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ConceptJunkie (profile), 2 Mar 2006 @ 3:53am
HIstory repeats itself...You know, the software industry went through all this in the 80's with copy-protected floppy disks which were a huge pain for legitimate users and little deterrent for pirates. Eventually, the companies realized they were penalizing the good guys and having little or no effect on the bad guys, and stopped doing it.
It's funny how it happened again with CD-ROMs in the past 5 years or so, and now we're going through it all over again with digital media. I'd accuse the media giants of not learning from history, but that presupposes that they are capable of learning anything.
Andyware, 2 Mar 2006 @ 4:20am
Re: HIstory repeats itself...hehe
wolf68, 2 Mar 2006 @ 6:37am
Re: HIstory repeats itself...yeah and it is pissing me off. I purchas my music at walmart.com and am having all sorts of problems moving my music to my new computer. the licenses don't want to transfer and i cant get them to work. i'm just going to wind up burning them then ripping them to mp3. what a pain in the but for someone who is trying to be lagal about their music. it has pisse me off to the point i'm not going to buy any more i'm just going to borrow someone's cds and rip them or just download them from now on. I'm sure not going to start buying a whole cd for 1 song and it isn't worth the effort of paying for it if i cant put it on 2 computers that I OWN. SCREW the RIAA . and to think until yesterday i was paying money to support their CRAP. not until they change something big.
dawger, 2 Mar 2006 @ 7:03am
Re: HIstory repeats itself...Here Here. I have had the same problem. I say everyone, dont buy any music for 6 months. After 6 months the music will still be there. It's not like it is food. Just think how the RIAA would suffer.
discojohnson, 2 Mar 2006 @ 7:06am
Re: HIstory repeats itself...the difference between now and then (in the context of digital media) is there was a tangible object to mess with. Tricks put on the disc (safedisc, etc) prevented freelance copying, without hindering in any way the normal usage of the disc. with the digital media, i already have the data in its entirety. now, if you were to encrypt the data and require software to call home to get the key that would keep freelancers out of the mix (i think this would only work with singles streamed over the web). the bigger issue is that once i convert it to mp3 (which takes the education of a 3rd grader, or less, with WMP), there's no method to stop the playback. you'd pretty much have to shut down the proliferation networks in their entirety and hit every new one as they come up. you could only do that with new legislation worded to protect the industry, which isn't that far fetched of an idea. old models die hard, and this is just the paradigm.
Matt Sherwood, 2 Mar 2006 @ 4:39am
MySpaceI have my EP on MySpace...Very good reception..getting gigs in City. But at core, I still feel I'm giving the product away. Sucks that the recording is now merely advertising...In sum,I don't understand the business model, at least in the niche of upstart indie/pop/rock..etc.
Dosquatch, 2 Mar 2006 @ 5:18am
Re: MySpaceSucks that the recording is now merely advertising...In sum,I don't understand the business model, at least in the niche of upstart indie/pop/rock..etc.
The recording is advertising, yes. This has always been the case. A good song attracts attention, gets played more, attracts more attention, and so on... but what is it attracting attention to? Itself? Nope. It drives people to come looking for you. You are the product. Embrace this idea, it will take you far.
Think about it - we don't celebrate "Hound Dog" or "Jailhouse Rock" - we celebrate Elvis. People make pilgrimages to Graceland, for God's sake. Why would they do this, for the music? When it's cheaper and easier to load a CD in the stereo at home? NO! It's because Elvis, the "product", is special to them.
In much the same way, I just paid $150 for 3 tickets to see Nine Inch Nails. I already own all of the CDs, so why would I do this? Because the experience of going to see Trent perform holds some merit to me above "merely" enjoying the music. Apparently, at least $150 worth of merit... that says something, I'll leave it as an exercise to the reader to determine what.
Yes, your album is a product, but it is not the product. That's you. Your job is to capitalize on this truth. Follow-up albums. Concerts. Shirts. Posters. Offer people what they want, and they'll give you money like you wouldn't believe.
Blisshead, 2 Mar 2006 @ 5:26am
Re: MySpaceMakes sense to me, good post. As a musician, this is the model that seems the most workable.
David, 2 Mar 2006 @ 8:52am
Re: MySpaceI don't know that I buy this at all. For instance, think of people that write books. Some do write so that they can go on tours and get speaking engagements, however the vast majority write to publish a book, and want to sell the book, and for the most part a tour or speaking engagement is to SELL THE BOOK.
They have a product and they want to sell a copy of it. They don't want to perform, to have a concert, to be in front of a crowd.
So what is different between authors and musicians? They both create something in general by themselves with little help from others (beyond editors or producers). They, in general, create the whole thing. The final product can be digitized and thus downloaded, but usually is put on some kind of medium (CD or paper).
So are you suggesting that all authors now need to upload all their work to the net and hope that people will want to come see them "perform"?
There are bands (one of my favorites - Alan Parsons Project) that for the most part never had a concert or sold a T-shirt. They sold albums. They were a studio band. I know Gorillaz has "performed" but they are a studio band as well - hell, they are cartoons!
What do artists do that don't want to/can't perform? Are they just SOL? "Sorry, you can't make any money from your music, you need to dance for the people. Come on and dance, monkey!"
I just don't buy any of that. Your business model is lacking. Music IS the product. Not T-shirts, not concerts. People don't go to Graceland for Elvis because he was a great truckdriver, they go because he was a singer and produced albums that they enjoyed.
To be honest, I got burned out on concerts pretty quickly. It's a fleeting experience and the music is never as good as that coming from my stereo. I don't wear T-shirts, so what reason do I have for buying anything from a musician if he gives his music away as "advertising"?
I want a CD. I want the cover art and liner notes and lyrics. I want something that someone thought about for a while, that they at least showed to a friend. I don't want to have to sift through every little fart they thought was good and decided to put up on Myspace with no effort.
