The problem with your model is that there's no mention of marketing. That is what prevents un-signed artists from being hugely successful. With the high barrier to entry in the music and movie industry (your independant recording or film can't be sold or advertised in mainstream store/theatres without at minimum a distribution agreement with an MPAA/RIAA member), you have no way of garnering interest in your works beyond a local area.
This is the primary problem with the "content" industry as it exists now. The idea that only members of that industry are qualified to create content is a fundamental aspect of the current business model. Any unaffiliated, truly independant artist is shut out of the game. Please don't tell me a website is equivalent to radio, TV, magazine, billboard, etc advertisements.
The truly fair business model would leave the artist to directly schedule and manage promotional matters, and the Label/Studio would become simple manufacturing and distribution agents. No long term contracts assigning your rights over to someone else, simple non-exclusive contracts that allow multiple Label/Studio's to compete by each preparing and delivering the artist's content in the most cost-effective and appealing manner they can. This would open up the retail and broadcast channels and allow a much greater diversity in available content.
The problem with this is that revenues of existing industry members would dramatically fall. Although they could still make money, it wouldn't be as much as they make now - hence no interest in changing (but tremendous interest in preserving the status quo).
I've found Massinova to be by far the best, with Tag's a close 2nd (too bad he went off air). The best thing about Massinova is that the site has a full list of all artists and songs they play. I've done alot of hunting for additional tracks by certain artists after hearing one or two from Massinova. I've not been disappointed yet.
Also, although they refer to themselves as Trance, they really play a bit more than just that genre.
... nowhere was it said that the compliant player wouldn't play media that doesn't include the necessary copy protection bits...
Yes it did. It said that recordings of the DTV signal made with current, non-compliant equipment would not play on compliant players. This is because the non-compliant player would ignore and not record the DRM bits. So, as a result, anything an "amatuer" (aka - unlicensed artist) produces would also not contain the DRM bits - so it won't be playable in compliant players either.
If the compliant players won't play media that doesn't include the necessary copy protection bits, then once all the non-compliant players are gone you won't be able to play it.
Also interesting that at the bottom of the article it states the dude no longer works for Weta. I wonder if it was stress over such a hugely complex system, or a bit of ineptness with some of those complexities as noted by your comments.
...when Broadcast Flag-compliant DTV receivers are introduced in the marketplace, their recordings will only play on other compliant players...
...The broadcasters that transmit the programming will set the broadcast flag as "on or off" based on private contractual agreements with content providers...
So, if you do not have a (presumably expensive) private contractual agreement with "content providers" but still create your own unmarked content, that content will not be playable in a non-compliant player.
The only way I would purchase songs for download is if they are full, uncompressed audio tracks. I will never buy music downloadable in a lossy format at that price, whether it's RealAudio, MP3, or Ogg - it's still lossy. Why would I pay $9.99 for a new release in crappy Real format when I can usually buy the CD from Walmart for $11-$12 at typical new release prices?
This is the whole point of failure for the subscription P2P concept. Why on Earth would I pay some company to allow me to try to download a song off of your PC, only to have you disconnect or shutdown at 73% complete?
If I'm paying anything remotely close to current in-store CD prices, I better 1) be guaranteed successful download; and 2) have equivalent quality to the actual CD.
Yes, it was added in 0.2.7. Make sure you get rid of your prefs.js or at least remove any proxy settings there when you update. If you leave the proxy stuff in there it wont fetch the System Preferences setting.
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Chimera does fetch the proxie settings from System Preferences. The only lacking part is re-fetching it when you change locations with the browser open. In that case, you Quit Navigator, and relaunch to pick up the new location settings. The developers are aware of this short-coming, and plan to update this functionality soon. You have to realize that Chimera is only at version 0.2.7 - there's lots of stuff that needs to be added. Neverthless, it's my primary browser on my TiBook - I use Mozilla on the few sites I visit regularly that fail on Chimera.
Go to college and get a BA with computer-related minor, try to get an internship/part-time work as a Jr. Admin. This will give you work experience while getting your degree. The problem with the quick route is it's a shorter road.
I've dropped out of college to jump into the emerging PC networking industry in the mid/late 80's. I'm now in my mid-30's and without a degree or extensive experience managing people, I'm in a precarious position. I can't get into the management side of things without the degree, and tend to be undercut by young one's like yourself. Why pay me $60-80K when you'll work for $30-40K - and be more willing to work extensive overtime (without pay!) since you don't have a family yet.
Sure, you can take the short cut now, but significantly stunt your path - or invest the time and effort in a wider career potential now while you're better able to put in the time needed.
