Yes, but this distinction has been discussed many times in this discussion - EMI (not MIchael Jackson) has the rights to the recordings; MJ has the rights to the publication of the songs themselves (i.e. the lyrical and musical content of the songs, as opposed to the specific recordings). So the royalties are split between EMI and MJ when you buy an album, but copyright settlements go to EMI when you illegally sample them. (On the other hand, if you record a cover of a Beatles song, then it's MJ you have to negotiate with if you want to publish it.)
Well, since I'd never heard of Jay-Z before, much less The Black Album, that would have been pretty hard to come up with. Anyway, I prefer just doing my own original music; I only do remixes when requested to.
The remaining Beatles getting money for a copyright settlement for music they wrote (whether they need it or not)
The music label getting money for a copyright settlement for music they didn't write and wouldn't even back if it were written today
since those are the only two possibilities which could come of this situation.
Personally, I'd prefer it if these were the options:
The copyright for an album released in 1968 expired in 1996 like it was originally supposed to, making this whole issue moot to begin with
The original artists decided to let this pass to begin with, and EMI only acts based on their requests (which both Paul and Yoko probably wouldn't let happen anyway)
They money from the settlement goes to support musicians (preferrably independent ones, or at least EMI's marginal musicians who are getting shafted due to the way the record industry works), and not EMI's lawyers
Wow, he must think he's spreading those 3000 copies pretty thin then. Or maybe all of the articles I've read about this were mistaken, or maybe his site hasn't been updated with the information about how after the initial run they were sued by EMI and so that's why it became "limited."
A good mash-up takes a lot of skill. But this one sounded like it was just A+B, and like any idiot could have done it just as well using Acid or Garageband (which does all the beatmatching for you).
I mean, for the most part, it was just some 3-second clip from a White Album song, repeated over the course of the entire rap, sometimes with a "clever" cut-out gap which didn't even make any sort of aesthetic sense. And MAYBE it would change to a different sample halfway through.
I mean, that was kind of my point. Most independent releases are lucky to sell 1000 and he presses "only 3000" and calls that limited? And, 'Oh no, we didn't know we were doing something wrong, we won't release any more than that!' and whatever. Ugh.
This situation definitely goes beyond fair use, in any case.
Unfortunately, EMI will win and they'll get lots of damages which will just go back into their own coffers, rather than actually supporting the artists who were wronged (the Beatles and their respective estates), and it'll be yet another victory of the major labels over the horrible, evil independent musicians who only want to steal profits away from them...
and I also think that "only 3000 pressed" is actually a pretty big run, considering that's larger than most independent releases (which are lucky to sell 1000).
On the other hand, it could be argued that a platform-independent language should also make the user interface somewhat independent as well. I wouldn't call a different interface layout to be a "bug" if it still has the same functionality. And anyway, pixel padding is easy to tweak later, after the basic functionality is correct.
Totally wrong.,8,1 was for a binary executable (which was loaded into some dedicated chunk of address space), while,8 was to load into the BASIC address space (basically,,8,1 was for compiled/assembled stuff while,8 was for BASIC stuff).,8,1 programs usually had to be run with a SYS command, though often they'd put a BASIC stub in to do that for you. Some later game developers also figured out that they could overwrite the memory of the return-from-load handler with a stub as well.
You realize that AirPort is standard 802.11b/g, right? (and that they're the only cards which can be physically used with an Apple laptop, aside from USB dongles? and that they have way better antennas than any of the Windows-based offerings, period?)
Also, I had no idea that a Dell extended warranty would apply to an Apple laptop.
You wouldn't be able to tell the difference between 300 and 600dpi for black and white stuff, but for grayscale there'll be a pretty big difference because of dithering.
There's no such thing as an impossible cabling situation. You don't have to punch holes in the walls or have them visible or be tripped on easily. For example, you can run it under the carpet, or along the baseboards, or even along the ceiling (using staples every foot or so to tuck the cable nicely in the corner, or strategically run them behind the curtains or whatever.
My understanding is that the Toaster itself did all of the graphics work, and that the Amiga was really just there to control it. Though the way it was implemented (the computer sent signals through the VBI portion of its composite video output) is still pretty Amiga-specific, but that could conceivably be done by a PC with custom hardware as well.
Basically, Toaster was a hardware package with controlling software, not just a software package. You can't really port it to the PC any moreso than you can port, say, the custom software used in a flatbed scanner to a PC; you might be able to emulate the internal operation, but the hardware itself is missing.
