The theme for this week as been the music industry and some of the movements that are occurring within the industry. From artists dropping their labels to BitTorrent becoming a more mainstream concept to price drops on music, this industry is changing whether you like it or not.
In response to this, many facets of the media are taking note and trying to influence what happens with everything. An article from TechCrunch showcases an alliance among major media corporations that is backing an anti-piracy movement. Mashable recently posted an article on possible congressional investigation in P2P networks for security reasons. What does this mean for the user?
I've mentioned this before, but the loopholes in copyright laws seem to be keeping everyone safe and protected. People seem to be referencing the trials and tribulations of Napster and the court cases that are appearing now in conjunction with the RIAA going after individuals who downloaded music illegally. What is occurring now is actually different.
In the beginning, Napster was a service that used a direct connection between one user and another to share media such as songs or videos. The problem is that the songs are copyrighted and not meant for duplication and distribution that was occurring. So a bunch of people get sued and charged for criminal activity.
The resolution is a system that allows for an individual to download media in small packets called torrents from hundreds or thousands of different users in order to attain a complete package of a song or video or any other media file. With this system in place, no one person can be charged with duplication and distribution because they only contributed a few packets to the entire product. Genius!
So could this anti-piracy alliance and congressional investigation be performed completely in vain? It's very likely.
Another quick note of mention is that the Internet and World Wide Web are global entities and the same copyright and piracy laws are not enforced throughout the world. Hence, you can view the newest movie releases through sites based in Singapore or Indonesia and technically not break any laws because there are none in place for this issue.
Is anyone picking up why I would love to study and practice Intellectual Property and Technological Law?
I could be wrong, but I doubt it! PROVE ME WRONG!
Anyways, look up and research this subject and protect yourself against anything they may become an issue. Please let me know if you would like me to keep writing on this matter as well!
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Thursday, October 18, 2007
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
What if...We are Destroying the Music Industry?
Who doesn't want something for nothing? Who doesn't want to get whatever they can for free? Everyone knows that everyone else is trying to do the same thing they are, get something for nothing. But since I was little, I've been told that nothing is free.
Somewhere in the chain of command and economics, your free item costs someone else and in turn costs you something.
This same concept holds true for the music industry. In my last post, I was talking about the music industry and the shift, that many artists are beginning to make, away from recording labels. This shift, however, was dependent on that fact that the artists were still rewarded for their hard work on albums through song purchases on services like iTunes, Napster, Amazon and Real.
With the news yesterday that iTunes was dropping prices on DRM-free music, I began to think that with no limits on the way songs are controlled and used by users, what will happen? As people are creating more and more services that allow users to share content legally through loop holes like BitTorrent and the hundreds of online file sharing services, we see a decline in album and song purchases.
It makes sense right? One person buys a CD or online album/song, shares it with their friends or other users on their service who in turn share it with their friends and so on. Pay It Forward anyone?
The issue arises when artists realize they are losing a lot of money because only a few people are actually buying their songs, yet everyone is listening to them. Concert numbers stay high or rise further because they are still getting the exposure, but albums sales are down. Is this going to be an issue for artists? It's obviously not at the moment, but it may become one shortly.
Is a there a lesson to be learned here? Buy your music or use services that reimburse artists for the work that they do.
Anyone thing I'm wrong? PROVE IT!
Link up, subscribe, leave comments and enjoy!
Have a great day!
Somewhere in the chain of command and economics, your free item costs someone else and in turn costs you something.
This same concept holds true for the music industry. In my last post, I was talking about the music industry and the shift, that many artists are beginning to make, away from recording labels. This shift, however, was dependent on that fact that the artists were still rewarded for their hard work on albums through song purchases on services like iTunes, Napster, Amazon and Real.
With the news yesterday that iTunes was dropping prices on DRM-free music, I began to think that with no limits on the way songs are controlled and used by users, what will happen? As people are creating more and more services that allow users to share content legally through loop holes like BitTorrent and the hundreds of online file sharing services, we see a decline in album and song purchases.
It makes sense right? One person buys a CD or online album/song, shares it with their friends or other users on their service who in turn share it with their friends and so on. Pay It Forward anyone?
The issue arises when artists realize they are losing a lot of money because only a few people are actually buying their songs, yet everyone is listening to them. Concert numbers stay high or rise further because they are still getting the exposure, but albums sales are down. Is this going to be an issue for artists? It's obviously not at the moment, but it may become one shortly.
