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- Hey Eminem, blame the system, not Apple
- Hey Eminem, blame the system, not AppleDoesn't matter"The first are the very poorest: artists and songwriters, and they'll be the first ones to out of the business."That doesn't matter. What matters is sticking it to the record labels. Besides, we all know no songwriters or performers are getting paid; the...
- Tags: Apple Inc., CD, Eminem, songwriter, music, CD sale
- Discussion threads 2007-08-17
- Music industry overreach?
- Music industry overreach?You're supposed to pay in the U.S. tooHere's the link to ASCAP's sitehttp://www.ascap.com/licensing/generalfaq.htmlI don't know what the various costs are.Licensing fees as a result of piracy? Please.Such blatant belief in the idea that piracy is behind the music industries recent "overreaches" is humorous.Any establishment which will play...
- Tags: CD sale, piracy, music, sales
- Discussion threads 2007-07-13
- Steve Job's calculus: Dealmaking, dollars means DRM is dead
- Steve Job's calculus: Dealmaking, dollars means DRM is deadGreat newsThis is excellent news for consumers, music and movie fans, and for the future of digital content. www.HungryFlix.com has been offering movie downloads with no DRM for years now and we really belive that DRM is not a solution. ...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Digital music, CD sale, digital-rights management, Apple Inc., music, Apple iPod
- Discussion threads 2007-04-02
- A precipitous drop in CD sales
- A precipitous drop in CD salesCD sale and less money"Let's not pretend, however, that less revenue won't affect the number of musicians. That's basic demand curve economics."First most musicians make thier money performing. It's the fat cat corporations making money off CD sales and Downloads. For a musician a recorded...
- Tags: music industry, CD, music, sales, CD sale
- Discussion threads 2007-03-28
- Torvalds: 'Hot air' in debates on GPL, content control
- Torvalds: 'Hot air' in debates on GPL, content controlTorvalds: 'Hot air' in debates on GPL, content controlThis is funny in the linux love circle. The fanboys scream and kick saying move to linux because there is no DRM and Linus says he wants DRM in the kernel. Thus...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, CD sale, GPL, Nothing, digital-rights management, Torvalds, Linus, Linux
- Discussion threads 2007-01-16
- China touts recent piracy crackdown
- China touts recent piracy crackdownWesterners just don't get itChina will pay lip service to western ideas ofintellectual property protection. Put simply, whybother to develop when stealing is so easy? Ofcourse this is going to make China's home grownIP efforts in vain as well. So Chinese musicperformers will have...
- Tags: Sales strategy, Intellectual property, Turnabout, irony, CD, CD sale, sales
- Discussion threads 2006-02-15
- US CD sales up 2.3% in 2004
- US CD sales rose by 2.3% in 2004 the first rise in four years. CDs account for 98% of the 666 mln albums sold, according to Nielsen Soundscan. A total of 140 mln digital tracks were legally downloaded in 2004.
- Tags: CD, CD sale
- Blog posts 2005-01-07
- US CD sales up 2.3% in 2004
- US CD sales rose by 2.3% in 2004 the first rise in four years. CDs account for 98% of the 666 mln albums sold, according to Nielsen Soundscan. A total of 140 mln digital tracks were legally downloaded in 2004.
- Tags: CD, CD sale, sales
- Blog posts 2005-01-07
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- Software makers may sue eBay
- Tired of being "stiff-armed" by eBay, the Software and Information Industry Association is signaling its ready to sue over pirated software sales on the dominant online auction site, PC World reports. SIIA has offered eBay several suggestions for stemming the sale of pirated software on...
- Tags: Software, Software Information Industry Association, eBay Inc., Tiffany, Tools & Techniques, Piracy, Sales Strategy, Management, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Sales, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Mystery solved: Apple's new product is iTablet
- Mystery solved: Apple's new product is iTabletI WANT ONE!!Dang, I'd buy it in a heart beat. I already have an iPod Touch love it and getting ready to buy an iPhone.RE: Mystery solved: Apple's new product is iTabletMay sound very nice, but unfortunately, like all Apple things, it will probably...
