And wear special hats... "trucker hats," I believe they are called.
A little bit of help from wardrobe, some minor social engineering, a little bit of that Ashton Kutcher flair, and it was time to start Punking the real truckers.
This is all well and good, in that there is now opposition to the RIAA in a form and function that will have a more positive (and visible) impact than pirating and flamed message boards. Despite that goodness, however, there is the problem of money to push this new model forward.
People have spoken about how Radiohead can do it. Yes, they certainly could. Of course, having large stacks of cash and/or resources to create an album and distribute it certainly helped. They got to where they were largely because of the early support from their label. Had they never been launched into the spotlight it is quite possible that they would have remained a very talented, very moderately compensated band instead of international celebrities.
For every Radiohead there are countless small bands. And each of these small bands will, even with great self-publishing, most likely stay small.
So, while I am happy that the RIAA may be getting it stuck to them with this new organization, I do not anticipate that this is going to suddenly make it possible for 'the little guy' to succeed any more than they could before, and may in fact keep some of the truly talented little folk from being catapulted into the mainstream (and no, I am not advising that midgets should ever be launched from such archaic devices... modern times call for modern propulsion).
They could use a few cues from Cid circa FFVII and avoid potential catastrophe by rechecking the oxygen tanks BEFORE initiating the launch sequence, lest they have another rocket sitting in the middle of nowhere due to a lack of funding.
... a possibility to get large amounts of fatty molecules to get energy from the sun and other external sources? And this might be bioengineering gone wrong?!
Sounds to me like we have a chance to use the obesity in America to create artificial life...
My state? You mean Alaska, where I don't need a conceal/carry permit for my firearm, where law enforcement is supposed to get court approval to monitor my property from an adjacent lot, and where it is legal to carry a quarter pound of marijuana (can't grow, sell, or buy, but can magically have it appear in a pocket)? Yeah, major nanny state. You have me pegged...
And regarding your two questions, I don't think that people are interpreting the laws in such a manner. Maybe if you can provide a citation of such an act, as was requested of me (which I then did), I would be more thoroughly impressed? Under the strictest interpretation of the zoning laws, there may be issues. However, as it is written in the laws, there should be a chance to petition for the ability to perform such acts if it is not a threat to the public. If you can please explain to me how flammable / dangerous chemicals (which were discovered due to a fire in his house) are in a similar risk category as programming a microcontroller, that would be great.
To look at this another way, there are codes and regulations for how natural gas lines are hooked up to a house, etc. These safety measures help make sure that the general public is safe. If my neighbor does not build his house to code, it catches fire and damages mine in the act, I think that I would be upset. Similarly, if his fire had spread and come into contact with accelerents and burned down his neighbor's house, I also think that the person would have been upset due to a lack of compliance with zoning laws.
Excuse me while I get back to work. Here in Alaska. Thanks.
Or maybe you could take a look here and look around a bit. Some research will show you that, and I quote:
"Zoning ordinances or by-laws shall also provide that uses, whether or not on the same parcel as activities permitted as a matter of right, accessory to activities permitted as a matter of right, which activities are necessary in connection with scientific research or scientific development or related production, may be permitted upon the issuance of a special permit provided the granting authority finds that the proposed accessory use does not substantially derogate from the public good.
In any city or town that accepts this paragraph, zoning ordinances or by-laws may provide that research and development uses, whether or not the uses are currently permitted as a matter of right, may be permitted as a permitted use in any non-residential zoning district which is not a residential, agricultural or open space district upon the issuance of a special permit provided the special permit granting authority finds that the uses do not substantially derogate from the public good.
"Research and development uses" shall include any 1 or more of investigation, development, laboratory and similar research uses and any related office and, subject to the following limitations, limited manufacturing uses and uses accessory to any of the foregoing.