Is a there a lesson to be learned here? Buy your music or use services that reimburse artists for the work that they do.
Anyone thing I'm wrong? PROVE IT!
Link up, subscribe, leave comments and enjoy!
Have a great day!
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
An Online Music Exploration
In today's world, no one has CD's or albums or cassettes or 8-tracks anymore. That would be a waste, right? We have digital music formats like mp3's and wav's and hard drives that seem to be reaching the infinite amount of storage for these formats! Guess what? That's awesome!
Unfortunately, after the Napster breakdown and an increased awareness of copyright laws and protection, users now have to pay for songs they download from the Internet. But like any good American law, there is a loop hole!
As I hope to attend law school after this academic year, I've taken an interest lately in finding some of the programs that allow users to find those loopholes and use them for their own benefit. My last post is very evident of that with the idea of BitTorrent and easy access to blockbuster movies.
The programs that follow can actually be designated into three groups: programs for users that have a lot of music that they want to access at every computer and programs for users that want to accumulate a lot of music, and lastly a program that does both...kind of.
First, a program for those users who have a ton of music and want it available while they are at work, on vacation or just checking their e-mail from a computer that is not their own.
Personally, I am blessed enough to be dating a wonderful girl who's father happened to attain an external hard drive with more (organized) music than I even knew existed. In turn, I happened to receive a copy of this hard drive as a gift! Unfortunately, I would say it is more than a hassle to try to carry the external hard drive around to listen to the massive variety of music. I was, however, fortunate enough to stumble across an article at Lifehacker that talks about a program that would solve my issues. The program is Anywhere.FM and it is on my list of programs to utilize to the fullest extent. The article explains all that this program can do!
Secondly, the program for those of you who want to create a library and not pay a fortune for it. SpiralFrog is currently in a beta testing program that allows you to download music at no cost to you. I just received confirmation that I am a lucky one to test out the beta and it's great! It's a small, simple download and the database of music is HUGE! Just enter your e-mail address in and hope for an invitation in a week or so.
Warning: make sure you have a big hard drive because there is a lot of music for FREE!
And the last program is called Deezer. I've been using this program for a few days and I love it. This online program allows you to listen to all of your favorite newer songs (1980's until now) without actually downloading them. They are streamed online so you don't have to worry about filling your hard drive (this is great for me!) You must register with Deezer and then let the playlist creation begin! Go nuts!
That's my quick overview of the online music programs that are worth noting! I could be wrong and there could be more! Prove me wrong!
Have a great day!
Unfortunately, after the Napster breakdown and an increased awareness of copyright laws and protection, users now have to pay for songs they download from the Internet. But like any good American law, there is a loop hole!
As I hope to attend law school after this academic year, I've taken an interest lately in finding some of the programs that allow users to find those loopholes and use them for their own benefit. My last post is very evident of that with the idea of BitTorrent and easy access to blockbuster movies.
The programs that follow can actually be designated into three groups: programs for users that have a lot of music that they want to access at every computer and programs for users that want to accumulate a lot of music, and lastly a program that does both...kind of.
First, a program for those users who have a ton of music and want it available while they are at work, on vacation or just checking their e-mail from a computer that is not their own.
Personally, I am blessed enough to be dating a wonderful girl who's father happened to attain an external hard drive with more (organized) music than I even knew existed. In turn, I happened to receive a copy of this hard drive as a gift! Unfortunately, I would say it is more than a hassle to try to carry the external hard drive around to listen to the massive variety of music. I was, however, fortunate enough to stumble across an article at Lifehacker that talks about a program that would solve my issues. The program is Anywhere.FM and it is on my list of programs to utilize to the fullest extent. The article explains all that this program can do!
Secondly, the program for those of you who want to create a library and not pay a fortune for it. SpiralFrog is currently in a beta testing program that allows you to download music at no cost to you. I just received confirmation that I am a lucky one to test out the beta and it's great! It's a small, simple download and the database of music is HUGE! Just enter your e-mail address in and hope for an invitation in a week or so.
Warning: make sure you have a big hard drive because there is a lot of music for FREE!
And the last program is called Deezer. I've been using this program for a few days and I love it. This online program allows you to listen to all of your favorite newer songs (1980's until now) without actually downloading them. They are streamed online so you don't have to worry about filling your hard drive (this is great for me!) You must register with Deezer and then let the playlist creation begin! Go nuts!
