Curious Voyager - Live like you mean it!: Music

We Need To Keep Re-Inventing The Wheel

Many people have often repeated Bod Dylan's song title from the 60"s "The times they are a changin" and I for one have used it over and over. After reading the article below from Knowledge@Wharton it reflects on just how long we take to realize that something isn't just quite right.

In today's world what we know today from what we learned yesterday will not be that valuable tomorrow. We don't need Moore's Law to tell us that. Look at what you did today and think "will my customer tomorrow want something different?" Are you doing what you do because it is what you know? Do you need to see what you do from the user's perspective? Is your product's value dying off?

Could that be what is happening to the movies? To the music?

This story that I have linked too has so many really good thoughts. Read it slowly.

What's Wrong with This Picture: Kodak's 30-year Slide into Bankruptcy - Knowledge@Wharton

When new technologies change the world, some companies are caught off-guard. Others see change coming and are able to adapt in time. And then there are companies like Kodak -- which saw the future and simply couldn't figure out what to do.

via knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu

February 01, 2012 at 09:18 PM in Books, Current Affairs, Film, Music, Science, Television, Web/Tech, Weblogs | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

Ganging Up on Internet Pirates - WSJ.com

Cary Sherman, president of the Recording Industry Association of America, said in an interview Thursday the goal of the new system isn't necessarily to stop all online piracy, but rather to scare straight occasional users of illegal file-sharing services.

via online.wsj.com

This sounds more like a horror movie to me. What they are saying is that they perceive the general public not to be trustworthy. I believe that what you sow is what you reap. The RIAA will get the same respect they give us. Which has been zero, I do not trust them.

I have not, do not, and will not download pirated music however I will not participate in the old "if you Mommy is commie then you have to turn her in" train of thought.

The world is evolving and this is the best the RIAA can do? They are right up there with the newspapers industry and the movie industry.

One of these days we will get arrested if we are caught humming.

As for the telecom industry backing this, they need all the help they can get with what they have to do to get the stockholders their increase in profits. They, the telco's, are also getting less and less respect as they squeeze more nickles out of the public.

If the link to actual WSJ article is missing at the top here it is: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303365804576432270822271148.html?mod=WSJ_Tech_LEADTop

July 08, 2011 at 09:42 AM in Current Affairs, Music, Web/Tech | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

State Legislator's Wasting Time & Money

This one is a killer. Tennessee legislators passing a law to prohibit people from sharing their password or login. Come on guy and girls, must be a slow day in Tennessee.

How much time was spent sanctifying the RIAA and the movie industry woes? These people just wasted tax payers money to pass dumb legislation. Perhaps the only reason I suspect is contributions to re-election and they, these legislators shouldn't be re-elected.

Stealing music is illegal. Period, plan and simple.

Yes the music and movie industry has problems however they need to fix them from within. They need to grow into this digital age and learn how to work with it. This crying to everyone to help them is absurd. So we pass legislation that, on the surface looks good, underneath is not a benefit to anyone.

This legislation is not only stupid but unenforceable. I thought these people were elected to serve the people not those with specific interests. Yes I know, Nashville is the country music center, but give me a break.

Tenn. passes Web entertainment theft bill - Yahoo! News

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – State lawmakers in country music's capital have passed a groundbreaking measure that would make it a crime to use a friend's login — even with permission — to listen to songs or watch movies from services such as Netflix or Rhapsody.

via news.yahoo.com

This kind of legislation brings home the point that our elected officials do know much about what is going on in the world. They are right up there with the leaders of the music and movie industries, not to mention the folks in the print media (of which some are learning). Most would like to see the return of the old days, before the digital world and the Internet. It's not going to happen.

What is needed is a learning experience, knowledge of the real digital world. For most lawmakers learning was over for them when they got elected. Now people tell them what to do and that is aimed at headlines that will get them re-elected. What do they call the helpers? Handler's, yes that's it. Living and making laws in today's world is not for the weak of heart or the unknowing.

The youth, who will re-elect you one of these days, are laughing. Forget about Rapture, "Change" is coming.

OK that's enough for Thursday. I can't take too much more excitement.