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  • On the post: Connecticut Town Tells ASCAP, BMI, SESAC To Get Lost Over Royalty Bills

    reboog711 ( profile ), 25 Jun, 2009 @ 12:01pm

    Who do I route for?

    I have no idea who to route for here. Obviously music being played in the town green is public performance. I tend to think the performance societies are probably within their legal right to fight this one.

  • On the post: It's Not About Being First… It's About Market Adoption

    reboog711 ( profile ), 16 Jun, 2009 @ 11:28am

    I used to say that to be noticed you have to be first, worst, or best. Although first can be nice, I often shoot for "best".

  • On the post: Analyzing Labor Data Via Facebook Status

    reboog711 ( profile ), 02 Jun, 2009 @ 06:48pm

    Re: Re:

    I'm not sure I'd call the data misleading; but you're right it's definitely data coming from a single segment of the population which may not be representative of the whole population.

    I can envision situations where you'd want to mine this segment though. Apple might be one example. Any companies targeting programmers might be another (Portions of Adobe or Microsoft for example).

  • On the post: Analyzing Labor Data Via Facebook Status

    reboog711 ( profile ), 02 Jun, 2009 @ 06:05pm

    Lately I've been wondering if this sort of thing could be part of a business model for Twitter. That of course assumes that Twitter is in a better position to mine tweet data than anyone else.

    A lot of companies invest quite a bit in market research type activities. Seems that Twitter mining could offer a unique view of.. well, everything.

  • On the post: Why Is Washington Singling Out Newspapers For A Tax Break Instead Of Journalism?

    reboog711 ( profile ), 14 May, 2009 @ 06:42am

    I read a quote about government and business once once along the lines of:

    If it moves, tax it.
    If it is moving too fast, regulate it
    If it stops moving subsidize it

  • On the post: IBM's Wishlist Includes A Patent On Avatars' Wishlists

    reboog711 ( profile ), 01 May, 2009 @ 04:38am

    No Commentary?

    No commentary this time? Just a quote?

    What an unusual post on this site

  • On the post: Google Denies Similarities To The Pirate Bay

    reboog711 ( profile ), 28 Apr, 2009 @ 05:46pm

    Re: Re: Accessory to Murder

    Infringing isn't a crime? I thought it was.

    I'm not asking what you think the law should be here, nor for your moral stance on the issue. I'm asking for what the current laws state.

  • On the post: Google Denies Similarities To The Pirate Bay

    reboog711 ( profile ), 28 Apr, 2009 @ 05:07pm

    Accessory to Murder

    I thought that helping out with a crime was a crime in and of itself.

    If someone tells you that they murder someone and you don't call the cops on them don't you become an accessory to the murder?

    Why would music piracy be exempt from that situation? Wouldn't Pirate's By or Google be accessories to the crime?

  • On the post: Customer Discovers T-Mobile's 'Unlimited' SMS Plan Not So Unlimited Thanks To $26,000 Bill

    reboog711 ( profile ), 28 Apr, 2009 @ 09:06am

    Yakko Warner? Seriously?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakko,_Wakko,_and_Dot

  • On the post: Can A Sports Organization Claim Copyright On Stuff You Filmed Yourself?

    reboog711 ( profile ), 24 Apr, 2009 @ 01:11pm

    Re: Re:

    I must have been very unclear in my post or very wrong in my understanding.

    It sounds like you told me I'm wrong, then re-iterate my very same point to me.

    Is a broadcast the same as a recording? If not, I would think that the recording would be copyright, not the broadcast. Isn't a broadcast just the act of letting someone watch a recording?

    If someone creates a tape of the event; why should they not have copyright on that recording under existing copyright laws?

  • On the post: Can A Sports Organization Claim Copyright On Stuff You Filmed Yourself?

    reboog711 ( profile ), 24 Apr, 2009 @ 08:06am

    Reminds me of the issues faced by people who would record live concerts.

    Although in those situations there were two different copyright in play. Copyright of the recording and copyright of the material being performed.

    The second doesn't really apply in a sporting event, since it is in essence, an unscripted performance.