Sum Yung Guy, 2 Mar 2006 @ 9:20am
Re: MySpaceAuthors and musicians are completely different; musicians (like actors, dancers, et al) are PERFORMERS - they have a skill set that is DEMONSTRABLE and subsequently requires DEMONSTRATION (or PERFORMANCE.) A writer's skill set is not demonstrable - there is nothing to perform on the written word (although some performance artists might disagree.) It is meant to be READ, either alone or in public library in front of 5 year olds, but it is not a PERFORMANCE. The musician's product is a function of his/her ability to PERFORM, while a writer's product is just that, a product. Songs are not stories (again, that could be semantically argued) it's the performer that makes it special.
Short version is : You could listen to a Metallica cover band doing "Sad But True", or you could listen to Metallica doing it - which is worth more, and why? That should make it clear that the "song" is most definitively NOT the product, the reason, the final outcome, whatever you want to call it.
Michal, 2 Mar 2006 @ 9:21am
Re: MySpaceone difference. how many times can you read the same book, vs the number of times you can listen to the same song.
Sum Yung Guy, 2 Mar 2006 @ 9:47am
Re: MySpaceMichal - that's the point in noting the difference between musicians and writers (and whatever else you want to throw in there.) You can read a story a dozen times because it's written beautifully (see Nabakov's "Spring in Fialta"), or you can read a story one time because the general premise is interesting (although the writing is on par with 3rd grade GATE students - see Dan Brown's "The DaVinci Code".) Whatever the reason, the story can (and should) stay with you for quite a long time.
You can also listen to a song once and love it or a thousand times and love it, but in the end it's the PERFORMER's version of the song that captures you and makes you want to listen to it again and again.
Short Version Again : If I rewrote "Spring in Fialta" using my words or ideas and then published it, I would go to jail. If my band played our version of "Sad But True" (a version which we don't have, gladly) and then performed it, some people might like it. But I strongly think that no one would suddenly become a Metallica fan because we played a song he/she loved but had never heard before. I would even venture a step further and say that that person might actually become a fan of my band, not Metallica, because of that performance (see Phil Collins' "Against All Odds" vs. The Postal Service's updated version.) And that points back to musician as product, not song. (Was this really the short version?)
Thomas, 2 Mar 2006 @ 9:50am
Re: MySpaceone difference. how many times can you read the same book, vs the number of times you can listen to the same song.
I've read through many good books countless times. I've listened to many good songs countless times. The number of times a book remains enjoyable is only determined by it's quality. Same with music.
Rick, 2 Mar 2006 @ 9:51am
Re: MySpaceYou are being entirely too specific in your examples. Just because you want the album, doesn't mean everyone does....
To further the model musicians have been offering, they can do many things to increase their own 'visibility' and 'income'. Offer lower quality free downloads, then charge 99c for the high quality product. Offer ringtones, wallpaper, screensavers, posters, t-shirts, even physical CDs as they always have. Tours and Gigs are only the tip of the iceberg; income wise. Visibility is what drives sales and attendance - that's where free and/or un-DRM'd media shines. If your music is good, it will spread and drive sales of what you are selling - if not, make better music.
Your argument only means the RIAA and Music conglomerates get 90-99% of the CD or DRM'd download and piss off THE FAN at the ARTIST (not at the RIAA unfortunately) when they have to BUY IT AGAIN when they get a new MP3 player or laptop. They probably won't buy it again and probably will stop buying your product altogether, all thanks to 'copy protection'
Offering un DRM'd media not only costs you less, it satisfies your supporters more, which in turn makes you more popular. If you're really worth 99c a song and $20 for a T-shirt - you'll get it - if not, take some music lessons and move on....
Stop paying and giving all your money and income to the RIAA, they only care about themselves, not the artists or the customers.
Dosquatch, 2 Mar 2006 @ 10:05am
Re: MySpaceFor instance, think of people that write books. Some do write so that they can go on tours and get speaking engagements, however the vast majority write to publish a book, and want to sell the book, and for the most part a tour or speaking engagement is to SELL THE BOOK.
Apples and oranges. Music is inherently performance art, and as such expects an audience to watch the performance. Any doubts you may have about this should be answered by the existance of MTV, VH1, et. al. as compared to the complete lack of AuthorTV playing videos of, I don't know, maybe Stephen King rocking out Chapter 3 of the Shining.
The final product can be digitized and thus downloaded, but usually is put on some kind of medium (CD or paper).
The ability to record sound for playback is a pretty recent invention in the scope of humanity (Edison Phonograph, 1877). Any music known to man prior to this (and for quite a while afterwards as well) was purely a performance art. Yet I give you Beethoven, Mozart, Handel, Chopin, and on and on.
You say "final product" as if a recording is an end to itself and thus the only reason for there to be music. You are wrong.
Gorillaz has "performed" but they are a studio band as well - hell, they are cartoons!
This only sells what I'm saying. If they were purely a studio band, never seen and only heard, who would know or care that their "public face" is animation? They have to appear in public for this to be known or matter.
Music IS the product.
Yes, but music is not necessarily the CD. I can hear a song on the radio. I can hear it on MTV. I can hear it thumping out of the car next to me at a red light. I can borrow my friend's CD. I can borrow a copy of the CD from a library. In all of these ways, and more, I can hear a song without the artist ever getting a cent from me. Are you suggesting that I should flog myself in guilt and rush off to stuff dollar bills in the artist's pocket?
Every time I hear the song, it is advertising - which is all I said before. It is enticing me to spend money on things the artist is selling (CDs, posters, whatever). Pay close attention here, this is the tricky part: I am under no obligation whatsoever to spend this money. I don't have to buy the CD, and if I never, ever hear his song, I probably won't. It is to the artist's benefit that I hear it for free on the radio. His song, in that way, is advertising, separate and distinct from the album.
The best way to convince me that I want to buy that album is to let me hear it. I mean, come on, Jimmy Dean figured out that the best way to sell sausage was to let people taste it for free in the grocery store, conveniently right next to a shelf full of product. How is this such a hard concept?
