Steve Jobs says all songs are worth $0.99, and it's the record labels that are being investigated for price fixing? I think we already know which monopoly is setting the price.
What on Earth are you talking about? iTunes is one company with a set price - they set the price there because it's affordable for consumers. Price fixing usually happens at level outside of the common view. In this case: Sony, Virgin, Arista (whatever other shitty labels) are being investigated because there is speculation they are meeting to set the base price of their product in order to make more money.
iTunes might have an agreement with Sony for $0.25 per song, while Virgin iTunes has to pay $0.28 per song (Yes, numbers I'm pulling out of my ass). iTunes still sells each for $0.99 . The idea here is that the labels are potentially meeting to rise the price up to an agreed upon price (say $0.60 per song - another number straight from my ass) to increase their bottom-line and force iTunes to raise their end-user price as well. This would give more viability for consumers to go back to buying CDs at the artificially high prices and not be able to save money when buying online.
I don't know if it is the RIAA they would go after. Record Labels, or more appropriately, Executives could be indicted on conspiracy and price-fixing charges if it can be proven the Executives met to discuss an agreement on a fixed price to raise revenue / profit for all applicable parties. Though, that's my non-lawyer way of interpreting.
If it's true, it sounds awfully familiar to Eichenwald's The Informant, which is about a price-fix scandal in the 90s (also with far reaching political ties).
People: We'll never succeed. We may as well die here.
Bush: No, no. We have already succeeded. I mean, what are the three terrors of Iraq? One, Saddam - no problem. Found him hiding in a hole. Two, the sandstorms, which you were clever enough to discover what they look like when we found you wandering around outside Abu Gharib, so in the future we can get inside tents and avoid them too.
People: Bush, what about the h.a.hs?
Bush: Human-animal hybrids? I don't think they exist.
Which type of professional DJ? A radio jockey, a wedding DJ or an EDM DJ (Sasha, Digweed, Tenaglia).
The last primarily plays music produced by artists whose intent was that it be played in the club. The buy sheets for record stores and "press releases" for digital sites continually say who the track is being played by in hopes of getting DJs to buy the track and play it out. Buying digitally, I have not yet seen a disclaimer saying I need to pay royalties or any fees for a public performance.
From beatport.com:
WCan I DJ with files purchased from Beatport?
This can only be answered on a territorial basis. In the United States and UK, the Answer is YES, buying a track from Beatport is just like buying a record from the record store. The same legal implications are in effect. However, certain Territories have different restrictions regarding the legality of playing Digital Music files. We suggest you visit the website of your local publishing / mechanicals service to get a more detailed answer. We also recommend that you keep a copy of your order receipts with your music to prove that you have purchased your music legally. Beatport has taken the time to create agreements with all labels involved with our site and provide you with digital, legal alternatives to the music you may have purchased on record previously.
If it is restricted at all, I haven't heard of it.
I feel retarded. I read TFA three times and still can't wrap my head around it. I get the old business / royalties aspect of it, but it seems they're trying to target Club / EDM DJs for playing music in clubs with music that was intented to be played in a club or bar. Maybe it's a bit different with EDM - most producers are in it to make music for DJs to play in a club (or rave) in hopes of appeasing the masses.
Contacting each individual artist to ask to play their track? If I produced a track that someone liked enough to buy it - with intention of playing it in the club, do you really think I'm going to say no? Am I going to ask for a cut of their DJ fee (which is probably $50-$100)? No, and I can't think of any artist that would - well maybe Tiesto, but he's a fuckup anyway.
I've heard about the UK doing this before with DJs having to keep track of what records they played - even before the advent of the CDJs and laptop technologies like Traktor, Final Scratch and Abelton. I'd like to know what portion of that £200 goes to the artist (or the label). Probably zilch. I would have liked TFA to also interview the artists that produce these tracks for their views.
I DJ myself in clubs and bars and granted yes, I'm playing other people's music - but again, music made with the intention of being played in a club by every DJ that wants and is able to. I stay far away from Top40 and other tripe that's usually found on MTV so the chances of me being targeted in the U.S. by say the RIAA is very slim. I'm not buying vinyl much anymore (which has gotten expensive between rising costs and exchange rates) and have gone almost completely digital over the last year. I buy single CDs for tracks when I'm able to, but mostly have been buying tracks online through sites like Beatport or EDM Digital. I then DJ out with a pair of Pioneer CDJ 1000s.
