Call me crazy/naive/unsophisticated but maybe the tanking monolith called the music industry is failing for the simple reason that they are trying to sell shitty music. More and more dollars are going to small indie labels. Most of them don't give their music away for free. They just sell music that people want to hear.
"Something's wrong. We just aren't keeping up with our competitors." "..." "Wait, I've got it. Let's shut everything down for a couple of months while we cripple the software we've worked so hard on and then relaunch with a cool new design so no one notices that the site is less useful." "Freakin' brilliant!"
You are being too soft on those despicable infringalators. We won't be safe until we jail anyone that says, writes, sings or otherwise does something that's been said, written, sang or done before.
I think there may be a resurgence of interest in buchla's designs now that many people are beginning their musical careers using computers instead of keyboards.
Ya know, not everyone who gets pierced is pitifully attempting to stick it to the man. Some of us just like piercings.
Back to the topic. I have a large ring through the middle of my lip. Another, larger, ring goes through my ear and I have a tatoo on my forearm. My current job doesn't care but I have been refused work as a programmer because of it.
"Macrobesoft (mak-roh-bee-soft) today acquires Baskin Robbins. CEO Gill Bates says we are likely to see features such as creating new, dynamic flavors realtime with photoshop filters, Comprehensive search, One-Click web-publishing and partial Unicode support. However, new users will not be able to save down to IceCream 1.0."
It's supposition of guilt. These companies assume that you will "infringe" their copyrights and take measures to prevent any copying which then infringes on your fair-use rights which, imho are much more important with opt-out copyright laws like we have in the states. It's a double-edged sword. They also want to lock you into their proprietary system which is onerous but not really unexpected. It's amazing to me that anyone would accept this. It's their job to be as sneaky and diabolical as possible and it's out job to say "Hey, wait a minute. That's BS".
btw, forgive me if I'm wrong but I don't remember any of this hubbub over mixtapes. What happened?
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Call me crazy/naive/unsophisticated but maybe the tanking monolith called the music industry is failing for the simple reason that they are trying to sell shitty music. More and more dollars are going to small indie labels. Most of them don't give their music away for free. They just sell music that people want to hear.
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ... ouch ... ha ha ha ha
"Now where did I put that soldering iron...?"
I don't get it. They want Peterlin dismissed because she doesn't meet criteria that is to be determined after her dismissal?
Yeah, that's what my pimp says before a trick. Then afterwards he takes my cash and slaps me a few times.
"Something's wrong. We just aren't keeping up with our competitors."
"..."
"Wait, I've got it. Let's shut everything down for a couple of months while we cripple the software we've worked so hard on and then relaunch with a cool new design so no one notices that the site is less useful."
"Freakin' brilliant!"
Oh how I long to say that.
You are being too soft on those despicable infringalators. We won't be safe until we jail anyone that says, writes, sings or otherwise does something that's been said, written, sang or done before.
I think there may be a resurgence of interest in buchla's designs now that many people are beginning their musical careers using computers instead of keyboards.
Have you seen these? http://www.buchla.com/200e/index.html
Buchla Lives! But seriously, that guy deserves way more credit for advancing analog synthesis than Moog.
Yeah, and only 50 million or so people had to die. It's a pretty picture when you paint it that way.
Technology is pointless if it only causes suffering.
Ya know, not everyone who gets pierced is pitifully attempting to stick it to the man. Some of us just like piercings.
Back to the topic. I have a large ring through the middle of my lip. Another, larger, ring goes through my ear and I have a tatoo on my forearm. My current job doesn't care but I have been refused work as a programmer because of it.
"...from Norway to the United States..."
Yes, the fine peoples of the Atlantic Ocean would surely provide stunning insights into physics if only they had an award to motivate them.
"Macrobesoft (mak-roh-bee-soft) today acquires Baskin Robbins. CEO Gill Bates says we are likely to see features such as creating new, dynamic flavors realtime with photoshop filters, Comprehensive search, One-Click web-publishing and partial Unicode support. However, new users will not be able to save down to IceCream 1.0."
It's supposition of guilt. These companies assume that you will "infringe" their copyrights and take measures to prevent any copying which then infringes on your fair-use rights which, imho are much more important with opt-out copyright laws like we have in the states. It's a double-edged sword. They also want to lock you into their proprietary system which is onerous but not really unexpected. It's amazing to me that anyone would accept this. It's their job to be as sneaky and diabolical as possible and it's out job to say "Hey, wait a minute. That's BS".
btw, forgive me if I'm wrong but I don't remember any of this hubbub over mixtapes. What happened?