Tin Ear, 2 Mar 2006 @ 10:44am
Re: MySpaceDosquatch has hit the nail directly on the head. What the recording industry and the RIAA seem to be missing is that the music isn't the product in question. The product is the ARTIST themselves and the potential for more of their art in the future! The music is an art form, and while it has value in itself, it is a secondary to the main product of the artist.
A famous painter attracts people with his/her paintings, but most of his/her customers want to meet the person responsible for the masterpiece!
Marco, 2 Mar 2006 @ 10:56am
Re: MySpaceThe recording is advertising, yes. This has always been the case. Historically speaking this has never been the case outside of, say, Vegas and Broadway. The recording is considered the product and the concert tours, which fall on the other side of the accounting line (the negative side that is) are in promotion of the product. This would be why concerts are put on by promoters and CDs are put out by distributers. Dispite the extrordinarily high ticket prices, money is never made on concerts. Your point about Elvis "being the product" really only applies to certain rare icons that can make money on residuals like action figures and holloween costumes. Going forward, however, your point should be taken very seriously about how the industry is going to have to change in the future. There will always be some type of marketable product associated with rock and pop stars, but artists should definitely start looking at income streams other than the recordings themselves.
gene kildare, 2 Mar 2006 @ 6:19am
Re: MySpaceeven if you would have gotten "the big record deal" and even sold a decent number of cds, how much of that do you think you would have ever seen? disc sales have _always_ just been adverts for the musician, who made their money playing live and selling merch. Nothing new here for the artist.
Check out:
Dosquatch, 2 Mar 2006 @ 6:57am
Re: MySpaceCheck out http://www.futureofmusicbook.com/
This link has some great material, thanks for posting it.
Jim Garrison, 2 Mar 2006 @ 6:39am
Re: MySpaceYou answered your own question. You're getting gigs. The money in music has always been in concerts and other performances along with other merchandising like t-shirts. Artists make very little from each CD sale - that money gets spent by the recording companies, on things like paying radio stations to play the crap they churn out.
Anonymous Coward, 2 Mar 2006 @ 4:50am
Speaking as a software developer...My target audience is 14 to 24 year olds in a close knit community. If I did not have copy protection on my software I would get maybe a handful of sales before it was spread throughout the community and it was given away for free.
This is the perfect example of when copy protection isn't just desired, it's downright necessary.
But on the other hand, 700MB movies sold on a global scale aren't really in danger of becoming unprofitable without copy protection. The trick is making it just barely difficult enough to deter the average person while not punishing your actual customers.
People willing to spend money will do so as long as they don't have a cheaper and just as easy alternative. Anyone else never intended to spend money in the first place and therefore their actions are irrelevant.
perry, 2 Mar 2006 @ 5:27am
Re: Speaking as a software developer...copy protection is worthless for someone who has intelligence. Doesnt matter what kind of lock you put on a cd i can get it off. not to mention i would think spending those billions of dollars on lowering the price of your music or offering other cool services , instead of wasting time and money, would be a whole lot more profitable. dont get me wrong i think some security is necessary, but just a simple password for a zipped file because what you dont understand is all it takes is one out of all the people on the net to crack your security then everyone has it one person just wasted your multi million security campaign. MAKE IT EASIER to get your music, easier to buy, play, give tools that normal free songs dont get. I could go own but whats the point. Unless they come up with a better model the industry will keep losing money. Unless they plan on prosecuting say 150 million people across the world.
Mike, 2 Mar 2006 @ 6:34am
Re: Speaking as a software developer...As a fellow coder, I understand, but disagree. There is always a way to create something so that you can give away a part for free and get people to pay something for the full product. With music, the "part" should be the songs, the concert (and merchandise, etc) should be the full product. With software, the "trialware" is the free and the unrestricted full version is the full product. With car sales, the test drive is free, but you have to pay for the car. With books, the library is free, but if you want to own a copy, it's off to the bookstore.
The model CAN be applied everywhere, it's just that sometimes you need to be a little innovative in the implementation.
ehrichweiss, 2 Mar 2006 @ 7:46am
Re: Speaking as a software developer...My biggest problem with "restricted trials" is that they always block the features that I am interested in or they don't allow saving. In the former, once I pay for it I discover that they don't do as they advertised and I'm out a lot of money. The best thing I've seen to date is limited time trials and while those are usually pretty good, many recently seem to be getting the idea to restrict some of the features on top of the time limitations.
Though I will NEVER, NEVER, NEVER buy another data recovery program as long as I live. There's a company(actually several) that claims to be able to do it well and you can use the program in demo mode to check it out and it reports that most of your files are 100% recoverable....then you pay for it and discover that the demo was lying to you and you're out money and data. Then I download a freeware program that does it faster and doesn't lie. I honestly prefer the idea of shareware.."if you use this regularly...you should pay for it"...cause most people only need data recovery once..but some of us need it constantly and I don't see why my mom should pay $50 for software she'll only use once and I pay the same amount and I use it as a daily part of my business.
Of course, I think I believe in the "Miracle on 34th St" syndrome a bit too much even if my idea of it is a bit more broad than the movie implied.
Joe Schmoe, 2 Mar 2006 @ 8:31am
Re: Speaking as a software developer...To the previous poster (hopefully he'll be back...)
Recover4all, though not cheap, I found to be a very good file recovery program and I am actually more than satisfied. Beyond just undeleting your files, it will also find and let you undelete previous saves/versions of files as well. I've even used it to sucessfully grab photos off of my flash card that I accidentally deleted in camera...
Michael, 2 Mar 2006 @ 8:32am
Re: Speaking as a software developer...ehrichweiss,
The problem with full-featured, time-limited trials is hacking. It's just too easy to disable the time-limitation and redistribute what is equivalent to a full version. Shipping with certain features disabled, but still included in the code, has the same effect. This is why it's generally a good idea to ship an alternate build where certain features have been physically removed (as opposed to blocked). This way, it can not be hacked, because the code simply isn't there.
Of course, anyone could buy the full version and distribute it illegally. I suppose nothing is ever secure.
christopher, 2 Mar 2006 @ 8:36am
Re: Speaking as a software developer...I've equated pirating, in some cases, to civil disobedience for the past five years now. Hear me out.
