Paul McGuinness, the worst thing that can happen you as a band manager is your band losing fans...
And right now I'm pondering whether I should distribute free copies of the CDs I have of U2, or just burn the material in a great big bonfire.
There is a very insightful book on the music industry, which used to be a parody of the industry, but now it paints a perfect, crystal clear and lifelike picture of what the music industry has become, and that book is Soul Music by Terry Pratchett.
Band managers are like C.M.O.T. Dibbler, who see only walking money bags, instead of fans, to be squeezed for every penny, cent, dime, that they own. Preferably by paying a lot more for getting less.
And the music label execs are like mr. Clete, would rather bleed their artists dry than to admit defeat.
Apparently the image of world benefactors that Bono tries to uphold for U2 is only a front for a stinking pile of hypocrisy encrusted with a top of month's old bullshit.
The ones responsible for the demise of your precious record industry are you yourself. By clinging to prehistoric ideas and notions, that do not apply any longer in the real world/the twenty first century. By stinking your heads in the sands when in fact you were given the world on a platina platter, with the advent of Napster.
Centralized filesharing, slap a fee on it, and you have what we now call itunes.
But no, you and your cohorts thought that you could nip that development of your loss of control by suing the crap out of Napster, and more recently (potential) customers, pensioners, infants, and the dead.
The RIAA of today is a joke of what it could have been. A mere shadow, with barely a right to existence, only helped by fierce lobbying.
Free is a far better business model than suing your customers, than suing your fans. But you go back to your ivory tower/gilden cage, and delude yourself that you are right. But every blow you have tried to give to the so-called pirates only made them stronger, and your case weaker.
Music isn't a commodity, music should be made by artists who like to make music, and if they can make a buck out of it, that's a good deal. It's not one of life's major needs, never has been, never will be. Make good music, and people will flock to it... think about that.
yikes, I'd better stop with my work then, because I edit XML files on a daily basis? Do you per chance also know whether SQL editing is covered by a patent? If it is, I'm out of a job...
Because Sesamestreet the videogame is such a violent game.
These police officers are deluded. How do they figure that video games are to blame for this? Do they think this 2 year old played Grand Theft Auto or something?
Or would they blame the Iphone (with their baby-shake app)?
Instead of investing money on the stock market, they could have easily stuck the collected money on a savings account (attracting about 4% interest, and I'm sure they can negotiate with banks to get a better interest package) and that should be enough for the B/S to operate.
And thus not lost any money during the market crash.
Also in politics.
Case in point the Dutch government and the Joint Strike Fighter. That project has cost quite a few arms and legs already, and everyone knows it's a bad investment. "But we can't stop now, we've invested too much money into this, so we'll keep on investing."
Too much money was spent on this legal tactic to back out now, they will continue until their inevitable demise.
Well it seems that way in business and politics nowadays: "Yes, we know that we are going the wrong way, but we spent too much money to reverse course now, so we'll keep on going down this route until we can't go any further."
But the six (or so) month-window between end-of-life in the cinema and the dvd-release makes even less sense. But I guess it has to do with antiquated license-agreements with pay-per-view channels.
Still, it's okay for Ebert to completely destroy a movie with references in the reviews, but a fan is not allowed to make a wallpaper based on the same movie?
I guess we shouldn't submit bug reports for Alfresco products, because we never paid for their products either.
On the other hand, he also never paid to have the priviledge to have his software (Alfresco) be put my networks. I demand that he pays up before he starts complaining about that.
How long until we have people in charge there who actually have a clue how it works?
And how long does it take before companies start reigning in their legal teams?
The only thing you could accuse Google of doing 'illegal' (though it's a stretch) is its caching function.
That takes entire pages, and makes a copy of it.
It's a questionable but useful feature of Google, and you can opt-out from it.
On the post: U2 Manager: Free Is The Enemy Of Good; And It's Moral To Protect Old Business Models
Warning: strong language ahead.
And right now I'm pondering whether I should distribute free copies of the CDs I have of U2, or just burn the material in a great big bonfire.
There is a very insightful book on the music industry, which used to be a parody of the industry, but now it paints a perfect, crystal clear and lifelike picture of what the music industry has become, and that book is Soul Music by Terry Pratchett.
Band managers are like C.M.O.T. Dibbler, who see only walking money bags, instead of fans, to be squeezed for every penny, cent, dime, that they own. Preferably by paying a lot more for getting less.
And the music label execs are like mr. Clete, would rather bleed their artists dry than to admit defeat.
Apparently the image of world benefactors that Bono tries to uphold for U2 is only a front for a stinking pile of hypocrisy encrusted with a top of month's old bullshit.
