Wow, man you must be in demand by police services the world over. Anyone who can establish guilt like that would surely be an asset to the team. Why don't you try out?
"that the law believes to be acting illegally" key point right there. What someone believes isn't worth a gnat's arse. Have they been found guilty, in a court of law, of a crime? No? Well hell, i guess they must be innocent then.
I note that there doesn't appear to be anyone on the speakers list who has managed to successfully trade in the new environment. How many do you suppose they invited...?
they fully understand one thing only, who will be fundung their consultancies and non-exec directorships when they move on from their stint in "public service"
Re: Why do we have DRM anyway, DRM hurts honest people, because of the dishonest ones.
Sorry Darryl, you couldn't be more wrong. The people screwing over the customers are the labels / publishers who want to stop you listening to the cd you bought on your computer, or stop you reading the book you bought on your friend's reader. These measures are put in place to stop the legitimate, legal consumer using the product in a way that is convenient to them. It is not, and has never been, about "piracy", it's about trying to make people buy the same thing over and over again.
...with the gradual movement of tectonic plates, eventually another nearby town will have the chance to stake their claim? In, i dunno, a billion years or so.
Re: The low end of the live music business isn't doing so well
Most important comment here. It might all be turning up roses at the top of the tree but getting gigs at the bottom (especially if you're outside london) is getting harder and harder. Funnily the PRS haven't helped with that either...
...has done something very similar with her latest album, but it comes in the form of a book-the-size-of-a-cd-case. Definitely adds value to what would be available as a download.
The only disadvantage with this (and a lot of similar proposals) is that this creates even higher upfront costs. It'll work with established artists i'm sure, but it's not (i don't think) one for start-ups and small scale acts.
and were most of these authors not already dead i feel this would be a bit like biting the hand that feeds you. As Mike points out, publishing houses do a very different job to record labels.
Mike, request from a new reader, please can you tell us what the acronyms and TLAs (three letter abbreviations) stand for when you first quote them? There's so much stuff to read i just don't have time to try and piece things together to work out who's who!
Thanks
Drew
It's how it's worked for the UK government for the last ten years (and probably the next few).
Just deny any contrary stories and never actually address any issues raised. Feed this to your pet reporters and go back to your desk, job done.
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:
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re: Easy solution: don't break the law.
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speakers list
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the EU parliament
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can't view in the uk either
NB this is not a dig at mike!
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it's a business model
Just like the trains then...
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It's not a pirate ship!
Otherwise good. Though i too was overly optimistic at the title...
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How is this patentable?
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Re: Why do we have DRM anyway, DRM hurts honest people, because of the dishonest ones.
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Trust me
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Presumably...
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too slow!
bloody ridiculous from murdoch again
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Linking? really?
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Re: The low end of the live music business isn't doing so well
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BBC
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Natalie Merchant...
The only disadvantage with this (and a lot of similar proposals) is that this creates even higher upfront costs. It'll work with established artists i'm sure, but it's not (i don't think) one for start-ups and small scale acts.
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Re: Re: Copyright vs intellectual property
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This isn't the music business
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TLAs and Acronyms
Thanks
Drew
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re: that's not quite how it works
Just deny any contrary stories and never actually address any issues raised. Feed this to your pet reporters and go back to your desk, job done.
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