In the case of "bait and switch" trials, if our Eric the White managed to find a full copy from Limewire, and discovered then that it would not recover his files in the least, he could avoid the hassle of writing Visa and saying "Do not pay these charlatans, as the software does not work as advertised".
However, because he has the avenue of consumer protection afforded to him by Visa/ Mastercard/ AMEX, a decent legal case would rule that piracy is not his only recourse. More convenient, definitely, but it relies upon his personal integrity to pay for a license if it does prove to work well.
I've evaluated data recovery products, and resorted to buying them, returning them through Visa's help. The ones I managed to find in the wild did NOT work as advertised, and most of the ones I bought didn't either. Data recovery is a kind of "find a solution in case of emergency" application, so unless it's your job you don't generally know who's good and who's not.
Again, stay with me.
Music is the same way. Checking out new music is almost impossible without some kind of trial of the full album. Napster/ Yahoo has a subscription model that I think is fair, as you have an entire catalog to browse and trial the songs you might like. If you really like them buy the CD used.
In the absence of choices, you will go underground. It's inevitable, and when (RIAA or MPAA or Microsoft) choke off all reasonable evaluations of a product, well, we go underground.
Jim D, 2 Mar 2006 @ 6:57am
GREAT ROLE MODEL - JACK JOHNSONI would like to mention an artist named Jack Johnson. I remember listening to Jack 3 or 4 years ago and nobody knew who he was. Through his websites message board, we all did "B&P"'s (blanks and postage). You would "offer" a b&p up on the board and a certain amount of people got in. They sent you blank cdr's along with return postage and packaging. All you did was burn the cd's and send 'em back. Now, mind you, this was for live show material only, but out of that grew compilations like Jack Of All Trades (JOAT), TRIP 1&2 (Television, radio, interviews, preformances), etc. This grassroots style was (and is!) HEAVILY ENCOURAGED BY JACK AND HIS MANAGEMENT. He encouraged people to pass around FREE music! Then, when SONY wanted to sign him, he said no and helped start his own label, Brushfire Records. He may not be a mega-millionaire, but I think he's doing just fine. The whole SDTK to Curious George. Live shows sell out in less than an hour in most cities. Like what was said in a previous post, JACK is the product.
Jim D.
Anonymous Coward, 2 Mar 2006 @ 10:14am
Re: Speaking as a software developer...check out the music software 'renoise'. i think they have a trick where they have some code that custom-generates an executable on the download page that has your name embedded. its market is something similar to yours.. a limited, fairly tight-knit group. The thinking is that you use shame to copy protect it... which of your users is going to give away the software if everyone knows which lamer gave it away?
Not infallible of course but its an interesting idea.
Kenneth, 2 Mar 2006 @ 7:38am
Copying is legalCopying a purchased DVD or CD is perfectly legal to make a backup for yourself. Therefore, using the burned media instead of the original. Manufactures (spelling) need to realize this and program said media to alllow for a burn one time. That would but probably not make the public happy, because the public like to have something to complain about. It's the old adage "you can please some of the people some of the time, but you can't please most of the people most of the time."
Me, 2 Mar 2006 @ 8:00am
Line my pocketsI will say this, I own every Metallica tapecd and set that has come out. Why? Because I love the group, always have. I was in a stuck position over the whole napster deal being a Metallica fan. I do own a lot of music but I am not going to go out and buy cds anymore. Heck, I haven't boughtdownloaded or ripped any music at all and won't. Why? because I really can't stand much of the music anymore. I am not young but I do like some of the new stuff but it's really hard to do. There are a handful I may listen to but I am not going to bother downloading 5 songs, I am not going to buy a cd for 1 song. Maybe record off the radio? Maybe.
I see it like this, being from the 80's and 90's, I liked Ratt, and most bands of the sort, but I am not going to buy the cd. Come on, that was over 20 years ago for some groups. Why would I pay 99 cents a song for that? I truly believe that music , after it is no longer considered remembered by newer generations, should be able to be downloaded for free. No instead let the RIAA sit their fat cans on it , gloating. Stupid.
Sure, let new music be paid for for a while, not that the artists see that much of it, right big fat RIAA? I have noticed that music from 10 years ago isn't even played much, on some stations maybe but big deal. Oh, did I mention that the statistics for even this generation of kids said if music was GOOD they would buy more cds? What does that say? I am around and get along with much of the new generation of kids and they have the same complaints to me, the music sucks. Many are resorting to big hair bands or at least back to Nirvana, etc...I applaud Green Day for coming back with at least a few good songs. The problem? RIAA has way too much control.
I saw a statement saying , those who were not planning on buying in the first place, wouldn't anyway.(or to that order) I think that's un-true. Price, need, want are 3 major things. Many can't afford something as simple as a cd, so they either go without for years or they rip it, or download it. I know, having 3 kids, a disabled wife and college and work, I can't afford gas in my vehicle. Although for another subject, our economy has a lot to do with who buys and who won't. At one time it was, how do we get people to buy our product, now it's just let those who can afford it , buy it, and if the rest have to go without, oh well.
Artist, 2 Mar 2006 @ 9:11am
SingerI'm a singer in a rock band in hawaii.. we do covers and originals, average good cover band here makes 1500 to 3000 a show, average good original band 1500 to 5000... Here is my view, the recording is our advertisement, download it, play it, copy it, share it with your friends, run it up the flag pole, its yours...( altho we only have a few songs not a full cd as of yet) My band has no intention of making money on cd's. We may charge a buck or two to cover the cost of recording at the studio, and the cost of the actuall cd (if you buy one at the show), but our goal is to make money at the shows, and if you copy, download, share, whatever.. the cd, odds are when you see us at a club, you'll drop by, the club will make money, then we will make money.. it really is that simple. As a matter of fact, we've already discussed about putting a small disclaimer on the cd that says, "This cd is yours, do with it as you wish, you may copy, reproduce, share, destroy, perform, change, eat, or smoke it at any time."
