about pro apps (such as Photoshop) not being available in native versions yet.
You won't want to get her an Intel-based Mac for another six months or so.
Personal experience: I have a 2003 Dell Inspiron laptop and a 2004 12" Powerbook. I used to have a 2002 12" iBook.
The Dell had a bad wi-fi card (which was an Intel part) which was replaced free of charge, and that's been my only problem. It's ugly and plastic, but everything works.
The PB has a bad modem which freezes the OS when I try to use it, the and the hard drive died after 6 months. I did the HD replacement myself. I didn't try using the modem until after the warranty had expired, and it's kinda hard to replace the modem since it's on the motherboard.
The iBook had a bad touch pad, a non functioning latch, and a powersupply failure. I ended up pitching it into a dumpster.
I'm going to try a Sony or HP for my next laptop.
That's only true, assuming you can find two people in two cars driving the same 5 mile loop for 24 hours a day, going below the speed limit, and making sudden, frequent stops.
7% is not exactly plummeting. I didn't dispute that overall sales are down. But their costs are down by significantly more than 7%, because they are consolidating like mad, laying off thousands of employees, signing fewer artists, and releasing fewer albums. Actual sales per release are up.
Your first question is two questions. As to the first part, I don't know of any online documentation. The RIAA is understandably quiet about their use of P2P monitoring for their own purposes. I work in the industry, and I know record label executives as well as some of the technical people, including the man who used to write legislation for the RIAA, to be introduced by congressional reps like Howard Berman. I worked on a music video this spring for one of the hot new divas. The budget for her first video was tripled after the label leaked her album to the P2P networks, and it did quite well.
As for the second part of your first question, no album ever "just" gets pirated, unless it's not for sale. P2P traffic bodes well for album sales, radio requests and concert ticket purchases.
Now to your second question... I'm sure they track CD club sales, but typically albums are not available in CD clubs right after release. P2P is an immediate way to track actual interest in singles and in albums -- even before they're released. There is no other comparable tool.
There are plenty of non-DRM CDs out there from artists who didn't sign their lives away to labels. You can demo thousands of tracks at places like CD Baby or My Space. Many of them suck, but many of them are more interesting (and just as talented) than anything you'll find at Tower Records.
but your example is flawed. CD sales have not plummeted. While total sales are down slightly, labels have axed their research/product development, and numbers of artists. Their sales per release are up, and their profits are way up. Digital downloads are currently a drop in the bucket.
People with iPods generally still buy CDs. They are filling up their iPods the same way we filled up their glove boxes with mix tapes in the 80s: by copying our CDs, and our friends' CDs. Except that, thanks to P2P, we all have a lot more friends to share with.
The real drawback of the system is that artists don't make a penny of royalties off of CD-club sales: it's considered a promotional album as opposed to a retail album. It's standard boilerplate on all label contracts.
Which means if you're going to rip off the artists, download the album from Kazaa because it's actually a better for the artist. Labels use P2P traffic analysis to decide which artists get better budgets for promotions and music videos, which can make or break an album.
I don't trust the companies now, when they're regulated. I would trust them not at all if they were deregulated.
Corporations exist to make profit, not to serve the public. The concept that the market will keep them honest assumes that the public is perfectly informed, educated, and motivated to seek out the best services. I don't believe that will ever be the case, especially with technologies the average person doesn't understand.
Lyrics can be harvested from those sites and added to pirated mp3s to increase the value of those pirated mp3s, and make it less likely that a person will feel the need to buy the CD with lyric sheet.
It's true that there's only so much money to go around. But it can go around any number of times, so there's no fixed "income pie" from which each company takes a slice.
The most expensive part of making an indie rock album: the beer for the engineer, the weed for the band, and the cocaine for the producer.
The most expensive stuff to make is the obscure music performed live by acoustic ensembles: classical, world, avant garde, etc. These require expensive mics, large acoustical spaces, and many many takes.
Dogs need lots of vegetarian food in their diet, but they can't properly digest it themselves. So they eat it pre-digested out of the intestines of their prey.
Kind of like... don't move to Las Vegas if you want to drink water, or don't move to Minnesota if you don't like to freeze to death...
We humans have been altering our personal environments for thousands of years.
Corporations limit the liability of individuals. That's their primary purpose.
That said, we should put corporations in jail. Should they be found guilty, Sony should have to cease operations for the extent of their sentence.
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about pro apps (such as Photoshop) not being available in native versions yet. You won't want to get her an Intel-based Mac for another six months or so.
probably because they don't have many left.
Most solar cells I've seen are on rooftops and other places that don't take up any additional real estate.
I called Apple. Unfortunately I was out of my warranty period, and they wanted hundreds of dollars.
