top-40 style charts and new-release charts. Walking through those is a natural first step. One concept they have that can be a big help is "stations" - really a euphemism for fan-generated lists of tunes by various artists. The tunes can be played separately or sequentially. So, when you find an artist that you like and get to their page, click on the "stations now playing" tab. On that page could be one to several "stations" where you might find additional good material that someone else has taken the time to comb out and list. I've seen lists from 2 to 200 tunes long - this can expand your options very quickly.

    I have looked for ogg sources and found precious few. Unfortunately, Ogg is still a long way from critical mass.

  22. done by clockwise_music · · Score: 1 · on Ideas for a Recording Industry Alternative?

    mp3.com.au has already done this perfectly. Awesome site. My music is up here. Free to register, free to listen... did Cliff do any research on this question?

  23. done by clockwise_music · · Score: 1 · on Ideas for a Recording Industry Alternative?

    mp3.com.au has already done this perfectly. Awesome site. My music is up here. Free to register, free to listen... did Cliff do any research on this question?

  24. Here are 14 sites to start. by Snork+Asaurus · · Score: 2 · on EMI Customer Relations Tells It Like It Is
    All are legit and legal. This will give you a pool of about 2 million tunes (across ALL styles):

    mp3.com (biggest >1.5 million tunes, now owned by Universal Vivendi, but so far they haven't messed it up too much)

    IUMA

    Besonic

    mp3.de

    Soundclick

    Garageband

    France mp3

    Vitaminic (free + pay)

    Washington Post (yup)

    Online Rock

    Peoplesound

    mp3.com Australia(not the same mp3.com)

    Emusic (pay)

    Artistlaunch

    Good Google will searches turn up more small sites, thousands of independent artists' sites with free mp3's, smaller labels have free samples, many, many links pages. The biggest problem here is that it takes time to separate the wheat from the chaff. There is some incredibly good stuff out there and a lot of crap. I hope that you have a high bandwidth connection. Who needs the big labels? I don't.

  25. Places to look by MsWillow · · Score: 1 · on Electronic Music 101?

    A great electronica dance group, PPK. They're two young Russian men, very creative. Do check out their video to "Resurrection", it reminds me a lot of Tron.

    Or, failing that, try Live365.com. The link should bring up a slew of net.radio stations that play electronica. Browse them, and see what you like. They list the artist and title in another window, and have links to buy the music you're hearing - the links don't always find it, though - they run through Amazon.com, last time I checked.

    Live365 also has a lot of channels playing anime music, much of which can be electronica, so check that as well.

  26. Re:The people i feel sorry for... by detect · · Score: 1 · on RIAA Almost Down To Pre-Napster Revenues

    As an artists I have found that it is possible to sell your music using the internet and make some money. You wont make millions but it is possible to make a nice supplementary income from it. I sell 10-20 albums every 2 months online in which I recieve $16 per album.. and I spend minimal time promoting (very minimal in fact) 1hr every week or two.

    My strategy?

    1. Upload as much of your music as you can onto mp3.com and the like, Audiogalaxy, Morpheus, etc..

    2. Set up a website you update frequently

    3. Sell your CD through an online music store like Chaosmusic.com where you choose how much the CD retails and will get around 85% of the retail price of the CD.

    4. Promote the music online, word of mouth, email newsletters, newsgroups as much as you can.

    5. Spend most of your time doing what you love: making music. As much as you can, uploading new tracks, ideas through the avenues above. The more feedback I get the more it inspires me to make music. It's a nice cycle.

    6. Forget trying to be a star. The popular stars of tommorrow will be musicians making music in their bedrooms that will gain fame through online communities. It's already started to happen.

    www.mp3.com.au/detect (plug)
    www.mp3.com/detect