That makes me sad. Rush is one of my top favorite bands. I would cry if I used Spotify.
For another example, but on YouTube, Vevo has made a large number of Weird Al videos available, yet there are a number that are not available in the US because of "Copyright Issues" I can buy the song on iTunes or buy the album at surviving music stores, yet I can't watch one out of 50 videos online.
And yes I understand the irony of not being able to watch something in the US online because of Copyright reasons.
Nothing protects an artist better than removing exposure to fans. It is much the same thing as protecting children by locking them in the cellar. They can't get hurt if they aren't exposed to dangers.
E. Zachary Knight (profile), 10 Aug 2011 @ 10:49am
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Business models are not a panacea, but they can be a death knell. A poor business model will kill a business or creator far faster than piracy could ever accomplish.
However, if you adjust your business to accommodate for changes in your fans' climate, you can succeed.
There is no "one" business model that will work for every person. That is something that middle men like labels and publishers want content creators to believe. These middle men want creators to believe that the only way to succeed is by subscribing to their outdated and slow to change business models. They fight tooth and nail to discredit any person, successful or not, who advocates doing something that does not require a middle man.
To think that a content creator cannot create content and connect with fans is one of those lies. It is far easier today to connect with your fans because of the internet. You don't need million dollar advertising campaigns. Those were only needed when all avenues of communication were controlled by middle men.
Riddle me this: What is the difference between renting someone a tape and VCR and sending them home to watch and this service? Location. That is all.
In both cases, the tape and VCR were tied up and could not be used at the same time by separate parties. If Party 1 was already watching a tape and party 2 wanted to watch the same, they would have to wait until party 1 was done (in the case of no more than one tape) or rent a second tape and VCR (in the case of multiple copies)
This is one of those cases where the "public", people watching content, have a very different interpretation of legal language than the lawyers.
Copyright law was meant to benefit the public. Unfortunately, as this site and many others like it have shown, it has been mutated and malformed by content producers to do the exact opposite of that function.
Now take that $500 an hour and multiply it by the number of hours in the year 8760*500=$4,380,000 a year, if, and that's a big if, only 1 million people are listening each hour.
How about Syfy themselves. They do not stream shows on Hulu until 2 months after the original air date. Pirates have to wait a few minutes after the show airs.
When was this video shot? Wil says he is impressed that Syfy releases their shows online, yet they are only doing it 2 months or more after the episodes first air on television. This is a huge contrast to their policy just a year ago when the wait was only a week after airing.
'Less regulation' is what got us into this mess, we need more regulation to protect against runaway corporatists who have no interest in the public good. Ask any business which they want, lower taxes or increased demand for their services...they aren't going to say lower taxes...
'Less Regulation'? What less regulation? The federal government has done nothing but increase the amount of regulation in the financial, housing and healthcare markets. This regulation is what led to much of this recession.
It doesn't matter what blog you visit or who the writer is, you always find far too many people wanting to play the role of backseat editor. Why? What is the point of muddling up what is good commentary with pointless complaints of grammar errors?
Showing surprise that the President is eager to pass a job killing bill is like claiming surprise that water is wet.
There has been zero laws passed this presidential term that has created a single job. Any "job" that has been created is at the expense of one or more private sector job.
What this president has done is create more and more government regulation that will hinder the economy and increase the role of government in the lives of what used to be free individuals.
Sadly, the Republican party has no intention to reverse any of this.
I think it is all about the disruption to the process that DC has become. You make it so disruptive and so unpleasant that only those who actually care about the state of the nation would be willing to put up with it.
Who knows. Certainly not the patent office. That is one of the biggest problems with the state of patents. It doesn't matter what you do, it is 100% likely that it has violated someone's patent somewhere.
So, I would not doubt that there is a patent that covers "streaming music to a group of people".
I don't think this should be a crime at all. This is nothing more than a web 2.0 version of a "kick me" sign on someone's back or a "for a good time call" scrawled on a men's room wall. This is a prank not identity theft.
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Maybe I missed it, but what is the obvious conclusion?
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I guess if you consider federal mandates to lend to risky individuals to be deregulation, then yes it was deregulated.
However, in the real world its not.
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For another example, but on YouTube, Vevo has made a large number of Weird Al videos available, yet there are a number that are not available in the US because of "Copyright Issues" I can buy the song on iTunes or buy the album at surviving music stores, yet I can't watch one out of 50 videos online.
And yes I understand the irony of not being able to watch something in the US online because of Copyright reasons.
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However, if you adjust your business to accommodate for changes in your fans' climate, you can succeed.
There is no "one" business model that will work for every person. That is something that middle men like labels and publishers want content creators to believe. These middle men want creators to believe that the only way to succeed is by subscribing to their outdated and slow to change business models. They fight tooth and nail to discredit any person, successful or not, who advocates doing something that does not require a middle man.
To think that a content creator cannot create content and connect with fans is one of those lies. It is far easier today to connect with your fans because of the internet. You don't need million dollar advertising campaigns. Those were only needed when all avenues of communication were controlled by middle men.
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In both cases, the tape and VCR were tied up and could not be used at the same time by separate parties. If Party 1 was already watching a tape and party 2 wanted to watch the same, they would have to wait until party 1 was done (in the case of no more than one tape) or rent a second tape and VCR (in the case of multiple copies)
This is one of those cases where the "public", people watching content, have a very different interpretation of legal language than the lawyers.
Copyright law was meant to benefit the public. Unfortunately, as this site and many others like it have shown, it has been mutated and malformed by content producers to do the exact opposite of that function.
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How about Syfy themselves. They do not stream shows on Hulu until 2 months after the original air date. Pirates have to wait a few minutes after the show airs.
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'Less regulation' is what got us into this mess, we need more regulation to protect against runaway corporatists who have no interest in the public good. Ask any business which they want, lower taxes or increased demand for their services...they aren't going to say lower taxes...
'Less Regulation'? What less regulation? The federal government has done nothing but increase the amount of regulation in the financial, housing and healthcare markets. This regulation is what led to much of this recession.
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There has been zero laws passed this presidential term that has created a single job. Any "job" that has been created is at the expense of one or more private sector job.
What this president has done is create more and more government regulation that will hinder the economy and increase the role of government in the lives of what used to be free individuals.
Sadly, the Republican party has no intention to reverse any of this.
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So, I would not doubt that there is a patent that covers "streaming music to a group of people".
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