*sry bad spellings, im a singer, not a english major.
Jimmy Bear Pearson, 2 Mar 2006 @ 9:28am
Re: SingerI'm all for your approach (Keep on keepin' on! More power to you!). However...
A handful of us cannot tour, cannot do tour dates, or even do local clubs. For example, I have a full-time job and a family that I adore. I make my music after the kids are in bed and while my wife is studying her class work. I make music because I love it (and will continue to do so even if only 10 CDs sell this year), but it wouldn't hurt my family to sell some music online or sell some of my self-produced CDs. My music is a catch 22 - it is both a wonderful expression of what my soul feels, and is potentially valuable for me and the members of my family.
I give away several songs from each of my albums. My albums (like many hundreds similar to me) are not DRM�d and are not touched by folks like RIAA. I want the world to have a copy of some things, I intentionally give away music on Audiri, purevolume, dmusic, etc.. It just wouldn't be so bad if someone actually threw a little donation towards artists like myself to buy instruments, do stuff for our families, or even buy new recording stuff.
freakengine, 2 Mar 2006 @ 10:17am
ch-ch-ch-changesLike it or not, the music business model is changing. I, for one, am very happy about it. I'd much rather the recording artists reap the benefits of their work rather than a buncha guys in suits at the label.
The model used to be this: the label seeks out a new band and signs them to a contract wherein the band actually owes the label their production costs if the music doesn't sell, and wherein the band only makes pennies to the labels dollars if it DOES sell.
Then the label shoves a single down radio's throat via it's payola network, and spends lots of money to promote the record. The band goes on tour, and since they had to sell their publishing rights to the label to get signed, they make very little money on the road.
Finally, the record sells, the record company gets rich, and they then try and discourage the success of the follow-up album(s). After all, artists that have a track record of sales can demand better contract terms, spend a LOT more money making their albums, and are generally a pain in the ass to the labels. It's much easier to go on to yet another one hit wonder, and milk them dry too. Rinse and repeat and you have the RIAA business model we've all suffered with for the last few decades.
Now we're finally freeing everyone up from this horrendous state of affairs and everyone's whining. EVERYONE. Face it people, we're moving on. If you don't like performing live, then I'd suggest you try getting involved in more freelance work for film and TV where you get paid per project. If you love it live, go for it and reap the rewards. If you're a label suit, find another exploitable resource. If you're a consumer, just realize that we're in the growing pains, and speak up to stop our own corrupt legal system from hobbling the future of music.
The only problem that I see with the newer models is the fact that I have to wade through a lot of crappy music to find the stuff I like...oh wait...I guess things aren't that different after all.
Olga, 2 Mar 2006 @ 10:21am
Just a thought...I think the only thing that any of this copy right protection software does is punish the consumer who actually buys it. Usually most of them are available on some P2P network free from the copyright restrictions.
IT GUY, 2 Mar 2006 @ 11:31am
No Subject GivenIs it not legal to make a backup copy of any software(or any other media) I LEGALLY purchased? Well copy protection prevents me from doing this. Seeing how many copies of certain software on P2P servers, I can tell it is not preventing any piracy. So basically the only thing copy protection does is prevent people from making a backup incase anything happens to the original.
Jeremiah, 2 Mar 2006 @ 11:35am
Google speaketh
"copy protection is good" = 792
"copy protection is bad" = 176
For the record, copy protection is bad. Wait, no..Napster is baaad!!
Dosquatch, 2 Mar 2006 @ 11:54am
Re: Google speakethI offer instead:
"DRM Rocks" = 40
"DRM Sucks" = 16,300
Defense rests, Your Honor.
TechNoFear (profile), 3 Mar 2006 @ 12:03am
Personal ResponsibilityAll I hear from posters on this type of thread is how it is RIAA's fault for having an 'outdated business model' that you are violating copyright.
Or that if content providers had better content you would pay for it.
Or that the content creator would not have made much money from it so you taking it for free is OK.
Accept you are too cheap to pay for what you want so you take it for free, depriving the creator of his income.
Accept that you cannot create this kind of content so you place no value on its creation.
Accept it is wrong and hurting the content creators, providers and the fans prepared to pay for the product.
Accept that invasive DRM (ie rootkits, StarForce) are your fault. If you did not take content without compensating those who created it, we would not need these forms of protection.
Accept that DRM will get worse before it gets better. The next step is hardware level authentication and none of us want that.....
>>The product is the ARTIST themselves
Who wrote the 'GTA3 SA' levels?
Who was the lead artist on 'DOOM3'?
Name one member of the development team for 'World of Warcraft'?
Yeah, the 'artist' is the product.....
Me, 3 Mar 2006 @ 10:24am
Re: Personal ResponsibilityAre you mad? Let me tell you, I don't illegally download music, BUT I won't pay a damn cent for it either! It's NOT that people are cheap, OK, some yes, but you had that before file sharing was even popular. The original problem that many forget, was the guy making thousands of illegal copies and selling them as actual cds, not a 12 year old sharing a file.
Your comments are well, STUPID to say the least. We can't create so therefore we are jealous? Do you recall how the RIAA was over charging from the 70's , if I remember correctly? They knew it and ripped off millions of people anyway? Justify that you RIAA wannabe.
TechNoFear (profile), 3 Mar 2006 @ 7:13pm
Re: Personal Responsibility>>the guy making thousands of illegal copies and selling them as actual cds, not a 12 year old sharing a file.
Pirates have been coping software for decades, they just could not distribute them.
The issue is that the average user can now copy and distribute the content world wide in minutes.
DRM is a response to stop the average user not the pirate.
Just as car locks, alarms and immobilisers are to stop the average joy rider not the pro car thief.
Why you think that companies are spending all this extra money on DRM creation?


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Well, I had Svitolina on my team instead of Keys, so looks like I might be done now since I'm 2 players down.
Good luck to everyone!
Thanks... Yeah, many teams lost early.. Konta, A.Zverez ... that was bad luck.
No one's got Carreno ...
