Most people don't, thats why they're not sound engineers. I do however, as do most if not all audiophiles. The concept of paying for anything less than CD quality is ludicrous at best, but I suppose the RIAA should be happy that most people aren't picky about audio quality.
AAC is still a lossy compression, so I don't know where you got the idea AAC is 16bit 44k1 sampled. Its unencoded source audio may be, but the resulting AAC file is not. Same applies to mp3, and ogg. And the worst part is AAC is proprietary.
On an unrelated note, the RIAA's claims of perfect digital copies would have some clout if everyone was trading wav files ripped from CDs, but to assume 128Kbps mp3s even approach CD quality, and is therefore worth worrying about, is a fallacy. With people willing to overpay for lossy compressed files, don't be surprised when the major labels start putting out low quality CD audio discs, for the same price as regular CD audio, after all, most people won't know the difference, and the RIAA labels can make more profit at the hands of shee^H^H^H^Hconsumers:)
Oh, and headphones aren't the best judge of a source's audio quality. Multitudes of reference monitors are. Ever noticed that headphones are never used for serious mixing and mastering?
No. I've ignored mainstream radio (well all radio) for the last 15+ years. What little I've heard of nickelback reminded me of a metallica-clone. Sad but true (pun intended). True originality can be found in non mainstream genres like progressive rock.
This software is pointless. It reminds me of when Napster started blocking copywritten material, including my own original material. Emails to Napster techsup went unanswered after a few weeks, then I just said fuck it, and went to gnutella to distribute my own material.
Besides trying to block RIAA affiliated music, it also blocks non-RIAA affiliated music, like my own, which is still copywritten, but permitted for free download and dissemination.
Boycott RIAA affiliated music, don't download music that wasn't granted permission by the copyright holder. Let your dollars (or lack thereof in this case) tell the RIAA that you won't tolerate their draconian attempts at control, or their antiquated business model.
Support Indie artists/labels by purchasing their music. 9 times out of 10 the music quality is better, with more variety, and no DRM bullshit.
Sad but true. I stopped listening to radio in the late 1980's, just in time to not hear the whining of the next generation of brats proclaiming grunge as god. Now old is new again (ie; no creativity, lets rehash old pop melodies from the 60's-70's, and add more guitars or drums, or samples, or whatEVER), only its new for kids, not the 30+ year old crowd.
...Will the record companies only shell out to produce the most popish, top 40 friendly songs?...
Thats exactly what they do. Haven't you listened to your local radio stations, watched MTV/MuchMusic/etc?
The whole concept behind "singles" was to push certain songs, and hopefully that'd drive album/CD sales as well, but you can bet if a pop song takes hold, it'll sell more singles than albums/CDs
Let your money speak for you. Buy music from independant, non-RIAA affiliated labels. Hurt the RIAA where it most counts, their labels bottom lines. Also, don't download pirated RIAA labelled music, then they have no choice BUT to rethink their greed, and change their treatment of their customer base, thats you, the customer, speaking with your dollars.
Read the freakin' article. The ruling was based on the lack of evidence presented by the cria. The cria will just "dot their i's and cross their t's", then resubmit the case.
You're kidding right? Last time I heard, piracy IS illegal. LET them spend all their money stamping it out, let the boycott self perpetuate them into chapter 11. Thats the IDEA behind boycotts, to hurt their bottom line.
I've said it once, and I'll say it again, Just Say No To RIAA Affiliated Bands/Labels.(R)
By using your purchasing power, you decide the fate of these almost-Nazi-like corporations. Send them the message where it hurts them the most, The Bottom Line. By denying the RIAA your hard earned dollars, their shareholders suffer. And while they'll claim p2p responsible for further reductions in sales (as if the economy, CD prices, the thousands of stupid lawsuits that contribute to the price of a CD aren't enough), the truth will be shown that the above study, and other studies that have shown the RIAA incorrect, are in fact true, and the RIAA will be forced not only to rethink their PR strategy, but their ailing dinosaur of a business model.
