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Great post. I confess, I was guilty of thinking of JC as a fluke, a gimmick, nothing serious. But his words have changed my mind. He found a niche no one else was targeting very successfully and went for it — and it was instinctual, not a plan, really, from what I can gather. The man rocks.
Jonathan Coulton On His Business Model & How Now Is Best Time Ever To Be A Musician
NPR's Panet Money recently featured successful d.i.y. musician Jonathan Coulton (@jonathancoulton), dissecting his success and asking if other musicians could follow a similar path, Hypebot's look at the interview "How Jonathan Coulton Made $500,000 Last Year As A D.I.Y. Musician" received he...
I am SO PLEASED that EVERY comment says this issue is far from dead. Yes, a lot of the discussion is uniformed whining, but big deal. For great ideas to emerge the discussion has to continue. Here's a post I recently wrote on this topic: http://cerebellumblues.squarespace.com/blog/2011/3/8/is-music-a-public-good-private-rival-non-rival-excludable-en.html
Are You Past The Whole “Music Piracy” Thing?
Last week, a reader confessed in a comment that it surprises them to still read about "music piracy" on Hypebot. They think it's an issue that we should've evolved past by now. Given that Hypebot is a news blog, there's a certain amount of piracy coverage that we must have. If a new and inter...
Ferg,
Really, you think it's "sad" that someone might take credit for something he poured his heart and soul into? Who deserves the credit?
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News Flash: Your Music Is Not Your Product
This post is by singer / songwriter Jeff Macdougall (@jeffmacdougall). I'm tired. I'm tired of having the same conversation over and over again. The conversation about how we should go about dealing with "thieves" and "pirates" "stealing" our "product" like so many shoplifters. I'm just gon...
Jeff,
Copyright law was not written to protect goods or services but rather the expression of ideas. In other words, if you think of a cool idea (a song, some computer code, etc.) you have the right for a limited amount of time to say who can and cannot legally express your idea. As a result, when I buy a CD, I'm not buying music or plastic, I'm buying a right to listen to something (with limitations).
Jeff S.
News Flash: Your Music Is Not Your Product
This post is by singer / songwriter Jeff Macdougall (@jeffmacdougall). I'm tired. I'm tired of having the same conversation over and over again. The conversation about how we should go about dealing with "thieves" and "pirates" "stealing" our "product" like so many shoplifters. I'm just gon...
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Mar 15, 2010
Love your blog! Here's a comparison of incandescent, CFL and LED.
http://www.productdose.com/article.php?article_id=1142
Let there be really cool light
What I feel like telling you about today is the great place I get our low-energy compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) and how you can get them there, too. But first, in case you’ve somehow missed the recent coverage (see here and here, for example), I’m going to shed some light on the subjec...
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