I was interested when I first heard about Haystack. I was interested in helping. But it didn't take long to curb my enthusiasm. Reading the web site, it just didn't look like the people running Haystack knew what they were doing. The final straw for me was only distributing the software to people they trusted. It is ridiculous to think that this was really keeping the software out of government hands, and anyone who knows anything about security knows that security through obscurity does not work very well in serious applications. My thought at the time was that the real reason might be that they didn't want scrutiny of their product. It turns out that may not have been too far from the truth.
>>But afterward, it's not clear to me why Ravel's children should get any income from Bolero...
The only reason is so that Disney can keep copyright on Cinderella.
Big media has been behind the extension of copyright. The dependents of artist are used as poster children. If big media could figure out a way to extend corporate copyright and cut out the children they would do it in a minute.
A drowning man will buy a life jacket from anyone who offers one. It doesn't really matter if the life jacket being offered is made of cement and will pull him down faster. A drowning man wants hope, and will pay any amount for anything that gives hope.
There are a lot of DRM companies out there selling cement life jackets to industries that are drowning. The industries are buying anything that gives them the hope that they can once again force people to buy expensive shiny disks.
When the legislature fails to act on a needed issue, the judiciary often steps in to fill the vacuum. If this type of action succeeds in this court or another, then it will effectively become a national SLAPP law. In theory, it would be better if done in the legislature, but at least judicial legislation is less prone to getting a ton of special interest exceptions written into it.
If we continueto have strong copyright laws with Draconian penalties for violations, then there is need for some type of law against false claim of copyright with the burden of proof being on the person claiming copyright.
If we continueto have strong copyright laws with Draconian penalties for violations, then there is need for some type of law against false claim of copyright with the burden of proof being on the person claiming copyright.
They probably never saw much money from record or CD sales. Those mostly make money for the labels, and it has been that way ever since they have been around. Bands make their money touring.
Connecting with fans is going to pay off and have long term benefits no matter what your underlying business model is.
From the article, "Public Patent Foundation (PUBPAT), a US-based nonprofit legal service group working to 'protect the public from the harms caused by errors within the patent system, particularly the harms caused by undeserved patents and unsound patent policy,'"
Given the current state of the US Patent system, that strikes me as quite an ambitious mission statement.
Unfortunately when the Internet took off, most of corporate America was run by tech ignorant executives. Their knee jerk reaction was to invent the AyC part of the model. It was only supposed to apply to Internet customers, but they didn't realize that the Internhet customers were also their regular customers who were looking a different outlet. Since the traditional businesses were not meeting a market need they got RtP out of the deal.
Corporate America will continue to follow the AYC+RtP model as long as executives need to blame someone for their failures in other areas.
In many ways CWF is a lot like what good managers know about employee satisfaction. Employees want to feel like they are being listened to, and that their opinions matter. They want to feel like the company sees them as more than an interchangeable cog on the wheel. Many studies have found that pay is a secondary factor in employee satisfaction if the employees feel connected to the employer.
Like employees, fans want to feel like they are noticed. As an artist gets a lot of fans it is impossible to notice each one, but that isn't really necessary. What is necessary is for the fans to know that the artist is listening. Fans also want to know what is going on.
Throwing out a comment section is sort of like the boss who puts up a suggestion box but then never pays any attention to the suggestions. Comment sections and suggestion boxes are only effective at CWF (or CWE, in this case) when they are part of a communication circle.
My son did a close comparison of Netflix and Blockbuster when Blockbuster first came out. He decided to go with Blockbuster because both services were nearly identical at that time, except that with Blockbuster you could return the DVD to any Blockbuster store and get immediate credit for the return. That was a big point in BB's favor because they had shops all over town.
However, Blockbuster kept changing their policies. It looked to me like they were trying to avoid having their mail and online services from cannibalizing their brick and mortar operation. All this really did was to make the Blockbuster service less desirable, and my son changed over to Netflix.
So basically, instead of cannibalizing their own business, they fed it to Netflix. Newspapers and other services that are afraid of online offerings cannibalizing their traditional business are more than likely just creating a vacuum that some other business will be happy to fill. Deciding not to cannibalize your traditional business is often just a decision to fail.
RIAA may see this as their last chance to get things through Congress with the support of Joe Biden. The political scuttlebutt is that Obama will dump him on the 2012 ticket. He has been nothing but a liability to everyone except the entertainment industry. He managed to get key justice department positions filled with their lackeys, and that has done a fair amount of damage that Democratic insiders are starting to realize.
