"If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking... is freedom." - Dwight D. Eisenhower
Freedom and privacy have a price, and it is a price that is well worth paying.
People need to vote with their wallets. If they care about music, stop buying from the major labels and support local and independent music by buying direct from artists.
Artists also need to wake up and see who is actually screwing them over and realise that they now have better options.
This is why 99% of the music I buy these days is from here:
HTC's making it easy for users to root their devices is the reason I decided on the One M8 for my phone upgrade.
Fiio's allowing users to mod the interface of the X5 is one of the reasons (sound quality and format support being the others) I went for that device over others.
Kobo's support of the basic .epub format is why I went for a Kobo e-reader over a Kindle.
At a time when it has been announced that our public borrowing has increased yet again.
Massive budget deficit (trade deficit too) leading to more and more debt and we throw money at an agency looking out for one industry. You couldn't make this crap up.
Cactus VPN: VPN for hiding what I am doing from my ISP. Smart DNS for getting around pointless geographical content restrictions. All for less than a Netflix subscription/
On the post: Amazon Quietly Bricked Jailbroken Kindle Devices Last Year
On the post: Stop The Presses: Disney Tells Court About The Importance Of The Public Domain
On the post: Report Says UK Citizens Must Give Up Right To Privacy Because 'Terrorism', Reveals Huge Secret Government Databases
Freedom and privacy have a price, and it is a price that is well worth paying.
On the post: Is Retweeting ISIS 'Material Support Of Terrorism'?
Retweets are not endorsements
On the post: Samsung's Smart TVs Are Collecting And Storing Your Private Conversations
Christ almighty
That's embarrassing!
On the post: Yes, Major Record Labels Are Keeping Nearly All The Money They Get From Spotify, Rather Than Giving It To Artists
SNEP and E&Y calculate that labels earn €0.26 net profit for each subscription, while digital platforms earn just €0.10 per €9.99."
I do suspect some Hollywood accounting here.
On the post: Yes, Major Record Labels Are Keeping Nearly All The Money They Get From Spotify, Rather Than Giving It To Artists
Artists also need to wake up and see who is actually screwing them over and realise that they now have better options.
This is why 99% of the music I buy these days is from here:
https://bandcamp.com/
On the post: British Army To Create 1500-Strong Social Media Propaganda Force
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/feb/04/facebook-to-prompt-everyone-to-register-t o-vote-in-uk-general-election
Private companies doing the government's bidding. Scary times.
On the post: DRM Destroys Value: Why Years Old, But DRM Free, Devices Sell For Twice The Price Of New Devices
Re: If I can't jailbreak it, I don't buy it
Fiio's allowing users to mod the interface of the X5 is one of the reasons (sound quality and format support being the others) I went for that device over others.
Kobo's support of the basic .epub format is why I went for a Kobo e-reader over a Kindle.
If the device ain't flexible, I ain't interested.
On the post: UK Legislators Hoping To Rush Through New 'Snooper's Charter' In The Wake Of The Charlie Hebdo Attacks
Whatever your stance on the Snoopers Charter, this is an egregious breach of parliamentary power.
On the post: Moronic Swedish Collections Group Argues That A Car Stereo In A Rental Vehicle Is A Public Performance
On the post: Anti Net Neutrality Crowd Reaches Deep For The Craziest Possible Response To President Obama's Call For Real Net Neutrality Rules
Obamacare for the Internet?
Does anyone with a shred of intelligence take Ted Cruz seriously?
On the post: City Of London Police Fail And Censor Their Way To A Lot More UK Taxpayer Money
Massive budget deficit (trade deficit too) leading to more and more debt and we throw money at an agency looking out for one industry. You couldn't make this crap up.
On the post: U2 Still Insists No Value In 'Free' Music, Despite Making Millions From It
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On the post: U2 Still Insists No Value In 'Free' Music, Despite Making Millions From It
On the post: Europe's Highest Court Introduces New Limitation To EU Parody Exception
On the post: Iranian Grand Ayatollah Issues Fatwa Against 'Immoral' High-Speed Internet Connections
On the post: Indian Media Giant's New Policy For Employees: Hand Over Your Social Media Passwords
On the post: Performance Rights Organizations Again 'Protecting' Artists By Killing Off Revenue Streams
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On the post: UK Finally Changes Copyright Law To Allow Private Copies, But Music Industry Says It May Challenge Move In The Courts
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This is just legalising private copying for back up purposes, burning to CD or copying to MP3 player/phone.
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