Some will say my advice is nonsense, that you can either work your way into management - or that management sucks and if you don't have interest in it then don't bother. I'd still say that you'd be limiting your options - whether you want to work your way up that far right now isn't important. When you get 15 years into your career and begin tiring of (1) the pager going off all hours of the day, (2) taking orders from ignorant managers that don't understand the tech as well as you, and/or (3) just want a change, that's when that decision matters.
Up until a few years ago, I was quite please and proud of my accomplishments career-wise. Now, I'm beginning to regret only having an AS and no long term management opportunities. I've reached a level where my salary requirements and age are significant factors alongside the experience on my resume. I can only assume this will continue as I head into my 40's. I'm now struggling with how to finish up that degree I abandoned so long ago.
Once more, sometimes shortcuts are only benificial for the short-term. It's the long-term planning that's most important - unless you like slaving away chained to a pager/laptop while your friends are dating, marrying, parenting, etc.
I'm sorry but I have to disagree sharply on that one. Most of the newbie internet users I run into, or am related to, use the internet primarily for chatting and email. This is known as communicating. They are actually less likely to purchase something over the internet, turning them into a consumer, because they'd rather go shopping and buy stuff in person.
The connotation of internet users to consumers is an intentional fallacy created a few years back when "Corporate America" discovered (assumed) they could make a quick, easy, buck or two via the net. Most of the dot-bombs fizzled into oblivion, some slither onward by dropping to this type of low. Their existence now rests in their ability to convince the marketing departments of other corps to use this slimeware.
A women I worked with 8 years ago had called to report a problem with her PC. She had gone into a quick meeting before I got to her desk. When she came out, I had already logged onto her PC as her and fixed the problem. She couldn't believe I figured out her password and asked how I did it. I pulled the picture of her cat off the cubicle wall and turned it over. The cat's name was there - and the first guess at her password worked! She was shocked!
You're still can't compare the two that way. You have to see the entire picture - not just the little details. The best analogy is what Apple itself uses - automobiles:
Compare two cars: Ford Mustang vs. Jaguar XK Series (I'm not going into great detail on the specific options/prices)
Both have 4 wheels
Both have a stearing wheel
Both have bucket seats
Both have CD Stereo
Both can drive you around town
Price of the Mustang is dramatically less than the Jaguar - is the Jag overpriced? I would say not, the two cars are of completely different classes, and as such, cannot compare.
What you pay more for in a Mac is the complete engineering and design. Some say ease of use, as well, but that is too subjective to quantify. The simple fact is I can attach/detach my USB camera, photo printer, scanner, MP3 player, mouse, etc. to/from my Mac without any bazaar configuration issues to deal with. A Dell, or any other x86 box, will have quite a different behaviour to the this practice. If you're using Windows, prepare for a blue-screen or two. If your using Linux/*BSD hope you have the correct kernel/module compiled and your USB subsystem doesn't panic when connecting/disconnecting devices rapidly (I have had panics in both Linux & FreeBSD due to a USB based KVM switch to share a single USB keyboard & mouse if I switch ports too quickly). This is what you pay for - a system that works consistently, without putting the user through hell just to get work done.
The registration site, at least at the time I created my AIM account had no "condition" that I only use the AOL client and accept their ads. I'm not against ads, I understand their purpose and accept them where applicable. If I watch TV, I know damn well there will be commercials. If I pay for a PPV event that doesn't state that there will still be commercials, I'm gonna be ticked off. Likewise, if the account is not explicitly tied to the AOL client at the time it's registered, I don't see how they can complain that I don't use their client now.
As for the other comment - unlike me, most of my family does use AOL. It's amazing the amount of SPAM they get in their inboxes from other AOL users. The worm/virii comment was directed at the statement by AOL that they block 3rd party clients due to "security" reasons. This just seems like complete B.S. when they don't do much to increase the security of AOL users. They could use virus scanning software on their mail servers to prevent the propogation of MS exploits. Perhaps they do now, but they didn't always.
they spent R&D money developing AIM, testing it,promoting it, upgrading it, etc. why in the hell should they be forced to open it up to people who want to piggyback on it?
Because they allow me to sign up for a free AIM account. If they wanted to keep it AOL-only, then they would only allow AOL users to have an account. The moment they allowed 3rd party users onto their system, they allowed those same users to use 3rd party clients. Sorry, but they said my account was "Free" - I take that to be ad-free, $-free, and free to use whatever client application I want as long as I don't abuse their servers. The ironic thing is that so many worms, virii, and SPAM originate from AOL users. Their system seems to be more of a security risk than 3rd party IM clients.
