He would make it GPL or nothing; and that's what makes Stallman's ultimate idea of Free software communistic: its lack of voluntariness. No, thats what makes it totalitarian.
The Loss of Revenue part got me thinking. A few ways to give the RIAA the finger:
1. Go to the shows. Support bands that come through your town. if you like the show, buy a tshirt or other merchandise. this is where most minor bands (that're indie or in the mainstream) make their money.
2. Buy vinyl. I only buy analogue, since most labels supporting the vinyl are indies and therefore non-RIAA. In case you get an RIAA-vinyl, you can still rejoice in better value/qualitylfie expectancy. This is becuz a CD will just stop working on you (as with a good 50 of the 450 CDs i own)
3. Support indies. Independent labels will usually have more equal distribution of funds, becuz they dont spend XX million $ promoting Britney/christina/eminem and all the other pop stars, and neglect their other artists. They have to wait for you to discover them, and you should, becuz tomorrows great artist will come from the underground labels, not the marketing machine of the RIAA. Besides, Roadrunner, Epitaph, Fat Wreck Chords all offer free mp3s of their artists. Hobby Industries and its kin in electronic music also offer free sampling of the records, Hobby streaming its entire catalogue. So whatever you flavour, theyve got some treats for you.
Try it. Let the RIAA die and wither, we dont need them.
i reckon, and this is based that im facing the same juncture when dealing with my final repport for CS, that the best way to sway is to convince them that having programs without source code is like having text books without text.
Note that in the Politiken article, a politician is qouted for saying that this is a measure to combat piracy everywhere. Which is crazy. This guy somehow believes that specialized imports of DVDs from around the world is a cause for piracy. craziness
I agree with you on your mainpoint, but consider the fallacy: MP3s are like DivX and similar technologies based on lossy compression of the material. There is a *lot* of difference between a 128 kbps and a 192 kbps file. That the music we get delivered is *perfect* is untrue, simply. I just doubt anyone bothered to check it, tho.
Check this cuz i think it very wellwritten. Could be i have it from/.:-)
Other than that, I used to make tons of tapes when I was copying my parents hippie records to tape. Why is it all of a sudden dangerous to do that?
At the end of the day, who'd want to pay a buck a track for something as non-permanent as an mp3 track? I reckon that the reason why ppl in general refuse to pay for mp3s is, if u hit two buttons on the keyboard, its gone. even tho more behaviour from RIAA like this should be encouraged, a p2p system with subscription still seems more feasible to me - suppose you pay $15 for unlimited downloads of music. i havent checked the numbers, but i would imagine that the money saved from packaging/distribution should more than make up for the lower income. How difficult can it be to monitor which songs are downloaded and pay artists accordingly? And ppl will pay the subscription fee if theyre guaranteed high quality content.
But how come that the guys at Epitaph , Fat wreck and Roadrunner as the only ones have found out that while selling mp3s is possibly not a great idea, its great for promotion. "How you remind me" by Nickelback was put out as a free mp3. Gold and platinum records started streaming in and international success for the band is a fact. Not bad for an independent label.
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About time! When will they get the point that music sharing will ultimately lead to more exposure for their artists, and thus, more revenue?
The Loss of Revenue part got me thinking. A few ways to give the RIAA the finger:
1. Go to the shows. Support bands that come through your town. if you like the show, buy a tshirt or other merchandise. this is where most minor bands (that're indie or in the mainstream) make their money.
2. Buy vinyl. I only buy analogue, since most labels supporting the vinyl are indies and therefore non-RIAA. In case you get an RIAA-vinyl, you can still rejoice in better value/qualitylfie expectancy. This is becuz a CD will just stop working on you (as with a good 50 of the 450 CDs i own)
3. Support indies. Independent labels will usually have more equal distribution of funds, becuz they dont spend XX million $ promoting Britney/christina/eminem and all the other pop stars, and neglect their other artists. They have to wait for you to discover them, and you should, becuz tomorrows great artist will come from the underground labels, not the marketing machine of the RIAA. Besides, Roadrunner, Epitaph, Fat Wreck Chords all offer free mp3s of their artists. Hobby Industries and its kin in electronic music also offer free sampling of the records, Hobby streaming its entire catalogue. So whatever you flavour, theyve got some treats for you.
Try it. Let the RIAA die and wither, we dont need them.
i reckon, and this is based that im facing the same juncture when dealing with my final repport for CS, that the best way to sway is to convince them that having programs without source code is like having text books without text.
me too. and a couple of my geekier friends.
Note that in the Politiken article, a politician is qouted for saying that this is a measure to combat piracy everywhere. Which is crazy. This guy somehow believes that specialized imports of DVDs from around the world is a cause for piracy. craziness
"Momo" by Michael Ende. Not only poetic and beautiful, but also subversive.
Other than that, I used to make tons of tapes when I was copying my parents hippie records to tape. Why is it all of a sudden dangerous to do that?
At the end of the day, who'd want to pay a buck a track for something as non-permanent as an mp3 track? I reckon that the reason why ppl in general refuse to pay for mp3s is, if u hit two buttons on the keyboard, its gone. even tho more behaviour from RIAA like this should be encouraged, a p2p system with subscription still seems more feasible to me - suppose you pay $15 for unlimited downloads of music. i havent checked the numbers, but i would imagine that the money saved from packaging/distribution should more than make up for the lower income. How difficult can it be to monitor which songs are downloaded and pay artists accordingly? And ppl will pay the subscription fee if theyre guaranteed high quality content. But how come that the guys at Epitaph , Fat wreck and Roadrunner as the only ones have found out that while selling mp3s is possibly not a great idea, its great for promotion. "How you remind me" by Nickelback was put out as a free mp3. Gold and platinum records started streaming in and international success for the band is a fact. Not bad for an independent label.