Comments on: Another Great Moment in Music Companies Vs The Internet

By: Shaun

Shaun — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 10:54:28 +0000

Not to knock Mick (btw do you have an online presence so we can sample your musical wares) but the move to recording and selling your own CDs and cutting out the labels has been going on for a while. A lot of bands realise this is the way to go. But best of luck Mick. Love to hear your stuff.

I’m astounded at the number of great, new bands I encounter outside the usual distribution networks. One of the good things about Myspace and eMusic.

By: The Bard

The Bard — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 10:25:35 +0000

Mick Strummer is a clever musician. There aren’t enough of those around. Good job.

By: Shaun

Shaun — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 23:11:21 +0000

From Slashdot: Warner Opens Video Library to YouTube. A progressive move.

By: Shaun

Shaun — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 22:49:51 +0000

kim, UMG have stated that they believe Myspace is in violation of copyright laws as well. Not sure as it is a great source for new music via the band pages. Indeed it is owned by Newcorp so that would make a nice battle though I don’t think it will ever happen.

Bruce, I think the issue of fair use in relation to copyrighted material has been going on for a number of years now outside the open source community. The DMCA, DRM schemes for example have been well reported and commented upon.

By: The Editor

The Editor — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 22:41:39 +0000

Corporations are clearly heaps better at youth culture than youth.

By: the amazing kim

the amazing kim — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 14:10:06 +0000

Universal’s actions are tied into stalled talks with YouTube. They also have Myspace in their sights as well. Thought Newscorp bought that a while back. Here's Mr Murdoch's myspace, if anyone's curious.

By: Bruce

Bruce — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 13:40:18 +0000

I just want to be able to have fair use of content and modify my source code and hardware, without any harm to anyone else. Glad to see this issue get some attention outside of the open source community

By: tigtog

tigtog — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 13:36:20 +0000

SG, it sounds like you got the “hipster cut” without even asking.

By: sublime cowgirl

sublime cowgirl — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 13:10:41 +0000

Speaking of copyright, i bought a pirated copy of Narnia for my kids whilst in Vietnam this year.

Much to the amusement of our kids, the subtitles got lost in translation somewhere resulting in such charming lines as :
“so where shall we get money?”
“we’ll pimp your sister, motherf***er” and,

“what shall i tell mother?”
” Just tell her to ***k off.”

We call it Narnia Uncut. Not too sure what Lewis would make of it though.

By: Francis Xavier Holden

Francis Xavier Holden — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 12:46:15 +0000

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