TheWayoftheWeb

There’s a great article by Umair Haque on ‘Why the war against file-sharing is unwinnable‘, which was collected in a post on Music Industry Manifesto.
And one quote particularly stood out for me as being an essential element of business:
‘No business has a right to profit, sell, or even to produce. All are privileges that society [...]

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I dashed out in my car at lunchtime to run some errands, and while I was rushing around, this famous song was being played on the radio (it’s not the official video due to all the Youtube, PRS, music industry and other licensing restrictions.

But the lyrics forming in my head, and the video being pictured [...]

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Having been active online for over a decade, I’m happy to say that I’m still pleasantly amazed by some of the things I’m able to find online.
For instance, due to the seemingly endless repeats of Scrubs on the E4 TV channel, and the fact it’s the only bearable TV show at 7pm as my son [...]

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I’ve been reading a bit about the discussions happening at the MIDEM event taking place in Cannes at the moment, which is a big business 2 business event for the music industry.
Highlights include the fact that the bags for the event have been sponsored by Napster (as captured by Mr Herdmeister, Mark Earls).
The other highlight [...]

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