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Mozart's entire musical score now free on Net

Mozart's entire musical score now free on NetSomewhere in a dark corner an RIAA devil loses a pitchforkand a musical angel got it's wings.MozartYou ever wonder what Mozart would have thought of this? What we take for granted would have been too far fetched in his day to even make...

Tags: Mozart

Discussion threads 2006-12-12

Mozart's Musical Adventure (exe)

Welcome to a world of Musical Adventure. Music is the fun, innovative, and educational way to introduce your child to the treasures of classical music. It celebrates the subtle nuances of different instruments, melodies, and orchestras; and shows children how to develop an appreciation for music. You'll be amazed at...

Tags: Music, Mozart

Software downloads 2006-12-12

Why they say spyware is good for you

Why they say spyware is good for youstick it to the sony man..this class action lawsuit is exactly what we all need. sony needs to learn their lesson.. the hard way..music piracy may be costing them million.. although this potential settlement should put their CD sales revenue in the...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, Rootkits, Viruses and worms, Digital media, SECURITY, Mozart, spyware, DMCA, IS IT

Discussion threads 2005-11-07

Lotus not dead, just "decomposing," says analyst

Lotus not dead, just "decomposing," says analystMozart's not dead tooMozart's not dead too, just decomposing.Lotus is still around??I thought that disappeared with Netware, OS2, Win9x, DOS, and Apple. (oh wait, there are still 5 Apple users out there with their oh so cutesy tangerine and blueberry colored close and...

Tags: E-mail servers, Groupware, Enterprise software, Cyberthreats, Mozart, IBM Lotus Notes, IBM Corp., IBM Lotus Domino

Discussion threads 2005-07-13

Additional Resources

Open source protectionism?

I just caught a rather interesting piece by fellow blogger Dana Blankenhorn on the subject of the "value and values" found in open source ecosystems. Near the end, he references an article on InfoWorld which questions whether it is wise to "protect" open source development by mandating its use at...

Tags: Open Source, John Carroll

Blog posts 2008-10-13

Endlessly extending copyright

The European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services, Charlie McCreevy, recently declared that copyright for performers be extended from 50 to 95 years. This was proposed, according McCreevy, to remedy a fundamental unfairness, wherein the composer the author of a song has rights that extend 70 years after his death, whereas...

Tags: Incentive, Financial, Property, Pension, Financial Incentive, Intellectual Property, Benefits, Sales Force Management, Research & Development, Business Operations, Human Resources, Sales, John Carroll

Blog posts 2008-02-15

I am burned out . . .

There has been a red-shift acceleration in the pace of life in Silicon Valley lately and I'm completely burned out on conferences and events. These things ain't slowing down... It is during such times that I enjoy spending time with friends that don't really...

Tags: Opera Software, Conference, Public Relations, Cellular Phones, Networking, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2007-10-26

F# becomes a first-class citizen

F# becomes a first-class citizenWhat about mono? NTNTShut up, fool.ntOn the other handAll the # languages are better than VB.Man, you really are WAY BEHIND.Can you say mono? How about Moonlght?another proprietary hook from M$OSS won't use any of the languages ending in #.They are wortless to begin with.F#!...

Tags: OOA/OOD/OOP, Microsoft development tools, .NET, Programming languages, Development tools, Middleware, Mathmatica, Mono, functional language, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-10-23

The UK's triumph of good sense

As reported on Tuesday on Ars Technica, the British government recently decided not to extend copyright protection beyond 50 years. Music industry lobbyists wanted to extend protections to 95 years. The committee charged with analyzing UK Intellectual Property laws, however, were actually inclined to REDUCE copyright protections, though bowed to...

Tags: Economic Policy, Digital Media, Patents

Blog posts 2007-07-26

YouTube gets religion: Matzoh Balls and Chocolate Bunnies

What is part of organizing all the worlds information? Celebrating the holidays YouTube style!PASSOVER/PESACH 2007: MATZA BALL RAP! by Giving Tree Productions, described as "hysterical rap to the music of baby got back by sir mix a lot."Anita C. Rich comments: "Nice, makes me want to get up and have...