Do artists want payed for their work? Of course they do and that's usually taken care of with the label. Most artist contracts with labels I've seen make no mention of royalties of any sorts. The only exceptions I can think of might be if a track was picked up for a compliation (like the Global Underground or Renaissance series). The old style was a set fee for a set amount of vinyl being pressed. Now, potentially, the earning potential per track is unlimited.
Granted some labels are shady and have screwed artists and producers in the past (and sadly, will happen in the future). But with the advent of the digital download sites, the artists are more in control. You can start your own independent label and release the tracks yourself. Beatport pays you quarterly for the tracks you released - what the exact percentage is, I'm not certain. Aside from the time and setting up the company / label, uploading, shipping, whatever, there's hardly any overhead outside of your own time. You no longer have to spend hundreds or thousands on test pressings and then the release, you're no longer limited by quantity. Want someone to buy your track, send them an email or IM with a link to the site or sound sample.
Do you think the eyes of the U.S. are blind? They have seen more than you know. With your left hand you would use them as a shield against ICANN. And with your right you'd seek to supplant them. They know who ride with the UN. Oh, yes.
The specimens included one statue (of one matching pair). The probe needs to find the other statue in preparation for the Black Moon. They need Dr. Walter Smith. I hope they didn't forget to load the Dragon Sword.
Aside from the file-transfers already mentioned, the only other issue I have is when other users use tiny-ass fonts - GAIM doesn't render them well, and I have yet to find a setting that fixes that.
Even though, I can tell who I'm talking to based on the font - some people that use 8 or 9pt font - GAIM seems to shrink them to 6 or 7pt and they become unreadable.
But GAIM is excellent and even my computer-challenged girlfriend uses it with ease.
Remember that movie with the robot kid that ran his hand over the text? He "read" something like 500 books in an hour... Google has built quite a few of these with the dark fiber they've also been buying.
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Steve Jobs says all songs are worth $0.99, and it's the record labels that are being investigated for price fixing? I think we already know which monopoly is setting the price.
What on Earth are you talking about? iTunes is one company with a set price - they set the price there because it's affordable for consumers. Price fixing usually happens at level outside of the common view. In this case: Sony, Virgin, Arista (whatever other shitty labels) are being investigated because there is speculation they are meeting to set the base price of their product in order to make more money.
iTunes might have an agreement with Sony for $0.25 per song, while Virgin iTunes has to pay $0.28 per song (Yes, numbers I'm pulling out of my ass). iTunes still sells each for $0.99 . The idea here is that the labels are potentially meeting to rise the price up to an agreed upon price (say $0.60 per song - another number straight from my ass) to increase their bottom-line and force iTunes to raise their end-user price as well. This would give more viability for consumers to go back to buying CDs at the artificially high prices and not be able to save money when buying online.
I don't know if it is the RIAA they would go after. Record Labels, or more appropriately, Executives could be indicted on conspiracy and price-fixing charges if it can be proven the Executives met to discuss an agreement on a fixed price to raise revenue / profit for all applicable parties. Though, that's my non-lawyer way of interpreting.
If it's true, it sounds awfully familiar to Eichenwald's The Informant, which is about a price-fix scandal in the 90s (also with far reaching political ties).
This one does, but only when you successfully create an egregious Human-Animal Hyrbid.
^^ Went right over his head, I think.
But I do wonder, how many jigawatt's does each of those lightning strikes produce?
The lines between this article and The Far Side are getting pretty blurry.
Computer Age is now
Everyone must have a machine
They say they're going to make life easier
Well I can't stand it.
They say we should put them in control
And Now they try to give them a soul
But who suffer, who would survive?
It's up to the computers.
Could good ol' L. Ron have been right?
"Cheney, where can we get some of them heebee-jeebee people, they're not like that lady from Jamaica"
People: We'll never succeed. We may as well die here.
Bush: No, no. We have already succeeded. I mean, what are the three terrors of Iraq? One, Saddam - no problem. Found him hiding in a hole. Two, the sandstorms, which you were clever enough to discover what they look like when we found you wandering around outside Abu Gharib, so in the future we can get inside tents and avoid them too.
People: Bush, what about the h.a.hs?
Bush: Human-animal hybrids? I don't think they exist.
Inconceivable!
No, Bush wants to make sure Spender and his scientists stay focused on alien-human hybrids.
Might not be a bad idea if Robert does something like his brother, Walter and forces the shutdown of Google's power grid.
This just published and is years from becoming a patent.
Exactly. Not to spoil everyone, but this is what's commonly known as the "???" before Profit.
