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The ‘Blurred Lines’ case scared songwriters, but its time may be up

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Re: The ‘Blurred Lines’ case scared songwriters, but its time may be up

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Post by emanuensis »

boomboomsubban wrote: post #104
emanuensis wrote: post #71

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The workarounds for WSJ do not work anymore for me, eg the redirect from FarceBorg will still get the "subscribe" page. Also FT. They appear to have removed workarounds. Are they STILL valid HN submissions ... even when there is NO workaround? Or maybe there is one and i haven't twigged to it yet:-)>

https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-firefox

Ah yes, "Bypass Paywalls" i do have this extension installed and have been using it for months. WSJ seems to have wizened to his workarounds, and others like the FB redirect. Eg it does not work for

https://www.wsj.com/articles/rbc-sheds-light-on-chinas-rebou...

But i will submit a request at his github site.

In the meantime, AFAIK, there is no workaround for WSJ. Is it still OK to submit them to HN? i do notice there have been few recently.

Re: The ‘Blurred Lines’ case scared songwriters, but its time may be up

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Post by boomboomsubban »

emanuensis wrote: post #121
boomboomsubban wrote: post #104

Earlier quoted context omitted.

https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-firefox

Ah yes, "Bypass Paywalls" i do have this extension installed and have been using it for months. WSJ seems to have wizened to his workarounds, and others like the FB redirect. Eg it does not work for https://www.wsj.com/articles/rbc-sheds-light-on-chinas-rebou... But i will submit a request at his github site. In the meantime, AFAIK, there is no workaround for WSJ. Is it still OK to submit them to HN? i do notice ther…

The latest release notes from seven days ago say they fix the WSJ, but there's also a commit saying that they are temporarily reverting while they wait for Mozilla to sign the update. So there seems to be a way to bypass it still, though I'm not sure what it is.

Re: The ‘Blurred Lines’ case scared songwriters, but its time may be up

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Post by rock_hard »

fzzzy wrote: post #115
rock_hard wrote: post #111

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Why do u think it wouldn’t work today? I think the strategies in the book are timeless

Well, I was thinking specifically about the instruction to use ABABCBB form for a song, which was great in the 80s and 90s, but would produce a song that was way too long for today's tastes, I think. I believe you when you say there are many timeless lessons in the book.

Yeah you have to adapt the tactics to the modern times

The key lesson here issnt to use a ABABCBB arrangement but to research whatever the successful arrangement of your time is and to apply it

Re: The ‘Blurred Lines’ case scared songwriters, but its time may be up

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Post by fzzzy »

rock_hard wrote: post #123
fzzzy wrote: post #115

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Well, I was thinking specifically about the instruction to use ABABCBB form for a song, which was great in the 80s and 90s, but would produce a song that was way too long for today's tastes, I think. I believe you when you say there are many timeless lessons in the book.

Yeah you have to adapt the tactics to the modern times The key lesson here issnt to use a ABABCBB arrangement but to research whatever the successful arrangement of your time is and to apply it

Thanks! That's a great insight. The book really does emphasize steeping yourself completely in pop in order to absorb as much as possible.

Also, I guess the tracking engineer would be up on the latest styles and able to assist with this. I wonder if there are still big studios you could convince to book studio time with net 90 terms? I suppose there must be. So much modern music is just bedroom recordings nowadays but I'm sure fancy studios still exist.

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