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)- June 21, 2002 GrepLaw: GrepLaw's goal is to be 'the most interesting, useful, and frequently updated source of Internet law and policy news and discussion on the Internet'. So if Geeks, Laws, and Everything In Between is your thing.. Then head over there. If not. Stay here.http://blog.mattgoyer.com/categories/digitalMusic/2002/06/20.html#a1492 (Untitled)- June 19, 2002 K5: The Future of K5, and the First Ever Kuro5hin Fundraising Drive has already raised $21k in the first day! Now that's a voluntary payment bonanza if I've ever seen one. ..I can think of one company in particular for whom it might make sense to go the K5 non profit & fundraising drive way.http://blog.mattgoyer.com/categories/digitalMusic/2002/06/18.html#a1482 (Untitled)- June 18, 2002 Finally! A real competitor to the iPodhttp://blog.mattgoyer.com/categories/digitalMusic/2002/06/18.html#a1479 (Untitled)- June 18, 2002 Don Henley (from Eagles still test the limits) I have a great deal of distaste and disrespect for what MTV and VH1 have become, pandering to the lowest-common denominator -- you know, contributing to the increasing shallowness of the culture, the dumbing down of the culture, simply to feed the voracious corporate appetite. Corporations are ruining the world, okay They're sucking the blood out of every culture on the earth.http://blog.mattgoyer.com/categories/digitalMusic/2002/06/18.html#a1477 (Untitled)- June 15, 2002 Royalties proposed for booming used market as new-CD sales stagnate. Maybe if they gave us motivation to buy their new CDs... Or sold them at competitive prices...http://blog.mattgoyer.com/categories/digitalMusic/2002/06/14.html#a1472 (Untitled)- June 13, 2002 If I wasn't locked in the library this afternoon I would have posted this significant news earlier (see I told you the CD was dead): This summer, Universal plans to sell tens of thousands of high-quality digital singles for 99 cents or less and albums for $9.99 through online retailers such as Amazon, Best Buy and Sam Goody, according to sources and company executives. Universal plans to make new releases available for downloading as well as older ones, and possibly offer downloads before the..http://blog.mattgoyer.com/categories/digitalMusic/2002/06/12.html#a1465 (Untitled)- June 11, 2002 Why I bought not just one, but 3 'In Violet Light' CDs today A chance to win a pair of tickets to an intimate show tomorrow night 2 free unreleased MP3 tracks ripped 192kbps Access to The Hip Club Oh yeah, the music. Now my purchase of not one, but three copies of The Tragically Hip is very significant for several reasons. The biggest one being that I actually bought their album while the last time they released an album 2 years ago I did not. Why didn't I buy their last album It was...http://blog.mattgoyer.com/categories/digitalMusic/2002/06/11.html#a1462 (Untitled)- June 8, 2002 Microsoft.com: Protecting intellectual property will take cooperation and innovation. Meanwhile, some ideas advanced by the entertainment industry could have unintended consequences. One concept would require computers and other devices to inspect every bit of incoming content&151;every file, every e-mail&151;for digital &147;watermarks&148; that indicate copyrighted material. Potentially an invasion of users&146; privacy, this measure would also slow the processing of data...http://blog.mattgoyer.com/categories/digitalMusic/2002/06/08.html#a1458 (Untitled)- June 4, 2002 SiliconValley.com: Bertelsmann role becomes clearer as Napster files for Chap. 11 While Napster enjoyed the reputation as a music-industry renegade, Europe's second-largest media company quietly bankrolled the operation, providing five separate loans totaling $91 million. $91 MILLION!http://blog.mattgoyer.com/categories/digitalMusic/2002/06/04.html#a1440 (Untitled)- June 1, 2002 Music Industry Unveils New Piracy-Proof Format Music bosses have unveiled a revolutionary new recording format that they hope will help win the war on illegal file sharing which is thought to be costing the industry millions of dollars in lost revenue. Nicknamed the 'Record', the new format takes the form of a black, vinyl disc measuring 12 inches in diameter, which must be played on a specially designed 'turntable'.http://blog.mattgoyer.com/categories/digitalMusic/2002/06/01.html#a1432 |