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listen-your final pleasure-to the voices,
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and Venus about to make her 3rd final of the year. just amazing stuff.
Nadal currently making some points for a lot of teams .... rublev is being tossed aside
If you want to protect your feet from hurt - wear slippers instead of trying to carpet the earth....
I am out anyway, with the Pliskova exit.. Only got Nadal and Keys remaining.
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I also have just nadal and Venus
If you want to protect your feet from hurt - wear slippers instead of trying to carpet the earth....
We are at the SF, I have onlyone playeer, and still a good possibility of ending Tier2 if Nadal wins the title...
I am impressed by Hawkgirl and Tonylovestennis: both still have their three WTA-players in the race....
Unfortunately, neither of them has an ATP-player left.
Rex still in the lead.. GO FOR IT, REX!!!!
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"We few, we happy few, we band of brothers…."
Winston Churchill referred to the Royal Air Force's heroism in the Battle of Britain. He remarked "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few." By comparison with that tiny force the American military is massive. However in comparison with the missions that it has been given since September 11th 2001 and its size relative to the population of the United States it is a small force; a force that much more has been asked than anyone could have imagined on that terrible day.
Since the attacks of September 11th 2001 over 2.8 million young Americans have volunteered to serve in the nations military. Since that fateful day some 5.5 million Americans have served in all branches of the military both active and reserve, many like me were on active duty that fateful morning. Today about 2.2 million serve in the various components of the military, just 1.4 million on active duty out of a total estimated population of 120 million men and women aged 18-49 fit to serve.
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Many were children some as young as 8 years old when the attacks took place who have grown up in the years following the attack. Others pressed the upper age limits to enlist many seeking age waivers to do so. The vast majority of the men and women who enlisted because they felt it was their duty, not for money, not for glory. They came from every State, District and Territory where Old Glory flies as a symbol of freedom. The represent every race, creed and political party, and come from what the media like to call the "Red States and the Blue States" only for them it is not a question of "Red or Blue" but "Red White and Blue." Others have come to the United Statesfrom other nations because they felt that there was something great and noble about this nation and our ideals.
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Among the many speeches today I was most taken with that of Vice President Joe Biden. The Vice President talked about this generation in a speech today at the Pentagon. The speech was one of the most moving that I have heard about our military in a long time. It made me even more proud of all that I serve alongside. I have excepted this passage:
"Many of them were just kids on that bright September morning. But like their grandparents after December 7, 1941, they courageously bore the burden that history placed on their shoulders. And as they came of age, they showed up to fight for their country – 2,800,000 Americans of the 9/11 Generation were moved to join our military since the 9/11 attacks, to finish the war that began on 9/11. They joined knowing full well that they were likely to be deployed in harm's way – and in many cases deployed multiple times in Afghanistan, Iraq and in other parts of the world….
Over a decade at war, they pioneered new tactics, mastered new languages, developed and employed advanced new technologies. They took on responsibilities once reserved only for those with years of seniority- responsibilities that extended far beyond the base or the battlefield to politics, economics, and development tasks….And one more thing about this generation of warriors-never before in our history has America asked so much, over such a sustained period, of an all-volunteer fighting force. So I say without doubt or exaggeration that the 9/11 generation ranks among the greatest our nation has ever produced." (See the video or read the speech at http://foxnewsinsider.com/2011/09/11/video-and-text-vice-president-biden-speaks-at-the-pentagon-reflects-on-the-courage-of-the-911-victims-and-their-families/
I have long contended that this generation of patriots who serve in our military as well as in our Federal police and intelligence services are a "new greatest generation." All of us have served to defend this country many making multiple deployments to combat zones. I have made just two combat deployments and feel that I have not done enough, especially compared to those that have done far more of these deployments. However I would guess that I will get at least one more in before my long career is done.
All Americans and millions of people around the world owe so much to these men and women as well as those from other nations that stand together with us. For us it is not just remembering that terrible day that changed the world, but to give ourselves to serve and hopefully keep this from happening again.
Always remember9-11-2001, never forget that day or those that died at the hallowed grounds of the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and that lonely field outside Shanksville Pennsylvania. But please never forget those that continue to give the last full measure of devotion, the 9-11 Generation.
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Sammanfattning: Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a ?-herpesvirus that, after primary infection, establishes a life-long persistence in the human host. Up to 90% of humans are infected with CMV, that is kept under control by CMV-specific CD8+ and CD4+ T cells. In patients with an impaired cellular immunity, however, CMV infections can be life-threatening. Thus, it is vital to identify risk factors and target high-risk patients. In this thesis we have evaluated low-dose valacyclovir prophylaxis in renal transplant patients and studied CMV-specific T cell immunity in healthy and renal transplant patients.In renal transplant patients, the CMV serostatus of both the recipient (R) and the donor (D) has a major impact on the risk of developing CMV disease. In the high-risk D+/R- population, >50% are likely to develop CMV disease in the absence of prophylaxis and/or pre-emptive therapy. We have used low-dose valacyclovir prophylaxis for high-risk renal transplant patients, and graft and patient survival up to 5 years after transplantation was comparable to data reported for other prophylactic protocols. The incidence of CMV disease and graft rejection during the first year after transplantation was also comparable to that achieved with other protocols, and without the adverse effects reported for other therapies.In the D+/R+ population, with a 15-35% risk of developing CMV disease, it is important to identify those individuals that are subject to a higher risk because of risk factors other than CMV serostatus. We therefore measured several immunologic parameters in renal transplant patients and in immunocompetent individuals with latent and primary CMV infection. In patients with a primary symptomatic CMV infection, CMV-specific CD8+ T cells peaked within a month after onset of symptoms but declined rapidly. In renal transplant patients, we found that the reduction in IFN?-producing CMV-specific CD4+ T cells at 2 months post-transplantation may predict high-grade CMV DNAemia.
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MIAMI (AP) — Stephen Strasburg matched his season-high with 11 strikeouts and Bryce Harper tied a career-high with five walks as the Washington Nationals beat the Miami Marlins 4-2 Tuesday night.