Tags: YouTube, User-Generated Content, Google, Culture, Amateur Content

Blog posts 2007-04-05

What web 2.0 could teach Warner's Music's Eric Bronfman

[Note: At the end of this post Ill be asking for your support so stay tuned.]Im a Sonos owner. A Mac user. An iPod lover. A Sansa enthusiast. Whats wrong with this picture?If you said Digital Rights Management DRM, youd be correct. In the Web 2.0 world everything makes or...

Tags: Web 2.0, Media, Social Media, Microsoft, Google, Mashups, Apple, Community, DRM, digital-rights management

Blog posts 2007-02-12

Novel music search project creates method for intrinsic, not semantic, classifications

Read the full transcript.Musical tastes are not easy to classify with just a few tags. What gets one persons foot tapping and their heart thumping is not going to win over their cousin necessarily. Moods also swing or swoon to a fickle beat, and the music you may want to...

Tags: Home, Mobile, Podcasts, Sun Microsystems, Intellectual Property, search, Google, music

Blog posts 2007-02-06

Viacom to YouTube: Take down pirated clips

Viacom to YouTube: Take down pirated clipsIt's not our fault, honest...And the fact we are making money from all your work shouldn't be a factor. Yeah, like any judge is going to buy that.Three words to YouTube, Take It Down! I have the feeling they will be hearing...

Tags: Corporate communications, Disney Corp., Shakespeare, Viacom Inc., YouTube Inc., video

Discussion threads 2007-02-02

Ballmer finally admits the obvious: Zune's DRM is Microsoft's future

Ballmer finally admits the obvious: Zune's DRM is Microsoft's futureNo big surpriseI've said it before and I'll say it again here--the big money lies not in selling music players or selling songs. The big money lies in selling DRM. If your DRM becomes the standard, then everyone who sells...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, digital-rights management, music, Microsoft Zune, Steve Ballmer

Discussion threads 2007-01-17

Supreme Court weighs 'obviousness' of patents

Supreme Court weighs 'obviousness' of patentsThis might help, but patents will still stifle inovation.The best thing we could do is through copyright and trade secret.So will this effect McDonaldsWith there patent on making the sandwich, and Microsoft on the double click mouse which was just passed last year, or the...

Tags: patent, obviousness

Discussion threads 2006-11-28

Minuet Mixer (exe)

Minuet Mixer is a modern version of a game that Mozart actually designed. Use your mouse to drag and drop pieces of music and create your own custom minuet. You can decide whether to create a properly-structured minuet or a more experimental mix of your own. You can choose which...

Tags: Minuet Mixer, Mice, Games, Hardware, Peripherals, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2006-10-02

British Library calls for digital copyright action

British Library calls for digital copyright actionAll good things to addressWe'll see if Parliament has any interest in dealing with any of them.Just another exampleOf why allowing corporations so much political influence is bad for all the rest of us. Rest assured that the present corporate mindset regarding "intellectual property"...

Tags: British Library, Parliament

Discussion threads 2006-09-25

Coding as Art

A long time ago, after one stultifying conversation too many, I worked out a definition of "art" that I've stuck with ever since. Art, I maintain, consists of expressing as much as possible within the tightest possible set of constraints. Look at the history of music and that's what...

Tags: bridge, software

Blog posts 2006-09-22

The meaning of Scoble's move

I saw Robert Scoble at a Buzz Bruggeman-hosted dinner a few weeks ago and heard the early rumblings about his career direction. He was dealing with his mother's death, he had one of those beards people grow when they are about to make a change, but also mentioned...

Tags: Blogging, Scoble, Robert

Blog posts 2006-06-12

Birds can be grammatically correct

A few months ago, I told you about the gift of a parrot for mathematics. Now, American researchers have proven that humble starlings can learn grammar (read these two news releases -- here and there -- for lots of details). It took a month and some food as a reward...

Tags: starling

Blog posts 2006-04-28