If the NY Times was banging its drum by claiming that they always check facts before printing a news story, and then publishes a story that you can proof wasn't fact-checked, then why not point it out?
Indeed, the NYT can't exactly update the printed newspaper on the fly, but that's no excuse to not update the website when new information comes forward. The NYT should not treat their website as a complete mirror to their dead-tree product. The two (print+online) can complement each other, it's not an Or/Or situation.
I also doubt right now that the general public wants a Kindle like device to read newspapers on. Unless that device becomes a lot cheaper.
1. The transition from analog to digital is permanent. It will not be switched back for the forseeable future. As the frequencies will be used for other purposes.
2. The government is asking people to buy a new device, it's only fair that they meet those people in the costs. You can only exchange the coupons for such a device. It's not free money.
Actually, it could get overwhelming for some. Especially when the act gets very popular. (see the latest strangerthings.tv episode for a (rather extreme) example)
If your fans can get in touch with you directly, and they do so en masse, you try sifting through that.
But indeed, for twitter-like services, an artists should be able to manage it. Just pick and choose, don't feel the need to answer each and everyone.
So it would only work for christian artists on the christian web, with christian music? In what world are you living?
The points Shaun makes are valid points across the whole entertainment industry. If the musicians don't want to interact with human beings, then they shouldn't be surprised if no-one buys their album.
If a company refuses to deal with customers, then they will not sell as much as the company that does.
Since PP stole the whole media show they also managed to keep the xenophobic party Sverigedemokraterna out, which I'm very thankful for. In other countries those types of parties often use the EU election as a stepping point towards entering the national parliament.
I wish I could say the same about the Netherlands. :(
Here the biggest winner was the xenophobic (well rather islamophobic) party PVV (ironically they are called Party for the freedom, they just don't mention whose freedom.) Very anti-everything.
I wonder how well they fair when they find out there is no interruption microphone, thus they can't do their hit-n-run tactics they are used to doing here.
For every proprietary closed source software that does have support, there are hundreds of applications and systems that aren't supported by anyone (anymore).
Indeed a lot of open source software is supported through a community. But a lot of enterprise level software does have professional support as well (as that's their main source of income)
BTW, you seem to make the assumption that copying files equals so-called 'piracy'.
If I were to pay for an itunes song, I download that song, thus making a copy. Am I now a music pirate/music ninja? No. I paid for my music.
Also, price has very little to do with ethics and morals etc. It has to do with economy.
Sure, I have given a few writers some money, because I was able to get their ebooks for free (while their dead-tree versions costs money), and I felt better to give some money for it in return, but that was voluntary, and the writer didn't suddenly start charging money for the downloads.
If one can download a product, the supply becomes infinite, which means that the real price of the product should be 0.
If you put the cost to a dime or less per song, it becomes a money losing operation to make music. Then what you are left with is a bunch of amateur crap to listen to, because professionals can no longer afford to make enough money from music to survive.
Interesting, but what if what the professionals put out is utter crap and the amateurs actually make good and innovative music?
What if the 'amateurs' have more fun making the music than the 'professionals', isn't the music industry much better off without the 'professionals' then?
This whole notion of profiting of music is a rather new notion (originating arguably in the 70s, with the Beatles and the Rolling Stones), and a quaint one at that.
Do you think Mozart was rich because of his compositions?
For that matter, Van Gogh was a great painter, but why then did he die broke? (because their fame was mostly after the fact)
But in this case it's simple economics:
The product has the price the market will bear. If the supply reaches infinity, no matter how great the demand, the price of the product will reach zero.
Whatever happened to 'standing on top of the shoulders of giants'?
Granted, it's rare that someone else other than the original author writes a sequel to a book. But does Salinger actually believe he has a point here?
I believe most fiction is based on something else.
Perhaps this author shouldn't have said 'sequel to' but rather 'based upon', but it would amount to the same thing, and is just semantics.
I didn't know they were also in the miniature golf business, to name just one of their many frivolous lawsuits regarding the name Monster.
Or even in the animation business (they are mentioned in the credits of the Disney movie Monsters & Co, as saying that they are not related to the movie, as a part of a settlement between Disney/Pixar and Monster Cables)
There are ways of making money via use of the internet, just ask Jonathan Coulton, if you want a real-world example.
He used to be a software developer, who created some geeky music for fun, now he is a fulltime artist that can support his family with it.
All by giving away his music for free.
you do seem to think that Internet radio is something that can't be shared, which is non-sense.
If I tune in to for instance Soma.fm, you can do the same thing, and hear the same music as I do.
There, shared experience.
