This is exactly how information is meant to be -- free!
Unfortunately, some upcoming artists won't be able to reap the fruits of their labor -- I think more and more of them will sign up with Universal, or alternatively group up and form their own studios.
While I can't wait for the time when we'll have everything controlled by programs, I have to say I think this is a gross misuse of technology.
The ramifications of using software to determine factors that may or may not have emotions associated with them are many and disturbing, especially when you take into account the complexity of human nature and our normal unpredictability.
I write software myself and I don't think any combination of logical and database-stored "proved decisions" would do justice to any defendant. In every case, there'll be a measure of injustice in the sentence served. At least, if things are going to get screwed up, let them be by we humans.
I'm actually glad things are moving up in the industry -- as long as different companies choose to pick one specialization and strive to make the market place fairer, the existence of monopolies like Microsoft will be threatened.
What I do not like to see, however, is that most companies that do so play catch up and do not even provide a better user experience for the users, making it harder for the already comfortable users to make the switch.
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This is exactly how information is meant to be -- free!
Unfortunately, some upcoming artists won't be able to reap the fruits of their labor -- I think more and more of them will sign up with Universal, or alternatively group up and form their own studios.
While I can't wait for the time when we'll have everything controlled by programs, I have to say I think this is a gross misuse of technology.
The ramifications of using software to determine factors that may or may not have emotions associated with them are many and disturbing, especially when you take into account the complexity of human nature and our normal unpredictability.
I write software myself and I don't think any combination of logical and database-stored "proved decisions" would do justice to any defendant. In every case, there'll be a measure of injustice in the sentence served. At least, if things are going to get screwed up, let them be by we humans.
I'm actually glad things are moving up in the industry -- as long as different companies choose to pick one specialization and strive to make the market place fairer, the existence of monopolies like Microsoft will be threatened.
What I do not like to see, however, is that most companies that do so play catch up and do not even provide a better user experience for the users, making it harder for the already comfortable users to make the switch.