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)- May 14, 2002 Rumor has it Fairtunes aka Musiclink might go back online tomorrow after months of outage. (Remember: John and Matt are no longer involved with Fairtunes). Of course I'll believe it when I can send money to all the artists I've had to hold off sending money to. And we'll mark the occasion by publishing a little digest I've being compiling over the period of the outage.http://blog.mattgoyer.com/categories/digitalMusic/2002/05/14.html#a1375 (Untitled)- May 14, 2002 USA Today: Kazaa, Verizon propose to pay artists directly (via Jenny) "An unlikely alliance of swap-service Kazaa and telephone and Internet giant Verizon is floating a proposal to break the logjam of lawsuits: Computer manufacturers, blank CD makers, ISPs and software firms such as Kazaa will pool funds and pay artists directly. 'Historically, there's been a clash between the content community and new technology, back to the player piano,' says Verizon vice president Sarah Deutsch. 'We're...http://blog.mattgoyer.com/categories/digitalMusic/2002/05/14.html#a1374 (Untitled)- May 14, 2002 If Dave links to it, it must be a good quote :). I said: "We'd love record labels to just go away. They're great for a Britney Spears, but I don't see them providing a lot of benefits for smaller acts." (from The Time article). If you disagree I'd love to hear why. Needless to say the article did not run in the Canadian edition of Time. Do they not realize that I AM Canadian content Hopefully Gary can pick me up a copy or 5 to see if the results of that 5 hour photo shot made it in.http://blog.mattgoyer.com/categories/digitalMusic/2002/05/13.html#a1372 (Untitled)- May 13, 2002 Time Magazine: Dealing with Download Guilt: 'Fairtunes.com's honor system bypasses the record labels' It's a shame that people can't actually visit the Fairtunes site and send money like they could in the good old days. Live and learn. Time for my nit picks with the story: Where's John! He was that 'buddy' in the car, he quit his job, he wrote the code, it was his basement we crashed in. It's disappointing he got written out of the story. Some people feel guilty but we didn't start the site.http://blog.mattgoyer.com/categories/digitalMusic/2002/05/13.html#a1369 (Untitled)- May 10, 2002 http:www.mpb.tv: Entirely free music. I'm listening to O Brother Where Art Thou right now. ...Listen while you can. This is going to be shutdown fast.http://blog.mattgoyer.com/categories/digitalMusic/2002/05/09.html#a1361 (Untitled)- May 9, 2002 Canada's Musical Catch-22 SOCAN is winning a courtroom brawl against providers ranging from incumbent telephone carriers to mom-and-pop ISPs over Tariff 22, a piece of legislation that would charge service providers for music stored in caching servers and open the door for even more fees down the road by other industry organizations. (Emphasis mine). Seems this is because caching 'is neither a passive nor a necessary function and thus triggers liability'. Wow, that's just about the dumbest...http://blog.mattgoyer.com/categories/digitalMusic/2002/05/09.html#a1358 (Untitled)- May 8, 2002 Hollywood Reporter: Firms outside EU to pay digital tax Companies from outside the European Union will have to pay tax on electronic and digital products they sell in countries within the EU, according to a law passed Tuesday in Brussels. The law affects companies from the United States and elsewhere selling digital downloads of music or software as well as subscription-based and pay-per-listen radio and pay-per-view television broadcasting. They will pay value-added tax, which is levied at...http://blog.mattgoyer.com/categories/digitalMusic/2002/05/08.html#a1352 (Untitled)- May 8, 2002 TheHip.com: The Hip Clubhttp://blog.mattgoyer.com/categories/digitalMusic/2002/05/08.html#a1350 (Untitled)- May 7, 2002 Laugh or cry LawMeme: Top Ten New Copyright Crimes (via my Wes catchup)http://blog.mattgoyer.com/categories/digitalMusic/2002/05/07.html#a1345 (Untitled)- May 7, 2002 JAM! Showbiz: 'Hip Club' to offer fans extra music The group's forthcoming album, "In Violet Light"(in stores June 11) will come packaged with a card granting fans membership in The Hip Club, with access to free music downloads, front-of-the-line concert ticket access and exclusive merchandise. In a world where music is effectively free what the The Hip are doing is the future, so pay attention because they're doing things right with this 'club'. So someone at The Hip gets it and..http://blog.mattgoyer.com/categories/digitalMusic/2002/05/07.html#a1343 |