(Untitled)- December 29, 2002 Anyone Get a CD for Christmas "If you did you might want to check the box. Apparently a company called Bandlink is selling a technology to CD manufacturers which causes CDs to 'phone-home' when played in a personal computer. Unfortunately the story on Slashdot.org isn't specific about which manufacturers are doing this. Even worse is the fact that, other than a small logo on the CD cover, there is no notification to the consumer. I have heard of click-thru agreements allowing this kind of...http://www.theshiftedlibrarian.com/categories/digitalMusic/2002/12/28.html#a3280 My Dad Will Love This One- December 17, 2002 "The Roots Music Listening Room has converted a bunch of 78 rpm records from the 20's, 30's (mostly, but some from up to the 70s) into mp3s for your listening pleasure." Adam Wendt's Agnostic Audiophile Smorgasborghttp://www.theshiftedlibrarian.com/categories/digitalMusic/2002/12/16.html#a3204 Not Quite the Amends I Was Looking for- December 16, 2002 I just filled out my Settlement Fund claim against the music industry for their price fixing during the last century. You can fill one out, too, if you purchased pre-recorded music between 1995 and 2000. Depending on how many people submit claims, you'll get either $20 (fewer people), $5 (lots more people), or $0 (too many people making the claim under $5 for each person). You have to fill out the form by March 3, 2003. I probably bought something like 500 CDs during those five years, so even...http://www.theshiftedlibrarian.com/categories/digitalMusic/2002/12/15.html#a3192 MadPlayer for Mad Parties- December 10, 2002 MadPlayer's So Easy "In my quest to learn that the music from the T-Mobile photo-messaging ad is Röyksopp's 'So Easy' (thank you Steve's Music) I also came across the MadPlayer which looks like it could be a lot of fun. It's going to be a long time before the gadget fund has &163;250 again though." Curiouser and curiouser! This type of device will be a big hit with the Net Generation. Now they can even interact with their portable digital music players. Another thumb-based device...http://www.theshiftedlibrarian.com/categories/digitalMusic/2002/12/09.html#a3164 |