Well, seeing as their make no money from CD sales, perhaps the artists should openly distribute their music for free on the internet. i have a better idea: why not use the internet to find "new" ways to make money from cd sales. perhaps they can sell their cds at sites that showcase independent artists (like cd baby), or at sites that offer mp3 downloads. they can offer their music more cheaply than they ever could with a big label, and still make more money than they ever would have with a big label.
A lot of people would never download pirated music, and wouldnt want to waste their money buying a CD from a band they'd never heard of (it may not be a waste, but how are you to know before you listen?). If these people can download legit music for free, they can listen to lots of new acts they wouldnt otherwise have experienced. even if an artist got zero radio time, zero word of mouth, and zero promotion, there's still this thing called the internet. most online music stores i've seen offer samples of songs from practically any artist, so that not only can you listen to the music before you buy, you also have a nice way of discovering new artists. many online sites can recommend new music that is similar to artists and genres that you already know. and lastly, what is the internet but cheap & easy self-promotion for the masses? what could be simpler for an independent artist than getting your music out there on the inter-web? so, there really shouldn't be a problem finding music that you like on the internet. why not actually support them with some cold hard cash?
pick the one that suits your temperament. if you're worried about the former being less tolerant than the latter, think about how public protest is woven into the fabric of our society. (i'm assuming you're not reading this from china, russia, etc..)
this guy is just preaching to the converted. those who understand all the red-shirt and miracle-worker references don't need to be convinced. unfortunately, they are beholden to people who don't understand any of it. worse, what those people remember about star trek was that scotty was kirk's bitch, and that he did work miracles.
If the product was available in a form and at a price people were willing to pay, they would buy it. But, they used to buy MORE than they do now. And the form in which you usually buy it (say, on a CD) remains available. What's changed is that people are no longer willing to pay what the artists ask for their recordings because they've found an easy way to rip it off, instead. no, what has changed is that a new form is starting to gain popularity, and is poised to supplant cds. instead of embracing this new technology, figuring out how to exploit it in order to make money, and adapting their business to do it more efficiently, the record companies are suing everyone in sight, spreading FUD about how mp3s give you cancer, and buying laws to protect their old turf.
Note China: 3.05 India: 1.34 USA: 24.09 As anyone can see, they have a LONG way to go. according to that table, if china ever reached 24.09, that would mean they would be emitting over 4 times more pollution than the US; india, over 3 times more. if by "a LONG way to go", you mean that we shouldn't worry until we actually get there, then you're arguing for a policy of irresponsibility or one of shortsightedness. in either case, i'd have to strongly disagree with you.
It would be like saying: "We got to industrialization first, so we're the only ones who get to benefit! Oh and you have to clean up just as much as us even though we've made a bigger mess. well, that would be one way to look at it. i, however, like saying it this way: "we can use our technology, wisdom, and money to help your country to be prosperous without making the same mistakes we did, and without making a bigger mess than we ever could."
One day, when India and China are serious polluters they will curb emissions. you have no idea how serious the pollution will become if decisions are going to be made on a "we should be able to emit as much pollution per person as those rich guys over there" basis.
Out of principle I stopped writing and left the site when I saw that they wanted me to write in 1000 characters or less "why I wanted to beta test their game." They know damn well that most people want to play because it is free and a way to pass time. It is a question that doesn't need to be asked. no kidding. it took me three drafts to get under 1000 characters. at least they have a field for it, so i don't have to sneak in my essay in the dxdiag.txt like i usually do!
as a former member of a top-notch pve raiding guild in wow, i can tell you there is usually a lot of drama surrounding the world-first this, us-first that, server-first something else, etc.. i won't even get into the server and battlegroup pve/pvp pissing contests, or the amount of controversy so far generated by the arena tournament. if you are blithely unaware of any of this, think of all the good laughs you're missing out on. and, if it all seems silly to you, take another look at my subject line.
i'm somewhat baffled by your post. you point out the unreliability of the system, and the inevitability of a false positive, then you conclude that this system is okay because myspace isn't doing anything illegal. you follow up by noting that the system won't work, anyways, because real sex offenders can simply enter fake information.
so, essentially, we have a system designed to kick sex offenders out of myspace, but because of the two negative points that you brought up, actually ends up just kicking out random people. and you're in favor of this?
additionally, you seem to be in support of myspace's efforts to do anything it can to protect its business interests, while you blow off an individual's right to protect their reputation.
well, i think i'll have to disagree with you on both points.
let's see... reasons why a person would want to do something:
[ ] wealth
[ ] power
[x] fame
[x] pleasure
i think that covers it. after all, if there were someone in the village that the hunter really hated, i'm sure he wouldn't mind making the guy suffer at least a little.
well, i'm sure we've all seen pleasure and selfishness pushed too far.. but, what happens when altruism goes too far, becomes extreme, unrestrained, even perverse? marquis de sade meets mother theresa? i'd go see that movie.
the catch-22 i see is that this kind of ruling will prompt the copyright alliance to fight even harder to keep these keys secret, and maybe even have a stronger argument. the next time users revolt, i see a lawyer pointing at this ruling and saying to the judge, "see? this is what will happen if you don't shut down digg."
