Posts by jon_knox
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Am liking the fact the Matthew's post is taking a different angle from the other copyright thread. If we could continue this thread as less about advocating the traditional model (perhaps Music Industry model is a more relevant description which I think the other thread does quite a bit), though feel free to detail specific points against the less traditional (Lessig type approach) using the traditional model, I would be happy/appreciative....(not wanting to re-cover the ground that (may) have been covered there extensively...rather than feeding my meglomania).
Good post Matthew. chur!
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i used to be a librarian in another life and it never ceased to amaze me how you could have truckloads of information that so many people hadn't the first clue how to find what they want in it.
Yeah I'm kinda struck by the need to have decent processes to wade our way through the vast volumes of information that is out there.
Taxonomy and systematising as disciplines are vastly underrated. Mendeleev's great contribution to Science was underpinned by his revolutionary idea to step back and consider the big picture to determine if there are few gaps to fill. His contribution is massive and despite sort of not being a genuine trailblazer, he was in a quietly intelligent way. Truth be known, I was sort of trying to employ that sort of approach when I started reading this thread...not so much trying to be smart, just trying to understand the thread (...the idea of a synopisis thus far) and then determine if there were a few gaps that perhaps we should stagger towards and shine a bit of light around....I still haven't given up on the synopsis idea entirely.
John Tropea is a librarian, who is blogging about new ways of knowledge management and doing some of the classification stuff...well he's doing something. Worth a bit of a look if that is your thing....stick with watching paint drying if it's not.
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Sorry the links that I've provided above seemed to get mangled by PAS's rendering as it's interpreting part of the URL as the italics tag...Well actually I think I've used a bit of kiwi DIY to work around it, so forgive the mixed up font styles below.
(If it's still a bit bung the doing a search on SJD on the National Radio homepage like this might be the easier way to go.)
Below I've pasted the links out of Media Player that worked for me....So yeah cutting and pasting the URL into Windows Media Player works....Mac people...you're on your own..sorry...really I'm sorry you chose a Mac...I am.
Dayglo Spectres link again
http://www.radionz.co.nz/__data/assets/audio_item/0010/1753498/nrmtalk-20081011-1700-SJD-wmbr.asxSongs from a Dictaphone sampler
http://www.radionz.co.nz/__data/assets/audio_item/0018/1031580/nrmtalk-20070721-1700-SJD_Sampler_review-wmbr.asxPaul and Sean from SJD doing some live stuff from Songs from a Dictaphone.
http://www.radionz.co.nz/__data/assets/audio_item/0010/1031320/nrmtalk-20070720-1700-SJD_-_NZ_Live-wmbr.asxSongs from a Dictaphone discussion...including Sean's views on smacking
http://www.radionz.co.nz/__data/assets/audio_item/0017/1031237/nrmtalk-20070720-1700-SJD_Interview_2007-wmbr.asx -
http://www.radionz.co.nz/__data/assets/audio_item/0010/1753498/nrmtalk-20081011-1700-SJD-wmbr.asx
Here's (hopefully) a link to a National Radio interview with SJD and James Duncan, discussing the latest album called Dayglo Spectres and providing insight into the change in process behind this album and the songwriting process.
There is also some other good older SJD content available from National Radio. Happy listening!
(Cut and paste the URL into Windows Media Player's open URL menu option is what I've found works)
Songs from a Dictaphone sampler
Still more about Songs from a Dictaphone...must be a good album!
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Au contraire....their standard cap seems to be 150GB
At average current broadband download speeds in NZ, how long would it take to get through that?
A couple of years ago, it seemed that free muinicipal wireless networks were going to be all the rage. Sydney joined the growing list of large cities that was about to implement this a key peice of infrastructure. A quick look around in the last few days, seems to indicate that these projects have encountered problems.
I'm not sure that I agree with all-you-can-eat type deals. It tends to encourage people to become bloated & lazy, consume any old shit, rather than putting an emphasis on good quality, lean behaviours....In effect it makes it difficult for market forces to operate in a healthy manner.
