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 Music Playlist for your Blog (May 14, 2008)Source: The Webmaster bookmark (http://accosted.tazlog.com/) Video and Music playlist (May 14, 2008)Source: The Webmaster bookmark (http://accosted.tazlog.com/)
Files too large for sending as email attachments? (April 9, 2008)Source: Cate Howard bookmark (http://niwde726.tazlog.com/)
Send, Share and Backup your files completely Free (April 9, 2008)Source: Cate Howard bookmark (http://niwde726.tazlog.com/)
Listen to Hot Music Hits, Hip Hop and R&B at EMD (February 22, 2008)Source: John Martial bookmark (http://tips4u.tazlog.com/)
 Lone holdout in DRMed music recommends DRM circumvention (January 4, 2008)Source: Ars Technica (http://arstechnica.com/index.ars) Sony tacitly recognizes the inconvenience caused by its DRM usage, and even recommends that iPod users circumvent some of its own DRM. Read More...
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Nous avons eu tort: le patron de Warner Music (November 14, 2007)Source: Transnets (http://pisani.blog.lemonde.fr) | Ne faites pas les mêmes bêtises que nous vient de déclarer en substance Edgar Bronfman aux opérateurs de téléphonie mobile réunis à Macao par le GSMA Mobile Asia Congress.
J'aurais bien aimé l'entendre…
"Nous nous sommes bercés d'illusions," a-t-il déclaré. "Nous pensions que notre contenu était parfait tel qu'il était. Nous croyions que notre business resterait béatement à l'abri alors que le monde de l'interactivité, des connections constantes et du partage en ligne explosait. Et, bien évidemment nous avions tort. Oh, que nous avions tort! En restant immobiles ou en nous déplaçant à un rythme de glaciation nous sommes, par mégarde, partis en guerre contre les consommateurs en leur refusant ce qu'ils voulaient et pouvaient trouver par ailleurs. Le résultat, bien sûr, c'est que les consommateurs ont gagné."
MacUser qui publie l'information rapporte qu'il a invité les opérateurs de téléphonie mobile à ne pas commettre la même erreur que ... |
★ Total Music, Uh-Huh (October 13, 2007)Source: Daring Fireball (http://daringfireball.net/)
LA Times Kills Editorial On How To Revitalize Both Music And Newspaper Industries To Avoid Pissing Off Both (July 25, 2007)Source: Techdirt (http://www.techdirt.com/) Last month, when the news first came out that Prince was Prince did a deal to have a UK newspaper give away a free copy of his latest CD with every paper, we noted that this showed a great way to increase the value for both the music industry and the newspaper industry in one single move. Apparently, I wasn't the only one to think so. A columnist for the LA Times, Patrick Goldstein, felt the same way as well -- and actually had some fantastic ideas to improve on Prince's experiment in a way that would add tremendous value to a bunch of musicians and the LA Times in a single move. Of course, the LA Times sometimes is known for catering to the incumbent established entertainment industry which so dominates LA -- and perhaps that's why the LA Times' new associate editor killed the column and refused to run it (found via Romenesko). Of course, in true Streisand Effect fashion, the column has leaked and it's hard to see any reason why the LA Times would spike it, other than it was afraid of pissing off the established recording industry.
You can read the whole spiked column at the link above, and it's a worthwhile read. The smart changes Goldstein proposed were that it be a regular series of free CDs distributed with the newspaper (encouraging more subscriptions and positioning the paper as a "tastemaker"). And rather than have the newspaper pay the musicians directly (which is how the Prince deal worked), have a sponsor pony up the money to be associated with the musician (this is exactly how much music is already created). Everyone wins in this deal... except stubborn record labels who don't understand that they should be in the music promotion business and think they're only in the business of selling plastic discs. The musicians get paid, get a lot more attention and are likely to make even more in terms of a wider audience willing to go to more shows, buy more merchandise and increase the amount future sponsors will be willing to pay. The newspaper gives people a fantastic new reason to subscribe... |
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