Well worth a look is a “news” item apparently written by Mr. Steve Jobs of Apple, Inc. that discloses his thoughts on the digital music industry and DRM issues surrounding it.
Thoughts on Music
This is a nice response to the ongoing comments on digg or other social networking sites that seem to blame Apple and the other big digital music vendors for the existence of DRM in the first place.
Most folks don’t seem to know it’s the record labels that dictate the rules of digital music distribution as they own all the content. Apple at least negotiated them down to the infamous $0.99 per track price on the iTunes Store. Everyone has to profit too as well, and bandwidth isn’t free, so you probably aren’t going to see it much lower than that.
Furthermore Steve reveals why Apple isn’t keen on licensing their Fairplay DRM technology (go read the article if you haven’t yet). Meanwhile Microsoft pushed their “Plays for...
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Site Server UpdateFrom: opaquedream.com
Post Date: 2006-12-06 13:21:32
I’ve migrated my hosting package to the new Grid Server at Media Temple over this last weekend.
Had to tidy up a password change so this blog was offline for a few days, but everything went smoothly and I now have more server space and some additional features to use.
I guess that means there will be more media like music and video online as I continue to re-design a new version of the site. It’s about time really.
The new Grid Server at MT is supposed to be faster, espec...
more Robert Altman Dies at 81From: opaquedream.com
Post Date: 2006-11-21 14:31:20
At least he didn’t take off early like Douglas Adams or Stanley Kubrick.
I know a lot of folks don’t get into his work, maybe because it’s sometimes deeper and less easy than the straight-up entertainment we all get from movies. I don’t know, but I never had a real problem with Altman and I first saw Nashville when I was probably 15 or so. His influence is somewhat overlooked by the general audience but filmmakers get it.
I’ve yet to see his last film ta...
more The Zune Brand Fails To ImpressFrom: opaquedream.com
Post Date: 2006-11-17 14:35:55
Reviewers, trolls, iPod fanboys and the ‘net in general have been talking about the new Microsoft Zune player all week - that is until the Sony Playstation 3 launch occurred.
Back to the Zune though – the reviews have continued to be not entirely positive though the player is obviously not a complete piece of junk. Online in forums and social networking sites the Zune brand is actually overshadowing the player hardware with lots of folks commenting on the brand photography and slogan...
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