Michael Jardeen: ...face the musicfeeling screwed by the music industry? <br>...get in line, they screw everyone...(Untitled)- April 28, 2003 Week of action The job hunting is going down to the wire. I have a couple things that are starting to look good. More to say if something happens. I move on Wednesday. I will be getting a new phone number and going from Qwest DSL back to Cable Modem service. I will let you know how that all goes. Sad story today all over the news about the Tacoma Police Chief who shot his wife and then killed himself. At this point she is still alive. I hope for her kids sake that she survives. Another...http://radio.weblogs.com/0100258/categories/faceTheMusic/2003/04/28.html#a820 (Untitled)- April 24, 2003 Microsoft, Macrovision to halt CD 'ripping The world's largest software company, along with the firm most involved in protecting the entertainment industry's content, are cooking up a music CD to keep tunes from being 'ripped' and traded on the Net. Macrovision, which already helps Hollywood keep videocassettes and DVDs from being copied, said Wednesday that it is joining with Microsoft and its Windows Media software to allow labels to make CDs that could let consumers make copies for...http://radio.weblogs.com/0100258/categories/faceTheMusic/2003/04/24.html#a815 (Untitled)- April 11, 2003 Apple...in Talks to Buy Universal Music In a pairing that would alter the architecture of the music business, Apple Computer Inc. is in talks with Vivendi Universal to buy Universal Music Group, the world's largest record company, for as much as $6 billion, sources said. Such a seemingly unlikely combination would instantly make technology guru Steve Jobs, Apple's co-founder and chief executive, the most powerful player in the record industry....more LA Times I have mixed feelings about...http://radio.weblogs.com/0100258/categories/faceTheMusic/2003/04/11.html#a803 (Untitled)- April 8, 2003 RIAA Hits Students Where It Hurts The Recording Industry Association of America apparently took a page from the military handbooks of coalition forces in Iraq this week when it attempted to "shock and awe" college music pirates by hitting them with hefty lawsuits. The trade group is suing four students for operating Napster-like file-sharing services on their campus networks. "This round of suits is intended to send a message to other students who are engaging in this type of behavior,"...http://radio.weblogs.com/0100258/categories/faceTheMusic/2003/04/08.html#a800 (Untitled)- April 8, 2003 Disney...shifting its anti-piracy stance Walt Disney Chairman and Chief Executive Michael Eisner said Monday that his company won't let the threat of piracy keep it from aggressively pursuing business strategies based on new digital technologies, even if that means rethinking its current business models...more SiliconValley.com If Eisner is serious about this and not doing the FUD dance, then this would be a nice shift from the company that is legendary for it's protection of it's...http://radio.weblogs.com/0100258/categories/faceTheMusic/2003/04/08.html#a799 |