"Limited manufacturing" shall, subject to the issuance of the special permit, be an allowed use, if the following requirements are satisfied: (1) the manufacturing activity is related to research uses; (2) no manufacturing activity customarily occurs within 50 feet of a residential district; and (3) substantially all manufacturing activity customarily occurs inside of buildings with any manufacturing activities customarily occurring outside of buildings subject to conditions imposed in the special permit.
A hazardous waste facility as defined in section two of chapter twenty-one D shall be permitted to be constructed as of right on any locus presently zoned for industrial use pursuant to the ordinances and by-laws of any city or town provided that all permits and licenses required by law have been issued to the developer and a siting agreement has been established pursuant to sections twelve and thirteen of chapter twenty-one D, provided however, that following the submission of a notice of intent, pursuant to section seven of chapter twenty-one D, a city or town may not adopt any zoning change which would exclude the facility from the locus specified in said notice of intent. This section shall not prevent any city or town from adopting a zoning change relative to the proposed locus for the facility following the final disapproval and exhaustion of appeals for permits and licenses required by law and by chapter twenty-one D."
So, let me see, need special permits, need to have the government verify that it will not impact the good of a community (not saying it's 'right' - but it is written in certain laws... plus, deregulation leads to things like Chinese manufacturers sending lead-based paints and whatnot our way), problems with disposal of waste (which was one of their concerns, listed as such in the article). Yup. Government is totally making this one up to attack the sciences. No written documentation or laws or by-laws or regulation or anything was setup for these situations.
He can still do his science if a) he gets the permit, and b) the folks in charge decide that he can perform research without blowing up the neighborhood or dumping dangerous chemicals down his drain.
Quoth you, "You don't know, do you?"
Quoth I, "Um, well... maybe yes?
How is this an insightful comment? This is not a hysterical response with words like "terrorist" or somesuch nonsense. The article quotes the code enforcement officer as saying that, due to his compliance, he isn't being charged with the laws that he violated.
Which laws? The zoning laws which state that you cannot do scientific research of this scale in a residential environment. While people may decide that they really dislike the zoning laws, these are not the sort of hysterical laws passed as a response to some loss of perception after 9/11.
This guy a) had an unrelated fire in his house, b) had quantities of legal chemicals that were stored throughout his house in a manner inconsistent with the law, and c) was told that he was out of compliance but that they wouldn't press charges or slap fines on him at this point.
If I want to do metal work in my home and have an oxy-acetylene torch in my house, there are rules and regulations about where I store the bottles of gas, how I mark my house to indicate that flammable gases are present in case of, say, a fire in my AC unit and the firefighters respond, and, in some regions, who I have to register with to inform them that my house contains things that may pose a threat to civil servants in case of an emergency. The same goes with other chemicals.
So, I guess the question you pose - "Is anyone surprised" - should be responded to with a "no" answer, as it is no surprise that Slashdotters read part of an article or an inaccurate article summary and then make sweeping statements that criticize government officials for "not getting it" or "being afraid of terrorists."
This doesn't mean that I disagree with the sentiments about a fear-mongering political body that aims to manipulate through misinformation. However, this just may well be a case where the government is doing something that is justifiable (although they had better not throw out his chemicals without a better reason - he should just be required to come into compliance at this point).
Can you imagine if we we still had to pay royalties to whatever company bought the rights to Shakespeare's estate every time a school drama club wanted to put on Hamlet?
Yeah... wouldn't it be great? Think of the hours of pain and suffering that parents the world around might be able to avoid!
That didn't take long... the ability to add comments to his video has been turned off. It seems that they failed to realize that people may be extra critical of a piece that is neither especially nerdy nor especially musical, yet which aspires to perhaps be both.
I love midi controllers, I love what fun can be had hacking the Wiimote... this just does not have the fun or the musicality that can be found elsewhere. Certainly an interesting exercise, but not a good one, and not really Slashdot worthy.
Interesting that his vid has essentially been manually/.ed... too much negative feedback caused the comment functionality to crash and burn! Or was it something else that crashed and burned...
