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  • On the post: Cablevision Will Let You Watch Movies The Day Of Their Release, If You Buy The DVD

    reboog711 ( profile ), 06 Feb, 2008 @ 05:27am

    mp3.com sued their lawyer for malpractice?

    I'm pretty sure mp3.com was sued for their 'beam' service, not the 'buy CDs, get mp3s immediately'. But, my memory is hazy.

    I was under the impression that, after losing the lawsuit, mp3.com sued their legal counsel for malpractice. Does anyone know if that is true or what came of that?

  • On the post: Rock Band Drumming Up New Revenue For The Music Industry

    reboog711 ( profile ), 18 Jan, 2008 @ 05:34pm

    I'm sure there is an administrative side too.

    Moderating the releases make sense to me, so there time to deal with the tech issues (as people discussed), but also the administrative side of things, such as acquiring song rights.

    I believe that post 13 nailed the "business reason" for this too. If they release songs faster than people can play them, songs may get lost in the shuffle as people look at the current releases.

  • On the post: Ford Continues To Slap Down Enthusiast Calendars, Saying You Can't Sell Photos Of Your Own Car

    reboog711 ( profile ), 15 Jan, 2008 @ 06:07am

    Insane Judges

    There seem to be a lot of insane judges and crazy rulings these days..

  • On the post: 50 Cent Is The Latest Artist To Understand The Economics Of Music

    reboog711 ( profile ), 10 Dec, 2007 @ 05:37am

    The Record Industry isn't Changing..

    The record industry isn't changing, but the music industry is. It's all about selling records, tapes, CDs, (or digital downloads). That is what record labels do. The labels often don't usually have a piece of the artist's other activities (such as live performances or other merchandise sales).

    Artists have long been living in a world where they are making no money off their studio works due to restricting label contracts.

    One could argue that the original Napster (or current file sharing methods) may have been good for artists, but they are not good for record labels.

  • On the post: Oops, Your Balance Is: ($211,010,028,257,303.00)

    reboog711 ( profile ), 04 Dec, 2007 @ 07:39pm

    I hope that...

    I hope that the bank is going to change this guys account number...

  • On the post: Open Standards Are the Ultimate Media Extender

    reboog711 ( profile ), 05 Oct, 2007 @ 10:50am

    mp3 isn't an open format

    Did you just call mp3 an open format? It's not.

    http://mp3licensing.com/royalty/software.html
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MP3#Licensing_and_patent_issues

  • On the post: Clear Channel Continues To Cut Away At Ad Spots

    reboog711 ( profile ), 23 Apr, 2007 @ 09:19am

    Clear Channel has had lots of all music stations..

    In Connecticut, Clear Channel has had a few "all music" stations over the years. They never last as "all music'. I assumed it was part of their business model.

    They would launch a 'new' station, or relaunch an old station, with the all music format. They did a lot of fanfare and promo behind it. Over the course of the first year or so, the news, Ads, DJs, all come back.

    I guess it worked, because the radio station I listen to most commonly (105.9) I started listening to during one of those launches. I don't hear nearly as much music I used to.

    Two stations they did this to:

    http://www.theriver1059.com/main.html (the one I listen to)
    http://www.power1041.com/main.html (Used to be Modern Rock Radio 104, but was relaunched as hip hop)

  • On the post: Politicians Still Vote For Spamming Voters

    reboog711 ( profile ), 09 Nov, 2006 @ 07:37pm

    Politicians are expempt from Do Not Call List too

    Politicians are exempt from the (US) nationwide Do not Call Registry too.

    Up until the recent election, I was getting 3-5 calls a week from the National Republican Congressional Committee telling me not to vote for a particular candidate.

    never a real person on the other end, it was all a recorded message.

    I voted for the candidate they told me not too.

  • On the post: Newspapers Brag About Online Traffic While Wishing They Got Less Of It

    reboog711 ( profile ), 03 Apr, 2006 @ 04:36pm

    Don't forget about anonylog

    You mentioned, BugMeNot. i also thought I'd throw Anonylog into the mix: http://www.anonylog.com/

    ( Conceptually, it's about the same as bugmenot )