One Canuck's Radio Weblog

  Tuesday, 9 September 2003

.< 11:45:39 PM >
Two years, still no answers

This week, there will be plenty of soft-focus, warm, fuzzy human interest stories recalling the heroism of 9/11. That's fine and well, but some hard questions also need to be asked -- questions that should have been asked of the Bush Administration continuously for the last two years. Instead, Bush has been allowed to fundamentally remake what America stands for as a country. And he's pimped the memory of 9/11's victims at every turn in order to do it.
That exploitation of 9/11's victims is truly repellant. So is the remaking of America as a country not much interested in freedom or civil liberties. George W. Bush has no shame. The best way to minimize the chances of a future 9/11 is to get him out of office. (link)

Bush's record is a sorry catalog, all right.

< 11:39:51 PM >

Many parents were caught unawares when the recording industry filed 261 lawsuits against their children who have downloaded music over the Internet. [New York Times: NYT HomePage]

These guys are really starting to behave like pigs. I'm embarrassed for my industry.

< 11:39:45 PM >

Many parents were caught unawares when the recording industry filed 261 lawsuits against their children who have downloaded music over the Internet. [New York Times: NYT HomePage]

These guys are really starting to behave like pigs. I'm embarrassed for my industry.

< 10:48:29 PM >

Apple is offering a free online seminar on how to "break through the barriers to digital photography success." Targeted to professional photographers, the seminar is designed to show how digital photography provides ways to deliver new content and gain greater control over the finished product "while saving time and money." Participants will also learn how to offer customers keepsakes such as DVD portfolios. [MacCentral]

< 10:46:33 PM >

The recording industry's latest batch of lawsuits may ignite fear among file traders. But whether it deters music swappers, or convinces them to buy more CDs, is another question, industry watchers say. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]

< 10:42:26 PM >

Brianna busted [The Register] 'Brianna thought the $29.99 fee her mother paid for the Kazaa music trading service entitled her to download songs at will. Nothing like a lawsuit seeking $150,000 per song to correct that misconception. This is what some refer to as a growing pain.'

< 2:58:21 AM >

The music business faces a much more complex array of problems facing the music business than just digital piracy. [New York Times: Technology] ' And as major record labels have become part of large international corporations, industry insiders say, less attention is being paid to discovering and marketing music properly.

"So many labels are in play — they're trying to be acquired or acquire another company or merge — so anything that affects their immediate balance sheet is slashed," one record-label executive said. "Money is not being put into marketing and A.& R. because people don't want to spend the money because it looks bad on the balance sheet."

As for unauthorized file-sharing and CD burning, no one interviewed doubted that it is a serious problem. But research from independent sources suggests that while file-sharing may indeed be hurting CD sales, the problem is not as drastic as it has been portrayed by the industry.'