It doesn't even have to be an act of stupidity. We all know that certain Powers That Be here in America would love any excuse to attack a whole pile of nations around the world - Iran, North Korea, to name a few (although NK has been off of the radar for a while, at least in the very-reliable mainstream media). Now, if we set the precedent that it is okay to cut their cables, and they turn to cut ours, how likely is it that the American government will shrug and declare that all is fair in love and war?
They won't.
They will say that (as you so rightly pointed out) they have attacked our interests, and are disrupting our economy (ooh! we could blame the failing economy on THEM), and need to be stopped before they continue to do Massive Amounts of Harm. I could very easily imagine an internet-age Gulf of Tonkin, where we fabricate a scenario, such as techno-terror on a grand scale, to justify a war.
Not that Gulf of Tonkin was declassified as a lie. Not that Iraq turned up a total of 0 WMDs. Not that our government is great at justifying acts of stupidity / war.
Agreed, however, if we are facing this dire and undeniable threat against our safety (because they hate our freedom!), then it seems silly to presume that their tactics would be unchanging in the face of this latest advancement. Either the measure would be ineffective in delaying them (as I presume it will be, not that I have any great fear regarding the terrorist threat - getting mugged or stomped by a moose seems more likely) or the geriatric planner-terrorists will be more likely to either act themselves, recruit older people (like those who have lost their sons and daughters and wives to US forces, or those who were wrongly imprisoned for years), or get folks who look / can be transformed into sufficiently-50-year-old-looking chaps and chapettes.
This just seems like another ineffective and ill-conceived notion that does not reduce the threat to American Freedom (tm) via terrorist activity, and instead imposes upon American Freedom (tm) in its own way.
Domestically, Terry Nichols (purported to be a conspirator in the Oklahoma City bombing) was born in 1955. Internationally, everyone's favorite scapegoat/scary name/terrorist is Osama bin Laden, born in 1957.
So, how is it, exactly, that they can claim that the over-50 age group is incapable of terrorist activity? Gotta love governmental smartnessitudism. Limit fluids, because they can blow stuff up. Limit batteries, because they can blow stuff up. Limit shoes, because they can blow stuff up. Require Real IDs for people under 50, because they can blow stuff up. Geriatrics? Oh, don't worry, they are not a threat (admittedly, not a threat for only the years between 2014 and 2017, when everyone will have to have one).
And this says nothing for the insanity of thinking that terrorists would be incapable of making themselves look at least somewhat like they are 50 through the use of disguises (or the fact that some people just look genuinely old).
I spent some time in Israel for an archaeological dig and some SCUBA diving. While there I had my bags searched at pretty much all of the major shopping centers, transit centers, and large public places. Somewhat inconvenient, but nowhere near what we face here in the US. I never really felt as though it was as intrusive as what we have at our airport.
And at the Ben Gurion, in Israel, I went from being in line at the ticket counter to at the gate in under thirty minutes. This included one hand-search of my bags (only more intrusive than in the US because I had to stand there while they went through it, as opposed to here where we get a flyer put in our suitcases and some extra TSA tape on our opened-and-poorly-repacked boxes). Every item. Including SCUBA gear. And a security checkpoint after the check-in. They managed to be faster and more efficient and more thorough than they are here in the US.
It isn't the lack of technology that is making it hard on us (hand searches and little chemical swipes to check for explosive residue were Israel's low-tech and fast solution), but the clunky process and arbitrary regulations.
I imagine that you are right in your theories on subconscious and unconscious capacities to pick up facial patterns. However, in reading the actual three-page results, you may find that they were exposed to the GSM signal while awake and then asked to sleep and engage in other activities.
... and then that group of hot, young, upstart artists and bands can organize into a union of recording artists, pool their resources, develop a new online distribution model that also fosters discovery of new artists, then charge a small fee for their services, and then start fronting money to new and promising groups, and then start taking a larger and larger cut as they engage in risky ventures and counteract the total flops that they finance!