I used to work at Apple, and have experienced a lot of strange boot/installation issues with MacOS X on older G3's with older SCSI adapters. I guess the proprietary firmware I was meaning is the BIOS on the SCSI card. I tried to flash the BIOS on an Adaptec from a G3 with an update meant for the generic 2940. Since the 2940B was an Apple only OEM part, it wouldn't flash with an BIOS able to be booted from in a PC. The Apple specific ROM was limited to booting only in a Mac.
I wasn't a hard-core kernel/device/bootloader geek, just a Unix admin in their data center. Even with Open Firmware, there still seemed to be alot of strangeness to Apple hardware that would make an IBM PPC MB a bit of work to get going. I didn't say it was impossible, just that you wouldn't be able to pop in the MacOS X CD and install like you were on a Mac.
On the plus side the PPCs will be able to run Mac OS X (or will they?)...
I highly doubt it. Mac's rely on Apple's proprietary firmware to boot up and access hardware. This thing could probably run Darwin once a boot loader was written for it, but the stock MacOS X w/Aqua would not work.
It says that it "supports" up to three SCSI drives, whatever that means...
The physical layout of the tower chassis has drive mounting brackets for 3 3.5" drives internally. You could still connect additional SCSI drives externally though.
Roland/EdiRol also has several different USB connected devices ranging from straight audio in/out to combo's with MIDI and optical ports. I'm looking at picking up one of the audio/MIDI combo's once my new guitar arrives.
The right to "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happyness" is stated in the US Constitution. So technically it's the governments job to enforce those rights. So if you read it as the government has guaranteed you the right to "Life" then anything you do to yourself that compromises your life is a no-no. This is why suicide is basically a criminal offense if it fails - and they can lock/tie you up at the hospital to prevent you from re-attempting it.
It's a vain attempt though, since they can't really guarantee your life against illness, accidents, murderers, etc. But what little room there is to meddle in the lives of others some can get - they'll take.
Go ahead, mark this off-topic... I was just answering a question.
I understand and can agree with you from a commercial, capitalist perspective. However, the point you seem to miss is that art in all of it's forms contributes to society in a manner not related to commerce. If you hear a Beatles song, you "know" it was recorded in the 1960's due to the historical "sound" of the '60's. Music has a direct collective effect on the social environment of any given period. To deny people from experiencing and being impacted by current art forms due to monetary concerns alone is to restrict the social development of that period.
This is why people can say that they'll steal the music with a "straight face".
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This is the primary problem with the "content" industry as it exists now. The idea that only members of that industry are qualified to create content is a fundamental aspect of the current business model. Any unaffiliated, truly independant artist is shut out of the game. Please don't tell me a website is equivalent to radio, TV, magazine, billboard, etc advertisements.
The truly fair business model would leave the artist to directly schedule and manage promotional matters, and the Label/Studio would become simple manufacturing and distribution agents. No long term contracts assigning your rights over to someone else, simple non-exclusive contracts that allow multiple Label/Studio's to compete by each preparing and delivering the artist's content in the most cost-effective and appealing manner they can. This would open up the retail and broadcast channels and allow a much greater diversity in available content.
The problem with this is that revenues of existing industry members would dramatically fall. Although they could still make money, it wouldn't be as much as they make now - hence no interest in changing (but tremendous interest in preserving the status quo).
Also, although they refer to themselves as Trance, they really play a bit more than just that genre.
Yes it did. It said that recordings of the DTV signal made with current, non-compliant equipment would not play on compliant players. This is because the non-compliant player would ignore and not record the DRM bits. So, as a result, anything an "amatuer" (aka - unlicensed artist) produces would also not contain the DRM bits - so it won't be playable in compliant players either.
So, if you do not have a (presumably expensive) private contractual agreement with "content providers" but still create your own unmarked content, that content will not be playable in a non-compliant player.
He'll be sure to let me go!
btw - here come the flames... (pulls on fire resistant gear)
This is the whole point of failure for the subscription P2P concept. Why on Earth would I pay some company to allow me to try to download a song off of your PC, only to have you disconnect or shutdown at 73% complete?
If I'm paying anything remotely close to current in-store CD prices, I better 1) be guaranteed successful download; and 2) have equivalent quality to the actual CD.
Yes, it was added in 0.2.7. Make sure you get rid of your prefs.js or at least remove any proxy settings there when you update. If you leave the proxy stuff in there it wont fetch the System Preferences setting.
I've dropped out of college to jump into the emerging PC networking industry in the mid/late 80's. I'm now in my mid-30's and without a degree or extensive experience managing people, I'm in a precarious position. I can't get into the management side of things without the degree, and tend to be undercut by young one's like yourself. Why pay me $60-80K when you'll work for $30-40K - and be more willing to work extensive overtime (without pay!) since you don't have a family yet.