That's my quick overview of the online music programs that are worth noting! I could be wrong and there could be more! Prove me wrong!
Have a great day!
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Tuesday, August 28, 2007
One of the Greatest Sites...EVER!
When I was checking out some of my favorite sites, I just happened to come across a great site!
BitTorrent has been making news over the past few weeks on some of the major tech sites. Because no one user distributes or owns a copy of a movie, tv show or cartoon, BitTorrent is basically the loop hole in the copyright laws that have been stirring up the world since the collapse of the original Napster.
The problem with BitTorrent is that it requires you to find a download manager you like and then you have to search out for the pieces (torrents) that you want.
There are 2 issues here:
1. It's a lot of work and technological understanding for nothing that is guaranteed to work.
2. Unless you have a huge hard drive (or two), you will fill it with media to a point of crashing.
Now what if there was a site that eliminates all of this and allows you to watch movies directly on your browser without using hard drive space? What if you didn't have to search out for the pieces but instead they were listed right there for you to click through each piece of the media?
Well now there is. The site is called VideoHybrid and it offers all of the above!
VideoHybrid has an ever growing list of new and older blockbuster movies (i.e. Transformers, The Bourne Ultimatum, The Simpsons Movie, The Godfather, etc.) as well TV shows, anime and cartoons.
All of these pieces of media are divided into parts and broken down to about 30 minute sections and the quality is not high definition, but these are still highly desired movies for free with no risk at the moment!
Give the site a try and you can thank me later!
Let me know your thoughts, leave some comments, link up, subscribe and enjoy! I could be wrong in thinking that this is one of the greatest sites on the web.
Prove me wrong and have a great day!
BitTorrent has been making news over the past few weeks on some of the major tech sites. Because no one user distributes or owns a copy of a movie, tv show or cartoon, BitTorrent is basically the loop hole in the copyright laws that have been stirring up the world since the collapse of the original Napster.
The problem with BitTorrent is that it requires you to find a download manager you like and then you have to search out for the pieces (torrents) that you want.
There are 2 issues here:
1. It's a lot of work and technological understanding for nothing that is guaranteed to work.
2. Unless you have a huge hard drive (or two), you will fill it with media to a point of crashing.
Now what if there was a site that eliminates all of this and allows you to watch movies directly on your browser without using hard drive space? What if you didn't have to search out for the pieces but instead they were listed right there for you to click through each piece of the media?
Well now there is. The site is called VideoHybrid and it offers all of the above!
VideoHybrid has an ever growing list of new and older blockbuster movies (i.e. Transformers, The Bourne Ultimatum, The Simpsons Movie, The Godfather, etc.) as well TV shows, anime and cartoons.
All of these pieces of media are divided into parts and broken down to about 30 minute sections and the quality is not high definition, but these are still highly desired movies for free with no risk at the moment!
Give the site a try and you can thank me later!
Let me know your thoughts, leave some comments, link up, subscribe and enjoy! I could be wrong in thinking that this is one of the greatest sites on the web.
Prove me wrong and have a great day!
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One of the Greatest Sites...EVER!
When I was checking out some of my favorite sites, I just happened to come across a great site!
BitTorrent has been making news over the past few weeks on some of the major tech sites. Because no one user distributes or owns a copy of a movie, tv show or cartoon, BitTorrent is basically the loop hole in the copyright laws that have been stirring up the world since the collapse of the original Napster.
The problem with BitTorrent is that it requires you to find a download manager you like and then you have to search out for the pieces (torrents) that you want.
There are 2 issues here:
1. It's a lot of work and technological understanding for nothing that is guaranteed to work.
2. Unless you have a huge hard drive (or two), you will fill it with media to a point of crashing.
Now what if there was a site that eliminates all of this and allows you to watch movies directly on your browser without using hard drive space? What if you didn't have to search out for the pieces but instead they were listed right there for you to click through each piece of the media?
Well now there is. The site is called VideoHybrid and it offers all of the above!
VideoHybrid has an ever growing list of new and older blockbuster movies (i.e. Transformers, The Bourne Ultimatum, The Simpsons Movie, The Godfather, etc.) as well TV shows, anime and cartoons.
All of these pieces of media are divided into parts and broken down to about 30 minute sections and the quality is not high definition, but these are still highly desired movies for free with no risk at the moment!
Give the site a try and you can thank me later!