I really love this model (the above sarcasm aside)... I paid for the box set out of support for the cause and because I like the band. However, my big concern is that, as this model grows, more structure will be built into it to make it more viable and easier to access for smaller and more obscure groups, and that structure will create money, and that money will attract attention, and the attention will be that which brings the 'wrong' people into the scene.
I believe that this has potential to be a good business model, which means that it will become a business, which means that all of this 'end of the music industry' is more of a 'call to change' that they, the industry, will pay attention to.
Ditto all around. $80 was a bit steep, but well worth it in my eyes. I am eagerly awaiting the arrival of the package to my office (that way I don't have to futz with the delivery services while I am away from home) in... a month and a half?
As to the claims that this will revolutionize the music industry, I am a little less certain. Combined with other methods, perhaps.
In this case, however, it is different, as nearly everyone at least knows about Radiohead, and the press came to their aid by doing the marketing for them. I have other friends who have sold albums online, without a label, and perhaps pushed out a couple hundred of them (admittedly, some of my friends make crap music. Without some level of notoriety and marketing (I would not have known about the release for some time if the press and/. types hadn't pounced on the story and provided free coverage), this model will not work on its own for new and upcoming bands.
Irony at its best, but then again, this is slashdot, I wonder how many of your can actually spell the word negotiate and use, proper, punctuation, when making a post about, how inept/stupid/biased/stereotypical slashdotters are [insert oblig. funny quote and a smiley face].
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And wear special hats ... "trucker hats," I believe they are called.
A little bit of help from wardrobe, some minor social engineering, a little bit of that Ashton Kutcher flair, and it was time to start Punking the real truckers.
This is all well and good, in that there is now opposition to the RIAA in a form and function that will have a more positive (and visible) impact than pirating and flamed message boards. Despite that goodness, however, there is the problem of money to push this new model forward.
... modern times call for modern propulsion).
People have spoken about how Radiohead can do it. Yes, they certainly could. Of course, having large stacks of cash and/or resources to create an album and distribute it certainly helped. They got to where they were largely because of the early support from their label. Had they never been launched into the spotlight it is quite possible that they would have remained a very talented, very moderately compensated band instead of international celebrities.
For every Radiohead there are countless small bands. And each of these small bands will, even with great self-publishing, most likely stay small.
So, while I am happy that the RIAA may be getting it stuck to them with this new organization, I do not anticipate that this is going to suddenly make it possible for 'the little guy' to succeed any more than they could before, and may in fact keep some of the truly talented little folk from being catapulted into the mainstream (and no, I am not advising that midgets should ever be launched from such archaic devices
They could use a few cues from Cid circa FFVII and avoid potential catastrophe by rechecking the oxygen tanks BEFORE initiating the launch sequence, lest they have another rocket sitting in the middle of nowhere due to a lack of funding.
... a possibility to get large amounts of fatty molecules to get energy from the sun and other external sources? And this might be bioengineering gone wrong?! Sounds to me like we have a chance to use the obesity in America to create artificial life ...
So, if Slashdotters are shitting in my cornflakes, who the hell is pissing in my cheerios?!
My state? You mean Alaska, where I don't need a conceal/carry permit for my firearm, where law enforcement is supposed to get court approval to monitor my property from an adjacent lot, and where it is legal to carry a quarter pound of marijuana (can't grow, sell, or buy, but can magically have it appear in a pocket)? Yeah, major nanny state. You have me pegged ...
And regarding your two questions, I don't think that people are interpreting the laws in such a manner. Maybe if you can provide a citation of such an act, as was requested of me (which I then did), I would be more thoroughly impressed? Under the strictest interpretation of the zoning laws, there may be issues. However, as it is written in the laws, there should be a chance to petition for the ability to perform such acts if it is not a threat to the public. If you can please explain to me how flammable / dangerous chemicals (which were discovered due to a fire in his house) are in a similar risk category as programming a microcontroller, that would be great.
