The current level of musical literacy in society has nothing to do with labels and copyright, and everything to do with education.
People don't want to pay to teach their kids music, so their kids grow up musically illiterate. Hell, schools can barely teach kids to read nowadays, you think they have time for the dominant-tonic relationship?
We live in a world where someone can make a functionally identical recording of a performance quickly and easily, and do so in bulk. Said recordings can be played as many times as desired through relatively cheap hardware.
In essence, a CD player and some speakers can functionally replace ANY music performer. This is very consistent and very cheap to do. With our current music culture the only thing a concert is good for is to see personalities on stage (I hesitate to call them musicians) and to see an expensive show. (Pyrotechnics, etc)
So you tell me how a performer can compete with technology without any kind of legal protections. If someone can record my performance and play it in their nightclub every night of the week, why the hell would they pay me to do it live?
Don't get me wrong. I disagree with a lot of things in the music industry. Especially the flagrant abuse of copyright by major labels. But thinking that you can apply a business model from 500 years ago to the current market is just as rediculous.
Ah, I believe you are right. I take back my comments then. I wonder if by not persuing all violators, does it set a precident that can bite you later on? I think the key is if you are aware of the violation and do nothing. Obviously you can't be expected to deal with situations you don't know about...
She posted a clip of the NFL's copyright notice for educational purposes. (She is a legal professor) This is obviously fair use, so there is no 'original infringement'
I didn't even RTFA and I know this. People like you need to learn what your rights are, or else you'll continue to ignorantly give them up.
Why file suit for every infringement? Why not only the ones that look like they will cause you economic harm? IIRC you can't pick and choose like that. If you know about a violation of your own copyright and decide not to persue it, other violators you DO persue can use that against you.
If you choose not to defend your copyright, you lose your ability to defend your copyright.
Well, since all the hardware is being bought from Apple, the phrase 'all mac' isn't that wrong. No, they're not dumping Windows, but they are dumping every Windows based PC manufacturer out there. And I think that is just as significant.
I think this might be the plan, or something similar. I don't think Sony can afford another short generation. They're banking on the PS3 lasting a long time. Because of this I can see one of two things happening:
1) Microsoft releases a new console about 4-5 years after the 360 release, pushing the generation again. Nintendo is in a good position to react to this quickly and keep up with MS. 2) Nintendo pushes the generation with a new console that takes their new interface, and adds some serious horsepower. Think of the Wii as a proof of concept. Now they know the Wiimote is a hit, and can dump some money into a true 'next-gen' console.
Either way, Sony could be in a tight spot if their competitors push out new consoles well before Sony is ready for them.
The same major labels that release on iTunes, using the draconian restrictions that Jobs mentions, also release on other distribution services with licensed or no DRM. Did those other distribution services come before or after iTunes?
I may be wrong, but I don't believe the major labels were working with ANY online store before iTunes. This is significant, as it was an untested market. Apple had very little leverage when they started up their service. They had to give up a lot to get the labels to back an untried market. Later services benefitted from Apple proving that the model was workable.
If Apple says "NO MORE DRM" then expect the labels to pull their music. Apple will have nothing to sell, and ceases to be a player in this market. You think the Apple shareholders would back that kind of action? Hell no. Even if iTunes itself doesn't bring in a lot of revenue it has tremendous mindshare, and is a great tool to leverage other products. (iTV, iPhone, etc)
Jobs most definitely passes the blame. There is no questioning that. However, that doesn't invalidate many of the points he raised, and doesn't mean the blame isn't landing where it belongs.
Noone is forcing them to do business with Apple if they disagree with Apple's business practices. They choose to do so. No artist has DRM forced on them 'against their will' by Apple.
I'm assuming you didn't read Jobs' essay, as he adresses this.
Part of their contract with major labels is that if their DRM is compromised, they must fix it within a limited timeframe, or face heavy monetary penalties. Shipping it out to everyone who wants a license greatly increases the chance of a leak biting Apple in the ass.
Umm, Apple doesn't do ANYTHING against artists wishes. If the artists are so against Apple's DRM, then the artists can decide not to do business with them. If it's the label calling the shots, then you can't blame Apple. It's the label doing business against the artists wishes.
If Jobs's anti-DRM stance were true, he could gain even more leverage over the big-5 by merely announcing the intent to go DRM-free for the labels that are OK with it.
Unless, of course, Part of Apple's agreement with the big labels is that all music is sold with the same DRM. "We won't let you sell our stuff unless EVERYTHING you sell has FairPlay."
