As Rights Clash on YouTube Some Music Vanishes
The News Review:
- As Rights Clash on YouTube Some Music Vanishes
- AX Pro provides high performance at reasonable price
- “Lancing the f***ing boil”: how digital killed Big Music
- Critiquing the Press
As Rights Clash on YouTube Some Music Vanishes
New York Times
Under the current process we make YouTube aware of WMG content. Their content ID tool then takes down all unlicensed tracks regardless of how they are used” said Will Tanous a spokesman for Warner Music. Weybret’s video family home videos that included a portion of a song playing in the background have been removed as have any number of videos that use music in goofy ways from montages to mash-ups. When a man posted a video of himself using music to teach sign language the audio was switched off because he lacked the proper copyright clearance to use Foreigner’s 1980s song “Waiting for a Girl Like You. ”More broadly however the takedown notices are a glaring example of the rising tensions between Internet sites that distribute content free and owners of copyrighted material. In late December Warner and YouTube failed to agree to terms on a new licensing deal that would have paid Warner a cut of advertising revenue in exchange for permission to stream the music company’s videos.
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AX Pro provides high performance at reasonable price
Charleston Gazette
I tested the AX Pro on both consoles and found the performance on each to be exceptional. Contained within each earpiece are four drivers — one for each sound field (front rear and center) and one for the sub. The unit does a terrific job of blending the sounds from each field to create an audio experience that rivals my home theater setup. In fact I've actually grown to prefer the AX Pro because I find myself noticing subtle sounds particularly from the rear channels that I had otherwise missed. Playing "Resident Evil 5" with the AX Pro was especially awesome. While the AX Pro is an amazing piece of technology it's not without flaws. The most notable — and odd — is the lack of an "ff" switch.
“Lancing the f***ing boil”: how digital killed Big Music
Ars Technica
So labels sold CDs for almost $8 more than LPs at stores but typical artists made just six cents more per record. Such practices fueled a CD boom that ran from 1984 through 2000 at which point the bottom began falling out of the industry. After two decades of expensive music—and little support for cheap singles—labels had grown fat on pumping out albums with a couple of hits. The other songs might be no more than mediocre but fans who wanted a particular hit usually bought the disc anyway. (A point proven by the fact that I once owned a copy of Chumbawamba’s Tubthumper. )The rise of Napster made clear to the music industry that the next great format had arrived. Knowing how much cash they earned from the last format shift one might expect the industry to be thrilled with a system that could introduce more music fans to more music more quickly.
Critiquing the Press
Washington Post
The president’s answers can be judged on their own merits. Which leads me to this question: are we hitting the exhaustion point with cable talk shows that are clearly advocating a specific political point of view? I find myself tired of hearing the same old same old spiel everyday by the reps on either end of the political spectrum. Am I by myself in this view or do you sense others are starting to feel the same way?Howard Kurtz: I’ve grown somewhat tired of the predictability of some hosts and some programs and I believe many others have as well. But many viewers like to have their own views reinforced when they watch cable news. The popularity of Bill ‘Reilly and Sean Hannity on one hand and Keith lbermann and Rachel Maddow on the other would suggest that this is a winning formula. In cable where 1 million viewers is considered a strong showing you don’t need “American Idol”-type numbers to be successful. _______________________Herndon Va.