Open up your eyes
You know, these entries are going to go unnoticed since no one's around (hardly) on a holiday weekend. *le sigh*
I don't care. There are just a couple political issues I need to get out there.
The ONE Campaign
Are we all really being duped/lied to, or does it really matter?
ascii_70_85 brings up a good point in this entry in that the Live 8/ONE campaign ( Read more... )
I don't care. There are just a couple political issues I need to get out there.
The ONE Campaign
Are we all really being duped/lied to, or does it really matter?
ascii_70_85 brings up a good point in this entry in that the Live 8/ONE campaign ( Read more... )
They are suing the maker of Grockter, not the people that actual steal things. They say something to the effect of 90% of downloads on G-ster are illegal. As silly as it may sound that means 10% are legal. So that 10% will be penalized too?
I'm not perfect about stealing ... I have stolen. This is wrong. Though for whatever it's worth I never stole like full albums of stuff. I'd rather have the real thing. Now I listen to poll selections, but I have told myself I will delete them afterward, and have been faithfully doing so.
I used to get really annoyed with like say a greatest hits collection that had 2 new songs on it... you mean I've bought every CD up to this point and I have to buy another to get all the songs ... Though now with iTunes (not that I've ever used it), I know there is a viable way to purchase such things (sometimes). Thus stealing is again wrong ( ... )
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No, not necessarily. I know a lot of people who own the CDs that they make their mixed CDs from, which is what I do if I make any. So the song isn't really being stolen if it's already bought and just being shared with one person.
However, I do know a lot of people who don't make mixed CDs the way I do, so I guess there really is no way of telling.
I just know that I just can't stand hearing so many people think it's okay to download a whole album before they think it's worth buying.
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You said when someone sent you a mix CD that It would make you actually go out and buy the albums. The mix CD stole the songs, but it made you go out and buy them. The artist benefited by the theft.
I think you are using selective reasoning here.
If someone makes you a mixed CD. I believe they are violating copyright agreements. The only way they are not is if they, buy the music they burn for you off of iTunes (or something like that), and do not use it for themselves after they burn it for you, or if it's 'open source' like some live Grateful Dead recordings.
You may make backup copies of CD-ROMS you buy (I don't know if such 'rights' extend to audio recordings), so that if your copies become damaged you can use the back-up or vice-versa. But buying the CD does not give you any legal right to copy it for use by others. It's amounts to ( ... )
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I guess, by and large, not many people are buying CDs according to the "big people."
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If one is going to split hairs, I think that's illegal too {shrugs}. Well not exactly. Like if one were to distribute something, or re-broadcast for profit (maybe?). I don't think it's 100% on the up and up... it's the same idea.
... law doesn't really take that into consideration, does it?
Laws are supposed to be 100% solid to protect the owner of the property (as long as the owners are big companies - Kelo vs. New London). I think this prevents any distribution of their product without the creator's/company's consent.
I guess, by and large, not many people are buying CDs according to the "big people."
Nevermind that the music generally isn't as good, as it used to be.
Radio sucks... and the main mtv turning it's back on videos. What's a great movement in rock since the whole grunge thing?
Name a great band which has come out in the past 10 years, to wide popular success?
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Coldplay--altho some would argue that they're either rip-offs of U2 or Radiohead. I like 'em tho.
Imogen Heap/Frou Frou--Her first album came out in 1998, but Frou Frou (the band) is pretty successful, I'd say because of the whole "Let Go" / Garden State exposure.
Ben Folds/Five--Have some flexibility here. Their first album came out on June 12, 1995, but I don't think they hit it until "Brick" came out. Not really sure if they're "popular."
Dixie Chicks--They make country music fun, and it's not all that stereotypical country bullshit. "Goodbye Earl" from their second album is like what the movie Mortal Thoughts should've been.
But really, that's all I can think of from the last ten years.
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Coldplay
Perhaps, It's definitely their year.
I've even dug some of the songs ('The Scientist').
now, ... name another?
Imogen Heap/Frou Frou
Probably a good band...
but that's not what this is about.
... to most of the rest of the world a one hit wonder. I don't know their name, just the music that goes with the 'Garden State' trailer.
Ben Folds/Five--Have some flexibility here. Their first album came out on June 12, 1995, but I don't think they hit it until "Brick" came out. Not really sure if they're "popular."
I know of them... I know "Brick"...
Not really.
Dixie Chicks--They make country music fun, and it's not all that stereotypical country bullshit. "Goodbye Earl" from their second album is like what the movie Mortal Thoughts should've been.
I was more meaning rock, and ...
NO!
But really, that's all I can think of from the last ten years.
That's cause there really hasn't been. This is because rock and roll has generally been killed ( ... )
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