Personal experience: I have a 2003 Dell Inspiron laptop and a 2004 12" Powerbook. I used to have a 2002 12" iBook. The Dell had a bad wi-fi card (which was an Intel part) which was replaced free of charge, and that's been my only problem. It's ugly and plastic, but everything works. The PB has a bad modem which freezes the OS when I try to use it, the and the hard drive died after 6 months. I did the HD replacement myself. I didn't try using the modem until after the warranty had expired, and it's kinda hard to replace the modem since it's on the motherboard. The iBook had a bad touch pad, a non functioning latch, and a powersupply failure. I ended up pitching it into a dumpster. I'm going to try a Sony or HP for my next laptop.
That's only true, assuming you can find two people in two cars driving the same 5 mile loop for 24 hours a day, going below the speed limit, and making sudden, frequent stops.
7% is not exactly plummeting. I didn't dispute that overall sales are down. But their costs are down by significantly more than 7%, because they are consolidating like mad, laying off thousands of employees, signing fewer artists, and releasing fewer albums. Actual sales per release are up.
Your first question is two questions. As to the first part, I don't know of any online documentation. The RIAA is understandably quiet about their use of P2P monitoring for their own purposes. I work in the industry, and I know record label executives as well as some of the technical people, including the man who used to write legislation for the RIAA, to be introduced by congressional reps like Howard Berman. I worked on a music video this spring for one of the hot new divas. The budget for her first video was tripled after the label leaked her album to the P2P networks, and it did quite well.
As for the second part of your first question, no album ever "just" gets pirated, unless it's not for sale. P2P traffic bodes well for album sales, radio requests and concert ticket purchases.
Now to your second question... I'm sure they track CD club sales, but typically albums are not available in CD clubs right after release. P2P is an immediate way to track actual interest in singles and in albums -- even before they're released. There is no other comparable tool.
No Pantone, no CMYK. Fie on your "feature parity" and your intensive (sic) purposes.
But this gives me an evil urge to do some RIAA dumpster diving, and then file some ex parte "littering/trespassing" lawsuits.
There are plenty of non-DRM CDs out there from artists who didn't sign their lives away to labels. You can demo thousands of tracks at places like CD Baby or My Space. Many of them suck, but many of them are more interesting (and just as talented) than anything you'll find at Tower Records.
but your example is flawed. CD sales have not plummeted. While total sales are down slightly, labels have axed their research/product development, and numbers of artists. Their sales per release are up, and their profits are way up. Digital downloads are currently a drop in the bucket. People with iPods generally still buy CDs. They are filling up their iPods the same way we filled up their glove boxes with mix tapes in the 80s: by copying our CDs, and our friends' CDs. Except that, thanks to P2P, we all have a lot more friends to share with.
The real drawback of the system is that artists don't make a penny of royalties off of CD-club sales: it's considered a promotional album as opposed to a retail album. It's standard boilerplate on all label contracts. Which means if you're going to rip off the artists, download the album from Kazaa because it's actually a better for the artist. Labels use P2P traffic analysis to decide which artists get better budgets for promotions and music videos, which can make or break an album.
Stop looking over my shoulder, and mind your own business! Sincerely, Your cubicle mate.
is not a belief. Not-having-a-dog is not a type of pet, and not-believing-in-god is not a type of faith.
I don't trust the companies now, when they're regulated. I would trust them not at all if they were deregulated. Corporations exist to make profit, not to serve the public. The concept that the market will keep them honest assumes that the public is perfectly informed, educated, and motivated to seek out the best services. I don't believe that will ever be the case, especially with technologies the average person doesn't understand.
How do you say the word "probable?" I say the word "probably" as it is spelled: praw-bahb-lee
the mice are probably not too happy about it.
Windows Media DRM is still holding strong, much to the relief of Napster and its ilk.
Lyrics can be harvested from those sites and added to pirated mp3s to increase the value of those pirated mp3s, and make it less likely that a person will feel the need to buy the CD with lyric sheet.
It's true that there's only so much money to go around. But it can go around any number of times, so there's no fixed "income pie" from which each company takes a slice.
The most expensive part of making an indie rock album: the beer for the engineer, the weed for the band, and the cocaine for the producer. The most expensive stuff to make is the obscure music performed live by acoustic ensembles: classical, world, avant garde, etc. These require expensive mics, large acoustical spaces, and many many takes.
Dogs need lots of vegetarian food in their diet, but they can't properly digest it themselves. So they eat it pre-digested out of the intestines of their prey.
Kind of like... don't move to Las Vegas if you want to drink water, or don't move to Minnesota if you don't like to freeze to death... We humans have been altering our personal environments for thousands of years.
Corporations limit the liability of individuals. That's their primary purpose. That said, we should put corporations in jail. Should they be found guilty, Sony should have to cease operations for the extent of their sentence.