The number of independant bands/labels has increased a hell of a lot, and of course the quality of the music is superior simply because there isn't the corporate pressure to compromise musical integrity just to satisfy a shareholder.
I discovered a progressive rock stream, progrock.com, via an article here on SlashDot regarding the current release of IceCast. This stream has been the main source of bands whose CDs I now purchase.
I haven't purchased an RIAA affiliated CD in probably over 5 years because they haven't released anything worth buying, especially at US$20 a CD. During that time I've been purchasing independant CDs from non-RIAA affiliated labels, and I do so gladly knowing the artist receives more of the money, and the quality of music is far superior. The cost of these CDs is typically US$5-US$7 (not including S&H) cheaper than RIAA affiliated labels CDs too.
As an independant artist, I offer my own original music in mp3 format, freely downloadable, and distributable, see the link in the sig below.
...My only concern is that even if the local data is 'encrypted', the software still needs to know how to decrypt it, which puts the data and the encryption key in the same camp. Not a very good strategy IMO...
Granted, but as opposed to entrusting your personal data to a commercial entity like Microsoft, I'll take the far lesser of the two evils.
btw, Netscape isn't limited to the Windows platform (I assume you know this), I use it under Linux with no problems at all.:)
Netscapes current browser has a passwd manager that fulfills the role of a centralized user db. Correctly configured, it'll save all usernames/passwds/form data in an encrypted form on the users hard disk, and when a site is accessed, will prompt you with a dialogue box with username and passwd filled in, ready to be clicked, or the form filled in, also ready to be clicked. Thus the user has complete control over the data they send, not any business entity. I don't know if mozilla etal have this feature as I've never bothered to try them, haven't had a need since Netscapes browser fulfills all my web browsing needs. I haven't used IE since version 2.
In all this, one recurring theme repeats itself. Its the parents responsibility, not the govenments, to make sure children can't access adult content. If, as a parent, you don't have the time to ensure this, you have no right HAVING children, simply because you cannot give them the time required to properly educate, supervise, nurture, and raise them. TV and the internet are NOT babysitters. There wouldn't have to be government intervention online if parents took their child-rearing responsibilities 100%. And don't give me the "but I HAVE to work 80-24000 hrs a week to support my family" crap because it simply isn't true. Thats pure greed talking. I know, I'm a father of three, and while I'm nowhere near rich monetarily, I'm drowning in the wealth of my love for my family, and their love for me. And I can enjoy that wealth because I'm not at work for the majority of my waking time. When my kids go online, my wife or I supervise, and educate them. When something untoward happens, like a porn popup, we explain to the kids what it is, whats its meant to do, and why its unacceptable/illegal/inappropriate for them to access such content. Too many of todays, and yes, older parents, turn a blind eye to their kids online activities, until the cops come to the door, then they have the audacity to blame the kid when it is in fact their own fault.
Dummy up you parents, start taking back control of your kids lives instead of letting MTV and the internet be in control.
Sounds like the crap Napster pulled when my own original, NON-RIAA affiliated songs were being blocked.
Don't different encoders have different algorhythms to deal with psychoacoustic properties? You can bet if it pleases the RIAA, it WON'T please the consumer, but thats no surprise, is it.
Show the RIAA your displeasure by boycotting purchase/download/distribution of RIAA affiliated artists work.
Its not about web browsers, and the internet isn't JUST the web. Its about highjacking that which doesnt belong to verisign in the first place. While there may be a small measure (but certainly not anywhere near a majority) of good coming from this sitefinder thing, breaking mail and other software doesn't by any means justify implementing sitefinder. Its clear abuse of position and authority by verisign to unilaterally decide where my typo'd emails/urls/etc go inside the com/net namespace. For once icann appears to be doing the right thing, unfortunately with verisign being a business in the most litigious country in the world, with no end in sight to abuse of the legal process, we'll either have to reimplement those fixes to bind (I havent removed mine), or accept verisigns monopolistic activities.
