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Free Jammie, and a Charity Sale
Oct. 9th, 2007 11:58 amOkay, so the RIAA sucks. We know this. However, some people fight back.
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partiallyclips clued me in to the latest fight, linking up to the effort to Free Jammie.
I've already kicked in, but I'll go one better. For every order from my site above $15 (and, yes, I'll round the pennies up, just trying to give an easy working number here), I'll kick in five more bucks.
We'll do that for, oh, a week, and see what we get, mmkay?
partiallyclips clued me in to the latest fight, linking up to the effort to Free Jammie.I've already kicked in, but I'll go one better. For every order from my site above $15 (and, yes, I'll round the pennies up, just trying to give an easy working number here), I'll kick in five more bucks.
We'll do that for, oh, a week, and see what we get, mmkay?
Radiohead Joins The Movement
Oct. 1st, 2007 05:30 pmRadiohead's new album was supposed to be out in a couple of months. However, you can pre-order it and download it next week.
You set the price.
No, really. You pay what you want to pay.
It's a gutsy move. Needless to say, I approve.
For more background on the whole thing, as well as links to sample tracks, go here, here, and here.
You set the price.
No, really. You pay what you want to pay.
It's a gutsy move. Needless to say, I approve.
For more background on the whole thing, as well as links to sample tracks, go here, here, and here.
"An Abundance Of Sensitivity"
Aug. 15th, 2006 09:30 pmJust when you thought it wasn't possible to hate the RIAA more....
Slashdot links to an EFF article about the RIAA's assertion that ripping CDs to iPods is not fair use.
Okay, straight-up: Who here thinks the RIAA has a valid point? If you want to get into the larger issue of copy protection and artist royalties 'n' stuff, that's fine (you all know how I feel). But do you believe that digitally ripping CD audio to another format, for playing on another device, is wrong?
Update: I just wanted to say how proud I am of all of you -- not merely for your thoughtful comments and your concerns for the artists vs. the concerns of the RIAA, but of how well you have grasped what they seem completely incapable of grasping. See, the question above should've included the phrase "... for your personal use only". But I never had to worry about that. You guys all get the difference between making a copy for every device in the house and making a copy for every friend on your FList. The RIAA doesn't.
Okay, straight-up: Who here thinks the RIAA has a valid point? If you want to get into the larger issue of copy protection and artist royalties 'n' stuff, that's fine (you all know how I feel). But do you believe that digitally ripping CD audio to another format, for playing on another device, is wrong?
Update: I just wanted to say how proud I am of all of you -- not merely for your thoughtful comments and your concerns for the artists vs. the concerns of the RIAA, but of how well you have grasped what they seem completely incapable of grasping. See, the question above should've included the phrase "... for your personal use only". But I never had to worry about that. You guys all get the difference between making a copy for every device in the house and making a copy for every friend on your FList. The RIAA doesn't.
