[discuss] TV ALERT: TechTV Music Wars (fwd)
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Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 18:59:31 -0500
From: David Nunez
From Ben Affleck to Sonic Youth, celebrities and music artists sound off on file-swapping, and others just sound good. Check out our recent interviews and in-studio performances.
Peer-to-Peer Explained Amazing what some computer code can do. It's the software that nearly brought the music industry to its knees. It's also the software that has prompted the industry to come back fighting -- gloves off -- and file hundreds of lawsuits. The software known as Napster, written by a 17 year old, has evolved since 1999. See where it's been and where it's going, and find out why the music industry would like to see it stopped. Download 101 Incoming students normally start college with a tour around campus. At the University of California, Berkeley, incoming freshmen are getting a lesson in downloading music from P2P networks. The message: Do it at your own risk. We visit orientation to see what the program is all about. The Artists Speak Liz Phair, Michelle Branch, Charlie Daniels, The Samples. They're musicians with a diverse range of sounds, styles, and songs. They're loved by millions around the world. They've also seen millions of their songs downloaded from the Internet. But their opinions on file sharing are as different as their music. The Legal Alternative When the RIAA began filing lawsuits against song swappers this week, it also encouraged music fans to get their music the legal way using services provided by Apple, BuyMusic.com, and Rhapsody. The services offer thousands of good-quality songs, but are they the solution music fans really want? Posted September 9, 2003 David Nunez david@davidnunez.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: discuss-unsubscribe@effaustin.org For additional commands, e-mail: discuss-help@effaustin.org
Hope I am doing this right , first time poster Jim Choate wrote
TechTV (Austin Digital Cable 239) is hosting a 2.5 hour special tonight at 7:00 on file sharing issues, RIAA legal activities, etc. They are replaying it tomorrow night at 5:00PM and again Monday at 12:00P and 5:00PM. I'll be taping it and will figure out the "right way" to share.
What an aggravating show , most disapointing. But then I am not really surprised. On the one side ,you had persons from EMI , Mavrick , and Ira Dean from some country band , and on the other , you had John Perry Barlow from the EFF , as Well as Chuck D. The show was moderated by Leo Laporte ,and interviews done by Mickela Perria(sp). So , the usual suspects spouting their own opinions ,and party lines. The upshot is that the recording industry is still fighting a rear guard action , wishing to move the downloading over to a pay per download biz model. Declan O'Reilly
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Declan O'Reilly
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Jim Choate