  • On the post: 15 Years Of Anti-Piracy Commercials…

    reboog711 ( profile ), 09 Apr, 2009 @ 07:55am

    They forgot Bender's anti piracy message:



    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWPfcEOr2Yg

    Downloading Often Is Terrible

  • On the post: Bad April Fool's Joke: Give Away Millions In Fake Money; Users Start Trading With It

    reboog711 ( profile ), 06 Apr, 2009 @ 06:47am

    I have to wonder what people were thinking who saw that their balances were off by millions and started spending that money without checking.

    On the other hand, it could be a matter of scale. How much money did these people have? If I have 100 million in a trading account, a fluctuation of a couple million up or down will not have the same impact on me as someone who has 100K (or less) in a trading account.

  • On the post: Bands Take Pay What You Want To Merch… And It Works Great

    reboog711 ( profile ), 01 Apr, 2009 @ 01:05pm

    Might Purple did this when I last saw them over the summer. I assume they got the idea from the Radio Head experiment.

    http://www.mightypurple.com/news.php

  • On the post: Lars Ulrich To Ask Trent Reznor For Music Business Advice?

    reboog711 ( profile ), 24 Mar, 2009 @ 01:46pm

    Anyone have any numbers or data on how many fans really boycott the band and refused to buy their albums / stuff?

    Is it a noticeable impact, or just a very loud minority screaming on the Internet?

    I seem to remember an episode of The Simpsons where Comic Book guy comes out of the movies and says something like "Worst Star Wars [or Star Trek or Whatever] ever. I will only watch it 17 more times tonight." Is that what happened w/ Metallica's album / concert sales? Or did they suffer a real loss.

  • On the post: A Look Back At The Worries That Google Would Never Make Money

    reboog711 ( profile ), 23 Mar, 2009 @ 09:42am

    If I had to bet money on it..

    If I had to bet money on it, I'd have sworn that Facebook is more likely to developer a working business model than Twitter.

    Of course, that may be because I use Twitter constantly, but Facebook only to respond to people who comment on my tweets (syndicated to Facebook ). If I were more, or less familiar, with either one my thoughts may be skewed either way.

    I had a conversation with someone when Tweetdeck got some angel funding. People claimed that a free program built off a free service could never make money. I don't know how it'll make money, but I don't think it's impossible.

  • On the post: Girl Scouts Teaching The Wrong Lesson By Banning Online Sales

    reboog711 ( profile ), 16 Mar, 2009 @ 11:11am

    Smaller Boxes This year..

    Has anyone mentioned how much smaller the boxes have gotten this year? I know it's happened w/ most food stuffs in the US, but I've told my fiance to stop buying them altogether. The value just isn't there.

    Instead of a case of Thin Mints lasting a full year (as it did last year), I'll probably go through them in less than 6 months.

  • On the post: REM Copyright Suit Against Danish Band May Backfire, Since The Dane's Song Came First

    reboog711 ( profile ), 06 Mar, 2009 @ 12:12pm

    Re: Re: I can't believe it!

    I am a musician; and I have trouble hearing similarities between the songs.

    If I knew the language, I'm sure that it would be easier to compare the original the remake.

    But, I doubt anyone will be confusing these songs anytime soon.

  • On the post: Despite Declining CD Sales, CD Baby Experiences Growth in 2008

    reboog711 ( profile ), 11 Feb, 2009 @ 05:52pm

    What other services allow Musicians to sell Digital Music

    CDBaby rocks and has for a long time. I've been wondering if they would go downhill now that they were bought (by Discmakers, I think)

    I don't keep up on this stuff; but...

    Last time I looked; CDBaby was the only game in town if you wanted to get your music onto 'major' music services. What other services allow independent musicians to sell their music via iTunes or Napster?

    At one point there was a way to submit to iTunes w/o going through an intermediary; but I never tried it so I don't know how 'picky' they are about the process.

  • On the post: Is It Defamation If A Commenter Libels The Owner Of A Blog In That Blog's Comments?

    reboog711 ( profile ), 05 Feb, 2009 @ 05:31am

    If he deletes comments...

    If the blog owner deletes the comments, they would no longer be protected as a service provider under Section 420 (?) of the CDA, right? ( At least in the US )

    That could be a valid argument for leaving them up, even if they are truly libelous.

    It could also be used as proof that our legal system is mind numbingly complex.

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