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• On the post: Next Up To Ditch Record Label: Madonna

  

  mike d ( profile ), 11 Oct, 2007 @ 08:32am

  Gnarls Barkley picked up on the buzz created by Danger Mouse (half of Gnarls) with his "Grey" album. The Grey album takes Jay-Z lyrics from the Black Album and lays them over samples from the Beatle's White Album. The resulting mashup was highly popular, but EMI tried to stop it because they "own" the White Album. They failed and it can be found all over the internet.

• On the post: LA Times Kills Editorial On How To Revitalize Both Music And Newspaper Industries To Avoid Pissing Off Both

  

  mike d ( profile ), 25 Jul, 2007 @ 04:38pm

  Free Music!

  I think Prince came up with a good idea and Goldstein's is better!
  
  I not very familiar with the print publications in L.A. even though I have lived here 2 years. I read some of the RSS feeds from the LA Times, but rarely touch the paper itself. Thinking of New York City where I have lived/worked for 15 years, I can think of a few papers that could probably pull this off quite well. The Village Voice was my first thought.

• On the post: Ohio State Data Leak Now About 16 Times Worse Than Initially Disclosed

  

  mike d ( profile ), 11 Jul, 2007 @ 09:32pm

  I am one of them..

  I was just thinking how I can not believe this stuff is still happening. Then I realized that I have the backup tapes for my company in my unlocked car. There are over 10,000 credit card numbers on one of those tapes.

• On the post: What Would Happen To Fanboys Remaking Raiders Of The Lost Ark Today?

  

  mike d ( profile ), 19 May, 2007 @ 10:41pm

  re: Recording Equipment

  But seriously, they wouldn't sue kids, would they?
  
  No, they sue the parents.

• On the post: Music Industry Continues To Shoot Self In Foot; Forces Pandora To Block Non-US Listeners

  

  mike d ( profile ), 03 May, 2007 @ 09:02am

  Streaming Radio based outside US

  Is there a Pandora like service based outside the US? That can be easily accessed within the US?