This is how this should work
1. A work is copywrited for the life of the author, and no longer.
2. A work is considered to be part of the public domain (IE, can be shared through whatever means available, not for profit) if the author is not actively distributing the work, or an authorized distributor of the work ceases to distribute said work (As in out of print CDs, movies... Basically, if I can't go to the store and buy it, I should be able to get it through whatever public domain channel of my choice without having to fear being chased after.)
These two simple things would basically turn the market on its ear... All kinds of things would be going public domain within reasonably short periods of time because there would just be too much content to distribute.. Publishers and record companies can not afford to continue to distribute every single release that has ever been made, nor can all of these fit into. Also, its good for the authors of these works to have things go into the public domain during their lifetimes under these set of rules as it can cause interest to surge to the point that a distributor that is doing their homework would see that something is becoming popular again, negotiate distribution rights with the author, and once again have the work put out in its whole, possibly in a higher definition media, or with new artwork, etc. After the authors death, then simple supply and demand can drive distribution.. You can just get the public domain kazaa version, or you can pick up a store copy from the distributor of your choice if its a popular item, being that the popularity of the item drives the distributors into maintaining the quality of the release. This would also probably lead to a boom in restoring older works that have deteriorated or have been edited or otherwise abridged. oh well enough babbling...
It has been quite some time since I've ran SETI, but here is what I noticed about the program.
There are two threads in the application.. One runs the graphics you see on the screen, the other actually crunches the numbers.... The graphics you see on the screen are nothing but absolute random crap just to make your computer look productive.
The only legitimate thing that I've found to boost productivity was to change the priority on the threads. Changing the graphic one to low and the number crunching thread to high or very high if you're running the machine dedicated. End result was about a 30-40% increase in unit processing speed.
yup, I think you hit it on the head. I can't stand it when companies get butthurt over the incompetance of their own employees and lash out at the world because of it. I think such actions chase off qualified talent that make a point to research the companies that they are applying for.
Fist off, The metropolis record label (which distributes funker vogt, vnv nation, apoptygma, FLA, etc) is not, or as far as I know has no desire to become a member of the RIAA. Second, The best thing to do is to order the stuff directly from them at www.industrial-music.com. Costs less than CD-Now (later) And your money goes where it should go.
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This is how this should work 1. A work is copywrited for the life of the author, and no longer. 2. A work is considered to be part of the public domain (IE, can be shared through whatever means available, not for profit) if the author is not actively distributing the work, or an authorized distributor of the work ceases to distribute said work (As in out of print CDs, movies... Basically, if I can't go to the store and buy it, I should be able to get it through whatever public domain channel of my choice without having to fear being chased after.) These two simple things would basically turn the market on its ear... All kinds of things would be going public domain within reasonably short periods of time because there would just be too much content to distribute.. Publishers and record companies can not afford to continue to distribute every single release that has ever been made, nor can all of these fit into. Also, its good for the authors of these works to have things go into the public domain during their lifetimes under these set of rules as it can cause interest to surge to the point that a distributor that is doing their homework would see that something is becoming popular again, negotiate distribution rights with the author, and once again have the work put out in its whole, possibly in a higher definition media, or with new artwork, etc. After the authors death, then simple supply and demand can drive distribution.. You can just get the public domain kazaa version, or you can pick up a store copy from the distributor of your choice if its a popular item, being that the popularity of the item drives the distributors into maintaining the quality of the release. This would also probably lead to a boom in restoring older works that have deteriorated or have been edited or otherwise abridged. oh well enough babbling...
It has been quite some time since I've ran SETI, but here is what I noticed about the program. There are two threads in the application.. One runs the graphics you see on the screen, the other actually crunches the numbers.... The graphics you see on the screen are nothing but absolute random crap just to make your computer look productive. The only legitimate thing that I've found to boost productivity was to change the priority on the threads. Changing the graphic one to low and the number crunching thread to high or very high if you're running the machine dedicated. End result was about a 30-40% increase in unit processing speed.
yup, I think you hit it on the head. I can't stand it when companies get butthurt over the incompetance of their own employees and lash out at the world because of it. I think such actions chase off qualified talent that make a point to research the companies that they are applying for.
Fist off, The metropolis record label (which distributes funker vogt, vnv nation, apoptygma, FLA, etc) is not, or as far as I know has no desire to become a member of the RIAA. Second, The best thing to do is to order the stuff directly from them at www.industrial-music.com. Costs less than CD-Now (later) And your money goes where it should go.