Steve Jobs rules the recording industry. Now what?
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| How did Apple gain all this power? The record companies, desperate, vain, and
| stupid, handed it over.
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http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2008/02/steve_jobs_rule.html
Three Strikes and the Media Industry is Out
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| Strike One
|
| The music and then film industries failed to recognise that digital downloads
| were the future.
|
| [...]
|
| Strike Two
|
| When it became blindingly obvious that users wanted digital files, the media
| industry eventually provided them - in the hideously hobbled form of DRM'd
| formats.
|
| [...]
|
| Strike Three
|
| The present move. Leaving aside the civil liberties angle - the fact that
| ISPs become the media industries' spies - and that the UK government proposes
| propping up a dying business model for no other reason than the said
| industries demand it, even when there is evidence that sharing music
| *increases* sales of media - it won't work.
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http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2008/02/three-strikes-and-media-industry-is-out.html
Related:
Illegal downloaders 'face UK ban'
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| The Internet Service Providers Association said data protection laws would
| prevent providers from looking at the content of information sent over their
| networks.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7240234.stm
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=5jkZFIwmc-8
ISPs demand record biz pays up if cut-off P2P users sue
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| ISPs are calling on the record industry to put its money where its mouth is
| on illegal file-sharing, by underwriting the cost of lawsuits brought by
| people who are wrongly accused of downloading or uploading music.
|
| [...]
|
| It's the latest public detail from long-running private negotiations that
| have hit mainstream media headlines today. The lobbying campaign to have
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| government force ISPs to disconnect persistent illegal file-sharers scored a
| victory with a leak to The Times. The draft government document says: "We
| will move to legislate to require internet service providers to take action
| on illegal file-sharing."
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/12/anti_filesharing_paper_leak/
Proposal to extend Euro copyright, and to force ISPs to spy on customers dies!
EPIC FAIL!
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| Yesterday, I blogged about the upcoming vote in the EU's CULT committee on a
| proposal to extend copyright for sound recordings for another 45 years, and
| to force ISPs to block sites that "infringe copyright," to spy on their
| customers to block suspicious traffic.
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http://www.boingboing.net/2008/01/22/proposal-to-extend-e.html
Mom Sues Universal Music for DMCA Abuse
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| The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed suit today against Universal
| Music Publishing Group (UMPG), asking a federal court to protect the fair use
| and free speech rights of a mother who posted a short video of her toddler
| son dancing to a Prince song on the Internet.
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http://www.linuxelectrons.com/news/general/10869/mom-sues-universal-music-dmca-abuse
Music industry attacks Sunday newspaper's free Prince CD
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| The eagerly awaited new album by Prince is being launched as a free
| CD with a national Sunday newspaper in a move that has drawn
| widespread criticism from music retailers.
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http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,2114557,00.html
It's time for the RIAA to the face the music
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| You set the price, pay it directly to the artists, they have little overhead,
| make money, and you get DRM-free music.
|
| [...]
|
| Now comes another artist trying the same thing. Saul Williams is giving the
| model a go with The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggytardust.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2007/10/29/wonky-rant-riaa
Radiohead album bets on fast release, open pricing
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| The release of popular rock group Radiohead's new album next week is the
| latest wake-up call for a music industry still struggling to deal with the
| advent of digital music, experts say.
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http://www.news.com/Radiohead-album-bets-on-fast-release%2C-open-pricing/2100-1025_3-6212107.html?tag=nefd.top
Defendant: RIAA abusing courts to shore up "failing business model"
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| After the lawsuit was filed, Njuguna said she boxed up the PC reportedly used
| for infringement and purchased a new one. She then filed a series of
| counterclaims to the RIAA's lawsuit in an attempt to have the lawsuit
| dismissed and her name cleared. One of those accuses the record labels of
| failing to negotiate in good faith.
|
| [...]
|
| Njugana also accuses the RIAA of engaging in deceptive and unfair trade
| practices, arguing that the record labels have demonstrated repeated behavior
| that has an "adverse effect on the public interest." She also cites former
| RIAA defendant Tanya Andersen's lawsuit (which seeks class-action status) as
| evidence that, unless the courts step in at some point, the RIAA will
| continue its campaign.
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070913-defendant-riaa-abusing-courts-to-shore-up-failing-business-model.html
The RIAA will come to regret its court win
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| And, he told his blog readers: "If [the industry tries to] keep up the
| strategy of 'you need us badly and therefore we make the rules' you will lose
| the artists, their managers... and the audience. Another 12 months for this
| Radiohead experiment to become the default approach. Get engaged or get
| outmoded. And do it soon."
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/08/0810_riaa_comment/
Music industry meeting could change the Zune
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| Bryan Lee, corporate vice present for Microsoft's entertainment
| business, told me today that the meeting was set up as part of the
| deal struck between Microsoft and music business honchos, who are
| always wary of piracy... The meeting was supposed to take place "some
| time after the holidays," he said. It also talks about the future
| of the zune.
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http://blogs.chron.com/techblog/archives/2007/01/music_industry_meeting_could_change_the_zune.html
http://tinyurl.com/y7z5wl
Microsoft may pay Zune tax twice
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| Microsoft's private deal with Universal Music to pay the record
| label a voluntary royalty of $1 for every Zune player it sells
| has raised eyebrows across both the technology and music
| industries. But it might not be the last payment Redmond owes
| from Zune, we've discovered.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/12/14/microsoft_zune_royalties/
Universal to seek money for each iPod sold
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| "It would be a nice idea. We have a negotiation coming up not too
| far. I don't see why we wouldn't do that... but maybe not in the
| same way," Morris said. His "same way" comment is a reference tot
| he Zune, which Universal already gets $1 from after signing a deal
| with Microsoft.
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061128-8309.html
A Legitimate Reason to Hate the Zune (And Microsoft Too)
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| Here's the situation: Microsoft has agreed to pay a portion of
| the profits from the sales of the Zune to a record company
| (Universal) because the Zune will undoubtedly be used to
| store unpurchased songs.
|
| [...]
|
| Here it is important to remember a few simple things. The
| money goes to the Universal, not to the artists.
|
| [...]
|
| Microsoft's move sets a bad precedent and turns all consumers into
| thieves without evidence.
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http://www.applematters.com/index.php/section/comments/a-legitimate-reason-to-hate-the-zune-and-microsoft-too/
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