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by alexqgb 14y ago
Really like these music selects. Thanks for posting them.
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by alexqgb 14y ago
"We are not talking about a situation in which they are not being paid." Actually, we are. When you bought a copy, that copy came with certain limitations. One of those included a limitation against doing exactly what happened here (synchin
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by alexqgb 14y ago
That argument - if it held any water - would obviate the need to license any music used for any soundtrack added to any video.
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by alexqgb 14y ago
Don't be ridiculous. The kid is dancing TO the music.
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by alexqgb 14y ago
From the perspective of the recording industry, there is absolutely no ambiguity here. Whether you're synchronizing live or after the fact doesn't change the fact that you're synchronizing, and that right to do that is reserved by publisher
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by alexqgb 14y ago
The legal definition of "performance" means that the song (or a portion thereof) was played in a public setting. Given the number of hits the video received, this performance was, unambiguously, public.
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by alexqgb 14y ago
No, nobody is going to think this track is a substitute for a clean and complete version of the audio. If you think that's what's going on here it's because you're making the mistake of thinking that the market for personal enjoyment is the
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by alexqgb 14y ago
Nobody is arguing that the intention was simply to post the song. They're saying that a portion of the song was used illegally and without permission. Also, 29 seconds is ~30 seconds, which is the length of a standard TV commercial. In a wo
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by alexqgb 14y ago
No, that's not how the system works. The system works around a concept called "synchronization rights", which pertain to the synchronization of sound and picture - which is exactly what's going on here. Selling synchronization rights is a s
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by alexqgb 14y ago
Is anyone else bothered by the characterization of the music as "background"? To me, that suggests music that happened to be playing incidentally in the background while something unrelated was being filmed (e.g. people at a BBQ). That's no
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by alexqgb 14y ago
Right, because nobody has heard of James Cameron.
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by alexqgb 14y ago
You know what else is "counter-intuative"? The heliocentric world view. Also, relativity. Imagine, if before Einstein, you put 20 smart people in a room and tell them to come up with ideas about mass and energy. None of them would...well, y
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by alexqgb 14y ago
This is the hardest thing to learn. Stepping away from your desk when you're under pressure is just so counter-intuitive. Even if it's often worked before, there's that voice that says "Yes, but it might not this time, and you're under the
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by alexqgb 14y ago
"I'm talking about companies that became monopolies only because their lobbyists convinced lawmakers to protect their businesses." Don't be ridiculous. No American media company is, or is ever likely to become, a monopoly. What they depend
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by alexqgb 14y ago
Name one (legitimate) business that doesn't rely on government enforcement at some point. If you think about it, you'll find that even subway buskers can operate with the confidence that their hat full of quarters and singles won't get stol
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by alexqgb 14y ago
You know what else will drive up the costs? Running bad trial after bad trial after bad trial, burying the results, and only publishing if and when you finally come up with something positive. Not only does this provide a dangerously (murde
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by alexqgb 14y ago
"it's closer to $1 billion on average." As mentioned, that's a hugely suspicious "fact". As noted by the National Center for Biotechnology Information. "In the March 2003 edition of the Journal of Health Economics, a trio of economists from
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by alexqgb 14y ago
I'm always astonished by the idea that, were it not for patents and the profits they promise, "no motivation to develop drugs would exist". At one point I worked with a group that raised money to finance medical research for patients with l
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by alexqgb 14y ago
Definitely not unprecedented. I keep thinking it mirrors the introduction of Final Cut Pro X, in that a fundamentally broken product was dropped, without warning, on a group of users who relied on it heavily. Meanwhile, FCP 7 was yanked fro
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by alexqgb 14y ago
Take a slice of that rubbish bin's midsection, and you have the Mac Mini. Tilt that Mac Mini on its side, perforate either end, then add some handles, and you've got the G5. You can play this game with just about everything Apple has sold s
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by alexqgb 14y ago
I'm sorry, but the Cube is the single most important and consequential machine Apple ever made. Its design cues pervade everything from their flagship store to the individual keys on the keyboard on which I'm typing this. Nearly everything
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by alexqgb 14y ago
I've had three Mondain watches in the last 15 years (I really like them) and I had to compare side by side to see the differences. They're there, but they're subtle, and even to someone who is very familiar with the design, they're not imme
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by alexqgb 14y ago
It's like the wine business: the key to making a small fortune is starting with a big one.
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by alexqgb 14y ago
You've never had to hire a lawyer, have you?
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by alexqgb 14y ago
To the extent that business models are highly responsive to the legal environment, events that signal broader trends in the way laws are (or aren't) being enforced seem entierly relevant to those operating under them.
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by alexqgb 14y ago
FWIW, the fives are equally sound as well.
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by alexqgb 14y ago
"Drill", in this context, also means "for oil". Specifically, "in Alaska". Even more specifically, "in ANWR". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic_National_Wildlife_Refuge Because ANWR would supply petroleum (a fuel mostly used for transpo
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by alexqgb 14y ago
"There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old's life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally
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by alexqgb 14y ago
Wow, that's fantastic. Many thanks.
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by alexqgb 14y ago
I'm trying to fathom this level of disregard for marketing savvy coming from a guy who works for Apple, and I just can't do it. You, sir, have blown my mind.

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