Exactly. Commercial software makers need to be made liable for their products. I don't think there's a single other industry where a complete lack of liability exists as it does in the software industry.
Want to bet if MS had been legally/financially liable since the start, they wouldn't have the dominant position in the marketplace they enjoy now.
Thats right, capitalism at its finest would have doomed MS to either secure their software from the beginning, or go out of business.
This may work in the US, but the US is merely but ONE country with Internet access. The RIAA has no teeth outside the US, so in effect all they're doing is trying to create an island on the Internet. Good luck.
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Most people don't, thats why they're not sound engineers. I do however, as do most if not all audiophiles. The concept of paying for anything less than CD quality is ludicrous at best, but I suppose the RIAA should be happy that most people aren't picky about audio quality.
AAC is still a lossy compression, so I don't know where you got the idea AAC is 16bit 44k1 sampled. Its unencoded source audio may be, but the resulting AAC file is not. Same applies to mp3, and ogg. And the worst part is AAC is proprietary.
On an unrelated note, the RIAA's claims of perfect digital copies would have some clout if everyone was trading wav files ripped from CDs, but to assume 128Kbps mp3s even approach CD quality, and is therefore worth worrying about, is a fallacy. With people willing to overpay for lossy compressed files, don't be surprised when the major labels start putting out low quality CD audio discs, for the same price as regular CD audio, after all, most people won't know the difference, and the RIAA labels can make more profit at the hands of shee^H^H^H^Hconsumers :)
Oh, and headphones aren't the best judge of a source's audio quality. Multitudes of reference monitors are. Ever noticed that headphones are never used for serious mixing and mastering?
If it isn't 16 bit 44k1 KHz stereo, it isn't worth whatever ANY of these online stores charge.
No. I've ignored mainstream radio (well all radio) for the last 15+ years. What little I've heard of nickelback reminded me of a metallica-clone. Sad but true (pun intended). True originality can be found in non mainstream genres like progressive rock.
Just what the world needs, more formula pop music.
- mp3 via mod_mp3
- IPV4 ogg stream via icecast
- IPV6 ogg stream via icecast
High quality mp3 files are also available for download at www.ardynet.com. Coming soon, high quality ogg files for download.DISCLAIMER
I am not affiliated with any RIAA label, and my music is free to download and redistribute.
Always used slackware for servers, probably go to slackware for desktops if the testing period warrants it.
Besides trying to block RIAA affiliated music, it also blocks non-RIAA affiliated music, like my own, which is still copywritten, but permitted for free download and dissemination.
Boycott RIAA affiliated music, don't download music that wasn't granted permission by the copyright holder. Let your dollars (or lack thereof in this case) tell the RIAA that you won't tolerate their draconian attempts at control, or their antiquated business model.
Support Indie artists/labels by purchasing their music. 9 times out of 10 the music quality is better, with more variety, and no DRM bullshit.
winamp, xmms, mpg123, and oggenc are capable of writing what they stream to disk, this isn't news, or new.
Sad but true. I stopped listening to radio in the late 1980's, just in time to not hear the whining of the next generation of brats proclaiming grunge as god. Now old is new again (ie; no creativity, lets rehash old pop melodies from the 60's-70's, and add more guitars or drums, or samples, or whatEVER), only its new for kids, not the 30+ year old crowd.
Thats exactly what they do. Haven't you listened to your local radio stations, watched MTV/MuchMusic/etc?
The whole concept behind "singles" was to push certain songs, and hopefully that'd drive album/CD sales as well, but you can bet if a pop song takes hold, it'll sell more singles than albums/CDs
Let your money speak for you. Buy music from independant, non-RIAA affiliated labels. Hurt the RIAA where it most counts, their labels bottom lines. Also, don't download pirated RIAA labelled music, then they have no choice BUT to rethink their greed, and change their treatment of their customer base, thats you, the customer, speaking with your dollars.
Read the freakin' article. The ruling was based on the lack of evidence presented by the cria. The cria will just "dot their i's and cross their t's", then resubmit the case.