To look at this another way, there are codes and regulations for how natural gas lines are hooked up to a house, etc. These safety measures help make sure that the general public is safe. If my neighbor does not build his house to code, it catches fire and damages mine in the act, I think that I would be upset. Similarly, if his fire had spread and come into contact with accelerents and burned down his neighbor's house, I also think that the person would have been upset due to a lack of compliance with zoning laws.
Excuse me while I get back to work. Here in Alaska. Thanks.
Or maybe you could take a look here and look around a bit. Some research will show you that, and I quote:
... plus, deregulation leads to things like Chinese manufacturers sending lead-based paints and whatnot our way), problems with disposal of waste (which was one of their concerns, listed as such in the article). Yup. Government is totally making this one up to attack the sciences. No written documentation or laws or by-laws or regulation or anything was setup for these situations.
... maybe yes?
"Zoning ordinances or by-laws shall also provide that uses, whether or not on the same parcel as activities permitted as a matter of right, accessory to activities permitted as a matter of right, which activities are necessary in connection with scientific research or scientific development or related production, may be permitted upon the issuance of a special permit provided the granting authority finds that the proposed accessory use does not substantially derogate from the public good.
In any city or town that accepts this paragraph, zoning ordinances or by-laws may provide that research and development uses, whether or not the uses are currently permitted as a matter of right, may be permitted as a permitted use in any non-residential zoning district which is not a residential, agricultural or open space district upon the issuance of a special permit provided the special permit granting authority finds that the uses do not substantially derogate from the public good.
"Research and development uses" shall include any 1 or more of investigation, development, laboratory and similar research uses and any related office and, subject to the following limitations, limited manufacturing uses and uses accessory to any of the foregoing.
"Limited manufacturing" shall, subject to the issuance of the special permit, be an allowed use, if the following requirements are satisfied: (1) the manufacturing activity is related to research uses; (2) no manufacturing activity customarily occurs within 50 feet of a residential district; and (3) substantially all manufacturing activity customarily occurs inside of buildings with any manufacturing activities customarily occurring outside of buildings subject to conditions imposed in the special permit.
A hazardous waste facility as defined in section two of chapter twenty-one D shall be permitted to be constructed as of right on any locus presently zoned for industrial use pursuant to the ordinances and by-laws of any city or town provided that all permits and licenses required by law have been issued to the developer and a siting agreement has been established pursuant to sections twelve and thirteen of chapter twenty-one D, provided however, that following the submission of a notice of intent, pursuant to section seven of chapter twenty-one D, a city or town may not adopt any zoning change which would exclude the facility from the locus specified in said notice of intent. This section shall not prevent any city or town from adopting a zoning change relative to the proposed locus for the facility following the final disapproval and exhaustion of appeals for permits and licenses required by law and by chapter twenty-one D."
So, let me see, need special permits, need to have the government verify that it will not impact the good of a community (not saying it's 'right' - but it is written in certain laws
He can still do his science if a) he gets the permit, and b) the folks in charge decide that he can perform research without blowing up the neighborhood or dumping dangerous chemicals down his drain.
Quoth you, "You don't know, do you?"
Quoth I, "Um, well
How is this an insightful comment? This is not a hysterical response with words like "terrorist" or somesuch nonsense. The article quotes the code enforcement officer as saying that, due to his compliance, he isn't being charged with the laws that he violated.
Which laws? The zoning laws which state that you cannot do scientific research of this scale in a residential environment. While people may decide that they really dislike the zoning laws, these are not the sort of hysterical laws passed as a response to some loss of perception after 9/11.
This guy a) had an unrelated fire in his house, b) had quantities of legal chemicals that were stored throughout his house in a manner inconsistent with the law, and c) was told that he was out of compliance but that they wouldn't press charges or slap fines on him at this point.
