jessevondoom

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by jessevondoom 13y ago
I've also got to sing the praises of WebFWD — my organization, CASH Music, was part of the first class and it was invaluable to us. Great people, continued support, and an experience that helped shape the organization. Highly recommend you
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by jessevondoom 14y ago
No way of knowing? Really? None? For starters, Google: https://www.google.com/#hl=en&q=major%20labels%20invest%... Doesn't take long at all to find out that the deals struck with majors included not a decent percentage, but actually o
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by jessevondoom 14y ago
Sure. Open source by itself isn't a tax-exempt action, but for many it's an important part of releasing free software for the public benefit. Services for the public benefit that are open to all can generally be framed as tax-exempt activit
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by jessevondoom 14y ago
I understand the perspective that operations and growth challenges for a nonprofit are generally the same, but there are some pretty huge differences too. My own organization is a nonprofit startup. Our 501(c)(3) application took four and a
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by jessevondoom 14y ago
The source never gets distributed to the end user, so there's no violation of the GPL. (This use case / loophole is the reason the AGPL was written.)
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by jessevondoom 14y ago
Effectively closing the source with a loophole and removing user choice. I'm not saying it's right or wrong, but it knocks the "for the good of WP users" argument they use down a few pegs.
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by jessevondoom 14y ago
Your girlfriend didn't recognize penises?
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by jessevondoom 14y ago
Well the thing with printing is that the K part of CMYK is actually not the darkest black, yet it's 100% K that's used to print a book. Fully saturated rich black (100% C+M+Y+K) is usually a little too jarring against a bright stock — take
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by jessevondoom 14y ago
Revenue models are all actually different, and kind of messy. In the US, radio pays out royalties for publishing but not for performance/mechanical. That means the rightsholder for publishing gets paid, but not the performer of the piece. (
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by jessevondoom 14y ago
Different payout rates for free versus paid users, which also varies from country to country based on negotiated royalty rates. I'd also assume exchange rates come into play.
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by jessevondoom 14y ago
I know Dan and a few of the others involved in this project and their passion is both amazing and warranted. Data is becoming and indispensable tool in the modern newsroom, and it makes sense that the pairing of seasoned journalists and cre
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by jessevondoom 14y ago
It's a little silly to say that record labels only curate content. Of course that's the easiest thing to replace. They also negotiate IP rights in every country in the world, handle any sample clearance, handle accounting for the publishing
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by jessevondoom 15y ago
Yeah that's right. It's a little over-reported. It's also EMI publishing not the label. The original lawsuit brought by Universal is quite a bit more serious: http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-57332246-261/grooveshark-e...
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by jessevondoom 15y ago
Just to clarify...you gave Apple permission to make money off of your work, right?
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by jessevondoom 15y ago
And I'm curious — really asking not being passive agressive — do you see an iOS app developed by an independent developer as belonging to both the developer and to Apple? I'd say that Apple's 30% is a commission based on the sales and serv
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by jessevondoom 15y ago
He edited "shithead executives" down to just "executives." I was responding to the original text. And yes, some labels make money off of the backs of artists, some are really great and make money with artists. Just like some streaming ser
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by jessevondoom 15y ago
By the way, there's also this link up on DMN: http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/permalink/2011/111512 I've spoken with a lot of label heads from the more influential names on the list and they were in no way okay with being listed, some act
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by jessevondoom 15y ago
I personally work with hundreds of artists and MANY of them have been treated terribly by customer service when trying to initiate take-downs. When urged to sign licensing deals it's all or nothing, and if they choose nothing the music rema
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by jessevondoom 15y ago
Yeah Rdio is pretty great, and they give artists access to an under-publicised affiliate program allowing them to earn money off the audience they drive to the platform. Solid iOS app. Personally my favorite of the streaming services. I'd a
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by jessevondoom 15y ago
I work in music, with a lot of indie labels and musicians, and for once the ENTIRE industry is inline on something. Grooveshark has been actively hostile to artists requesting their music be removed from the service, their terms are unfrien
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by jessevondoom 15y ago
This is incredibly helpful. I run a small OSS/music nonprofit and as you'd imagine there's not a lot of money in that. Having just gone through the process of looking around for insurance for my family I can say that is was an amazing contr
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by jessevondoom 15y ago
Summary: "kind of, but not really." Only in the comments is the name LiveScript mentioned. I remember actually playing with JS as LS in the Netscape 2.0 days. So the gist is kind of there, but if you want actual history I'd suggest : http:/
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by jessevondoom 15y ago
For a more practical membership-share or coffee-club type of set up restrictions make sense...but in this case I think the anonymity of it all is the interesting part — seeing the behavior patterns emerge naturally and anonymously will be v
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by jessevondoom 15y ago
One thing that's interesting and only hinted at in the article is the fact that this could also swing retailers who don't currently accept AmEx into doing so. Most people here know that AmEx fees are significantly higher than Visa/MC, so th
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The tough road to 501(c)(3) status for open-source(blog.cashmusic.org)
2 points by jessevondoom 15y ago|0 comments
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by jessevondoom 15y ago
It's true. And the current push to record a record while in a busy touring cycle is crazy but apparently working. It's sometimes easy to forget that touring musicians are basically working 15+ hour days of long drives, load-ins, etc -- all
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by jessevondoom 15y ago
Just for the record: I know Jonathan a bit and he markets himself as himself. The story of programmer to musician is 100% true and both are things he's pretty much always done. As for the money side of it...the difference between a programm
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Ashton Kutcher: Working on Two and a Half Men will give me more time for tech(venturebeat.com)
6 points by jessevondoom 15y ago|0 comments
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by jessevondoom 15y ago
It's a good question. I did read an interview with (I think) Charlie Kindel who was talking about their approach to designing WP7 (sorry, can't find the link.) His story implied that it was somewhat different by design as an attempt to spee
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by jessevondoom 15y ago
I'm pretty impressed by the path MS has taken with their mobile platform — rather than simply aping iOS or Android they're trying new ideas and it seems like they've put a lot of legitimate thought into how people interact with their mobile

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