Actually, EU is about to build a radioactive waste containment facility here in my country, in Lithuania. We have an old nuclear power plant (Chernobyl type) which will have to be shut down after a few years. So they probably thought, what a hell, let's dump the whole european waste down there, cause we'll have to burry the plant anyway... The government of course is saying that the facility will be absolutely safe etc. And I am very surprised by the ignorance of lithuanians, why no one is protesting against it or something. Why the hell would you want to have a dump in your back yard?
Some 4 or 5 years ago I was into this midi making thing a lot. Basicaly, I took a song and rewriten it in notes to a midi
file by listening to it (since there's no other way to do so). It requires A LOT of work, since there is no software that
could do that automaticaly. There was a huge community and lots of websites where we shared those midi files with other
people and everything was very lovely until those websites started closing down...
I had a website as well. I DID NOT SELL those midi files or profit from them in any way, and people who downloaded them were
absolute enthusiasts who just wanted to have the notes of their favorite song or sing a karaoke with friends at some party
and I could't see how this violates any law or something. But anyhow, I got this angry letter and had to close down. This
letter said that apparently you can only sell those midis and pay some part of the profit to the copyright owner, which is in
my oppinion plain wrong.
People don't download midis instead of buying a CD, artists DO NOT lose any profit (they may even gain), you just get some
extra stuff (like notes, lyrics, ability to play this song on your midikeyboard...), which, in fact, you make yourself and
just share with others. It's like using a plot from a movie in your school play, you don't get charged for that do you?
Anyway, if you're interested in buying full length midi files, here's a link http://www.midimusic.de/index.php?&lng=eng .
These guys are fast...
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Actually, EU is about to build a radioactive waste containment facility here in my country, in Lithuania. We have an old nuclear power plant (Chernobyl type) which will have to be shut down after a few years. So they probably thought, what a hell, let's dump the whole european waste down there, cause we'll have to burry the plant anyway... The government of course is saying that the facility will be absolutely safe etc. And I am very surprised by the ignorance of lithuanians, why no one is protesting against it or something. Why the hell would you want to have a dump in your back yard?
omg, leave the children out of it...
I bet Charlie Eppes could solve it in no time!
Some 4 or 5 years ago I was into this midi making thing a lot. Basicaly, I took a song and rewriten it in notes to a midi file by listening to it (since there's no other way to do so). It requires A LOT of work, since there is no software that could do that automaticaly. There was a huge community and lots of websites where we shared those midi files with other people and everything was very lovely until those websites started closing down... I had a website as well. I DID NOT SELL those midi files or profit from them in any way, and people who downloaded them were absolute enthusiasts who just wanted to have the notes of their favorite song or sing a karaoke with friends at some party and I could't see how this violates any law or something. But anyhow, I got this angry letter and had to close down. This letter said that apparently you can only sell those midis and pay some part of the profit to the copyright owner, which is in my oppinion plain wrong. People don't download midis instead of buying a CD, artists DO NOT lose any profit (they may even gain), you just get some extra stuff (like notes, lyrics, ability to play this song on your midikeyboard...), which, in fact, you make yourself and just share with others. It's like using a plot from a movie in your school play, you don't get charged for that do you? Anyway, if you're interested in buying full length midi files, here's a link http://www.midimusic.de/index.php?&lng=eng . These guys are fast...