arstechnica.com— A federal court closed the door on legal attempts to delay the implementation of the new, heavily-criticized Internet radio royalty scheme. Webcasters' hopes now lie exclusively with Congress.
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"Unless you've already done something about it, ...then" If you have already done something then the rest doesn't apply to you. The key word here is "unless"
Okay bury police, prepare your trigger fingers, cause I always seem to get shunned on this, but here goes...Time and again, I have said it. Use services like Jamendo. You can find good music, and since it is CC licensed, you can download it, stream it, broadcast it, and burn it to CS's. If you like the artists, you can support them DIRECTLY. How could it be any better? Seriously. It is pure democratization of music, and if you support, or even build if you like, more music outlets such as Jamendo, the musical landscape can change. Do you really believe that you need an overseeing organization to tell you what music you should be listening to? That is not the century I live in. Where I come from, people prefer pull technologies rather than push. As an example, why should I listen to whatever starved-out, no-talent, over-sexualized pre-teen they just decided was the next great pop star? If I don't like it, why should I? If I desire music like that I should go and GET it rather than have it force-fed to me. I choose to discover music. You know, "back in the day" there were plenty of people who cared about music enough to gather and listen to people play their music in small smoky nightclubs. There used to be folks who would slog their band around in their mother's van for a summer, just because they loved playing music. Or, even DJ's who used to travel from city to city playing whatever new wax they were able to spin. Those things still exist, but not in the form of their former glory.Look, you don't have to agree with the trimming of your rights. I am in full agreement that our rights are one of the more important things here, but the reality of it is that we are seeing complaints about the symptoms, not the problem. The fact that any organization can exert this much control over any type of media outlet is a symptom of our collective choice to not care. If you really cared about your music, or your art, or your news, you would seek out and support those outlets which provide those things in the format or with the content you desire. You can get good news here on digg, and that's a start. You can get Democracy Player, and get excellent content of many types, for free, and for Free. You can support sites like Jamendo where you can download music and support the artists and genres of your own choosing.There has been much said lately of the lack of activism among the youth of America. And, although this is not singularly an American problem, it is where I currently live, thus a filter for my current perspective. When is it enough? Our parents knew how to organize. They got together and chose to make a difference in their world, but the future now belongs to those who are on the position to create it. We are driving our own destiny right now, and it would serve us well to choose a little bit of activism. You don't like the war? Go get some friends, and excercise your Constitutional right to peaceably assemble and the right to petition the government for a redress of grievances. Don't like music companies choosing how you experience your own music? Stop paying them, and seek out independent music sources. Don't like major corporations controlling the type of software you use? Vote with your dollars. Don't buy their software, and find free alternatives — and then support the creators.Activism is a part of life in most other civilized countries, and so too should it be here, but without making a choice to seek out alternatives when the government, corporations, or any assembly of "powerful individuals" decides they know what's best for you, you have little right or recourse for your condition. My father always told me: "You have to bring more to the table than a fork." Meaning you can't just highlight the problems, you have to see through them to the solutions. You have to see alternatives when barriers are raised. That is how you institute change in your life and the lives of your peers, friends, and families.Go to Jamendo. You might like it. Thank you for listening.
Not that I can think of. I mean, realistically, the deluge of phone calls should be enough to get something done (compared to silence); however, they have every right to totally ignore the request.I, for one, encourage you to help, if you can. Thank you in advance for your global thinking.
