mp3 – Page 2 – Rocknerd

Links: SoundCloud saved, ASCAP and BMI start on Global Repertoire Database, Daily Mail sued for piracy.

30 July, 201730 July, 2017 Industry, Links, mp3 0

And my book is doing surprisingly well.

Links: The failed hi-res audio of the 1990s, the risks of piracy, Simon Reynolds’ glam faves.

20 July, 20179 May, 2018 Audio, Links, mp3, Rock, Your rights 0

And the Blockchain Robot!

Followups: Spotify “fake artist” speaks, SoundCloud, more audiophile networking.

17 July, 201717 July, 2017 Audio, Links, Media, mp3 2

And I have two or three days to get the book absolutely finished OH GOD

Links: Women in jazz, the power of arts funding, Chrome will kill torrent sites.

15 July, 201715 July, 2017 Industry, Jazz, Links, mp3 0

And some fake copyright VHS warnings.

Well chaps, SoundCloud may be buggered. Save what you can.

14 July, 201714 July, 2017 mp3, Musician 0

Despite a possible last-second rap rescue, assume SoundCloud is probably still at risk and you should be downloading and preserving.

Spotify’s extruded pop product substitute is worth it for the industry outrage.

12 July, 201717 July, 2017 Industry, Media, mp3, Opinion, Pop 1

Spotify outrages the record industry by not giving them even more free money. The actual listeners are fine with this.

Links: Spotify payola, cheap Apple Music, bogus Disney takedowns, music journalism pt 2.

20 June, 2017 Links, mp3, Writing, Your rights 0

It’s a much more dot-com new economy payola. The Uber of payola.

Links: FACT using Grenfell Tower for marketing, notice-and-stay-down, perpetual copyright.

17 June, 201717 June, 2017 Industry, Links, mp3, Your rights 0

Apparently Kodi software is flammable. Who knew?

Links: iTunes still sucks, Spotify not compressing as much, the Great Cultural Fragmentation.

27 May, 201727 May, 2017 Audio, Links, mp3 0

“It’s like giving somebody a glass of hell in ice water.”

Followups: Facebook dumps virtual reality, Spotify eats Niland, Denuvo still rubbish.

21 May, 201722 May, 2017 Film, Games, Links, mp3, Your rights 0

More ongoing thrills.

Streaming links: Spotify, Netflix versus Android, the return of the undead Live365.

18 May, 201719 May, 2017 Film, Links, mp3, Radio 0

Why buy when you can trust other people’s computers? I’m sure services will never suddenly disappear or block paying customers.

Links: a critic turned artist, the soothing power of noise, Kim Dotcom outdone, Herman’s Hermits.

15 May, 201715 May, 2017 Links, Metal, mp3, Rock, Writing 0

A pretty chill selection on the joy of art. And some schadenfreude for Kim Dotcom.

Copyright troll links: Norway, Rightscorp, Perfect 10, police investigating BPI anti-piracy chief.

12 May, 201712 May, 2017 Links, mp3, Your rights 0

There’s a lot of money in trying for a few hundred quid out of home Internet users. Well, sometimes.

eMusic returns! Or something of that name.

11 May, 20178 April, 2018 Industry, mp3, Record 10

Remember eMusic? I was a happy customer back in the day.

Links: Blockchain BitTorrent, Kim Dotcom movie, my Blockchain book interview.

9 May, 20177 June, 2017 Film, Links, mp3, Rocknerd, Your rights 1

Bram Cohen, Kim Dotcom and David Gerard. Only blockchains bind them.

Warner does a deal with YouTube. The record industry is outraged!

8 May, 20179 May, 2017 Industry, mp3, Opinion, Your rights 0

Warner has signed a completely expected deal with YouTube, because they do great business with each other and fully wish to continue. The music industry is hilariously outraged that Warner did the obvious deal with a fantastic and essential publicity outlet.