That isn't too far-fetched. But then again, I havn't seen their contract. And I doubt you have either...
It's also not a technical list. It's a list of somewhat genre defining games.
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this is actually somewhat of a logical progression. A couple hundred years ago, you went to a university to become educated. Not in a specific field. But wholly educated. It was entirely possible for an educated person to be an expert in ALL fields. However, as our collective knowledge increases, this is no longer possible. Since one man cannot learn anything, they focus on a specific field of study and become an expert in that. As time goes on, it is entirely reasonable to see this specialization start to happen earlier and earlier in the education process.
I don't know if we've legitimately reached that point yet, as I think there is quite a bit that EVERYONE needs to know before specialization, and I somehow doubt that threshold is reached in High School.
That cost is set by the theatre. Since theatre gets next to nothing from ticket sales (it all does to the studios) the theatre itself makes money off concessions. That is seriously the only profitable part of a theatre, and is why they rape you with $5 drinks.
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-NO MODS Says who?
-Games dumbed down to work with the xbox 360 controller Expectation to support the hardware doesn't require the game to be designed around the hardware. Besides. Simple interface != dumbed down.
-M$ can force games makers to pay to rated by the ESRB or other $2000-$3000 game raters. Any game that wants to be carried in major retailers needs to be rated anyway.
-People may be banded for just trying to use a mod form all games and may even have there windows key black listed. 'banded'? If you're cheating, I have no pity. A wallhack is entirely different from a TC. There is no logical reason for MS to blacklist license keys because you violate their game service. If you get your Hotmail banned, does your license become invalid? You pulled this out of your ass with absolutely no proof to back it up.
-Forced to use M$ severs The only 'M$ severs' that Live uses now are xboxes. It's all client side. I doubt the vista side of it will be any different.
Small Arms gets as much play time on my 360 as GoW and Halo2. So lets not kid ourselves. Everyone has live accounts to download and play dashboard games. ALL my friends did, so it has to apply to everyone!
Superconducting MRIs don't have on switches. That little misconception has actually killed people. Okay, I'm curious. Care to get into more detail on that?
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the human voice is just another instrument we are all lucky to come equipped with.
Instruments produce sound.
People produce sound.
People are instruments.
The current level of musical literacy in society has nothing to do with labels and copyright, and everything to do with education.
People don't want to pay to teach their kids music, so their kids grow up musically illiterate. Hell, schools can barely teach kids to read nowadays, you think they have time for the dominant-tonic relationship?
Good god, this is rediculous.
We live in a world where someone can make a functionally identical recording of a performance quickly and easily, and do so in bulk. Said recordings can be played as many times as desired through relatively cheap hardware.
In essence, a CD player and some speakers can functionally replace ANY music performer. This is very consistent and very cheap to do. With our current music culture the only thing a concert is good for is to see personalities on stage (I hesitate to call them musicians) and to see an expensive show. (Pyrotechnics, etc)
So you tell me how a performer can compete with technology without any kind of legal protections. If someone can record my performance and play it in their nightclub every night of the week, why the hell would they pay me to do it live?
Don't get me wrong. I disagree with a lot of things in the music industry. Especially the flagrant abuse of copyright by major labels. But thinking that you can apply a business model from 500 years ago to the current market is just as rediculous.
Ah, I believe you are right. I take back my comments then. I wonder if by not persuing all violators, does it set a precident that can bite you later on? I think the key is if you are aware of the violation and do nothing. Obviously you can't be expected to deal with situations you don't know about...
She posted a clip of the NFL's copyright notice for educational purposes. (She is a legal professor) This is obviously fair use, so there is no 'original infringement'
I didn't even RTFA and I know this. People like you need to learn what your rights are, or else you'll continue to ignorantly give them up.
IIRC you can't pick and choose like that. If you know about a violation of your own copyright and decide not to persue it, other violators you DO persue can use that against you.
If you choose not to defend your copyright, you lose your ability to defend your copyright.
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Well, since all the hardware is being bought from Apple, the phrase 'all mac' isn't that wrong. No, they're not dumping Windows, but they are dumping every Windows based PC manufacturer out there. And I think that is just as significant.
I think this might be the plan, or something similar. I don't think Sony can afford another short generation. They're banking on the PS3 lasting a long time. Because of this I can see one of two things happening:
1) Microsoft releases a new console about 4-5 years after the 360 release, pushing the generation again. Nintendo is in a good position to react to this quickly and keep up with MS.
