emusic is all that iTunes isn’t. I can’t find good documentation but it looks like the label is getting a good share. Since they are indie I’m assuming the artist is getting taken care of. No DRM for me. Steve could learn something. Having many projects cooking at once is something I’m usually game for [...]
Anyone who reads my blog for content knows that one of the few things I get fired up about is DRM. Since music is so important to me it makes sense that I would feel strongly about my rights in that arena. Today Steve Jobs, the guy in the driver’s seat of the 800lb gorilla [...]
Today a coworker asked me a question about iPods. “I just got an iPod,” she said, “and my husband has a bunch of music that he’s save in some format and I’d like to get some of it onto my iPod. How can I do that?” I immediately knew we were going to get into [...]
It wasn’t that long ago that I woke up, took stock of my life and said What Now? I love my job, have great friends, and have all the things that, 10 years ago, I said I wanted to have. There are a few exceptions to that but nothing I could rush. So I started [...]
I am always copping new music. The mixtape has been one of the most wonderful additions to my life. I realized today that I hadn’t mentioned Lupe Fiasco’s album to Jackson yet. Maybe the rest of you would benefit from a dose of my musical sleuthing? Anyway, I’ll try and shout out a mixtape or [...]
I noticed today that Phonte from Little Brother posted on their MySpace blog that he was killing off his alter ego Percy Miracles. Cheatin’ is one of my favorite songs on The Listening, as it goes well out of it’s way to make fun of R&B. Apparently our boy Tay was disappointed that (to use [...]
Rebellion done for it’s own sake Does not a true free thinker make To go against for it’s own sake You’re still controlled by the course that the other man takes Reconsider Everything – Evolver – 311
Today’s Quote of the Day: Fuck Dumb Shit! – Busta Rhymes, Survival Hungry
DRM, Digital Rights Management, is a method for controlling the use and distribution of content and hardware. Today the Wall Street Journal ran a debate between a fair-use advocate law professor and an MPAA executive (found via Daring Fireball). This excited me because I hoped to hear a good argument from the ‘fair use’ side. [...]
Many months ago I suggested to Glen that I would proffer some choice morsels from my mp3 collection for his perusal. I forgot about that until recently. Part of the reason is that there are so many good songs I could carry out to the intertron and deposit into a virtual Arabian auction. Choice sometimes [...]