The Daily Loper – March 21, 2007
Posted by Lopy in The Daily Loper on Mar 21, 2007
Thanks Mr. DeForest, You Made Us Laugh Every Time Edition
Todays links of interest:
- Letterman regular ‘Bud’ Melman dies
A moment of silence for Larry "Bud" Melman, who is no doubt interviewing folks at the gates of heaven this very moment. Badly. Very, very badly. - Happy Birthday BOB
We’re waiting for the special anniversary Zune edition. - Karmazin Offers Modified "Adult" À La Carte Proposal
If Congress lets Sirius and XM get married, steps will be taken to protect the youth of America from the "aberrant" content of satellite radio by creating an a la carte type model. - Wiley Claims to Be First in Second Life
In what is becoming particularly delicate parsing of terms, Wiley disputes Bantam Dell’s claim to be the first North American publisher to open in Second Life. We eagerly await further developments in this war of firsts. - Bursting the Bubble
One man rages against the machine (have you noticed how it’s always that way?). This time, he takes "best of" music lists to task because they tend to exclude classical music. How, he wonders, can you take them seriously? - Sunday Times in trouble over Hendrix CD
One side says proper copyright clearances were received, the others side says "unh uh". Only a judge can resolve this contentious issue! - Publishers wail: how can we profit from the web?
Dudes, we’ve been telling you how to do this for years. It’s not that hard, you know, to think beyond the traditional distribution model. - Five things Microsoft needs to do to fix the Zune
Apparently they’re still making the Zune. Who knew? - Online anonymity lets users gets nasty
For those who still believe in the innate goodness of humanity. - Music insiders try to stay upbeat at South by Southwest
"Rome," [Pete, in case you couldn't guess] Townshend declared, quoting an unnamed record company CEO, "is burning."
