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by taylorlb 15y ago
Except that no one company could ever get approved by regulators in the US or EU to purchase ALL the major music companies. It would be extremely unlikely that Google would even get approved to purchase the two that are up for sale already.
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by taylorlb 16y ago
and then after you've been paying for a subscription for 3 years and you decide you are happy with version X for the time being, you won't be able to continue using it if you stop paying. From the Subscription FAQ: If I cancel my subscript
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by taylorlb 16y ago
I think the paths are similar, but there is a key difference for me: YouTube's success didn't initially 100% rely on using other peoples copyrighted works without permission or compensation. No doubt music videos etc. helped immensely but f
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by taylorlb 16y ago
Enjoying reading the book so far, but also worth checking out, and what turned me on to it in the first place, is Freeman Dyson's review in NY Books. http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2011/mar/10/how-we-...
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by taylorlb 16y ago
Not entirely accurate actually. All of Metallica's records came out (at least in North America, not sure about the rest of the world) under the Warner Music Group umbrella, which is what Sean is allegedly bidding on. Going all the way back
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by taylorlb 16y ago
DMB may not be the "most popular" but they did sell more tickets than any other act in North America over the last 10 years http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/flint/index.ssf/2010/01/d...
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by taylorlb 16y ago
Phish and DMB share the same manager
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by taylorlb 16y ago
I shall re-work my previous comment then... that's the last time I mention something off topic and vague here again. I shall save my nonsense for other forums.
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by taylorlb 16y ago
man, I really had no idea how unpopular that comment was going to be! Last time I mention that show ever again.
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by taylorlb 16y ago
Jacob confronted by the Man in Black
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by taylorlb 16y ago
There's not a lot of "let's do this just to do it" going on in Hollywood. Think about it: at it's root level, the film business is FAR more money driven than the tech community at large is (Silicon Valley can be just as nasty as Hollywood,
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by taylorlb 16y ago
Or to put it in the simplest terms, don't shit where you eat.
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by taylorlb 16y ago
For further exploration of the parallels between the drug game and the rest of the game: check out the wonderful section of Freakonomics that's devoted to breaking down how successful crack dealing gangs conduct business.
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by taylorlb 16y ago
The bike snob anti-new-minimalism thread is highly entertaining and informative. The idea that those suffering from extreme poverty are the ultimate minimalists puts the recent "wearing minimalism on your sleeve" trend in perspective IMO.
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by taylorlb 16y ago
My feeling: we are already so close to hitting the lock in point with Facebook, that although many projects will emerge, they will ultimately go nowhere, despite data portability and genuine interest in alternatives.
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by taylorlb 16y ago
Perhaps passive radio style listening vs random access is a better way of explaining it. I think.
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by taylorlb 16y ago
It's not so much that they don't want to "deal" with the changing business, it's that there aren't proper incentives in place for the people who run the companies. Chances are, if you run a major music rights company, you get paid a large s
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by taylorlb 16y ago
It's important to point out that success for these companies isn't dependent on being in business with the major rights holders.
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How to pour the perfect cup of coffee(guardian.co.uk)
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by taylorlb 16y ago
They're not rid of those freeloading networks just yet. They extended the deadline to opt in to a paid plan to August 30th this morning.
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by taylorlb 16y ago
I'd be interested to hear more about this though.
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by taylorlb 16y ago
I'm enjoying the comments about the lack of data in the linked article. As a tech person who works in the music industry, I've stopped reading most music business centric news as there always seems to be a lack of data driven analysis. So m
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by taylorlb 16y ago
Very nice. I'd love for someone to do this for cheese actually.