I don't hear any outrage from Mr. Bainwol about the "pervasive" and "wrong and improper" practices found to have been comitted by the members of his organisation. Any condemnation for these illegal actions? Any calls for a tough stand against payola?
Of course not, and the $10 million is not seen so much as a fine but more of a cost of doing business. Federal crimes? Your average RIAA labels A&R manager fears not.
In fact, your example (Nothing But You) was originally released on Vandit [discogs.com] (Paul's label) before getting licensed all over the place [discogs.com] (ID&T, Positiva, Mute, and Urban).
In order to break through into the wider market artists (or their smaller indie labels) often have to enter into licensing deals with major publishers (who are often arms of the RIAA labels).
Notice how even your examples have RIAA companies at the top? This is the problem. In order for an indie label to break through it needs the clout of an RIAA member, why? Because the market is all tied up by RIAA members!
This is why online distribution systems, iTunes in this example, are so attractive for the more clued-up artists. They can have as much leverage as big players when it comes to publishing on a global scale. Sure, they do not have such niceties as an A&R/marketing departments behind them. But they are never there to support the artist, only the label.
Rubbish. I personally know a number of people who make a very decent living without going near the majors.
Just a quick FYI, Paul van Dyk uses my friends from BMG to publish, for example Nothing But You has them listed as the publisher and he is under license to Universal Music. Seen him play live loads of times, stopped buying his records in 2001.
But to echo mcc's comment it looks like these artists are caught in the crossfire over hardware music players (between Apple and Sony).
From TFA:
The two companies have emerged as major rivals in the portable music player business. Apple's iPod music player, which stores music on a hard drive, has hurt Sony, which its own Network Walkman, some of which have hard drives.
So, you as an artist put your guts into producing the best music you can, your fanbase loves you and looks forward to your next release..... And your release is put on ice over politics between diferent divisions of the major you signed to.
Fuck that!
The artists have been screwed, and so have the fans.
If the labels get all pissy and whine over contracts then they should be countersued for restraint of trade.
What I can't figure out is why they pay so much for marketing crap bands when we would be just as happy with zero marketing for good bands.
Control.
Good artists can negotiate the contract so it will favour them. Crap, manufactured, acts are more supplicant and tend not to play hardball on the financials as they are way more interested in the fame and groupies.
To the big media players this is purely about profit and control of the marketplace, they don't care about the product.
Imagine a society where an orchestra couldn't play any classical music without acquiring the rights to that performance from a copyright holder that has been passed down through the centuries by inane copyright law and they end up paying a large amount of money for you to enjoy their performance.
"My husband wrote a song for me, on the occasion of our fortieth wedding anniversary. It was our love in music, unique and special and intimate, the most beautiful melody I ever heard in my live. It made him so happy to have written it. Of his last ten compositions he had burned five for being derivative, and the others had all failed copyright clearance. But this was fresh, special--he joked that my love for him had inspired him. The next day he submitted it for clearance, and learned that it had been a popular air during his early childhood, and had already been unsuccessfully submitted fourteen times since its original registration. A week later he burned all his manuscripts and working tapes and killed himself."
She was silent for a long time, and the senator did not speak.
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Probably the best way of explaining why extended copyright is bad.
I've just invented this new kind of anal douche that helps clear out unwanted fecal matter and semen and blood. I'm calling it "Linux". Hope nobody minds.
Under trademark law, this is fine and legal as your product is not in the operating system market.
Hormel have lost this battle. First email is in no way associated with the food product they sell. Then they tacitly gave the ok for people to use the term.
Can't have it both ways.
I've been targeted for a trademark dispute. Funny thing was the MIDI Manufacturers Association didn't own the trademark they said I breached.
Take this posturing with a pinch of salt, they have nothing and it is common practice for companies to try it on.
This kind of technology is being seriously looked at as a complement to the road toll scheme they already have in place around the centre of London.
The GP comment fails to remember that technology knows now boundary. If this works in the UAE (which is probably a good testbed for it) then we will see the improved version of this rolled out in your country.
The thread is quite old now so I doubt many will see this but for more info on one of the key people involved in the creation of the badass Dr. theme tune have a look here.
Delia created the theme tune from Ron Grainer's original score. On first hearing it Grainer was tickled pink: "Did I really write this?" he asked. "Most of it," replied Derbyshire.
In an age when women were not "allowed" in recording studios she is pretty much responsible for one of the most recognised TV theme tunes ever.
I've emailed all of the MEP's in my area. One of the projects I've worked on was funded directly by the EU, it was regarded as being a flagship project.
If we had had EU patents this project would have been sunk, and there were no checks done at the start.
The only problem for me is Arlene McCarthy is my MEP.
Chandrasekhar limit. The mass limit at which the force of gravity overcomes the pressure produced by electron degenerate matter. At this mass limit, which corresponds to 1.4 times the mass of the Sun, the electrons are forced inside the atomic nucleus, where they combine with the protons to form neutrons.
