http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/files/2010/11/dr-evil.jpg
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 21 May 2012 18:26 (twelve years ago) link
based on the number of downloads that the many users of Limewire could theortetically have made
also lol
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 21 May 2012 18:28 (twelve years ago) link
btw there's a separate thread now for the copyright troll firmsCopyright trolls to sue bands fans for illegal downloading.
― it looks like something rupert the bear would wear (Algerian Goalkeeper), Monday, 21 May 2012 18:29 (twelve years ago) link
"The Supreme Court on Monday let stand a $675,000 file-sharing damages award that a jury levied against a college student for making 30 music tracks available on a peer-to-peer network."
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/05/supreme-court-file-sharing/
― geeta, Monday, 21 May 2012 18:46 (twelve years ago) link
I'm just waiting for the day when RIAA gains access to all of the world's hard drives and the onus somehow ends up on all of us to prove that every audio file on our computer was legally purchased.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 21 May 2012 21:39 (twelve years ago) link
yeah man i think my days of downloading are over. which sucks because i really dig collecting bootlegs and out of print stuff.
but at least there is spotify now.
― wack nerd zinging in the dead of night (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 21 May 2012 21:46 (twelve years ago) link
no bootlegs on spotify though :'(just too bad -- i mean, i know for a fact that there are bands who i've posted live tapes by who are fans of my blog! can't the riaa just leave us alone, mannnnn.
― tylerw, Monday, 21 May 2012 21:56 (twelve years ago) link
I just go to the library and burn CDs now.
― how's life, Monday, 21 May 2012 22:56 (twelve years ago) link
I wish my library carried more CDs! The classical section is decent, but hasn't been added to at all in the five years I've lived here. The non-classical CDs are laughable at best with the weirdest collection of stuff that basically looks like it was donated after every used CD store in the region rejected them.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 21 May 2012 22:59 (twelve years ago) link
My library system has a transfer system, where you can go on their online catalog and request for materials from other branches to be transferred to your branch.
― how's life, Monday, 21 May 2012 23:03 (twelve years ago) link
Which is to say, have you looked into that possibility?
Ours has that too, but, last time I checked, you actually had to pay a minimal fee to transfer media (movies and music) from another library system. Ours actually only has two branches (the non-main one is tiny and carries only books and magazines), so you have to have it shared from another system. Usually not worth the time/wait/hassle.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 21 May 2012 23:05 (twelve years ago) link
Shit, we talked about this on the suburbs thread, didn't we? Or similar. Wait, it was beach access or something. Where do you live anyway? I always presumed Chicago by your name.
― how's life, Monday, 21 May 2012 23:08 (twelve years ago) link
My friend calls the library Swedish iTunes, for some reason. Maybe based on how long it takes him to request, say, a Louis Armstrong boxed set, get it home, then copy the whole thing to his computer.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 21 May 2012 23:15 (twelve years ago) link
lol. my scottish grandfather always used to complain about those "goddamned lazy swedes".
― how's life, Monday, 21 May 2012 23:17 (twelve years ago) link
Just north of Chicago in Evanston actually. I need to look into how I can tap into the Chicago system.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 21 May 2012 23:43 (twelve years ago) link
Think this news item fits here pretty nicely:
Metallica keep touring due to royalty cuts
― Kevin John Bozelka, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 17:40 (twelve years ago) link
my heart bleeds for millionaire rockers leading millionaire lifestyles
― it looks like something rupert the bear would wear (Algerian Goalkeeper), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 17:48 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, I mean...it pretty much sounds like he's saying they're "forced" to tour now because the days when they could piss away millions of dollars between albums are over. Let me switch on my violin-playing nanomachine for ya, brohams.
― Quiet Desperation, LLC (Deric W. Haircare), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 17:53 (twelve years ago) link
yeah i mean if releasing THE BIGGEST SELLING ALBUM OF THE SOUNDSCAN ERA doesn't pay your bills then i don't know what
― some dude, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 17:54 (twelve years ago) link
Did Lulu really sell that much?
― tylerw, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 17:56 (twelve years ago) link
No, it was S&M.
― how's life, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 18:08 (twelve years ago) link
isn't this story like a year old?
― cosi fan whitford (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 20:13 (twelve years ago) link
maybe its a constant bane on these rich rockstars lives
― it looks like something rupert the bear would wear (Algerian Goalkeeper), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 20:19 (twelve years ago) link
can you believe this shit, having to play to sold out stadium audiences every goddamn summer like some kind of pathetic animal
― some dude, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 20:22 (twelve years ago) link
never used limewire nor have i ever met anyone who has
LimeWire's the only P2P I've ever used, tbh.