I can just see them shivering in a cold, dank corner, cutting themselves because their journal was hi-jacked.
No, they wouldn't. Because there's no longer a reason to cut themselves! No one can read or comment about it.
This will make it easier for Ramius to declare his intention is to defect.
The last primarily plays music produced by artists whose intent was that it be played in the club. The buy sheets for record stores and "press releases" for digital sites continually say who the track is being played by in hopes of getting DJs to buy the track and play it out. Buying digitally, I have not yet seen a disclaimer saying I need to pay royalties or any fees for a public performance.
From beatport.com:
If it is restricted at all, I haven't heard of it.
I feel retarded. I read TFA three times and still can't wrap my head around it. I get the old business / royalties aspect of it, but it seems they're trying to target Club / EDM DJs for playing music in clubs with music that was intented to be played in a club or bar. Maybe it's a bit different with EDM - most producers are in it to make music for DJs to play in a club (or rave) in hopes of appeasing the masses.
Contacting each individual artist to ask to play their track? If I produced a track that someone liked enough to buy it - with intention of playing it in the club, do you really think I'm going to say no? Am I going to ask for a cut of their DJ fee (which is probably $50-$100)? No, and I can't think of any artist that would - well maybe Tiesto, but he's a fuckup anyway.
I've heard about the UK doing this before with DJs having to keep track of what records they played - even before the advent of the CDJs and laptop technologies like Traktor, Final Scratch and Abelton. I'd like to know what portion of that £200 goes to the artist (or the label). Probably zilch. I would have liked TFA to also interview the artists that produce these tracks for their views.
I DJ myself in clubs and bars and granted yes, I'm playing other people's music - but again, music made with the intention of being played in a club by every DJ that wants and is able to. I stay far away from Top40 and other tripe that's usually found on MTV so the chances of me being targeted in the U.S. by say the RIAA is very slim. I'm not buying vinyl much anymore (which has gotten expensive between rising costs and exchange rates) and have gone almost completely digital over the last year. I buy single CDs for tracks when I'm able to, but mostly have been buying tracks online through sites like Beatport or EDM Digital. I then DJ out with a pair of Pioneer CDJ 1000s.
Do artists want payed for their work? Of course they do and that's usually taken care of with the label. Most artist contracts with labels I've seen make no mention of royalties of any sorts. The only exceptions I can think of might be if a track was picked up for a compliation (like the Global Underground or Renaissance series). The old style was a set fee for a set amount of vinyl being pressed. Now, potentially, the earning potential per track is unlimited.
Granted some labels are shady and have screwed artists and producers in the past (and sadly, will happen in the future). But with the advent of the digital download sites, the artists are more in control. You can start your own independent label and release the tracks yourself. Beatport pays you quarterly for the tracks you released - what the exact percentage is, I'm not certain. Aside from the time and setting up the company / label, uploading, shipping, whatever, there's hardly any overhead outside of your own time. You no longer have to spend hundreds or thousands on test pressings and then the release, you're no longer limited by quantity. Want someone to buy your track, send them an email or IM with a link to the site or sound sample.
It's Ballmer & Gates' homage to the soft drink Surge from the mid/late 90s.
Ballmer is reported to have a large backstock of the drink which he dips into before he addresses his developers.
My favorite, of course, is the group that disassembled a car and reassembled it inside the room, in working order.
Was this before or after the person was made King of the Winter Carnival?
Do you think the eyes of the U.S. are blind? They have seen more than you know. With your left hand you would use them as a shield against ICANN. And with your right you'd seek to supplant them. They know who ride with the UN. Oh, yes.
The specimens included one statue (of one matching pair). The probe needs to find the other statue in preparation for the Black Moon. They need Dr. Walter Smith. I hope they didn't forget to load the Dragon Sword.
Aside from the file-transfers already mentioned, the only other issue I have is when other users use tiny-ass fonts - GAIM doesn't render them well, and I have yet to find a setting that fixes that.
Even though, I can tell who I'm talking to based on the font - some people that use 8 or 9pt font - GAIM seems to shrink them to 6 or 7pt and they become unreadable.
But GAIM is excellent and even my computer-challenged girlfriend uses it with ease.
At least it's not as wrong as the chemistry and dialogue between Christensen and Portman
Remember that movie with the robot kid that ran his hand over the text? He "read" something like 500 books in an hour... Google has built quite a few of these with the dark fiber they've also been buying.
Yes, the Christian Right happened (Safe for viewing, unless you work for the Christian Coalition)