RIAA's best hope may be in the lame duck session of Congress or in next year's off-year elections. On the other hand, some Democratic leaders are realizing the backlash against the recording industry in Europe. The last thing they need is for the democratic Party's pro-RIAA stance to become an election issue in 2012.
I help Freshmen move into the residence halls every year. One trend I noted a few years ago was a large number of students who did not have TV. This might have been understandable when TV sets were big and bulky, but the trend has only accelerated on my campus as flat screens became more common. And this is a situation where students connect to cable TV for free.
At home the cable TV to my son's room was not working for weeks. I only found out when his Internet connection went out; he told me about that immediately.
I am not sure how good a test this will be for the NYT going behind a paywall. A lot of people can put the NYT on an expense account. I am guessing we won't see as much expensing of the WT&G.
I am not sure how good a test this will be for the NYT going behind a paywall. A lot of people can put the NYT on an expense account. I am guessing we won't see as much expensing of the WT&G.
You can make almost any real world system look bad by drawing a chart of it. All it takes is going into enough detail to create a dizzying system of boxes, circles, and lines.
I always hate it when I see otherwise intelligent people who have strong arguments on their side play on such cheap tricks in order to make a point. These types of tricks are typically the tools of people who don't actually have valid arguments to support them.
What you are saying mainly applies to the big labels that see preservation of executive bonuses as the primary objective of the music industry. There are several smaller labels that do actually make musicians the focus of the business.
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Things that smell bad usually are
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Ravel's children
The only reason is so that Disney can keep copyright on Cinderella.
Big media has been behind the extension of copyright. The dependents of artist are used as poster children. If big media could figure out a way to extend corporate copyright and cut out the children they would do it in a minute.
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Drowning Man
There are a lot of DRM companies out there selling cement life jackets to industries that are drowning. The industries are buying anything that gives them the hope that they can once again force people to buy expensive shiny disks.
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SLAPP
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copyfraud
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copyfraud
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Re: They can afford to innovate
Connecting with fans is going to pay off and have long term benefits no matter what your underlying business model is.
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Grand Mission
Given the current state of the US Patent system, that strikes me as quite an ambitious mission statement.
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Re: New Business model?
Unfortunately when the Internet took off, most of corporate America was run by tech ignorant executives. Their knee jerk reaction was to invent the AyC part of the model. It was only supposed to apply to Internet customers, but they didn't realize that the Internhet customers were also their regular customers who were looking a different outlet. Since the traditional businesses were not meeting a market need they got RtP out of the deal.
Corporate America will continue to follow the AYC+RtP model as long as executives need to blame someone for their failures in other areas.
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Like employee satisfaction
Like employees, fans want to feel like they are noticed. As an artist gets a lot of fans it is impossible to notice each one, but that isn't really necessary. What is necessary is for the fans to know that the artist is listening. Fans also want to know what is going on.
Throwing out a comment section is sort of like the boss who puts up a suggestion box but then never pays any attention to the suggestions. Comment sections and suggestion boxes are only effective at CWF (or CWE, in this case) when they are part of a communication circle.
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newsworthy?
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Cannibalizing your business
However, Blockbuster kept changing their policies. It looked to me like they were trying to avoid having their mail and online services from cannibalizing their brick and mortar operation. All this really did was to make the Blockbuster service less desirable, and my son changed over to Netflix.
So basically, instead of cannibalizing their own business, they fed it to Netflix. Newspapers and other services that are afraid of online offerings cannibalizing their traditional business are more than likely just creating a vacuum that some other business will be happy to fill. Deciding not to cannibalize your traditional business is often just a decision to fail.
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Bye Bye Biden
RIAA's best hope may be in the lame duck session of Congress or in next year's off-year elections. On the other hand, some Democratic leaders are realizing the backlash against the recording industry in Europe. The last thing they need is for the democratic Party's pro-RIAA stance to become an election issue in 2012.
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no tv in the dorm rooms
At home the cable TV to my son's room was not working for weeks. I only found out when his Internet connection went out; he told me about that immediately.
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just one industry worth saving.
It is kind of the opposite of the "Not in my backyard" philosophy.
I can be very philosophical when someone else's industry is involved, but when my industry is threatened I am going to hire lobbyists.
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Not many expense accounts.
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Overvalued content
Unfortunately, most content providers have about as much self control and common sense as a 3 year old with a bag of candy.
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Not many expense accounts.
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Weak argument
I always hate it when I see otherwise intelligent people who have strong arguments on their side play on such cheap tricks in order to make a point. These types of tricks are typically the tools of people who don't actually have valid arguments to support them.
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