Sure, you can take the short cut now, but significantly stunt your path - or invest the time and effort in a wider career potential now while you're better able to put in the time needed.
Some will say my advice is nonsense, that you can either work your way into management - or that management sucks and if you don't have interest in it then don't bother. I'd still say that you'd be limiting your options - whether you want to work your way up that far right now isn't important. When you get 15 years into your career and begin tiring of (1) the pager going off all hours of the day, (2) taking orders from ignorant managers that don't understand the tech as well as you, and/or (3) just want a change, that's when that decision matters.
Up until a few years ago, I was quite please and proud of my accomplishments career-wise. Now, I'm beginning to regret only having an AS and no long term management opportunities. I've reached a level where my salary requirements and age are significant factors alongside the experience on my resume. I can only assume this will continue as I head into my 40's. I'm now struggling with how to finish up that degree I abandoned so long ago.
Once more, sometimes shortcuts are only benificial for the short-term. It's the long-term planning that's most important - unless you like slaving away chained to a pager/laptop while your friends are dating, marrying, parenting, etc.
The connotation of internet users to consumers is an intentional fallacy created a few years back when "Corporate America" discovered (assumed) they could make a quick, easy, buck or two via the net. Most of the dot-bombs fizzled into oblivion, some slither onward by dropping to this type of low. Their existence now rests in their ability to convince the marketing departments of other corps to use this slimeware.
hehe, sorry, this is Slashdot and someone had to make the reference.
Compare two cars: Ford Mustang vs. Jaguar XK Series (I'm not going into great detail on the specific options/prices)
Both have 4 wheels
Both have a stearing wheel
Both have bucket seats
Both have CD Stereo
Both can drive you around town
Price of the Mustang is dramatically less than the Jaguar - is the Jag overpriced? I would say not, the two cars are of completely different classes, and as such, cannot compare.
What you pay more for in a Mac is the complete engineering and design. Some say ease of use, as well, but that is too subjective to quantify. The simple fact is I can attach/detach my USB camera, photo printer, scanner, MP3 player, mouse, etc. to/from my Mac without any bazaar configuration issues to deal with. A Dell, or any other x86 box, will have quite a different behaviour to the this practice. If you're using Windows, prepare for a blue-screen or two. If your using Linux/*BSD hope you have the correct kernel/module compiled and your USB subsystem doesn't panic when connecting/disconnecting devices rapidly (I have had panics in both Linux & FreeBSD due to a USB based KVM switch to share a single USB keyboard & mouse if I switch ports too quickly). This is what you pay for - a system that works consistently, without putting the user through hell just to get work done.
Not an issue of whether I'd rather pay than not, if they offered a "free" account - then accept my "free" use of it.
As for the other comment - unlike me, most of my family does use AOL. It's amazing the amount of SPAM they get in their inboxes from other AOL users. The worm/virii comment was directed at the statement by AOL that they block 3rd party clients due to "security" reasons. This just seems like complete B.S. when they don't do much to increase the security of AOL users. They could use virus scanning software on their mail servers to prevent the propogation of MS exploits. Perhaps they do now, but they didn't always.
Because they allow me to sign up for a free AIM account. If they wanted to keep it AOL-only, then they would only allow AOL users to have an account. The moment they allowed 3rd party users onto their system, they allowed those same users to use 3rd party clients. Sorry, but they said my account was "Free" - I take that to be ad-free, $-free, and free to use whatever client application I want as long as I don't abuse their servers. The ironic thing is that so many worms, virii, and SPAM originate from AOL users. Their system seems to be more of a security risk than 3rd party IM clients.
I wasn't a hard-core kernel/device/bootloader geek, just a Unix admin in their data center. Even with Open Firmware, there still seemed to be alot of strangeness to Apple hardware that would make an IBM PPC MB a bit of work to get going. I didn't say it was impossible, just that you wouldn't be able to pop in the MacOS X CD and install like you were on a Mac.
I highly doubt it. Mac's rely on Apple's proprietary firmware to boot up and access hardware. This thing could probably run Darwin once a boot loader was written for it, but the stock MacOS X w/Aqua would not work.
The physical layout of the tower chassis has drive mounting brackets for 3 3.5" drives internally. You could still connect additional SCSI drives externally though.
It's a vain attempt though, since they can't really guarantee your life against illness, accidents, murderers, etc. But what little room there is to meddle in the lives of others some can get - they'll take.
Go ahead, mark this off-topic... I was just answering a question.
This is why people can say that they'll steal the music with a "straight face".