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No DRM Could Mean Cheaper Music
2007-08-26 00:17:42
Even if Steve Jobs’ essay last week — in which the Apple chief questioned the wisdom of continuing to sell music wrapped in digital rights management — was a negotiating tactic designed to give Apple an advantage during impending license renewal negotiations, as some have suggested, Jobs’ proposal is still spurring lots of discussion. Why don’t you just pirate it for $0? Why pay a middle man to do the piracy for you? Because it s convenient. Allofmp3 is almost as easy as iTunes, and it has gotten a bit of publicity so many people are now aware of it. I used to use Hotline and that was such a pain in the rump, so many hoops to jump through to get some craked sw that often didnt even work. Now that I am employed and using that software, one by one I have gone and purchased legit copies of it all. But for most users, the hassle it is to get bootleg shit is worth paying a nominal fee for the ease of use. As far as my use of Allofmp3 goes, I refill my catalog w ...

RIAA HEARING! Vitally important
2007-08-24 23:00:14
2:15 pm in the newer federal court house at 500 Pearl Street, New York, New York, courtroom 21D on the 21st Floor. BE THERE IF YoU CAN !!! I have a question… If I go to the theater to see a movie soon after it’s release, do I then have the right to copy that movie from the internet onto my HDD? ...

Beatnik Turtle Creates Song in Memory of Joe Murphy
2007-08-23 22:14:25
Af you know, beloved podcast personality Joe Murphy, aka Mason Rocket (from SliceofSciFi, Kick-Ass Mistic Ninjas and other shows) passed away from cancer last Sunday. Beatnik Turtle has dedicated today’s free song to his memory: “Mason Rocket (Spy Extraodrinaire)”. Please share it with your friends! I thought was really cool. I played it today in podcast since I wanted to talk about Joe anyway. Not the happiest podcast ever for obvious reasons. I just think it so cool that so many people went out of their way to show Joe so much love. If you got to go early, thats the way to go. Surrounded by friends and love. ...

Musicovery - Music Genre Visualization Tool [MUST TRY]
2007-08-22 22:01:37
To start the radio (iPod alike), click somewhere in the matrix: clam/energetic and dark/positive. To get a radio for “Dance”: the more on the right you click, the more the music is suitable for dancing. You can also choose which years you would like to hear the music from. I’ve just been playing with it a little and I’ve been linked all over the show through their “networky” interface from Korn to NIN, Cher and Paul Simon, Underworld and The Chemical Brothers. Cool interface, especially when I noticed that you can pick the moods by musical category as well (thought it was a bug at first caused by using Flash on Firefox 3 (nightly nicknamed “Minefield”). Looking at a series of songs that goes from Faith No More (Evidence, I Started a Joke, Ashes to Ashes) to Aerosmith, Metallica, Silverchair (?!), Faith No More, Rage Against the Machine, Aerosmith, AC/DC, and even Marilyn Manson, etc… Bookmarked, Dugg, and setup as my default radio ...

Last.fm Stream Ripper; The Last Ripper
2007-08-21 21:17:45
Freeware app TheLastStream saves and parses Last.fm streams into MP3s. But that’s not all! It also automatically downloads album art, assigns ID3 tags, creates playlists, and organizes recordings according to artist, album, and track.TheLastStream requires that you have a Last.fm account and the Last.fm client. Both free. (Windows, Mac, Linux) Very nice work… Though I recall a Pandora ripper that just about accomplished the same thing–however for some odd reason it stopped working almost a week after it launched, I think Pandora caught on and did something about it. ...

Songs About Killings Live On, Not Just In Raps
2007-08-20 20:01:00
Behold the classic murder ballad. It’s a song form about the most gruesome of events, told in a light, sometimes even pretty way, so that it might take a several listens to recognize the bloody gore oozing underneath an otherwise benign melody. The murder ballad has been around for centuries and continues forward as a part of popular culture. Let’s take a look at some of the lyrics posted above and some of the lyrics from a rap… One is poetic, one is violent and full of hate. Now I am not saying all rap is full of hate. There are plenty of performers that rap and are quite poetic. However, most of the thugs that rap about murder throw the poetry out the window. It is my impression that the person who started this thread wanted a discussion regarding murder lyrics and rap music. ...

Survivalism (Nine Inch Nails) is #1 on the Billboard Modern Rock Chart
2007-08-19 19:14:07
This is NIN’s fourth consecutive number one single. I can’t wait to get this for two reasons. One, because I downloaded it and it is amazing. Two, because I saw a picture of the cd before and after ripping it in the computer. I want to see if the cover really is heat sensitive and changes when you rip it. If so, that is the coolest thing I have ever seen. If not, the person that posted those pics is a douche. ...
Billboard

Beatles music to be public domain, UK copyright stays at 50
2007-08-18 18:26:22
The UK will not extend the copyright period on sound recordings. The decision means that the earliest official recordings from The Beatles will be out of copyright in 2013. If I’m not mistaken a similar thing happen to Mickey Mouse a few years back. Disney sent their people to Washington to lobby congress to extend the copyright law or make an exception since Mickey was about to go into the public domain. In this case, however, (and with the help of several million campaign dollars) congress folded and made a law–that Clinton signed– that in affect deferred the public domain of Mickey Mouse and let Disney continue to make money off him for a little while longer. (do a search for “Copyright Term Extension Act”). The irony here, of course, is that were it not for stories already in the public domain at the time Walt got started, there may never have been an opportunity for Mickey Mouse (or Pluto or Donald Duck) to come to public consciousness. ...

“The Who” doesn’t believe in the Internet
2007-08-17 17:12:33
Call them old fashioned, but the founding members of The Who don’t think the Internet is the future of rock, are unhappy about radio’s narrow musical focus, and convinced live music is what it is all about. I usually lose interest in seeing bands if I have to go to a huge arena and see them. If I catch them while they are still in the clubs that’s cool otherwise I just listen to the records if I like a band that is that popular. ...
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