Wonderful, its another story with a site no one can visit, and some MPEGs no one can see. It makes me wonder, why not post a story "Martians Contact Humanity" with a link to a video of "Martian Leader Addressing the UN", etc, etc. Host it all on a server which just returns "server busy" errors, or doesn't respond at all. Who'll know the difference, and hey, maybe we could get a hoax onto Google News.
What we need is a larger, more comprehensive public domain. If I were an artist, I would seriously consider charging for public performances (where I am *actually* performing, not legal bullshit), and placing all recordings of my music into the public domain. Copyright is just a form of licence, and when the "business" practices of licence granters become too ornerous, an open-source model can be applied to public benefit.
So, what would it look like in the music industry ? Well for starters, we could have free music. Not just royalty free. If something is recorded, it would be put into the public domain. This could possibly include the separate tracks (typically for various instruments) which comprise a typical recording. Public performances are one-time events, and they could (and usually should) be charged for. Artists would make money primarily from actual public performances, not from the playing of recorded music, like it was before the "recording industry" existed. The recordings of performances, both live and possibly studio, would be distributed WIDELY. The main reason for this would be to raise the artist's profile.
So what is stopping this model right now ? Money. Oligarchy. Technology will overcome these things, which is why the copyright industries are feeling threatened. We will have a Richard Stallman for "content", just like for "code". Maybe one which doesn't insist on it being called GNU/Britney Spears. It will happen, it is only a matter of time. When enough talented people get sick of being force-fed crappy, lackluster product from arrogant, greedy companies (or company), shit hits the fan. No "business practices" can overcome the open source model once it gets enough momentum. I'll be ready when the first shot is fired. Music, books, and eventually even movies will fall under the open-source model. Us geeks simply have less patience for mediocrity, which is why we've seen it here first.
Google does not display popup ads. You probably have spyware of some kind on your computer. You can read what google has to say about it at this page.
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Come to Canada, we have the CBC. It's not a 24hr classical station or anything, but it is pretty good sometimes. In a related topic, fans of this internet radio station have got to be pissed. I think the 128k stream is slashdotted...
Nice idea, but this would be lawyer hell. Whats to stop people from lying ? Uhh, sure I just figured it out in the last 5 min... but I've been thinking about it for uhh... 20 years !
Legit VCDs can go for $8 CDN. Compare the low quality video (spanned across multiple discs) to a $20 DVD, it stacks up. I'm not going to claim that the copies those shops are selling are legit, though...:)
I usually don't reply to sigs, but I keep seeing this one and it's driving me crazy. 10000000019, 10000000033, 10000000061, 10000000069, 10000000097, 10000000103, 10000000121,...
The sad thing is, this could be very successful. Politicians are already phony enough (boy do I sound like Holden Caufield), it wouldn't be much of a stretch. People don't want substance in their political leader. If you watch enough TV you probably don't even know what substance is.
Presidential campaigns are practially American Idol today. Scripted trash read by shallow, pretty people.
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It could be worse. The Soviet Russians never made it to the moon at all, they kept thinking the moon would come to them !
What were they thinking ? "ESC-A" ?! Why not name the next one "Ctrl-Alt-Del" ?
That would be Karma Whore. Not to be confused with with any of the following :
Crack Whore, Assistant Crack Whore, Crack Whores Who Remember 9/11, A little known band called the Absolute Whores, Media Whores, or even Evil Lesbian Media Whores
Quick ! Someone mod down this troll !
Wonderful, its another story with a site no one can visit, and some MPEGs no one can see. It makes me wonder, why not post a story "Martians Contact Humanity" with a link to a video of "Martian Leader Addressing the UN", etc, etc. Host it all on a server which just returns "server busy" errors, or doesn't respond at all. Who'll know the difference, and hey, maybe we could get a hoax onto Google News.
I see. So in Soviet Russia your joke would be funny also, yes ?
To anyone who is hesitating, check out the goatsee link.
What we need is a larger, more comprehensive public domain. If I were an artist, I would seriously consider charging for public performances (where I am *actually* performing, not legal bullshit), and placing all recordings of my music into the public domain. Copyright is just a form of licence, and when the "business" practices of licence granters become too ornerous, an open-source model can be applied to public benefit.
So, what would it look like in the music industry ? Well for starters, we could have free music. Not just royalty free. If something is recorded, it would be put into the public domain. This could possibly include the separate tracks (typically for various instruments) which comprise a typical recording. Public performances are one-time events, and they could (and usually should) be charged for. Artists would make money primarily from actual public performances, not from the playing of recorded music, like it was before the "recording industry" existed. The recordings of performances, both live and possibly studio, would be distributed WIDELY. The main reason for this would be to raise the artist's profile.
So what is stopping this model right now ? Money. Oligarchy. Technology will overcome these things, which is why the copyright industries are feeling threatened. We will have a Richard Stallman for "content", just like for "code". Maybe one which doesn't insist on it being called GNU/Britney Spears. It will happen, it is only a matter of time. When enough talented people get sick of being force-fed crappy, lackluster product from arrogant, greedy companies (or company), shit hits the fan. No "business practices" can overcome the open source model once it gets enough momentum. I'll be ready when the first shot is fired. Music, books, and eventually even movies will fall under the open-source model. Us geeks simply have less patience for mediocrity, which is why we've seen it here first.
It should be obvious what Apple is thinking. "Damn! *First* you get the users, *then* you lock them in. How did we mess that up ?!"
Yeah, my new Hobbit hole complete with chandelier is *SURE* to get me laid...
WTF is next ? You can use the same argument to go after brick and mortar libraries. Where will the greed end ? Count me in for the next revolution.
Google does not display popup ads. You probably have spyware of some kind on your computer. You can read what google has to say about it at this page. http://www.google.com/help/nopopupads.html
What ?! The lawyers are winning ?! Lets sue *them* !
So what you're saying is that the government is a HIPAAAcrit ?
Come to Canada, we have the CBC. It's not a 24hr classical station or anything, but it is pretty good sometimes. In a related topic, fans of this internet radio station have got to be pissed. I think the 128k stream is slashdotted...
Nice idea, but this would be lawyer hell. Whats to stop people from lying ? Uhh, sure I just figured it out in the last 5 min... but I've been thinking about it for uhh... 20 years !
Yeah, you just know they're going to wreck Akira. Who knows, the Hollowood version might even make a whit of sense.. *BLASTPHEMY* !
Legit VCDs can go for $8 CDN. Compare the low quality video (spanned across multiple discs) to a $20 DVD, it stacks up. I'm not going to claim that the copies those shops are selling are legit, though... :)
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I usually don't reply to sigs, but I keep seeing this one and it's driving me crazy.
10000000019, 10000000033, 10000000061, 10000000069, 10000000097, 10000000103, 10000000121,...
Sorry, I just needed to do that.
Could these blocks of "ice" in fact be frozen piss and turds dropped from the washrooms of 747's ? This seems a bit more plausible to me.
Andy Rooney's Observation: "Everything is smaller, more expensive, and not as good as it used to be."
Actually, Andy Rooney is just getting old and it's making him blind, cheap, and senile.
Or some people without a lawyer or a trial ? I'm suprised you left that out.
The sad thing is, this could be very successful. Politicians are already phony enough (boy do I sound like Holden Caufield), it wouldn't be much of a stretch. People don't want substance in their political leader. If you watch enough TV you probably don't even know what substance is.
Presidential campaigns are practially American Idol today. Scripted trash read by shallow, pretty people.
Haha this is great, mod this up
yeah... wasn't it terrible how they hopped on pop?
It could be worse, they could have hopped on mom...