In a hole in the ground there lived a penis. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.
(yeah, i'd trust the internet community to digitize my books. why don't we just cut out the middle-man, and create a wiki-gutenberg project?)
I just had this argument with mpapet. Your experience gleaned from those secondary jobs still goes on your resume, raising your value in future jobs. not quite. i wasn't arguing that you're not getting any experience from your secondary job, but rather that this effect isn't quite that same as what you'd traditionally see in your "free market". at the end of the day, both jobs get eliminated not by innovation, efficiency, or technology, but by charity work. so, i think howard anderson makes at least one good point.
The likelyhood of paying software jobs becoming scarce due to open source is rediculously low, IMO. You'll always have companies that need custom applications written specifically to their needs. That's how the software business got started, after all. i'd have to agree, but isn't a wildly successful open source movement what people here are rooting for? and, eliminating all but custom and in-house software apps still sees a significant impact on the job market.
That's not a side effect of open source, that's a side effect of a free market. It's no different from both of us holding two different paying programming jobs in different fields, where my primary job competes with your secondary, and your primary job competes with my secondary. so, what happens when both primary jobs get blown away by "competition" and both secondary jobs pay nothing?
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"distribution operation"
"burner lab"
"pressed high quality product"
next, we'll be hearing bush declaring war on piracy.
waiting for the final season here.
i was half-expecting the link to take me to a calvin & hobbes cartoon.
- oppose their side
- support your own side
pick the one that suits your temperament. if you're worried about the former being less tolerant than the latter, think about how public protest is woven into the fabric of our society. (i'm assuming you're not reading this from china, russia, etc..)this guy is just preaching to the converted. those who understand all the red-shirt and miracle-worker references don't need to be convinced. unfortunately, they are beholden to people who don't understand any of it. worse, what those people remember about star trek was that scotty was kirk's bitch, and that he did work miracles.
it's okay, linus. we appreciate your input.
as a former member of a top-notch pve raiding guild in wow, i can tell you there is usually a lot of drama surrounding the world-first this, us-first that, server-first something else, etc.. i won't even get into the server and battlegroup pve/pvp pissing contests, or the amount of controversy so far generated by the arena tournament. if you are blithely unaware of any of this, think of all the good laughs you're missing out on. and, if it all seems silly to you, take another look at my subject line.
i can't wait until they start making documentaries like these about wow players..
couldn't they have just generated a unique user id that referenced to the customer in some database? or was that method already patented?
i'm somewhat baffled by your post. you point out the unreliability of the system, and the inevitability of a false positive, then you conclude that this system is okay because myspace isn't doing anything illegal. you follow up by noting that the system won't work, anyways, because real sex offenders can simply enter fake information.
so, essentially, we have a system designed to kick sex offenders out of myspace, but because of the two negative points that you brought up, actually ends up just kicking out random people. and you're in favor of this?
additionally, you seem to be in support of myspace's efforts to do anything it can to protect its business interests, while you blow off an individual's right to protect their reputation.
well, i think i'll have to disagree with you on both points.
well, here's the article again, so go ahead and read it. be sure to read through everything, because the last 824 pages are the best bits.
just missed the allow button.
let's see... reasons why a person would want to do something:
[ ] wealth[ ] power
[x] fame
[x] pleasure
i think that covers it. after all, if there were someone in the village that the hunter really hated, i'm sure he wouldn't mind making the guy suffer at least a little.
well, i'm sure we've all seen pleasure and selfishness pushed too far.. but, what happens when altruism goes too far, becomes extreme, unrestrained, even perverse? marquis de sade meets mother theresa? i'd go see that movie.
these people were obviously conditioned to expect food and sex in exchange for sums of money.
the catch-22 i see is that this kind of ruling will prompt the copyright alliance to fight even harder to keep these keys secret, and maybe even have a stronger argument. the next time users revolt, i see a lawyer pointing at this ruling and saying to the judge, "see? this is what will happen if you don't shut down digg."
slashdot bankruptcy.
if you've posted a story, you might want to post it again.
i am starting over.
wow, how very chic. purse-snatchers rejoice.
In a hole in the ground there lived a penis. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.
(yeah, i'd trust the internet community to digitize my books. why don't we just cut out the middle-man, and create a wiki-gutenberg project?)