Search for books and compare prices at isbn.nu. [I just bought my first books through Glenn's site. Truly excellent. I wonder if we can resurect the old ISBN macro so that I can easily point to his site with nothing more than the ISBN number?] *
The Shifted Librarian: "I used to put up with buying a whole album to get one or two good songs, but not anymore." [No question there's a lot of clinkers mixed in with the "good" songs, especially in the pop arena. But the focus on "singles" isn't new, it just went out of style in the mass market. Dance music always maintained this focus, and somewhere are buried a bunch of singles from my Mom. I can still recall the various ways folks would "cheat" the marketing beast by naming one side of single "A" and the other side "1". So many singles had one good song... there was little you could do if you had two good songs.
Anyway, all this speaks to the short attention span we've cultivated. There are plenty of works that require greater exploration than just a single 3 minute song. I've learned so much by listening to whole collections of material. Fortunately this can also be enhanced by the current technology. It's never been easier to purchase the collected works of an artist. It works both ways. You don't have to go wide, you can also go deep.] *
***Democracy in action? *
Doc : "March on Washington, anyone? I'm not kidding." [Here's the issue...]
"...Which means Internet radio is in a perfect position to threaten the vast entertainment production and distribution system that considers its products "content" and its customers "consumers." These producers haven't just been trying to use Congress as an instrument for turning the Net into yet another set of pipes in their world wide plumbing system. They've been succeeding. The DMCA was just one step. How long before we have to pay to put up a link or a quote? Don't laugh. That's pretty much what the DMCA does to Internet radio.
We face a plain conceptual choice here. Either the Net is a medium -- a plumbing system of pipes for pumping content from producers to consumers, controlled from top to bottom by suppliers -- or it's a place where people and companies meet to make culture, do business and share the stuff that makes life interesting."
[I'm in. I'm so aggravated about these issues. I'd love to stand on the steps of Congress and complain heatedly and vociferously about these issues.
It's why despite the fact that setting up Apple's QuickTime Streaming Server is dead simple, it's useless.
A performance fee (everytime you play a song) of 14 cents, plus 9% of the PF as an Ephemeral License (which is essentially a "someone may record what you are casting, so in case they do we charge you in advance" fee). This is double what you pay if you simulcast !!!! (on air and internet).
All this on top of a $500 fee for each license. Non commercial rates are somewhat lower at 2 cents for simultaneous and 5 cents for "internet transmission" consistent with the public broadcasting mission of the station. All this from the Summary of Royalty Rates for Section 114(f)(2) and 112(e) Statutory Licences
So when I set up QTSS the other day, and I said I wish I could share, but I can't because of the royalties? This is what I meant.]
***No one's having more fun! *
Ranchero: Web File Types OS X Beta. [I've been using this plugin for so long I'm not sure how anyone else does without it. The second bit of UserTalk scripting I had ever done (thank goodness I don't have to look at it now) with the help of Compuserve and various folks at UserLand (and others) did something similar. It eventually became a droplet that converted creator types from one app to another for a variety of file types. I remember how hard it was to understand some of the concepts. Anyway, this plugin replaced all that, and in a much more accessible way. Thanks Brent!]
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