It is funny how Creative first said that customers need to respect Creative's IP. Now they backtrack saying they are afraid that the mods might infringe on others' IP. As a consumer, I don't care who's IP I infringe on if I make a purchase of something that is supposed to work as the manufacturer advertises it should/could. Respect for IP someone's comes secondary, if at all, to my satisfaction. Sorry, Creative. That is the cold hard truth. Deal with it. Respect for IP is certainly a dead idea.
The Radiohead offer was "insincere" according to Reznor because they cosed the online store, and then later came back and said "this is just an experiment, the real release will be physical media and include more songs." Radiohead got a little spooked that no one would pay them anymore, and then they retreated a little.
Sure, Radiohead is allowed to do what they want. But if goal really was to find the best remix, they would at least let the remixer kick ass in their own right: get the source tracks for free, grant attribution to the remixer.
Hence the requirement to have potential remixers pay for the separated tracks shows that getting the best mix possible is a secondary goal, and guaranteeing there is some sort of financial payoff from the experiment is more important. But there is no reward without risk. Radiohead is playing it safe, so they get crap from zealots like me.
Reznor is held in high regard for taking a perceived risk and getting a great payoff.
Yes, Trend did say that the Radiohead "pay what you want" strategy was insincere. And now he proves it further. Fans can download most of the isolated tracks from Year Zero from http://remix.nin.com and then upload the mixes back to the site, all for free. If Radiohead came along with the "Pay us to remix our tracks" idea first, they would seem innovative, but Trent's deal was better and happened before Radiohead's offer.
Why get pissed? It is a sign that there is a need that someone is not fulfilling. I think this is a business eBay could/should get into before Amazon dominates it, or maybe it is better left to Amazon. However, if eBay is better know for this than Amazon, they could create some sort of partnership.
It is like saying colonialism is a too of democracy.
Counterfeiting is an interesting topic. When someone is able to counterfeit something very well, it means the price should be lower.
When someone can make something at a lower price than you, they are competing and winning.
What better way for Bush/Cheny INC. to stifle foreign competitors so that US competitors will win in the market, and make more income taxable: in the name security. I hope most people can see right through this, and that Obama addresses it.
Listen to David Weinberger blast John Kneuer, the technology policy expert of the US Department of Commerce on broadband penetration rates/speeds/Network Neutrality at the Supernova conference as the crowd piles on! http://itc.conversationsnetwork.org/shows/detail3361.html
Kotaku suggests that Gibson patented the idea back in 1998 when it saw the a similar game in Japan arcades, GuitarFreaks by Konami, and then waited 9 years until the concept caught such a critical mass with Activision being the big winner to now plunder its fortunes.
Mike,
When you put it this way, it reminds me of the bad assumption people make, what Guy Kawasaki calls Chines Math: If you can capture just 1% of the Chines market, you have made it becuase China is so huge!
Ha, you see? Even when you enter into what seems a reasonable deal with Gibson, they come after you later in a predatory manor. Classic Gibson strategy. Let this be a warring to all companies considering doing business with Gibson. Hell, even Guitar Center was considering dropping them a couple of years ago over some dispute, a move that would hurt Gibson far more than it would hurt GC. Don't be surprised with Gibson enters into a hostile takeover bid of Activision later this year. My advice to Activision is to drop all Gibson trademark deals as soon as possible and go all-Fender.
Gibson has a long history of trolling. They buy smaller, struggling musical instrument companies, horde their patents, and kill off what made the company great either by firing all of the founders or ceasing development and production altogether. Here lies the graveyard of companies Gibson "acquired": Opcode Systems (midi sequencing software,
Oberheim Synths,
Tannoy Speakers.
Some think they are anti-technology, so they acquire these companies to stifle music technologies that do not promote guitars. Gibson clearly sees Guitar Hero as the wet dream Gibson should have had, something they think they should have had the exclusive right to have thought of and executed on, but they could have never succeeded, so they are going to try to take as much away from Activision as they can. Making guitars is just a small part of their "business." I hate them.
Where is your killer, money making blog and consultancy, angry dude? Oh, you don't have one? Why not? Because you can't compete in the market with your own creativity? Aw, thats is too bad. I mean, even a retard can execute on that idea! Right?
How many people have paid to see their favorite author speak? Not many.
I am willing to bet that free ebooks will change that. Are blogs not changing that? There are are industries and conferences being built of the brands created by blogs (who are written by authors), will possibly millions of paid attendance last year alone.
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Sure, Radiohead is allowed to do what they want. But if goal really was to find the best remix, they would at least let the remixer kick ass in their own right: get the source tracks for free, grant attribution to the remixer.
Hence the requirement to have potential remixers pay for the separated tracks shows that getting the best mix possible is a secondary goal, and guaranteeing there is some sort of financial payoff from the experiment is more important. But there is no reward without risk. Radiohead is playing it safe, so they get crap from zealots like me.
Reznor is held in high regard for taking a perceived risk and getting a great payoff.
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Counterfeiting is an interesting topic. When someone is able to counterfeit something very well, it means the price should be lower.
When someone can make something at a lower price than you, they are competing and winning.
What better way for Bush/Cheny INC. to stifle foreign competitors so that US competitors will win in the market, and make more income taxable: in the name security. I hope most people can see right through this, and that Obama addresses it.
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When you put it this way, it reminds me of the bad assumption people make, what Guy Kawasaki calls Chines Math: If you can capture just 1% of the Chines market, you have made it becuase China is so huge!
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I am willing to bet that free ebooks will change that. Are blogs not changing that? There are are industries and conferences being built of the brands created by blogs (who are written by authors), will possibly millions of paid attendance last year alone.
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