February 23, 2011

He shows publishers little sympathy.

"In many cases these publishers are basically getting the revenue off of composers who are dead for a very long time," Mr. Guo said. "The Internet has become the dominant form of communication. Copyright law needs to change with it. We want people to have access to this material to foster creativity. Personally I don’t feel pity for these publishers."

Those who "cling to their old business model," he added, will simply fade away.

But publishers point out that users of the site can miss the benefit of some modern editions that may be entitled to copyright protection -- and thus not part of the public domain -- because of significant changes to the music, such as corrections and editing marks based on years of scholarship about the composer's intention.

February 18, 2011

This summer, music lovers everywhere will finally be able to do the impossible: legally sell their digital music files and buy other people's used music at a fraction of the price. A group of MIT and Cambridge-based geniuses has solved the most pressing problem of the digital music age and will soon extend invitations to experience the limited early release of ReDigi, the world's first online marketplace to legally recycle, buy and sell, used digital music files.

Along with giving users the power to recycle their digital music files, the ReDigi's Marketplace also aims to help strengthen the music industry through the ReDigi Foundation program, which grants a share of proceeds from all music sales to both artists and record labels each and every time a track resells.

February 17, 2011

February 11, 2011

Van Halen: 1-6 Sean Connery; 7-10 Roger Moore; 11 George Lazenby.

Eric Clapton: 1-8, 11-18 displays of "chops," uninspired blues shuffles, mid-tempo choogle, shitty songwriting; 9-10 and Phil Collins, too!

Jane's Addiction: 1 Drugs won't make you Lou Reed. 2 Big-ass riffing won't make you Led Zeppelin. 3 Persistence won't make you interesting.

The Police: "Suspects were arraigned & charged with [1-3] attempted reggae, impersonating a punk, [4] aggravated pomposity & [5] stalking."