>Schroedinger's streaming service just died
It's both alive and dead at the same time. Like the cat.
Schroedinger's streaming service just died
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#82Except as noted in the linked BBC coverage, Four Tet's case was settled out of court (because he could not afford to fight it) and thus establishes no legal precedent for other artists to leverage.
>Four Tet Wow... Haven't heard that name in a long time. Saw him at the MFA in Boston so long ago i can barely remember. Great artist, I'm glad he at least showed it could be a reasonable line of argument.
The album "new energy" has become one of my all time favorites.
Check out some recent work. He still produces some insanely hi quality tracks, not all under the "four tet" moniker. Some of the ungoogle-able "unicode hell" releases are very good, and his "KH" tracks are dancefloor killers.
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#83“but at least it's a law, created by a democratically accountable legislature.” I feel like we need to stop lying to ourselves like this. Copyright is getting ridiculously out of hand because lobbyists hold the power and the system is not really accountable anymore.
We need to have a national proposition system that let citizens put forth legislative bills into the ballots, to let the citizens vote on the strongly concerned matters. When Congress obviously is not doing their jobs, the citizens should have a way to pick up the slack. It's a better way to check and balance the sellout of the legislative branch to the lobbyists.
Please no. I lived in California for much of my life. Statewide propositions are plenty thanks.
It's too easy to get voters to vote for things that are deceptively drafted, and then you're stuck with it forever.
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#84Did it tho?
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#85Earlier quoted context omitted.
Why are the labels paying the "sale" royalty to their artists if no such thing is occurring? Was the track sold or was it licensed?
They sold a license. This is like saying "Was a movie ticket sold or was it admission?" - you can purchase admission, so it's a nonsense question. The contracts will then define what a particular transaction means in a particular context, and what the royalty rate is. Without seeing the exact contracts and definitions of 'sale' and 'license', which are suspiciously absent in the article, then the whole premise of the…
If we follow that train of reasoning, that it counts as a "sale" when a license is sold, then what are the license royalty rates for? All paid licenses are sold!
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#86Earlier quoted context omitted.
"Prevent us from having any say"?? Legislators are directly elected, president is elected somewhat indirectly but largely by popular vote, administrative rule making has notice and comment process, Article 3 judges are appointed by President and confirmed by legislature... everything derived from the will of the people. It sounds like you are upset that more people aren't as upset at the same things you are. That's n…
Much of what you describe is an evolution from the original design. https://theconversation.com/the-right-to-vote-is-not-in-the-... > At the Constitutional Convention in 1787, Madison expressed the prevailing view that “the freeholders of the country would be the safest depositories of republican liberty,” meaning only people who owned land debt-free, without mortgages, would be able to vote. The Constitution left vo…
> Even today, it wouldn't be unconstitutional to, say, ban redheads or people born on Tuesday from voting.
I think the 14th amendment would block any such ban, since 15/19/24/26 make it clear that this is a right people have by default.
And that's ignoring how hair color ties into race.
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#87“but at least it's a law, created by a democratically accountable legislature.” I feel like we need to stop lying to ourselves like this. Copyright is getting ridiculously out of hand because lobbyists hold the power and the system is not really accountable anymore.
That is lame counterargument from lazy and ignorant citizenry.
Democratically accountable legislature is still democratically accountable legislature when the citizens pay attention or participate or not. People are supposed to work their ass off in democracy when they fight for political power. Instead they treat it as a opinion contest that should have options they like.
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#88“but at least it's a law, created by a democratically accountable legislature.” I feel like we need to stop lying to ourselves like this. Copyright is getting ridiculously out of hand because lobbyists hold the power and the system is not really accountable anymore.
https://citizenstakeaction.org/ Organizing for campaign finance reforms to return power to voters.
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#89“but at least it's a law, created by a democratically accountable legislature.” I feel like we need to stop lying to ourselves like this. Copyright is getting ridiculously out of hand because lobbyists hold the power and the system is not really accountable anymore.
https://citizenstakeaction.org/ Organizing for campaign finance reforms to return power to voters.
I like the format of your comment (leaving aside the political agenda):
"This is the organization. And this is the idea."
All I see on the sociopolitical HN threads is an avalanche of brilliant ideas. But ~nobody is organized, is trying to organize, or even is theorizing about it. It just feels so empty and futile, makes me weep deep inside.
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#90I feel like this issue is brought on by the fact that it seems like copyright law hasn't been properly reexamined for the modern era. I support the notion that the ideal model is people pay the rightsholder in order to enjoy the media, and offering resale of pure-digital media instead leads to some weird "You make money based on the peak simultaneous number of owners, rather than the number of people who consumed it"…
You can resell books, movies, music, and games. Why should it matter if they're distributed through a digital or physical medium?
Copyright is just abused to milk as much money as possible and restrict usage.