Let me know your thoughts, leave some comments, link up, subscribe and enjoy! I could be wrong in thinking that this is one of the greatest sites on the web.
Prove me wrong and have a great day!
BitTorrent has been making news over the past few weeks on some of the major tech sites. Because no one user distributes or owns a copy of a movie, tv show or cartoon, BitTorrent is basically the loop hole in the copyright laws that have been stirring up the world since the collapse of the original Napster.
The problem with BitTorrent is that it requires you to find a download manager you like and then you have to search out for the pieces (torrents) that you want.
There are 2 issues here:
1. It's a lot of work and technological understanding for nothing that is guaranteed to work.
2. Unless you have a huge hard drive (or two), you will fill it with media to a point of crashing.
Now what if there was a site that eliminates all of this and allows you to watch movies directly on your browser without using hard drive space? What if you didn't have to search out for the pieces but instead they were listed right there for you to click through each piece of the media?
Well now there is. The site is called VideoHybrid and it offers all of the above!
VideoHybrid has an ever growing list of new and older blockbuster movies (i.e. Transformers, The Bourne Ultimatum, The Simpsons Movie, The Godfather, etc.) as well TV shows, anime and cartoons.
All of these pieces of media are divided into parts and broken down to about 30 minute sections and the quality is not high definition, but these are still highly desired movies for free with no risk at the moment!
Give the site a try and you can thank me later!
Let me know your thoughts, leave some comments, link up, subscribe and enjoy! I could be wrong in thinking that this is one of the greatest sites on the web.
Prove me wrong and have a great day!
Blogged with Flock
One of the Greatest Sites...EVER!
When I was checking out some of my favorite sites, I just happened to come across a great site!
BitTorrent has been making news over the past few weeks on some of the major tech sites. Because no one user distributes or owns a copy of a movie, tv show or cartoon, BitTorrent is basically the loop hole in the copyright laws that have been stirring up the world since the collapse of the original Napster.
The problem with BitTorrent is that it requires you to find a download manager you like and then you have to search out for the pieces (torrents) that you want.
There are 2 issues here:
1. It's a lot of work and technological understanding for nothing that is guaranteed to work.
2. Unless you have a huge hard drive (or two), you will fill it with media to a point of crashing.
Now what if there was a site that eliminates all of this and allows you to watch movies directly on your browser without using hard drive space? What if you didn't have to search out for the pieces but instead they were listed right there for you to click through each piece of the media?
Well now there is. The site is called VideoHybrid and it offers all of the above!
VideoHybrid has an ever growing list of new and older blockbuster movies (i.e. Transformers, The Bourne Ultimatum, The Simpsons Movie, The Godfather, etc.) as well TV shows, anime and cartoons.
All of these pieces of media are divided into parts and broken down to about 30 minute sections and the quality is not high definition, but these are still highly desired movies for free with no risk at the moment!
Give the site a try and you can thank me later!
Let me know your thoughts, leave some comments, link up, subscribe and enjoy! I could be wrong in thinking that this is one of the greatest sites on the web.
Prove me wrong and have a great day!
BitTorrent has been making news over the past few weeks on some of the major tech sites. Because no one user distributes or owns a copy of a movie, tv show or cartoon, BitTorrent is basically the loop hole in the copyright laws that have been stirring up the world since the collapse of the original Napster.
The problem with BitTorrent is that it requires you to find a download manager you like and then you have to search out for the pieces (torrents) that you want.
There are 2 issues here:
1. It's a lot of work and technological understanding for nothing that is guaranteed to work.
2. Unless you have a huge hard drive (or two), you will fill it with media to a point of crashing.
Now what if there was a site that eliminates all of this and allows you to watch movies directly on your browser without using hard drive space? What if you didn't have to search out for the pieces but instead they were listed right there for you to click through each piece of the media?
Well now there is. The site is called VideoHybrid and it offers all of the above!
VideoHybrid has an ever growing list of new and older blockbuster movies (i.e. Transformers, The Bourne Ultimatum, The Simpsons Movie, The Godfather, etc.) as well TV shows, anime and cartoons.
All of these pieces of media are divided into parts and broken down to about 30 minute sections and the quality is not high definition, but these are still highly desired movies for free with no risk at the moment!
Give the site a try and you can thank me later!
Let me know your thoughts, leave some comments, link up, subscribe and enjoy! I could be wrong in thinking that this is one of the greatest sites on the web.
Prove me wrong and have a great day!
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