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Chris Ott: Excusing the present-biased historicism… (Shallow Rewards)
Chris Ott: Excusing the present-biased historicism… (Shallow Rewards)
No one is innocent, but neither is anyone explicitly guilty. So much of the circular dialog here is about choosing a perceived side (pro-artist, anti-commerce) and assigning blame. I use this quote perhaps more often than I should, but, “When you make yourself out to be the victim, it is easy to feel righteous,” and that goes both ways, because you’re simultaneously vilifying someone else. If we’re going to prolong this ceaseless future-of-music debate, we must ensure it sticks to music culture, and reject the culture of victimization.
·shallowrewards.tumblr.com·
Chris Ott: Excusing the present-biased historicism… (Shallow Rewards)
jay Frank: Is Stealing Music Really the Problem? (FutureHit.DNA)
jay Frank: Is Stealing Music Really the Problem? (FutureHit.DNA)
So while all these independent artists argue thievery, do you know who’s winning? Major labels. This week, of the top 100 tracks on Spotify, only 6% are on independent labels. Major labels have figured out that the game is about exposure and awareness, two things that they are actually quite good at. It’s not about royalty rates, thievery, or even quality of music.
·futurehitdna.com·
jay Frank: Is Stealing Music Really the Problem? (FutureHit.DNA)
Jonathan Coulton: Megaupload
Jonathan Coulton: Megaupload
Make good stuff, then make it easy for people to buy it. There’s your anti-piracy plan. So I have a lot of trouble with the idea that the federal government is directing resources toward an ultimately ineffective game of piracy whack-a-mole (with some unknown amount of collateral damage to law-abiding citizens), when we are not even sure that piracy is a problem.
·jonathancoulton.com·
Jonathan Coulton: Megaupload
New York Magazine: Trent Reznor and Saul Williams Discuss Their New Collaboration, Mourn OiNK
New York Magazine: Trent Reznor and Saul Williams Discuss Their New Collaboration, Mourn OiNK
Trent was an Oink user and regrets its disappearance. The Reznor-Williams collaboration, The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust!, a mind-boggling fusion of genres," will be released for free on the internet. "Ghetto gothic?"
·nymag.com·
New York Magazine: Trent Reznor and Saul Williams Discuss Their New Collaboration, Mourn OiNK