The gravitational collapse is then halted by the pressure exerted by the neutrons, since they are in a state of matter known as baryon degenerate matter. This pressure is then sufficient to halt further collapse unless the body contains more than three times the mass of the Sun.
Not my explanation above, but this discovery does bring the limt down quite a bit.
Provided that the money raised goes into an education initiative to give Joe Bloke some government sponsored training into how to use his computer properly, I don't see a problem.
I would be suspect about this report until I see sources other that The Times being listed. I've had a look on Google News and the few stories listed all point back to the Times article.
The Times is owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, who are totally opposed to the way the BBC is funded, as it is a direct competitor to his Sky TV service.
People like The Sun's former editor, now involved in broadcasting, Kelvin McKenzie were all over TV, on commercial channels, this week to put the BBC down.
Now, this move might be true..... But there is considerable spin being aimed at the Beeb at the moment.....
The premise of Andrew Gilligans report, that initially got the BBC into trouble, was the extent of the treat posed by Iraq.
It was the London Evening Standard who, ran the initial 45 minute claim, saying that at best forces based in Cyprus, or at worst mainline UK was a direct target from attack.
This was the trigger for the UK to launch military action as there was an apparent clear and present danger by a hostile nation.
We now know that intelligence was stretched somewhat and the media frenzy that surrounded the initial 45 minute claim was conveniently left unchecked by the government.
Now, according to the Hutton Report, which was the trigger for Greg Dyke and Gilligan to 'resign' from the Beeb, the government was 99.9% blameless..... But 99.9% of the UK think the report was a whitewash.
As Johnny Rotten once said..... 'Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?'.
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I don't hear any outrage from Mr. Bainwol about the "pervasive" and "wrong and improper" practices found to have been comitted by the members of his organisation. Any condemnation for these illegal actions? Any calls for a tough stand against payola?
Of course not, and the $10 million is not seen so much as a fine but more of a cost of doing business. Federal crimes? Your average RIAA labels A&R manager fears not.
Nor do the UK arms fear the law, with senior managers at Sony being threatened with an Anti-Social Behaviour Orders (Asbo).
In fact, your example (Nothing But You) was originally released on Vandit [discogs.com] (Paul's label) before getting licensed all over the place [discogs.com] (ID&T, Positiva, Mute, and Urban).
In order to break through into the wider market artists (or their smaller indie labels) often have to enter into licensing deals with major publishers (who are often arms of the RIAA labels).
Notice how even your examples have RIAA companies at the top? This is the problem. In order for an indie label to break through it needs the clout of an RIAA member, why? Because the market is all tied up by RIAA members!
This is why online distribution systems, iTunes in this example, are so attractive for the more clued-up artists. They can have as much leverage as big players when it comes to publishing on a global scale. Sure, they do not have such niceties as an A&R/marketing departments behind them. But they are never there to support the artist, only the label.
Rubbish. I personally know a number of people who make a very decent living without going near the majors.
Just a quick FYI, Paul van Dyk uses my friends from BMG to publish, for example Nothing But You has them listed as the publisher and he is under license to Universal Music. Seen him play live loads of times, stopped buying his records in 2001.
But to echo mcc's comment it looks like these artists are caught in the crossfire over hardware music players (between Apple and Sony).
From TFA:
The two companies have emerged as major rivals in the portable music player business. Apple's iPod music player, which stores music on a hard drive, has hurt Sony, which its own Network Walkman, some of which have hard drives.
So, you as an artist put your guts into producing the best music you can, your fanbase loves you and looks forward to your next release..... And your release is put on ice over politics between diferent divisions of the major you signed to.
Fuck that!
The artists have been screwed, and so have the fans.
If the labels get all pissy and whine over contracts then they should be countersued for restraint of trade.
What I can't figure out is why they pay so much for marketing crap bands when we would be just as happy with zero marketing for good bands.
Control.
Good artists can negotiate the contract so it will favour them. Crap, manufactured, acts are more supplicant and tend not to play hardball on the financials as they are way more interested in the fame and groupies.
To the big media players this is purely about profit and control of the marketplace, they don't care about the product.
Only what the product brings in.
I wonder how much of this project Apple knew when they signed up to use Intel? Will we see East Fork in the G6?
Have we just been told to East Fork Off instead of the "Don't Steal Music" Apple have used up to now?
Melancholy Elephants, by Spider Robinson
"My husband wrote a song for me, on the occasion of our fortieth wedding anniversary. It was our love in music, unique and special and intimate, the most beautiful melody I ever heard in my live. It made him so happy to have written it. Of his last ten compositions he had burned five for being derivative, and the others had all failed copyright clearance. But this was fresh, special--he joked that my love for him had inspired him. The next day he submitted it for clearance, and learned that it had been a popular air during his early childhood, and had already been unsuccessfully submitted fourteen times since its original registration. A week later he burned all his manuscripts and working tapes and killed himself."
She was silent for a long time, and the senator did not speak.
-----------------
Probably the best way of explaining why extended copyright is bad.
I've just invented this new kind of anal douche that helps clear out unwanted fecal matter and semen and blood. I'm calling it "Linux". Hope nobody minds.
