Mayhem & Chaos BlogThe musings of Mayhem & ChaosCollective licensing is good for music industry, bad for artists- March 28, 2008 Now that Jim Griffin and Warner Brothers are pushing collective licensing, I feel compelled to re-state my feelings about collective licensing. Let's boil it down to this: Collective licensing solves a tricky legal problem, but creates an uneven playing field for artists. At first glance collective licensing seems like a perfect solution. You have ISP's take a little money from users and then give that money to the music industry. Then money should flow to the artists to compensate them for..http://mayhem-chaos.net/blog/archives/001158.html Working business models are a must!- March 11, 2008 While lots of my friends from the valley scoff at my conservative "income has to match or exceed expenses" approach to running a non-profit, I'd like to think there is some basic sense in adhering to the laws of business. Case in point Divx recently shut down Stage6: So why are we shutting the service down Well, the short answer is that the continued operation of Stage6 is a very expensive enterprise that requires an enormous amount of attention and resources that we are not in a position to.http://mayhem-chaos.net/blog/archives/001157.html Seth Godin talks about the music industry- March 3, 2008 Seth Godin wrote up a transcript for a talk he recently gave -- I wish I could've been there to listen to it. While its not as ground breaking as David Byrne's writings, it captures the essence of the music industry today: ... when the typical person is a teenager, they&8217;re spending a lot of time looking for more. &8220;What&8217;s the new thing, what&8217;s the next thing, what&8217;s the new thing&8221; But these guys don&8217;t want that. They want to remember THEN, they don&8217;t go..http://mayhem-chaos.net/blog/archives/001156.html |