And that's another reason why tiering won't work in the long run....too many other powerful companies (like, for example, Microsoft and Google) don't want it, as it would reduce the reliance on the PC and the OS, and destroy many other business models.
And remember, NBC/Universal owns Hulu. Think they'd stand still for this?;)
That's as may be, but however, all it takes is one of the majors to NOT go tier, advertise the crap out of it, and grab all the tiered's customers. Most places have Cable and DSL as choices (and thanks to Obama's broadband initiatives, that coverage area will only increase in the coming years), and if in any one location Cable says "we're going to tier you" and DSL says "we're not going to tier you", then DSL will rake in the dough, even at their on average slower speeds.
Again, all it takes is one.
Say Qwest decides to not tier, and Comcast and TWC do. Suddenly Qwest gets a ton of more customers, and a lot more money. Qwest eventually decides to buy out one of the other telcos, or a cableco, and therefore get smore coverage area with their non-tiered services, and suddenly finds themselves in areas with, say, a tiered Cox... Qwest then beats Cox, buys another comm company, etc...
Parody is still protected fair use anyway though...
If that wasn't true, then numerous parody artists would have been beat by the ASCAP stick long ago (like Luke Ski himself, actually...the fact that he was Dr. D's #1 of 2002 and 2003 didn't get ASCAP on his case, and that was before he joined ASCAP in 2007).
We need to make sure we don't tangent the discussion so much that we forget the whole point of this discussion.
By that argument, ACSAP could shake down Devo Spice for his parody of Luke Ski's "Bacon" (Luke is listed with ASCAP).
Though I know for a fact that Luke would NOT want ASCAP to do that on his behalf, it wouldn't stop ASCAP from doing it anyway if they thought it was worth it.
But does he, really?
Take the case of Luke Ski. He also, like Al, puts a mix of parodies and originals on his albums, but he doesn't have the connections that Al does, and therefore can't do the courtesy permission-asking. Many of his more recent backing tracks for parodies are performed by Possible Oscar, a "geek rock" parody band out of Minneapolis.
AFAIK Luke doesn't pay songwriting mechanicals for his parodies.
Luke is also listed with ASCAP. You'd think that if the machanicals had to be paid, that ASCAP would crack down on its own listed artists first.
Among his recorded stuff there are some gems. usually his recordings suffer from the lead vocals being too loud, but his "Don't Touch My Mohawk" is actually one of my faves:)
KV told me that additional payments only apply if I sell over 1000 copies (which is no problem...I'm lucky to sell 100). From my other sources in the parody/comedy music industry, ASCAP usually agrees to that as well.
Dave hasn't yet sold a single copy. He gives away his parodies for free.
B.A.Dave uses backing tracks supplied by Karaoke-Version.com, who has given him permission to use said tracks.
I have the same agreement with them, myself.
Here's the full corp-tree.
Around 2002, there was AT&T Wireless, and there was Cingular, which was a joint effort between BellSouth and SBC
Then SBC bought AT&T, and merged AT&T Wireless into Cingular, which was now a joint effort by AT&T and BellSouth.
Then AT&T bought BellSouth, and they felt there was no need for the Cingular brand anymore, and Cingular became AT&T.
Actually it's not DRM, as there's no copyright being protected by this.
Lock-in, yes... DRM, no.
Though, if the stories about cheap Chinese accessories damaging iPods has any truth to it, then that would be a halfway good reason for the chips. Only halfway though...this is one matter where "caveat emptor" should be applied. You get what you pay for, but you should have the right to use it anyway.
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Actually you're not far off. The Big Media would LOVE to turn the internet into just another television.
"FERTilizers! FERTilizers! FERTilizers!"
o/~ Steve don't try to front / We know how full of s--- you are! o/~
And that's another reason why tiering won't work in the long run....too many other powerful companies (like, for example, Microsoft and Google) don't want it, as it would reduce the reliance on the PC and the OS, and destroy many other business models.
;)
And remember, NBC/Universal owns Hulu. Think they'd stand still for this?