Granted, if you only look at last.fm or pandora, those experiences aren't shared per se. But the term internet radio is broader than just those types of sites.
about the disclaimer, the initial write-up had quite a few choice words among them, but I cleaned it up, as it served no purpose, forgot to remove the disclaimer.
sadly I hold no clout over any of the **AA, and can only vote with my money... no more cds/dvds/digital downloads, unless they come from the artists themselves. I have tried to keep that up, but have waivered in the past, but no more. The music industry is not getting any cent from my money, unless I can buy the tracks from the artists directly.
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Indeed, the NYT can't exactly update the printed newspaper on the fly, but that's no excuse to not update the website when new information comes forward. The NYT should not treat their website as a complete mirror to their dead-tree product. The two (print+online) can complement each other, it's not an Or/Or situation.
I also doubt right now that the general public wants a Kindle like device to read newspapers on. Unless that device becomes a lot cheaper.
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2. The government is asking people to buy a new device, it's only fair that they meet those people in the costs. You can only exchange the coupons for such a device. It's not free money.
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Re: Growing Up
If your fans can get in touch with you directly, and they do so en masse, you try sifting through that.
But indeed, for twitter-like services, an artists should be able to manage it. Just pick and choose, don't feel the need to answer each and everyone.
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The points Shaun makes are valid points across the whole entertainment industry. If the musicians don't want to interact with human beings, then they shouldn't be surprised if no-one buys their album.
If a company refuses to deal with customers, then they will not sell as much as the company that does.
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I wish I could say the same about the Netherlands. :(
Here the biggest winner was the xenophobic (well rather islamophobic) party PVV (ironically they are called Party for the freedom, they just don't mention whose freedom.) Very anti-everything.
I wonder how well they fair when they find out there is no interruption microphone, thus they can't do their hit-n-run tactics they are used to doing here.
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TwoOne Seat In EU ParliamentWith how the entertainment industry lobbies, we need a voice that's the complete opposite, to end up somewhere in the middle.
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Indeed a lot of open source software is supported through a community. But a lot of enterprise level software does have professional support as well (as that's their main source of income)
btw, downloading something isn't stealing something.
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Value is something different than price though.
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If I were to pay for an itunes song, I download that song, thus making a copy. Am I now a music pirate/music ninja? No. I paid for my music.
Also, price has very little to do with ethics and morals etc. It has to do with economy.
Sure, I have given a few writers some money, because I was able to get their ebooks for free (while their dead-tree versions costs money), and I felt better to give some money for it in return, but that was voluntary, and the writer didn't suddenly start charging money for the downloads.
If one can download a product, the supply becomes infinite, which means that the real price of the product should be 0.
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Re: Something missing...
zero. or close to zero. as the supply is infinite (or reaching infinity).
demand / supply = price
large amount / infinity =~ 0
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Interesting, but what if what the professionals put out is utter crap and the amateurs actually make good and innovative music?
What if the 'amateurs' have more fun making the music than the 'professionals', isn't the music industry much better off without the 'professionals' then?
This whole notion of profiting of music is a rather new notion (originating arguably in the 70s, with the Beatles and the Rolling Stones), and a quaint one at that.
Do you think Mozart was rich because of his compositions?
For that matter, Van Gogh was a great painter, but why then did he die broke? (because their fame was mostly after the fact)
But in this case it's simple economics:
The product has the price the market will bear. If the supply reaches infinity, no matter how great the demand, the price of the product will reach zero.
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(Digital) music is not a scarce good, that can be copied easily.
So, in answer to your question: no. But your question is also a bad analogy.
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Well, Rorschach of course.
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Granted, it's rare that someone else other than the original author writes a sequel to a book. But does Salinger actually believe he has a point here?
I believe most fiction is based on something else.
Perhaps this author shouldn't have said 'sequel to' but rather 'based upon', but it would amount to the same thing, and is just semantics.
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I didn't know they were also in the miniature golf business, to name just one of their many frivolous lawsuits regarding the name Monster.
Or even in the animation business (they are mentioned in the credits of the Disney movie Monsters & Co, as saying that they are not related to the movie, as a part of a settlement between Disney/Pixar and Monster Cables)
but I hope you are correct. :)
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There are ways of making money via use of the internet, just ask Jonathan Coulton, if you want a real-world example.
He used to be a software developer, who created some geeky music for fun, now he is a fulltime artist that can support his family with it.
All by giving away his music for free.
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If I tune in to for instance Soma.fm, you can do the same thing, and hear the same music as I do.
There, shared experience.
Granted, if you only look at last.fm or pandora, those experiences aren't shared per se. But the term internet radio is broader than just those types of sites.
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sadly I hold no clout over any of the **AA, and can only vote with my money... no more cds/dvds/digital downloads, unless they come from the artists themselves. I have tried to keep that up, but have waivered in the past, but no more. The music industry is not getting any cent from my money, unless I can buy the tracks from the artists directly.
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