The ones responsible for the demise of your precious record industry are you yourself. By clinging to prehistoric ideas and notions, that do not apply any longer in the real world/the twenty first century. By stinking your heads in the sands when in fact you were given the world on a platina platter, with the advent of Napster.
Centralized filesharing, slap a fee on it, and you have what we now call itunes.
But no, you and your cohorts thought that you could nip that development of your loss of control by suing the crap out of Napster, and more recently (potential) customers, pensioners, infants, and the dead.
The RIAA of today is a joke of what it could have been. A mere shadow, with barely a right to existence, only helped by fierce lobbying.
Free is a far better business model than suing your customers, than suing your fans. But you go back to your ivory tower/gilden cage, and delude yourself that you are right. But every blow you have tried to give to the so-called pirates only made them stronger, and your case weaker.
Music isn't a commodity, music should be made by artists who like to make music, and if they can make a buck out of it, that's a good deal. It's not one of life's major needs, never has been, never will be. Make good music, and people will flock to it... think about that.
sincerely, an ex-fan of U2.
On the post: Newspapers Gather In Secret (With An Antitrust Lawyer) To Collude Over Paywalls
Re: Name Game
On the post: Newspapers Gather In Secret (With An Antitrust Lawyer) To Collude Over Paywalls
Others that are flexible in this digital age, run by hopefully more competent people, with a forward view.
We don't have to bail out the newspaper industry, because I doubt journalism will die.
On the post: Study Says Listening To Sports While Driving Is Dangerous, So Let's Ban That, Too
Let's ban scratching your nose while driving.
Let's ban sneezing while driving.
I say we ban politicians who bring forth stupid law-suggestions. I have a stake here that desperately needs something to be burned on.
On the post: Wait, Editing An XML Document Is Patented And Worth $98 Per Application?
On the post: Police Blame Video Games For 2-Year-Old Stabbing 5-Month-Old
what games do 2 year olds play?
These police officers are deluded. How do they figure that video games are to blame for this? Do they think this 2 year old played Grand Theft Auto or something?
Or would they blame the Iphone (with their baby-shake app)?
On the post: Dutch Music Collection Society Loses Artist Royalties In The Stock Market
Re: Try to do some research next time
And thus not lost any money during the market crash.
On the post: Will The RIAA Shut Down Public School Kids From Singing Pop Songs On YouTube?
On the post: L'Oreal Loses To eBay In The UK This Time... Where Else Will It Try?
Re: re: Too Much Money
Case in point the Dutch government and the Joint Strike Fighter. That project has cost quite a few arms and legs already, and everyone knows it's a bad investment. "But we can't stop now, we've invested too much money into this, so we'll keep on investing."
On the post: L'Oreal Loses To eBay In The UK This Time... Where Else Will It Try?
Re:
On the post: Texting Is Wrecking Your Teenager's Mind, Destroying Their Thumbs, Killing Puppies, Etc.
And Rock 'n Roll was encouraging devil worshipping
On the post: L'Oreal Loses To eBay In The UK This Time... Where Else Will It Try?
Well it seems that way in business and politics nowadays: "Yes, we know that we are going the wrong way, but we spent too much money to reverse course now, so we'll keep on going down this route until we can't go any further."
On the post: Fox Makes 24 DVDs Available As Soon As The Season Ends
Re:
On the post: Mark Helprin Stole From Techdirt Commenters (Using The Logic Of Mark Helprin)
Re:
On the post: Mark Helprin Stole From Techdirt Commenters (Using The Logic Of Mark Helprin)
Re: Clears it up
But I guess that's all he can understand.
Hey, Mark, yous gots to eats your spinach!
On the post: Why Isn't There A Fan-Use Exception To Copyright Law?
Re: Re: Re:
On the post: Just Because You Offer A Free Service, It Doesn't Mean Your Users Aren't Customers
On the other hand, he also never paid to have the priviledge to have his software (Alfresco) be put my networks. I demand that he pays up before he starts complaining about that.
On the post: IFPI Using Disputed Pirate Bay Verdict To Claim Web Hosting Companies Are Liable
How long until we have people in charge there who actually have a clue how it works?
And how long does it take before companies start reigning in their legal teams?
On the post: Indie Record Label Sponsors isoHunt BitTorrent Tracker Site
Re: Lol
On the post: The Mother Of All Anti-Google Rants: Comparing Google To The Taliban
That takes entire pages, and makes a copy of it.
It's a questionable but useful feature of Google, and you can opt-out from it.
Next >>