That's as may be, but however, all it takes is one of the majors to NOT go tier, advertise the crap out of it, and grab all the tiered's customers. Most places have Cable and DSL as choices (and thanks to Obama's broadband initiatives, that coverage area will only increase in the coming years), and if in any one location Cable says "we're going to tier you" and DSL says "we're not going to tier you", then DSL will rake in the dough, even at their on average slower speeds.
Again, all it takes is one.
Say Qwest decides to not tier, and Comcast and TWC do. Suddenly Qwest gets a ton of more customers, and a lot more money. Qwest eventually decides to buy out one of the other telcos, or a cableco, and therefore get smore coverage area with their non-tiered services, and suddenly finds themselves in areas with, say, a tiered Cox... Qwest then beats Cox, buys another comm company, etc...
All it takes is one to decide not to tier.
http://www.djparticle.com/romanastardis/kv.html
From 2/1/08, my short email conversation with a rep from RECISIO SAS, the owners of K-V
Parody is still protected fair use anyway though... If that wasn't true, then numerous parody artists would have been beat by the ASCAP stick long ago (like Luke Ski himself, actually...the fact that he was Dr. D's #1 of 2002 and 2003 didn't get ASCAP on his case, and that was before he joined ASCAP in 2007). We need to make sure we don't tangent the discussion so much that we forget the whole point of this discussion.
Yes, we do. In my case, I still have the emails I passed back and forth with KV hashing out the details.
By that argument, ACSAP could shake down Devo Spice for his parody of Luke Ski's "Bacon" (Luke is listed with ASCAP).
Though I know for a fact that Luke would NOT want ASCAP to do that on his behalf, it wouldn't stop ASCAP from doing it anyway if they thought it was worth it.
Which is why I felt Luke Ski (and any comedy music artist actually, even Weird Al) was a fool to join ASCAP.
Ironically, in that article, the venue that Phillips was fired from decided to resort to radio...
That could get the venue into even more trouble
But does he, really? Take the case of Luke Ski. He also, like Al, puts a mix of parodies and originals on his albums, but he doesn't have the connections that Al does, and therefore can't do the courtesy permission-asking. Many of his more recent backing tracks for parodies are performed by Possible Oscar, a "geek rock" parody band out of Minneapolis. AFAIK Luke doesn't pay songwriting mechanicals for his parodies. Luke is also listed with ASCAP. You'd think that if the machanicals had to be paid, that ASCAP would crack down on its own listed artists first.
it doesn't even deny them CD sales in the way that piracy could theoretically do
In fact, it could turn on new people to the original artist, which actually makes it bad business to shut down the cover bands.
Among his recorded stuff there are some gems. usually his recordings suffer from the lead vocals being too loud, but his "Don't Touch My Mohawk" is actually one of my faves :)
KV told me that additional payments only apply if I sell over 1000 copies (which is no problem...I'm lucky to sell 100). From my other sources in the parody/comedy music industry, ASCAP usually agrees to that as well. Dave hasn't yet sold a single copy. He gives away his parodies for free.
B.A.Dave uses backing tracks supplied by Karaoke-Version.com, who has given him permission to use said tracks. I have the same agreement with them, myself.
Here's the full corp-tree. Around 2002, there was AT&T Wireless, and there was Cingular, which was a joint effort between BellSouth and SBC Then SBC bought AT&T, and merged AT&T Wireless into Cingular, which was now a joint effort by AT&T and BellSouth. Then AT&T bought BellSouth, and they felt there was no need for the Cingular brand anymore, and Cingular became AT&T.
Actually it's not DRM, as there's no copyright being protected by this. Lock-in, yes... DRM, no. Though, if the stories about cheap Chinese accessories damaging iPods has any truth to it, then that would be a halfway good reason for the chips. Only halfway though...this is one matter where "caveat emptor" should be applied. You get what you pay for, but you should have the right to use it anyway.
And if it was being marketed as a kids' program that would be different.... ....but it's not.
If Verizon is not OS-agnostic, she needs a new ISP that *is*. OS-agnosticism is the future as non-Windows OS's slowly increase their market share.
Notice on Zune's website, they're now saying the latest firmware is 3.0