Matt Goyer: Digital MusicMy thoughts and beliefs on digital music were formed and shaped by my experiences as founder of Fairtunes Inc. a company dedicated to providing an alternative compensation mechanism for artists.(Untitled)- April 25, 2002 Me: You get the point. Curt: 'Maybe I'm dense and maybe this was your point, but didn't you end up agreeing with a lot of slashdot's critique of fairtunes' I've ignored Curt's email for a week now. It's probably time for a response. So here goes. What follows are 5 critiques of Fairtunes and my response: We'd never actually send the money to the artists: Disagree We sent money to artists so I obviously disagree with this assertion. Though that said there is still a lot of money that hasn't.http://blog.mattgoyer.com/categories/digitalMusic/2002/04/25.html#a1312 (Untitled)- April 24, 2002 Doc and Arne deconstruct Valenti. I have to agree that a petabyte of movies a day is a pretty outrageous claim on Valenti's part. But of course if he believes we all have speed of light connections into our home then it could be possible :).http://blog.mattgoyer.com/categories/digitalMusic/2002/04/24.html#a1308 (Untitled)- April 24, 2002 The New Patron: The Source for Patronage Services on the Internet What is the future of the digital music industry The same as the music industry was in the past: Commission-based. Now anyone can commission any Artist to produce the music that they want. 100% of the money goes straight to the Artist, and the music is made available to everyone on the internet immediately after it has been produced! There are no distribution control issues because the music released will be public-domain! The..http://blog.mattgoyer.com/categories/digitalMusic/2002/04/24.html#a1307 (Untitled)- April 22, 2002 Mark didn't like that car analog from a few days ago. I suspect it's because he didn't actually read the article I was referring to :). In any event Jenny has a bunch of analogies for the current SonicBlue situation talked about in B2.0's Erasing ReplayTV: It's like magazine publishers suing the printing industry for allowing their pages to be printed on paper that can be ripped out of a magazine. It's like radio industry suing auto makers because they include a mute button on the stereo...http://blog.mattgoyer.com/categories/digitalMusic/2002/04/22.html#a1298 (Untitled)- April 20, 2002 Gary outlines his plan for creating a new alternative music industry in Three Steps To Freedom. Is Gary a visionary or just another dot commer with a dream Be sure to let him know because he wants your comments. Update: Mark Cuban agrees 'with the thoughts' but believes we need signed artists which IMHO defeats the purpose.http://blog.mattgoyer.com/categories/digitalMusic/2002/04/20.html#a1295 (Untitled)- April 19, 2002 The Globe: Key case restores copyright balance (article by Michael Geist). Writing for the majority of the Court, Justice Ian Binnie stated that "the proper balance among these and other public policy objectives lies not only in recognizing the creator's rights but in giving due weight to their limited nature . . . Once an authorized copy of a work is sold to a member of the public, it is generally for the purchaser, not the author, to determine what happens to it." Justice Binnie...http://blog.mattgoyer.com/categories/digitalMusic/2002/04/18.html#a1285 (Untitled)- April 18, 2002 Baen Books has made available a number of books for free in the Baen Free Library and one of the guys recently wrote an article entitled, Prime Palaver 6 in which he asserts that it is not having a negative effect on the sale of their books. Jim Baen and I set up the Free Library about a year and half ago. Leaving aside the various political and philosophical issues, which I've addressed elsewhere, the premise behind the Library had a practical component as well. In brief, that in relative...http://blog.mattgoyer.com/categories/digitalMusic/2002/04/17.html#a1277 (Untitled)- April 14, 2002 Dallas Observer: Cuban once tried to buy Napster--something never before reported anywhere! Cuban's initial e-mail suggested that had he bought Napster, he would have moved it offshore to shield the company from digital copyright restrictions that make it a crime to circumvent technologies that protect copyrighted material such as songs. Where have you heard that before :) This is where I first heard it. Believe or not but I actually had someone dig up Cuban's email address and I emailed...http://blog.mattgoyer.com/categories/digitalMusic/2002/04/13.html#a1260 (Untitled)- April 13, 2002 Some good articles today in the Globe,... First up we have Steven Page lead singer of the Barenaked Ladies writing a very accessible article on 'The barenaked truth of the music business'. Unfortunately it's one those stories that the Globe hasn't put online. But let me recap his explanation of concert ticket prices (all figures USD): $10.75 - base price of cheapest ticket + $3.25 facility fee (to rent facilities that ClearChannel (the promoter) already owns) + $3.25 parking fee + $8.75...http://blog.mattgoyer.com/categories/digitalMusic/2002/04/13.html#a1259 (Untitled)- April 13, 2002 Wired on Moby: Behind this machine, of course, is the music, music that sounds cool - but not too cool. Which is precisely why it's so appealing: To corporate America, Moby offers an easy shorthand for cutting-edge cachet; the man who made electronica (read: edgy, intimidating, next big thing) safe for the mainstream (read: mass exposure, mass audience, massive sales). I just censored this paragraph. I have conflicting thoughts about whoring your music to corporations.. So how would you...http://blog.mattgoyer.com/categories/digitalMusic/2002/04/12.html#a1257 |