> Windows has what people [ have no choice but to ] pay for fixed
contradicting yourself: "Windows has [...] not whatever the Windows devs want to put into it." versus "Vista; MS put crap into it no one wanted"
people aren't buying vista because it has a hard time running older software, doesn't run well on older hardware, and even on newer hardware is a bit of a pig. the new "crap" is indirectly related to that.
doesn't the Opt-In model work better for this kind of censorship? perhaps a panel of motivated parents (think PTA) that could decide what websites kids should be allowed to see (think MPAA)?
also WTF?!! the article mentions ISPs getting a "G-Rating" but then talks about "blocking pornography." using the MPAA guidelines as a reference point, there is a broad spectrum of morally and intellectually ambiguous behaviors that separate G from X (or NC-17 for that matter). block ron jeremy but allow jenkem? block jenna jameson but allow cutters? block polygamy but allow-- oh wait. utah is curious.
the music industry makes money adding value to music through production and distribution. technology has made most of that value moot. musicians will always get screwed when relying on production and distribution to earn their living; musicians need to monetize the value they bring, a.k.a. make money creating and performing music.
some choice quotes: "There is no income from the royalties, so artists in China record single songs for radio play instead of albums for consumers," said Lachie Rutherford, the president of Warner Music Asia-Pacific.
"Until they pirate my body, I can rely on personal appearances," Wang said. "I am forced to view albums only as a promotional tool."
"Our survival strategy required switching to a talent-management business model," said Zorro Xu, managing director in China for Warner Music.
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"bottleneck" makes it sound like a negative. maybe Thermopylae 2.0 is a better term.
> Windows has what people [ have no choice but to ] pay for
fixed
contradicting yourself: "Windows has [...] not whatever the Windows devs want to put into it." versus "Vista; MS put crap into it no one wanted"
people aren't buying vista because it has a hard time running older software, doesn't run well on older hardware, and even on newer hardware is a bit of a pig. the new "crap" is indirectly related to that.
doesn't the Opt-In model work better for this kind of censorship? perhaps a panel of motivated parents (think PTA) that could decide what websites kids should be allowed to see (think MPAA)?
also WTF?!! the article mentions ISPs getting a "G-Rating" but then talks about "blocking pornography." using the MPAA guidelines as a reference point, there is a broad spectrum of morally and intellectually ambiguous behaviors that separate G from X (or NC-17 for that matter). block ron jeremy but allow jenkem? block jenna jameson but allow cutters? block polygamy but allow-- oh wait. utah is curious.
so true. JC Penney's catalogs and National Geographic worked just fine for me when i was 12 years old.
the music industry makes money adding value to music through production and distribution. technology has made most of that value moot. musicians will always get screwed when relying on production and distribution to earn their living; musicians need to monetize the value they bring, a.k.a. make money creating and performing music.
good 2003 article about pop music at piracy ground zero China, http://www.iht.com/articles/2003/02/24/t1_55.php
some choice quotes:
"There is no income from the royalties, so artists in China record single songs for radio play instead of albums for consumers," said Lachie Rutherford, the president of Warner Music Asia-Pacific.
"Until they pirate my body, I can rely on personal appearances," Wang said. "I am forced to view albums only as a promotional tool."
"Our survival strategy required switching to a talent-management business model," said Zorro Xu, managing director in China for Warner Music.