If I want to do metal work in my home and have an oxy-acetylene torch in my house, there are rules and regulations about where I store the bottles of gas, how I mark my house to indicate that flammable gases are present in case of, say, a fire in my AC unit and the firefighters respond, and, in some regions, who I have to register with to inform them that my house contains things that may pose a threat to civil servants in case of an emergency. The same goes with other chemicals.
So, I guess the question you pose - "Is anyone surprised" - should be responded to with a "no" answer, as it is no surprise that Slashdotters read part of an article or an inaccurate article summary and then make sweeping statements that criticize government officials for "not getting it" or "being afraid of terrorists."
This doesn't mean that I disagree with the sentiments about a fear-mongering political body that aims to manipulate through misinformation. However, this just may well be a case where the government is doing something that is justifiable (although they had better not throw out his chemicals without a better reason - he should just be required to come into compliance at this point).
Can you imagine if we we still had to pay royalties to whatever company bought the rights to Shakespeare's estate every time a school drama club wanted to put on Hamlet?
Yeah ... wouldn't it be great? Think of the hours of pain and suffering that parents the world around might be able to avoid!
... all your base are belong to us.
What, Clippy wasn't helpful? "It looks like you are trying to write a novel! ... "
That didn't take long ... the ability to add comments to his video has been turned off. It seems that they failed to realize that people may be extra critical of a piece that is neither especially nerdy nor especially musical, yet which aspires to perhaps be both.
... this just does not have the fun or the musicality that can be found elsewhere. Certainly an interesting exercise, but not a good one, and not really Slashdot worthy.
/.ed ... too much negative feedback caused the comment functionality to crash and burn! Or was it something else that crashed and burned ...
I love midi controllers, I love what fun can be had hacking the Wiimote
Interesting that his vid has essentially been manually
It doesn't even have to be an act of stupidity. We all know that certain Powers That Be here in America would love any excuse to attack a whole pile of nations around the world - Iran, North Korea, to name a few (although NK has been off of the radar for a while, at least in the very-reliable mainstream media). Now, if we set the precedent that it is okay to cut their cables, and they turn to cut ours, how likely is it that the American government will shrug and declare that all is fair in love and war?
They won't.
They will say that (as you so rightly pointed out) they have attacked our interests, and are disrupting our economy (ooh! we could blame the failing economy on THEM), and need to be stopped before they continue to do Massive Amounts of Harm. I could very easily imagine an internet-age Gulf of Tonkin, where we fabricate a scenario, such as techno-terror on a grand scale, to justify a war.
Not that Gulf of Tonkin was declassified as a lie.
Not that Iraq turned up a total of 0 WMDs.
Not that our government is great at justifying acts of stupidity / war.
I think that what he meant, rather than uphill-treadmill, was giant hamster ball.
The two are easily confused.
Agreed, however, if we are facing this dire and undeniable threat against our safety (because they hate our freedom!), then it seems silly to presume that their tactics would be unchanging in the face of this latest advancement. Either the measure would be ineffective in delaying them (as I presume it will be, not that I have any great fear regarding the terrorist threat - getting mugged or stomped by a moose seems more likely) or the geriatric planner-terrorists will be more likely to either act themselves, recruit older people (like those who have lost their sons and daughters and wives to US forces, or those who were wrongly imprisoned for years), or get folks who look / can be transformed into sufficiently-50-year-old-looking chaps and chapettes.
This just seems like another ineffective and ill-conceived notion that does not reduce the threat to American Freedom (tm) via terrorist activity, and instead imposes upon American Freedom (tm) in its own way.
Domestically, Terry Nichols (purported to be a conspirator in the Oklahoma City bombing) was born in 1955.
Internationally, everyone's favorite scapegoat/scary name/terrorist is Osama bin Laden, born in 1957.