― Never translate Dutch (jaymc), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 20:24 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/05/29/google_copyright_takedown_requests/
Google now gets 250k copyright takedown requests EACH WEEKMore than all requests made during all of 2009
― Milton Parker, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 20:29 (twelve years ago) link
Von Lohmann said that Google tries to make the notice and takedown process as quick and efficient as possible and had last week been able to process requests on average within 11 hours. However, he said the company also attempts to "catch erroneous or abusive removal requests".
"We recently rejected two requests from an organization representing a major entertainment company, asking us to remove a search result that linked to a major newspaper’s review of a TV show," he said. "The requests mistakenly claimed copyright violations of the show, even though there was no infringing content."
"We’ve also seen baseless copyright removal requests being used for anticompetitive purposes, or to remove content unfavorable to a particular person or company from our search results. We try to catch these ourselves, but we also notify webmasters in our Webmaster Tools when pages on their website have been targeted by a copyright removal request, so that they can submit a counter-notice if they believe the removal request was inaccurate."
slow clap
this could be embarrassing for some people hahahhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18281187
― it looks like something rupert the bear would wear (Algerian Goalkeeper), Thursday, 31 May 2012 15:35 (twelve years ago) link
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/05/riaa-wants-to-issue-unlimited-takedowns-to-google/
― Milton Parker, Thursday, 31 May 2012 15:59 (twelve years ago) link
& this is more about software than music, but a good indicator of the real game that's being played. RIAA wish they were playing chess at this level.
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/05/microsoft-requests-takedowns-from-google-but-content-remains-on-bing/
Here you’ll find requests from companies that have asked Google to take down URLs for copyright infringement. Who’s the most prolific takedown requester? It’s Microsoft, which has requested that more than 2.5 million URLs be removed. But here’s the kicker: Microsoft has asked Google to remove URLs from its search results, while leaving some of those very same URLs active on its own search engine, Bing.
― Milton Parker, Thursday, 31 May 2012 16:03 (twelve years ago) link
haha, wow.
― tylerw, Thursday, 31 May 2012 16:08 (twelve years ago) link
hahaha
― it looks like something rupert the bear would wear (Algerian Goalkeeper), Thursday, 31 May 2012 16:17 (twelve years ago) link
"Bing, the filesharing-friendly search engine, pwning GOOG since 2012"
― cosi fan whitford (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Thursday, 31 May 2012 16:38 (twelve years ago) link
Ben Dover Productions says the pornographic industry has been "decimated" by piracy
Tragic.
― seven league bootie (James Morrison), Friday, 1 June 2012 02:34 (twelve years ago) link
pouring one out in honor of Peter North ;_;
― Chris S, Friday, 1 June 2012 02:41 (twelve years ago) link
"pouring"
― The Reverend, Friday, 1 June 2012 03:12 (twelve years ago) link
I am not touching fkin Bing even for free stuff.
― but he go's to a resturang and then die in a toilet (Jon Lewis), Friday, 1 June 2012 16:05 (twelve years ago) link
just caught that metallica quote and holy shit sure hope they don't end up as wal-mart greeters someday
― da croupier, Friday, 1 June 2012 17:28 (twelve years ago) link
xp lol otm
― The Reverend, Friday, 1 June 2012 17:55 (twelve years ago) link
David Lowery responds to NPR intern who downloaded lots of stuff.
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 00:29 (eleven years ago) link
Stephen Street in the comments!
I agree with his overall message, if not all of his points.
Like this part best:
"I also find this all this sort of sad. Many in your generation are willing to pay a little extra to buy “fair trade” coffee that insures the workers that harvested the coffee were paid fairly. Many in your generation will pay a little more to buy clothing and shoes from manufacturers that certify they don’t use sweatshops. Many in your generation pressured Apple to examine working conditions at Foxconn in China. Your generation is largely responsible for the recent cultural changes that has given more equality to same sex couples. On nearly every count your generation is much more ethical and fair than my generation. Except for one thing. Artist rights."
― dronestreet, Tuesday, 19 June 2012 02:42 (eleven years ago) link
ugh these people are giant pus stains
― Impetuous hybrid (Matt P), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 03:05 (eleven years ago) link
Your generation is almost as hypocritical as mine.
― Impetuous hybrid (Matt P), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 03:07 (eleven years ago) link
What generation is this guy from, where artists had 100% control over their works and there were no evil record companies?
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 03:08 (eleven years ago) link
Thats what im saying. "Many of your generation..." blow it up your ass u waste of flesh and die from it
― Impetuous hybrid (Matt P), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 03:12 (eleven years ago) link
I'm just glad we can forgive ethical oversights such as drones/government-sanctioned torture/war on terror/etc. because we buy Seventh Generation toilet paper.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 03:20 (eleven years ago) link
I can't really fathom the mindset that tries to draw comparisons between the activities of artists/musicians and the labor of sweatshop workers.
― mississippi joan hart (crüt), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 03:51 (eleven years ago) link