Anthony Rendon drove in two runs for the Nationals (77-75), who entered Tuesday's game 7 ½ games behind the NL East-leading Atlanta Braves and 7 games back in the race for the final wild card spot.
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The answer to this question is very simple. I have no idea. I don't know every other aspiring screenwriter out there. So there's no way I could sit here and honestly say what makes me "different."
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I haven't really thought about the first person my literary manager could introduce me to, and I certainly haven't thought about what I would say to him or her. My focus isn't so much on that now and I'm pretty sure this question may not even come up.
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MRPL inks MoU with IIM-K LIVE for the Start-ups
MRPL has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with IIM-K LIVE (Laboratory for Innovation, Venturing and Entrepreneurship, the Business Incubator) and Entrepreneurship Development Centre of the Indian Institute of Management-Kozhikode (IIM-K) on 14th September 2018 to support innovative start-up ventures.
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The MRPL has launched MRPL Startup fund and in collaboration with IIM-K LIVE, to nurture and fund new business ideas while the IIM-K LIVE, set-up by IIM-Kozhikode in association with Department of Science and Technology, already runs business incubation programme and would provide physical, intellectual and networking infrastructure to support start-up companies eligible for the MRPL grants.
Shri M Vinayakumar, GGM I/c Refinery, TS & MO and Shri V Nandakumar, CGM –Petrochem and R&D finalised and signed MoU on behalf of MRPL. After signing the MoU, Director, IIM-K welcomed MRPL to join the institute's efforts in building entrepreneurial and innovation ecosystems.
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Found another cool website&company called Enterfea
Hi guys, and gals! You may remember one of my posts a few weeks ago…You keep tabs on my work, don't you? If you don't, please do so by typing your email address into one of those nice little pop-ups about me newsletter, or simply by clicking here.
…where were we? Oh yeah, the post!
This one here. My review about FEAforAll, a blog-like resource site on finite element analysis (FEA). Since writing that piece there, I have found several cool new sites. All somehow related to numerical analysis, and all approaching it from their own interesting angles.
And now, I'm sharing my findings with you.
The first on my list is Enterfea.
Enterfea is a company and a website, owned and maintained by one Łukasz Skotny. I've had the pleasure of making Łukasz's acquaintance on LinkedIn, and he seems like a really nice fellow and all-around good guy. He has a passion for education and learning both.
The only complaint I have about him is the fact that I have to copy-paste his first name everywhere – I have no idea that barred L-thingie. The closest I can manage is a stricken-through
L. But then, my surname demonstrably also gives people headache, so maybe we're even. And I digress a lot.
Back on track. Enterfea has a quite a strong focus on steel structures, especially those of the nonlinear kind.
Same but Different
Talking about nonlinear analyses – those are whole different beasts for mechanical engineers compared to us electrical people. Nonlinearity in electromechanics is fairly standard – iron parts saturate with high magnetic flux densities. This is often modelled by a single-valued BH-curve like the one below.
In reality, the situation is slightly more complicated than this due to the hysteresis phenomenon. So, instead of a single curve we have a hysteresis loop like this at least with sinusoidal supply. Kinda like two single-valued saturation curves placed near each other. That's in steady-state by the way, it usually takes a few periods to reach something like this.
There might be some minor loops, too, but my point still remains: we stay around the same region.
Not so much in mechanical engineering. There, nonlinearity is quite often related to plastic deformation – meaning it's nonlinear. In curve form, it looks like this:
The blue part is linear and reversible. But, once we enter the green nonlinear region, we lose the reversibility: we are causing permanent damage to the material. Go far beyond that, and it fractures.
Also, you can notice that the curve evens out long before the fracture. In other words, it sort of gives up, stops trying, and ceases to resist the deforming force.
Bearing all this mind it's easy to draw the logical conclusion: nonlinear analysis is difficult in mechanics.
But Enterfea is doing a great job at making it more accessible. Check for instance this post here for some common errors.
Note: the closest equivalent we have in electromagnetics are permanent magnets. Those can get demagnetized, but even then the behaviour is closes to the hysteresis loop I made for you, rather than the mechanical yielding curve below it. Additionally, modern permanent magnets pretty much have to be nuked for any demagnetization to occur. Except for Alnico magnets – those get damaged from the luxury of simply existing.
It gets worse
Additionally, nonlinearity in structural FEA is not limited to material characteristics. Also the geometry itself can behave in a nonlinear fashion. In some way.
Since this quite a new thing for me too, I'll let Enterfea do the explaining in their own words. So, apparently geometric nonlinearity is about how "deformations of the model can have big influence on force distribution and further deformations".
A string tied from its ends is used as an example, also illustrated below. The left subfigure is from linear analysis. As you can see it's fully unrealistic: the string behaves like a loose spring. By contrast, the right one is from geometrically nonlinear setup.
But, for better understanding I recommend you read the post (simply click the figure above and it'll open). They'll do a much better job at explaining than I can right now.
Indeed, geometric nonlinearity is something we don't really have in electromechanics. Well, we do have magnetostriction – magnetic field causing strain in the material, but the displacements are usually so small that the coupling back to magnetics is close to negligible. An exception might be giant magnetostrictive materials, but those are pretty much in their infancy. And the striction is by no means giant, it's just bigger than in other materials. But, other kind of magneto-mechanically coupled phenomena can be quite significant indeed – something our group is currently researching with good progress. Just saying.
The closest equivalent to geometric nonlinearity would probably be an electrical machine under variable speed. Like starting the machine, or analysing some speed-controlled application. In those cases there's obviously a strong coupling from the magnetic characteristics to the geometry. This is of course via the torque determining the position of the rotor in the future, and hence contributing to changes in the geometry.
Feel like you know nothing about mechanical stuff no?
I certainly do.
But fear not! We, my dear readers, are in luck!
Enterfea also does courses and consulting.
Which is all kinds of awesome.
Firstly, there's that learning aspect I mentioned. Secondly, I'm also considering doing the same thing. Meaning courses or consulting, or maybe both. So, if you have any good ideas or topics, let me know!