So, how is it, exactly, that they can claim that the over-50 age group is incapable of terrorist activity? Gotta love governmental smartnessitudism. Limit fluids, because they can blow stuff up. Limit batteries, because they can blow stuff up. Limit shoes, because they can blow stuff up. Require Real IDs for people under 50, because they can blow stuff up. Geriatrics? Oh, don't worry, they are not a threat (admittedly, not a threat for only the years between 2014 and 2017, when everyone will have to have one).
And this says nothing for the insanity of thinking that terrorists would be incapable of making themselves look at least somewhat like they are 50 through the use of disguises (or the fact that some people just look genuinely old).
I feel safer already!
I spent some time in Israel for an archaeological dig and some SCUBA diving. While there I had my bags searched at pretty much all of the major shopping centers, transit centers, and large public places. Somewhat inconvenient, but nowhere near what we face here in the US. I never really felt as though it was as intrusive as what we have at our airport.
And at the Ben Gurion, in Israel, I went from being in line at the ticket counter to at the gate in under thirty minutes. This included one hand-search of my bags (only more intrusive than in the US because I had to stand there while they went through it, as opposed to here where we get a flyer put in our suitcases and some extra TSA tape on our opened-and-poorly-repacked boxes). Every item. Including SCUBA gear. And a security checkpoint after the check-in. They managed to be faster and more efficient and more thorough than they are here in the US.
It isn't the lack of technology that is making it hard on us (hand searches and little chemical swipes to check for explosive residue were Israel's low-tech and fast solution), but the clunky process and arbitrary regulations.
I imagine that you are right in your theories on subconscious and unconscious capacities to pick up facial patterns. However, in reading the actual three-page results, you may find that they were exposed to the GSM signal while awake and then asked to sleep and engage in other activities.
You could send all of your equipment up here to Alaska! I promise (with a certainty of 3.9%!) that you would even get most of it back.
...
Well, newer data is making me change my estimates to state, with 100% certainty, that you will get SOME of it back.
But if the airlines make us take off our shoes, could we really call it a sneaker net? Wouldn't it be more of a sock net?
... and then that group of hot, young, upstart artists and bands can organize into a union of recording artists, pool their resources, develop a new online distribution model that also fosters discovery of new artists, then charge a small fee for their services, and then start fronting money to new and promising groups, and then start taking a larger and larger cut as they engage in risky ventures and counteract the total flops that they finance!
... I paid for the box set out of support for the cause and because I like the band. However, my big concern is that, as this model grows, more structure will be built into it to make it more viable and easier to access for smaller and more obscure groups, and that structure will create money, and that money will attract attention, and the attention will be that which brings the 'wrong' people into the scene.
I really love this model (the above sarcasm aside)
I believe that this has potential to be a good business model, which means that it will become a business, which means that all of this 'end of the music industry' is more of a 'call to change' that they, the industry, will pay attention to.
It will be novel, and then it will be business.
Ditto all around. $80 was a bit steep, but well worth it in my eyes. I am eagerly awaiting the arrival of the package to my office (that way I don't have to futz with the delivery services while I am away from home) in ... a month and a half?
/. types hadn't pounced on the story and provided free coverage), this model will not work on its own for new and upcoming bands.
As to the claims that this will revolutionize the music industry, I am a little less certain. Combined with other methods, perhaps.
In this case, however, it is different, as nearly everyone at least knows about Radiohead, and the press came to their aid by doing the marketing for them. I have other friends who have sold albums online, without a label, and perhaps pushed out a couple hundred of them (admittedly, some of my friends make crap music. Without some level of notoriety and marketing (I would not have known about the release for some time if the press and
So ... 75% of the slashdot readership? Are they really a company?
Poor company, perhaps.
Irony at its best, but then again, this is slashdot, I wonder how many of your can actually spell the word negotiate and use, proper, punctuation, when making a post about, how inept/stupid/biased/stereotypical slashdotters are [insert oblig. funny quote and a smiley face].
...my bum is on the SWEEEEDISH the SWEEEEEEDISH!