Under trademark law, this is fine and legal as your product is not in the operating system market.
Hormel have lost this battle. First email is in no way associated with the food product they sell. Then they tacitly gave the ok for people to use the term.
Can't have it both ways.
I've been targeted for a trademark dispute. Funny thing was the MIDI Manufacturers Association didn't own the trademark they said I breached.
Take this posturing with a pinch of salt, they have nothing and it is common practice for companies to try it on.
Like the Zalman TNN 500 Case?
Totally silent as it uses the case as a passive radiator for the CPU and GPU.
Like the UK.
This kind of technology is being seriously looked at as a complement to the road toll scheme they already have in place around the centre of London.
The GP comment fails to remember that technology knows now boundary. If this works in the UAE (which is probably a good testbed for it) then we will see the improved version of this rolled out in your country.
So, what you are saying is your dog wants the DHS and Duke sucks?
The thread is quite old now so I doubt many will see this but for more info on one of the key people involved in the creation of the badass Dr. theme tune have a look here.
Delia Derbyshire Website
Delia created the theme tune from Ron Grainer's original score. On first hearing it Grainer was tickled pink: "Did I really write this?" he asked. "Most of it," replied Derbyshire.
In an age when women were not "allowed" in recording studios she is pretty much responsible for one of the most recognised TV theme tunes ever.
Forget Joe Sixpack, I can see companies using this version to prevent employees from watching pr0n in work.
Being able to strip IE out as well would be better.
If I was allowed to run Office under EmbeddedXP I would build custom versions of XP that removed all the crap, this would make it easier to lock down.
In fact OO.o isn't covered by the Embedded restriction.......
Isn't Tiger going to be a DVD only release? So people who have iBooks without a combo driver are stuck.
Can you boot from an external USB/FW device?
There is the old Microsoft joke.....
The only time a Microsoft product wouldn't suck would be if they made a vacuum cleaners.
I've emailed all of the MEP's in my area. One of the projects I've worked on was funded directly by the EU, it was regarded as being a flagship project.
If we had had EU patents this project would have been sunk, and there were no checks done at the start.
The only problem for me is Arlene McCarthy is my MEP.
I've run both OS X and Yellow Dog Linux on my old G3 iBook.
You lose some of the glitz when you move from Apple's OS, but you gain the familiarity of Linux.
YDL seems to run slightly faster and the scheduler is much better under Linux (spinning beachball type waits, gone).
The hardware is great, running Linux on it doesn't make it less so.
Chandrasekhar limit. The mass limit at which the force of gravity overcomes the pressure produced by electron degenerate matter. At this mass limit, which corresponds to 1.4 times the mass of the Sun, the electrons are forced inside the atomic nucleus, where they combine with the protons to form neutrons.
The gravitational collapse is then halted by the pressure exerted by the neutrons, since they are in a state of matter known as baryon degenerate matter. This pressure is then sufficient to halt further collapse unless the body contains more than three times the mass of the Sun.
Not my explanation above, but this discovery does bring the limt down quite a bit.
Details on all the UK's MEP's can be found here.
Will they listen? Will thay take note of you? Who knows.
But the most important thing is they hear your voice.
What, like http://www.bbc.co.uk/webwise/?
Don't forget the Beeb have been pushing computer use longer than a lot of /.'ers ave been alive..... remember the BBC Micro?
I don't recall the NBC Micro..... or the Fox PC?
I would be suspect about this report until I see sources other that The Times being listed. I've had a look on Google News and the few stories listed all point back to the Times article.
The Times is owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, who are totally opposed to the way the BBC is funded, as it is a direct competitor to his Sky TV service.
People like The Sun's former editor, now involved in broadcasting, Kelvin McKenzie were all over TV, on commercial channels, this week to put the BBC down.
Now, this move might be true..... But there is considerable spin being aimed at the Beeb at the moment.....
I wrote MS-DOS.....
No, I Wote MS-DOS.......
No, I wrote MS-DOS, and so did my wife!
The premise of Andrew Gilligans report, that initially got the BBC into trouble, was the extent of the treat posed by Iraq.
It was the London Evening Standard who, ran the initial 45 minute claim, saying that at best forces based in Cyprus, or at worst mainline UK was a direct target from attack.
This was the trigger for the UK to launch military action as there was an apparent clear and present danger by a hostile nation.
We now know that intelligence was stretched somewhat and the media frenzy that surrounded the initial 45 minute claim was conveniently left unchecked by the government.
Now, according to the Hutton Report, which was the trigger for Greg Dyke and Gilligan to 'resign' from the Beeb, the government was 99.9% blameless..... But 99.9% of the UK think the report was a whitewash.
As Johnny Rotten once said..... 'Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?'.
The UK mirror isn't showing 2.6.11 yet, perhaps it might be best to wait a little bit so they catch up instead of hitting kernel.org
Or combine Slackware with a Live CD like Slax, or my own Audio/MIDI tuned Slackware LiveCD, m-dist.