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Kerry wrote:
do people who've never known that experience eventually hanker for something more substantial than downloading bits and pieces - is that even measurable? If they've never known a more substantial experience, will they never miss it?
I meant to respond to this yesterday, but Dexter got in the way...I'll blame Rob.
I think that probably some people would miss it, but others (probably most) won't. I for example really don't care about the collateral associated with an album/EP/single, I'm much more concerned about the act of listening to good music. If I want some papery stuff to run my fingers through, I'll head to a bookshop and all too frequently do, though not really regarding music. It would be a bit like heading to the record shop (remember those) to buy a muscial CD about Van Gogh....(I hope you get what I'm so clumsily trying to point out here).
Attempting to read between the lines in Kerry's comment on this stuff, I get a sense that there's a desire to utlilise more tangible types of hook to get people to overcome filesharing behaviours.
I do miss b-sides a bit. I liked that tracks got put out as a b-side that otherwise would not get released/let loose, but that's again listening related, but I do think that musical artists could be pumping out a bit more of the unpolished stuff, to feed people's addiction for fresh stuff and continue people's interest. In the case of a band that is out there doing it for themselves, hopefully if they've got an interest in live performance, the release of unpolished, live or demo type stuff is a great opportunity to build a fan base for that gig...though I could see that pushing out stuff that is just a bit too unpolished may put people off a bit. It may add some motivation for people to find their "A games" and be practiced at being able to turn it on, that otherwise may not be there. Certainly this is what I found in when sailing (ie the difference between going for an afternoon cruise vs an afternoon racing...even it was just racing one of your mates) , that having a some pressure, albeit entirely in our own minds, meant that we were well practiced and knew what we had to do and made it a lot easier & enjoyable....anwyay I'm heading a bit of tangent.
It's about finding a positive way that overcomes the ease of filesharing and that postive way supports and shows respect for an artist and on principle I like it. However in the case of music, so much is about the listening, so maybe it's placing an incentive to tour and attempt to get a return via that mechanism.
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Let's pretend copyright ends tomorrow. What do you think will happen?.....yes, i think there would be a general blanding. Creatives would hold onto their best work...
I wonder does the lack of lack of teeth in enforcment of copyright regarding music file "sharing" not already sort of mean that at least from a consumer sales perspective, that copyright is effectively over?
I get that where there is commercial use of music, that chances are there is more opportunity to seek a remedy (eg compensation).
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I see the media junkies have got their fix then.
Judder's is wearing off already and Giovanni seems like he is just about peaking.
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Here's a pretty reasonable telco sector assessment of the impacts of the credit crunch for those interested in Telco trends.
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they already measure how much data you download. its how they pump up what they charge you.
1 gig, 2 gig, 5 gig, 10.Overseas the datacaps are gone...Well certainly in the UK it seems to be all you can eat for about 10 quid a month. When I was working in the Telco sector 2 years ago, this guy seemed to be particularly good at describing what was occuring in a forward looking way and it was getting a lot more attention he is since he disappeared off the radar for a while. He's recommending the following video. (probably should have just been an audio podcast than video) Actually some of this is pretty stimulating, though likely a bit dry and network, rather than copyright centric, but it does raise the prospect of new models as considered by industry insiders. You're hopefully all big enough to make your own decisions regarding the merit of that discussion. For me it revealed the flipside of ISP responsibilities, rather than as a cost, being seen as an opportuntiy for network providers to further get their hands onto still more revenue.
I do agree with Rob that to consider the honesty system is naive.
Some means of funding of creative industries via usage (data) volumes is perhaps more suitable (sorry about the fence sitting), but seems to create more than a small industry regarding the lolly scramble that would ensure regarding your slice of revenue if you are creating content. Representation via a large organisation, such as a distributor could hold significant advantage for content creators.Again I'll raise the prospect of Apple's flat rate, all you can eat music subscription rumour and wonder how this would work, particularly with regards to the revenue share looly scramble. Guess being highly focussed around Apple will probably help to consider this, rather than focussing on the independent creators out there in the wop-wops.