I guess there are more iTunes users than there are iPod owners. If the number is 20 million I can't say, but iTunes is the default player on all Mac's, so start counting.
There was a 2 for 1 stock split a few weeks ago, so by that logic there must be 20 million iPod owners now, if there were 10 million in circulation in january..:-)
I found a teaser from her article.. (could have been from TFA)
1. All the record companies get together and build a single giant website, with everything in their catalogues that's currently out of print available on it, and agree to experiment for one year.
She gathers, that by experimenting with out of print stuff, nobody is going to actually loose anything. She has 5 points in all and argues very well for each. She was flamed at the time, but the she is selling more CD's now than ever..and she is giving away tunes for free on her website, just to prove her point.
There are implementations for emacs, gcc, python, LaTeX, firefox and thunderbird that run on windows. (probably for ifort and grace as well)
Working in a "windows on the desktop, solaris in production" kind of company, it is actually possible to get the job done, no matter which system you use.
Killing p2p would be very, very easy... make everything, even out of print stuff available online so it's easier to find stuff you want in the store than in some p2p network. Lower the prices (slowly) (for both soft and hard copies) to the point where people wouldn't bother to rip a CD but just buy the album again in the format they prefer. Make it so cheap that people woun't even bother to borrow albums from eachother!
The reason that 99.99% of those independent artists aren't signed is because they aren't as good as the competition, or more simply, because they suck
Different strokes for different folks. Music is not a competition, it's an expression. You might like what the artist has to say, you might not. With the amount of songs Apple have sold now, they can do some serious datamining. They know who bought what.. for the last year! That's very valuable information. You have bought this, that means you might be interested in this too?
For every artist you represent, there are 1.000 artists you don't. If we are not allowed to sell your music, we will start taking all unknown artists into our store and let word of mouth decide. We will do this after buying Apple Records and make deals with every lable we can get into this. See those white headsets aroud the city? Each one of those are connected to one of our customers.
Yours faithfully, iTunes Music Store
PS: we are going to sell the music of unsigned and independend artists no matter what you do, so follow the bandwagon or miss the concert.
I think everybody has 50 invites.. I've been trying to use mine, but they keep refilling.. Furthermore I've been invited by the Gmail Team.. the result of signing up for further information 8 months ago..
even this initiative has 291,820 invites available to share....
Anybody who doesn't have a gmail account by now, hasn't figured out how to write gmail account invite in google..
For rental VHS at least the quality of the tape is much higher than the normal buy it yourself version, which can be played some 20 times before it starts to seriously affect the signal. The version Blockbuster rents out is 10 times as expensive to buy in the first place. (Another poster noted the price, for DVD's.. I don't know if they are more resistant, but I guess that I could test that.. now where is that Blockbuster card I had lying around..:)
...and somehow, people seem to think that getting fucked by both companies at the same time, would be bliss... as threesomes go, this is NOT the way to go..
As long as you check, that the owner doesn't have a bunch of ripped cd's in the glovecompartment.. you would be facing a sentence for "stealing music"..
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and why would you leave the center of the universe?
no, it's called "echonomics" .. they earn more by putting on the lastest action movie..
I'm an atheist - thank God.
:-)
now that is funny! Thanking God for being an atheist!
I guess there are more iTunes users than there are iPod owners. If the number is 20 million I can't say, but iTunes is the default player on all Mac's, so start counting.
.. :-)
There was a 2 for 1 stock split a few weeks ago, so by that logic there must be 20 million iPod owners now, if there were 10 million in circulation in january
..and they all have 50 invitations to spare .. Isn't that as public as you can get?
I found a teaser from her article .. (could have been from TFA)
1. All the record companies get together and build a single giant website, with everything in their catalogues that's currently out of print available on it, and agree to experiment for one year.
She gathers, that by experimenting with out of print stuff, nobody is going to actually loose anything. She has 5 points in all and argues very well for each. She was flamed at the time, but the she is selling more CD's now than ever..and she is giving away tunes for free on her website, just to prove her point.
There are implementations for emacs, gcc, python, LaTeX, firefox and thunderbird that run on windows. (probably for ifort and grace as well)
Working in a "windows on the desktop, solaris in production" kind of company, it is actually possible to get the job done, no matter which system you use.
You are so right!
Repetition of tasks is much easier from the command line.
cygwin for windows, bash for mac and unix and we are down to the choice of a tool that lets you do the same task, no matter which system you use.
Me? I have installation files for cygwin, putty and emacs on a harddrive I always have with me.
there is a C3, but the PO seems to be missing!
A simple "dock cover" and some connections inside would do the trick!
the RIAA's members have a good bit of skill at picking out good artists
... make everything, even out of print stuff available online so it's easier to find stuff you want in the store than in some p2p network. Lower the prices (slowly) (for both soft and hard copies) to the point where people wouldn't bother to rip a CD but just buy the album again in the format they prefer. Make it so cheap that people woun't even bother to borrow albums from eachother!
I don't think so. They have just been the only choice for a long time.
That way, you can squeeze the artist in many different ways.
Killing p2p would be very, very easy
The reason that 99.99% of those independent artists aren't signed is because they aren't as good as the competition, or more simply, because they suck
Different strokes for different folks. Music is not a competition, it's an expression. You might like what the artist has to say, you might not.
With the amount of songs Apple have sold now, they can do some serious datamining. They know who bought what.. for the last year! That's very valuable information.
You have bought this, that means you might be interested in this too?
they use allofmp3.com
Dear RIAA
For every artist you represent, there are 1.000 artists you don't. If we are not allowed to sell your music, we will start taking all unknown artists into our store and let word of mouth decide. We will do this after buying Apple Records and make deals with every lable we can get into this. See those white headsets aroud the city? Each one of those are connected to one of our customers.
Yours faithfully,
iTunes Music Store
PS: we are going to sell the music of unsigned and independend artists no matter what you do, so follow the bandwagon or miss the concert.
if people can't read or write, they will have no use for computers and software .. no wonder Mr. Gates is concerned ;-)
..by making a 20 page patent application for each operator, they will actually get away with patenting more ..
punchline: No, son, let's walk down there and rape the entire flock..
There's a fraction of the US population that tried the Internet and didn't like it.
:-)
Version 2.0 will be better
...and people would activate the files anyway...
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.. I've been trying to use mine, but they keep refilling .. Furthermore I've been invited by the Gmail Team .. the result of signing up for further information 8 months ago ..
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I think everybody has 50 invites
even this initiative has 291,820 invites available to share.
Anybody who doesn't have a gmail account by now, hasn't figured out how to write gmail account invite in google
Beer .. if you drink enough of it, all women look beautiful!
For rental VHS at least the quality of the tape is much higher than the normal buy it yourself version, which can be played some 20 times before it starts to seriously affect the signal. The version Blockbuster rents out is 10 times as expensive to buy in the first place. (Another poster noted the price, for DVD's .. I don't know if they are more resistant, but I guess that I could test that .. now where is that Blockbuster card I had lying around.. :)
The name's Barf. I'm a mog, half man half dog. I'm my own best friend!
Is it that norwegian "DVD Jon" who has to do all the hard work, again?
...and somehow, people seem to think that getting fucked by both companies at the same time, would be bliss... as threesomes go, this is NOT the way to go..
As long as you check, that the owner doesn't have a bunch of ripped cd's in the glovecompartment .. you would be facing a sentence for "stealing music" ..
That's what's been happening the last 10-15 years. Where are the indications that "time to market" and "sloppy programming" will suddenly vanish?
Come on, we expect a better standard of writing on Slashdot.
.. actually we expect nothing the sorts! ;-)
NO, no we don't