facebook – Rocknerd

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.

Links: SoundCloud $70m, Facebook the label, Discogs, Bitcoin and Boss Baby.

24 March, 201724 March, 2017 Film, Industry, Links, Record 0

why does bitcoin keep coming up in my music links WHYYY

Industry links: Facebook, video, Cogent Pirate Bay block, CMJ charts dead, DistroKid retrospective.

16 February, 2017 Industry, Links, Your rights 0

The usual cavalcade of brilliance and competence.

Links: Facebook goes music industry, Denuvo DRM cracked in record time, a BitTorrent YouTube, women and jazz.

30 January, 201730 January, 2017 Games, Industry, Jazz, Links, mp3 0

assorted bile and horror

Links: AdNauseam blocked, Facebook video takedowns, hi-res Tidal, a wrist vibrator subwoofer.

9 January, 201710 January, 2017 Audio, Links, mp3, Your rights 0

Seriously, $199 for a vibrator for your wrist.

High seas: ISP warnings don’t work, Facebook content ID, more suits against copyright trolls.

5 January, 20176 January, 2017 Links, mp3, Your rights 0

News for freelance consumers of the preservation of culture.

Virtual Reality: it’s the new 3D! Expensive, consumers don’t want it and it makes you throw up.

14 December, 201628 August, 2017 Film, Games, Opinion 5

3D technology has been the next big thing for only the last sixty years. It offers amazing improvements over ordinary moving images: darkness, muddier colours, blurriness, headaches from watching for more than twenty minutes and slower action sequences so the viewer doesn’t bring up their last meal.