You're kidding right? Last time I heard, piracy IS illegal. LET them spend all their money stamping it out, let the boycott self perpetuate them into chapter 11. Thats the IDEA behind boycotts, to hurt their bottom line.
By using your purchasing power, you decide the fate of these almost-Nazi-like corporations. Send them the message where it hurts them the most, The Bottom Line. By denying the RIAA your hard earned dollars, their shareholders suffer. And while they'll claim p2p responsible for further reductions in sales (as if the economy, CD prices, the thousands of stupid lawsuits that contribute to the price of a CD aren't enough), the truth will be shown that the above study, and other studies that have shown the RIAA incorrect, are in fact true, and the RIAA will be forced not only to rethink their PR strategy, but their ailing dinosaur of a business model.
The number of independant bands/labels has increased a hell of a lot, and of course the quality of the music is superior simply because there isn't the corporate pressure to compromise musical integrity just to satisfy a shareholder. I discovered a progressive rock stream, progrock.com, via an article here on SlashDot regarding the current release of IceCast. This stream has been the main source of bands whose CDs I now purchase.
I haven't purchased an RIAA affiliated CD in probably over 5 years because they haven't released anything worth buying, especially at US$20 a CD. During that time I've been purchasing independant CDs from non-RIAA affiliated labels, and I do so gladly knowing the artist receives more of the money, and the quality of music is far superior. The cost of these CDs is typically US$5-US$7 (not including S&H) cheaper than RIAA affiliated labels CDs too.
As an independant artist, I offer my own original music in mp3 format, freely downloadable, and distributable, see the link in the sig below.
As opposed to the US writing laws for Australia, and the whole middle/far east?
Granted, but as opposed to entrusting your personal data to a commercial entity like Microsoft, I'll take the far lesser of the two evils. :)
btw, Netscape isn't limited to the Windows platform (I assume you know this), I use it under Linux with no problems at all.
Netscapes current browser has a passwd manager that fulfills the role of a centralized user db. Correctly configured, it'll save all usernames/passwds/form data in an encrypted form on the users hard disk, and when a site is accessed, will prompt you with a dialogue box with username and passwd filled in, ready to be clicked, or the form filled in, also ready to be clicked. Thus the user has complete control over the data they send, not any business entity. I don't know if mozilla etal have this feature as I've never bothered to try them, haven't had a need since Netscapes browser fulfills all my web browsing needs. I haven't used IE since version 2.
Dummy up you parents, start taking back control of your kids lives instead of letting MTV and the internet be in control.
Familiarity breeds contempt. This applies to family owned businesses as well as non family owned. Heed your fathers advice.
Don't different encoders have different algorhythms to deal with psychoacoustic properties? You can bet if it pleases the RIAA, it WON'T please the consumer, but thats no surprise, is it.
Show the RIAA your displeasure by boycotting purchase/download/distribution of RIAA affiliated artists work.
Its not about web browsers, and the internet isn't JUST the web. Its about highjacking that which doesnt belong to verisign in the first place. While there may be a small measure (but certainly not anywhere near a majority) of good coming from this sitefinder thing, breaking mail and other software doesn't by any means justify implementing sitefinder. Its clear abuse of position and authority by verisign to unilaterally decide where my typo'd emails/urls/etc go inside the com/net namespace. For once icann appears to be doing the right thing, unfortunately with verisign being a business in the most litigious country in the world, with no end in sight to abuse of the legal process, we'll either have to reimplement those fixes to bind (I havent removed mine), or accept verisigns monopolistic activities.
Want to bet if MS had been legally/financially liable since the start, they wouldn't have the dominant position in the marketplace they enjoy now. Thats right, capitalism at its finest would have doomed MS to either secure their software from the beginning, or go out of business.
My music is freely available, and distributable.
You can find my new material, recorded on PC at the link below, then follow the news page.
This may work in the US, but the US is merely but ONE country with Internet access. The RIAA has no teeth outside the US, so in effect all they're doing is trying to create an island on the Internet. Good luck.