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Yay for the confusing world of copyrights.
Just because it's not for profit doesn't make it not a copyright violation.
Well, since I'd never heard of Jay-Z before, much less The Black Album, that would have been pretty hard to come up with. Anyway, I prefer just doing my own original music; I only do remixes when requested to.
It's nice to know that other people care about my karma and mods more than I do (which is to say, not at all).
- The remaining Beatles getting money for a copyright settlement for music they wrote (whether they need it or not)
- The music label getting money for a copyright settlement for music they didn't write and wouldn't even back if it were written today
since those are the only two possibilities which could come of this situation.Personally, I'd prefer it if these were the options:
- The copyright for an album released in 1968 expired in 1996 like it was originally supposed to, making this whole issue moot to begin with
- The original artists decided to let this pass to begin with, and EMI only acts based on their requests (which both Paul and Yoko probably wouldn't let happen anyway)
- They money from the settlement goes to support musicians (preferrably independent ones, or at least EMI's marginal musicians who are getting shafted due to the way the record industry works), and not EMI's lawyers
But those aren't the options. The first two are.Wow, he must think he's spreading those 3000 copies pretty thin then. Or maybe all of the articles I've read about this were mistaken, or maybe his site hasn't been updated with the information about how after the initial run they were sued by EMI and so that's why it became "limited."
The beats are the 3-second chunks I was talking about. I've done quite a bit of remixing, and I know what goes into it, and this was a trivial effort.
is why I release all my music under CreativeCommons by-nc-sa. (Not like I was expecting to get rich off of it anyway.)
I mean, for the most part, it was just some 3-second clip from a White Album song, repeated over the course of the entire rap, sometimes with a "clever" cut-out gap which didn't even make any sort of aesthetic sense. And MAYBE it would change to a different sample halfway through.
This situation definitely goes beyond fair use, in any case.
Unfortunately, EMI will win and they'll get lots of damages which will just go back into their own coffers, rather than actually supporting the artists who were wronged (the Beatles and their respective estates), and it'll be yet another victory of the major labels over the horrible, evil independent musicians who only want to steal profits away from them...
and I also think that "only 3000 pressed" is actually a pretty big run, considering that's larger than most independent releases (which are lucky to sell 1000).
On the other hand, it could be argued that a platform-independent language should also make the user interface somewhat independent as well. I wouldn't call a different interface layout to be a "bug" if it still has the same functionality. And anyway, pixel padding is easy to tweak later, after the basic functionality is correct.
Totally wrong. ,8,1 was for a binary executable (which was loaded into some dedicated chunk of address space), while ,8 was to load into the BASIC address space (basically, ,8,1 was for compiled/assembled stuff while ,8 was for BASIC stuff). ,8,1 programs usually had to be run with a SYS command, though often they'd put a BASIC stub in to do that for you. Some later game developers also figured out that they could overwrite the memory of the return-from-load handler with a stub as well.
Also, I had no idea that a Dell extended warranty would apply to an Apple laptop.
You just took four paragraphs to summarize what I stated in three words. Aren't you clever?
Oh yeah. I dunno why I was thinking 50c/foot, considering that I buy a spool every few years.
Aww man, do I hafta? I just finished kissing Apple's butt for Panther.
You wouldn't be able to tell the difference between 300 and 600dpi for black and white stuff, but for grayscale there'll be a pretty big difference because of dithering.
If you don't have carpets it's even easier though - look into area rugs. :)
I mean, Quake 3 is a lot more exciting to watch than Magic: The Gathering...
There's no such thing as an impossible cabling situation. You don't have to punch holes in the walls or have them visible or be tripped on easily. For example, you can run it under the carpet, or along the baseboards, or even along the ceiling (using staples every foot or so to tuck the cable nicely in the corner, or strategically run them behind the curtains or whatever.
And for the 3 people who have the Dreamcast Broadband Adaptor on a NATted home network, they could just set up their own DNS zone too.
Final Cut Express on Apple, Premiere on Windows.
Toaster Flyer is an NLE. Video Toaster is a video mixing board on a card.
Basically, Toaster was a hardware package with controlling software, not just a software package. You can't really port it to the PC any moreso than you can port, say, the custom software used in a flatbed scanner to a PC; you might be able to emulate the internal operation, but the hardware itself is missing.