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16 Musical Moments to Die For

December 3, 2009 by Jim Connelly

If only Hüsker Dü could have followed their advice about hangin' on.Welcome back my friends, to the blog post series that never ends. Of course, it’s moving more slowly than I’d like, as well. But here we are.

So, really quickly, the ground rules. These aren’t about artists, or albums, or even songs, but rather, moments: that piece of a song that draws you into it; that piece of a song that you wait to happen again; that piece of a song that is running in your head when you can’t sleep; that piece of a song that you find yourself humming at inopportune times.

That piece of a song that you can’t live without.

This is the tenth in a series: The first one had 25; the second one had 24; the third one had 23; the fourth one had 22; the fifth one had 21; the sixth had 20; the seventh had 19; the the eighth had 18 and the ninth had 17.

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Filed Under: Music, Musical Moments To Die For, That's What I Like

The Daily Loper – Dec 2, 2009

December 2, 2009 by Lopy

Today’s links of interest:

  • Better not go on vacation or Adobe DRM will get you!
    As long as there is DRM consumers will lose access to the content they’ve paid for. More DRM casualties to come.
  • ATT Drops Lawsuit Against Verizon and its Coverage Slamming Ads
    Oh right, today was my day to call ATT and scream about our non-existent coverage: voice, Edge, and 3G. Cause I’m paying them for at least three of those….
  • NYT To Cut 100 Newsroom Posts; More Trimming Expected To Hit Op-Ed, Business Side
    This is not good.
  • Sam Zell out as troubled Tribune’s CEO
    Never fear…he’s still chairman of the board.

Filed Under: The Daily Loper

Book Piracy Is on the Decline

December 2, 2009 by Kirk Biglione

Finally, some good news for publishers.

All year we’ve been hearing predictions that the book business is on its death bed — about to be completely transformed by ebooks, then eaten alive by pirates. Yet, despite recent reports to the contrary it turns out that book piracy is on the decline.

Based on piracy loss estimates published by the International Intellectual Property Alliance and generated by the Association of American Publishers, book piracy dropped over 13% between 2005 and 2007 (the most recent year that data is available).

The numbers look like this:
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Filed Under: Piracy Tagged With: AAP, books, ebooks, IIPA, Piracy, publishing

The Daily Loper – Dec 1, 2009

December 1, 2009 by Lopy

Today’s links of interest:

  • My Hilarious Warner Bros. Royalty Statement
    There is so much wrong here. So. Much. Wrong. And the fact that Warner Brothers is failing in its contractual obligations (basic reporting) is just the beginning. Recouped or not. If I were this guy, I’d be making a huge public stink, because it’s happening to many bands, and those bands may be closer to recoupment. Also, seriously? Reporting normal course data is only done for recouped bands? That doesn’t even make sense in an era of automated reporting systems. Surely, WB has real systems? (via Jim, who may have done his own rant)
  • Redbox President Defends Company’s Cut-Rate Rentals
    Interesting. Note in particular the comments about personal libraries, and the idea that people are no longer purchasing (or repurchasing) old favorites at the rate they once did.
  • Patti Smith, A Guest Post By Sandy Pearlman
    …she reacts the way anyone other than Emily Dickinson would…
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Filed Under: The Daily Loper

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  • Certain Songs #2694: that dog. – “minneapolis”
  • Certain Songs #2693: that dog. – “never say never”
  • Certain Songs #2692: Terry Allen – “The Beautiful Waitress”
  • Certain Songs #2691: The Tenants – “Sheriff”

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