Expect royalties to continue going up over the next decade as the RIAA gets more desperate to find more revenue. Some of the laws are truly ridiculous for instance copying music from a cd to a computer I believe is illegal as your not authorized to copy it!_____irzone.net
fack0Jul 12, 2007
"Unless you've already done something about it, ...then" If you have already done something then the rest doesn't apply to you. The key word here is "unless"
sembetuJul 12, 2007
Okay bury police, prepare your trigger fingers, cause I always seem to get shunned on this, but here goes...Time and again, I have said it. Use services like Jamendo. You can find good music, and since it is CC licensed, you can download it, stream it, broadcast it, and burn it to CS's. If you like the artists, you can support them DIRECTLY. How could it be any better? Seriously. It is pure democratization of music, and if you support, or even build if you like, more music outlets such as Jamendo, the musical landscape can change. Do you really believe that you need an overseeing organization to tell you what music you should be listening to? That is not the century I live in. Where I come from, people prefer pull technologies rather than push. As an example, why should I listen to whatever starved-out, no-talent, over-sexualized pre-teen they just decided was the next great pop star? If I don't like it, why should I? If I desire music like that I should go and GET it rather than have it force-fed to me. I choose to discover music. You know, "back in the day" there were plenty of people who cared about music enough to gather and listen to people play their music in small smoky nightclubs. There used to be folks who would slog their band around in their mother's van for a summer, just because they loved playing music. Or, even DJ's who used to travel from city to city playing whatever new wax they were able to spin. Those things still exist, but not in the form of their former glory.Look, you don't have to agree with the trimming of your rights. I am in full agreement that our rights are one of the more important things here, but the reality of it is that we are seeing complaints about the symptoms, not the problem. The fact that any organization can exert this much control over any type of media outlet is a symptom of our collective choice to not care. If you really cared about your music, or your art, or your news, you would seek out and support those outlets which provide those things in the format or with the content you desire. You can get good news here on digg, and that's a start. You can get Democracy Player, and get excellent content of many types, for free, and for Free. You can support sites like Jamendo where you can download music and support the artists and genres of your own choosing.There has been much said lately of the lack of activism among the youth of America. And, although this is not singularly an American problem, it is where I currently live, thus a filter for my current perspective. When is it enough? Our parents knew how to organize. They got together and chose to make a difference in their world, but the future now belongs to those who are on the position to create it. We are driving our own destiny right now, and it would serve us well to choose a little bit of activism. You don't like the war? Go get some friends, and excercise your Constitutional right to peaceably assemble and the right to petition the government for a redress of grievances. Don't like music companies choosing how you experience your own music? Stop paying them, and seek out independent music sources. Don't like major corporations controlling the type of software you use? Vote with your dollars. Don't buy their software, and find free alternatives — and then support the creators.Activism is a part of life in most other civilized countries, and so too should it be here, but without making a choice to seek out alternatives when the government, corporations, or any assembly of "powerful individuals" decides they know what's best for you, you have little right or recourse for your condition. My father always told me: "You have to bring more to the table than a fork." Meaning you can't just highlight the problems, you have to see through them to the solutions. You have to see alternatives when barriers are raised. That is how you institute change in your life and the lives of your peers, friends, and families.Go to Jamendo. You might like it. Thank you for listening.
Closed AccountJul 12, 2007
Not that I can think of. I mean, realistically, the deluge of phone calls should be enough to get something done (compared to silence); however, they have every right to totally ignore the request.I, for one, encourage you to help, if you can. Thank you in advance for your global thinking.
khfnJul 12, 2007
The begining of Pirates of the Caribean 3 really denotes what the future holds to me.
bloodmoneyJul 12, 2007
I can't remember the last time I bought a CD. These assh**es can kill Internet radio, but their days of profiteering aren't too far behind.
techmasterJul 12, 2007
I can't possibly think of a better way to drum up P2P downloads of music, than killing off internet radio sites like Pandora. Congratulations RIAA!
subterfu9eJul 13, 2007
I live in Malaysia and pandora has already been taken away from me :S I'll miss the late nights I spent studying whilst discovering new music.
thekirklandNov 29, 2009
Expect royalties to continue going up over the next decade as the RIAA gets more desperate to find more revenue. Some of the laws are truly ridiculous for instance copying music from a cd to a computer I believe is illegal as your not authorized to copy it!_____irzone.net