- Tags: Tablets, Notebooks, Apple Inc., tablet, Mystery Solved, iTablet
- Discussion threads 2008-07-25
- Britain moves against illegal file sharing
- CBC News out of Canada is reporting that British ISPs are making an aggressive move against illegal file sharing by implementing a program designed to discover copyright violators, who will be sent warning letters and may potentially have their internet connections disconnected. For more on the article,...
- Tags: File-sharing, Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Gateway stops selling PCs direct
- Gateway stops selling PCs directHow does this save money?I mean won't part of the sale have to go to the outlet? While a direct sale Gateway gets it all? Also can we stop this name game thing. Gateway is not longer Gateway it's Acer. I remember...
- Tags: Desktops, PC, Gateway Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-25
- A Friday Active Directory puzzler
- We just purchased a new server for our district's central office. Nothing super-special, just a Windows Server 2003 for compatibility with a payroll and HRM application install with lots of storage and a moderately speedy quad-core Xeon. The existing server is out of space, out of resources, recently...
- Tags: Domain, User Profile, Servers, Hardware, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- 10 essential gadgets for students
- 10 essential gadgets for studentsImpressive...A laptop with the same specs as a laptop! Wow!Only 2 are "essential"Out of the list of 10 only #1 is "essential" for students. If in college #10 is also needed, but the other 8 are nothing but luxuries and two are just plain useless....
- Tags: Scanners, Digital music, ONLY 2, essential gadget, Digital Pen, phone, laptop computer
- Discussion threads 2008-07-25
- Microsoft may need an IBM moment of clarity
- Microsoft's financial analyst meeting was a tale of a technology conglomerate: You heard a lot about search, a decent bit about the enterprise and all sorts of projects in between. But amid all the coverage--see Mary Jo's laundry list of stories--I can't help but wonder if Microsoft's...
- Tags: Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Corp., Enterprise, IBM Corp., Game Players, Virtualization, Tools & Techniques, Enterprise Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Management, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- AOL gussies up for potential sale, but who's buying?
- AOL gussies up for potential sale, but who's buying?AOL's glory days are far behind.Yes AOL had it's day, but poor service and restrictive behavior relegated it to the dust-bin of history. No-one I know has been on that service for well over a decade, perhaps even longer. Yes...
- Tags: America Online Inc., potential sale
- Discussion threads 2008-07-25
- AOL gussies up for potential sale, but who's buying?
- AOL is shutting down XDrive, AOL Pictures and other properties in a belt tightening move that may indicate the company is setting itself up to be sold. The larger question: Who will buy AOL from Time Warner? According to a memo posted by TechCrunch, AOL executive vice...
- Tags: America Online Inc., Portals, Business Structures, Litigation, Internet, Finance, Business Operations, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- TP-LINK TL-WR941ND Wireless N Router
- The TP-Link TL-WR941ND Wireless N Router is a wireless router that supports the Draft N 2.0 specification and not much else. This means no network storage or dual-band support (the router works only in the 2.4GHz frequency), no print-serving capability, and no Gigabit Ethernet. The router doesn't even offer N-mode-only...
- Tags: Routers & switches, Network technology, NETWORKING, Home networking, router, TP-Link, Wireless-N, TP-Link TL-WR941ND, TL-WR941ND
- Product reviews 2008-07-24
- HP Pavilion dv2945se
- Editors' note: This review is part of our Back to School 2008 roundup, covering specific configurations of popular laptops that can be found in retail stores.HP's 14-inch HP Pavilion dv2945se looks like it should cost more than $899, thanks to a cool subtle pattern on the keyboard tray and lid...
- Tags: Keyboards, Notebooks, Processors, laptop computer, Hewlett-Packard Co., HP Pavilion, keyboard
- Product reviews 2008-07-24
- Government, markets and regulation
- Government, markets and regulationJust Another Gov't Program Gone BadFannie Mae was created in the Depression to create liquidity in the mortgage market. Lequidity had been wiped out by the stock market collapse and bank runs.As with all government programs, it just grew and grew and never went away. ...
- Tags: Mortgages, Vertical industries, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, mortgage, government
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
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