Also, if you have any course topics for Enterfea, let them know by clicking the link above and using their contact form there. They are offering both dedicated and open courses, as well as possibly online ones.
The other website I mentioned is by one Peter Lyu. I found it after a recommendation from a colleague of mine, and it seems impressive indeed.
The site focuses on aerodynamics, which is by no mean s an expertise of mine. Thus, I won't even attempt to do any kind of deep analysis.
Instead, I took a liberty of stealing one of Mr. Luy's figures here:
Also he has a blog and a list of publications I'm really envious about.
That's all for today. Have an idea about what I should cover next?
Hit me a comment!
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What Is It?
Even if you haven't heard of blockchain technology, it's likely you've heard of bitcoin. So let's start there.
According to the Bitcoin website, Bitcoin is:
'a consensus network that enables a new payment system and a completely digital money. It is the first decentralized peer-to-peer payment network that is powered by its users with no central authority or middlemen'.
It's used by businesses and individuals but is still relatively new in the broad scheme of things. Cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin – money systems that use cryptography (complicated mathematical proofs which provide high levels of security) – rely on networks called blockchains.
In 'The Truth About Block Chain', Marco Iansiti and Karim R. Lakhani describe blockchain technology as 'an open, distributed ledger that can record transactions between two parties efficiently and in a verifiable and permanent way'. There are both public and private blockchains and these facilitate the transference of data or money between users on the ledger. Bitcoin operates on an entirely public blockchain, which essentially means that everyone using the Bitcoin network can see the transference of money on the blockchain.
However, one of the main benefits – and selling points – of Bitcoin, and blockchain technology in general, is that they offer an entirely new level of security. The people with access to the blockchain can see that data or money has been transferred, but they don't know where it's going or who transferred it. No personal details are stored on the ledger; instead every user is given a unique 30+ character alphanumeric address which they use when making a transaction. Bitcoin users are advised to only use addresses once and to create a new address when required.
Bitcoin also provides each user with a 'wallet' that has its own private key: 'a secret piece of data that proves your right to spend bitcoins from a specific wallet through a cryptographic signature'. People don't see your private key; it is what gives you access to your wallet.
To summarise: blockchain is the technology behind Bitcoin and Bitcoin is the reason it's started gathering attention. However, blockchain technology is moving out from beneath Bitcoin as people are becoming more and more interested in the freedom offered by blockchains, including the option of private ledgers.
Now that you know the basics, let's consider the pros and cons of blockchain for business.
The Pros
Distributed Ledger
The foundational element to blockchain technology is its decentralisation. A blockchain has no single point of failure and is therefore, innately incorruptible. A distributed ledger means that everyone has equal access to the blockchain. Consequently, blockchains are engendering an entirely new level of financial transparency that is extremely beneficial for consortiums and company groups. It gives businesses independent control over their finances without the need for a transactional intermediary, such as a bank.
Can't be Altered
The 'chain' part of blockchain essentially means that the network makes transactions in a chronological order and that every transaction is linked to the one that came before it. Blockchain databases cannot be changed or corrupted, an attribute which provides better security for businesses making regular, large transactions.
Private and Public Blockchains
Whilst Bitcoin uses a solely public blockchain, private blockchains are growing in popularity. IBM describes private blockchains and their usefulness for business:
'A private blockchain network requires an invitation and must be validated by either the network starter or by a set of rules put in place by the network starter. Businesses who set up a private blockchain, will generally set up a permissioned network. This places restrictions on who is allowed to participate in the network, and only in certain transactions. Participants need to obtain an invitation or permission to join. The access control mechanism could vary: existing participants could decide future entrants; a regulatory authority could issue licenses for participation; or a consortium could make the decisions instead. Once an entity has joined the network, it will play a role in maintaining the blockchain in a decentralized manner.'
Businesses can use public blockchains, like Bitcoin, or set up their own private blockchains. Some argue that private blockchains are more secure as they enable more privacy and more control for businesses; think of private blockchains as a business intranet.
This does not mean that public blockchains are not secure. They follow the same, decentralised aesthetic and are therefore incorruptible. They also protect the identity of the transaction makers however they do reveal the amount of a transaction to the entire network.
Faster Transactions
As blockchains do not rely on an intermediary, such as a bank, there is no waiting period beyond a general, 10 minute delay (which is necessary for each node –computer device- to figure out a computational algorithm and continue the flow of the chain). There is little differentiation between sending a transaction overseas to sending one down the road.
Cheaper Fees
Blockchain networks do not require PCI compliance as they rely on their own currency. This saves businesses money on overseas transfers and other fees.
Transparency and Pseudonymity
An open ledger provides equal access to everyone using the blockchain. This enforces transparency of transactions that is extremely useful for large businesses. What's more, each user shares no personal information when they make a transaction, merely the alphanumeric address I mentioned earlier. Users can choose to share their address with the recipient of the transaction, as would be likely in a private blockchain, so that they know the right user has made the transaction.
The Cons
No central management
The defining characteristic of decentralisation is both a benefit and a drawback of blockchain technology. If, something does go wrong with the system, there is no official intermediary to monitor the situation. Private blockchains rely on a system operator who gives permission to access to the blockchain, rather than an impartial third party.
Relatively New
Blockchains systems are relatively new. They, as with all technology, are constantly in development which means that companies are not always fully aware of the security preparations they need to take to ensure the safety of their blockchain use.
Businesses must adapt and essentially overhaul the way in which they conduct their finances or transfer data, if they choose to adopt a blockchain system. This is true regardless of whether they implement a public or private network. The necessary period of adaptation may prove problematic and take up a lot of time that could affect work productivity.
Where Does That Leave Us?
Blockchain technology holds a lot of potential for businesses. It gives businesses more control over their finances and data as well as better protection from outside attacks. However, tremendous research must be carried out before a business takes this step; research that includes consideration of the business' individual needs and whether making the change to a blockchain system would make a positive impact worth the hassle.


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