2) Nintendo pushes the generation with a new console that takes their new interface, and adds some serious horsepower. Think of the Wii as a proof of concept. Now they know the Wiimote is a hit, and can dump some money into a true 'next-gen' console.
Either way, Sony could be in a tight spot if their competitors push out new consoles well before Sony is ready for them.
I may be wrong, but I don't believe the major labels were working with ANY online store before iTunes. This is significant, as it was an untested market. Apple had very little leverage when they started up their service. They had to give up a lot to get the labels to back an untried market. Later services benefitted from Apple proving that the model was workable.
If Apple says "NO MORE DRM" then expect the labels to pull their music. Apple will have nothing to sell, and ceases to be a player in this market. You think the Apple shareholders would back that kind of action? Hell no. Even if iTunes itself doesn't bring in a lot of revenue it has tremendous mindshare, and is a great tool to leverage other products. (iTV, iPhone, etc)
Jobs most definitely passes the blame. There is no questioning that. However, that doesn't invalidate many of the points he raised, and doesn't mean the blame isn't landing where it belongs.
Noone is forcing them to do business with Apple if they disagree with Apple's business practices. They choose to do so. No artist has DRM forced on them 'against their will' by Apple.
Dammit, missed another important point: If Apple doesn't fix their DRM within a certain timeframe, they lose the right to sell the label's music.
Some licensee screw-up could take most of their content off the store.
I'm assuming you didn't read Jobs' essay, as he adresses this.
Part of their contract with major labels is that if their DRM is compromised, they must fix it within a limited timeframe, or face heavy monetary penalties. Shipping it out to everyone who wants a license greatly increases the chance of a leak biting Apple in the ass.
Umm, Apple doesn't do ANYTHING against artists wishes. If the artists are so against Apple's DRM, then the artists can decide not to do business with them. If it's the label calling the shots, then you can't blame Apple. It's the label doing business against the artists wishes.
Unless, of course, Part of Apple's agreement with the big labels is that all music is sold with the same DRM. "We won't let you sell our stuff unless EVERYTHING you sell has FairPlay."
That isn't too far-fetched. But then again, I havn't seen their contract. And I doubt you have either...
You forgot the map between levels with multiple paths? THAT was non-linear, and pretty groundbreaking.
It's also not a technical list. It's a list of somewhat genre defining games.
this is actually somewhat of a logical progression. A couple hundred years ago, you went to a university to become educated. Not in a specific field. But wholly educated. It was entirely possible for an educated person to be an expert in ALL fields. However, as our collective knowledge increases, this is no longer possible. Since one man cannot learn anything, they focus on a specific field of study and become an expert in that. As time goes on, it is entirely reasonable to see this specialization start to happen earlier and earlier in the education process.
I don't know if we've legitimately reached that point yet, as I think there is quite a bit that EVERYONE needs to know before specialization, and I somehow doubt that threshold is reached in High School.
That cost is set by the theatre. Since theatre gets next to nothing from ticket sales (it all does to the studios) the theatre itself makes money off concessions. That is seriously the only profitable part of a theatre, and is why they rape you with $5 drinks.
-NO MODS
Says who? -Games dumbed down to work with the xbox 360 controller
Expectation to support the hardware doesn't require the game to be designed around the hardware. Besides. Simple interface != dumbed down. -M$ can force games makers to pay to rated by the ESRB or other $2000-$3000 game raters.
Any game that wants to be carried in major retailers needs to be rated anyway. -People may be banded for just trying to use a mod form all games and may even have there windows key black listed.
'banded'? If you're cheating, I have no pity. A wallhack is entirely different from a TC. There is no logical reason for MS to blacklist license keys because you violate their game service. If you get your Hotmail banned, does your license become invalid? You pulled this out of your ass with absolutely no proof to back it up. -Forced to use M$ severs
The only 'M$ severs' that Live uses now are xboxes. It's all client side. I doubt the vista side of it will be any different.
Hooray for Anecdotal Evidence!
Small Arms gets as much play time on my 360 as GoW and Halo2. So lets not kid ourselves. Everyone has live accounts to download and play dashboard games. ALL my friends did, so it has to apply to everyone!
See, now that is why they don't let me work in a hospital. I'd have way too much fun with something like that, and probably get myself killed.
Interesting stuff. I didn't know about any of that.
Does he write the hits, or does some studio house writer?
Big difference.