NOTE: Because of a godsdammed bug between Flash and Firefox for Windows, I’ve had to break this up into two parts in order for the players to work for those with that particular configuration. Stupid internets.
If you’re running Firefox and get stuck on “buffering,” restarting your browser should work.
I’m Not Going to Answer Any of Your Questions Edition
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So here’s the deal: The National Music Publisher’s Association has said that they want to increase the royalty rate for each legal download from $0.09 to $0.15 per song. Apple has responded by threatening to shut down iTunes.
I assume that “iTunes” means “iTunes Music Store,” and this has nothing to do the the TV Shows, Films and Applications that also go through iTunes, because, well, that would just be stupid.
I’m not here to argue the merits of what one side will say is only a six cent increase and the other side will say is a 66% increase, nor am I going to point out that this is Apple’s way of saying that if they don’t continue to get exactly what they want, they’re going to take their ball and go home.
But I will say this: if the iTunes Music Store went away tomorrow, it wouldn’t even be a blip on my radar.
They Eat A Lot of Porridge Edition
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That Wasn’t A Tapeworm Edition
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On a day like today, I am reminded how much I like clouds. Though it’s a little steamy here in SoCal, we’re also seeing a few drops of much-needed rain. It’s been so long, many of us had nearly forgotten what it sounds like, waking to a thunderstorm.
Clouds are really hot right now in the tech world. I don’t pretend to understand all ins and outs of cloud computing, but get that there’s tremendous potential for sharing and flexibility when it comes to content and information. I also get that there are more than a few red flags when it comes to “the cloud.”
Recently, a consortium lead by Sony announced a project called “Open Market.” Do not be fooled by the word “open”; this is a DRM scheme, plain and simple. The plan is simple (and not that new). You buy content, and then you get to access said content on a series of devices registered to your “domain.” In theory, this means, all house laptops, desktops, cell phones, devices-to-be-named-later. There is some sharing and the concept of interoperability.
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Yeah, it's that easy.
Just moments after she pardoned another turkey. We think that this was part of her master plan to point out the overall futility and hypocrisy of the turkey pardoning ritual. Either that, or she's a blithering idiot who doesn't understand what's going on around her. You decide.
A couple major jazz catalogs come to eMusic.
Some of us considered the evil sources behind of the demonization of that word, and instead, wore "liberal" (which, BTW, shares roots with "liberty") as a badge of honor. As a matter of fact, it was never not OK to be a liberal, if you had any balls about it.
With the Republicans tossed from office and "Chinese Democracy" released, we're kinda of worried what we're going to make fun of next year. Thank gods for Microsoft!
Poor kid. Strike 1: stupidity. Strike 2: talentless. Strike 3: name. They're already reserving a spot for Bronx in "Dr. Drew's Celebrity Rehab 2030."
Teenage girls!! Embarrassing their future selves for over 50 years now!
Neat.
Tim Kring, creator of Heroes, posits the theory that DVRs are killing serial storytelling. James Poniewozik points out that theory is as flawed as the last two seasons of Heroes.
Yeah, color us skeptical.
Yeah, who didn't see that one coming?
This "feature" prevents owners of new MacBooks from viewing movies they've purchased on iTunes on an external display. Even though the movie is actually running on the MacBook that is licensed to play the media file. This, by the way, is another reason why people pirate movies.
So, how would you feel if your employer refused to pay you while you were waiting for Windows Vista to boot. And reboot. And reboot again? Surprisingly some very large companies are doing just that. That's wrong for so many reasons. Not the least of which is the Mac vs. PC advert this story will probably inspire.
Google, preparing for the coming global recession, shuts down its virtual worlds platform.
This is an interesting hybrid DRM/DRM-Free approach. Subscribers get to keep 10 songs each month. Supposedly most of those will be available as mp3s. Will Microsoft stop at nothing to beat iTunes!?
I wonder if they checked under the couch. Usually, when I lose stuff, it turns up under the couch. Also: I would really like to be the first person to lose keys in space.
Pirates vs. Indians? Sounds like something that we played when we were kids.
Step 1: Divorce? That would certainly clear things up for Hillary.
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So cool.
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