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		<title>The Power of Definitions</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:44:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a post about the words we choose to define abstract concepts with and how they have great influence over the way we consider them.  Certainly this isn&#8217;t a new concept, as George Orwell described newspeak in his book Nineteen Eighty Four.  But in the realm of copyright, not to mention politics, definitions frequently are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=femto.wordpress.com&blog=499438&post=35&subd=femto&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Grinding Gears of War</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 23:31:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Windows game enthusiasts were unable to launch Gears of War for their PCs this week as a security certificate expired on their systems.  While I haven&#8217;t seen actual proof that an anti-circumvention system is responsible, Ars Technica and Wired both are faulting DRM for the snag.  Since gamers using No-CD patches are apparently unaffected, I&#8217;d [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=femto.wordpress.com&blog=499438&post=40&subd=femto&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A New Focus</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 18:30:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For anyone who may have visited in the past, this blog used to be called the Hard Rock Blog, based on my interest as a sysadmin for a recording label.  I have used the space intermittently to describe my feelings on the state of the music business.  Since I have left that position, I decided [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=femto.wordpress.com&blog=499438&post=29&subd=femto&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Reflections on the Music Biz 2007</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 01:32:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Som</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So the final numbers aren&#8217;t tallied, but it looks like another bad year for the music business.  After all, we&#8217;ve had yet another year of double-digit sales skids without any real savior in sight.  However, this year has finally produced some changes worth building upon, despite the voice in my head saying &#8220;too [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=femto.wordpress.com&blog=499438&post=17&subd=femto&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New EMI Boss Questioning Trade Orgs Value</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2007 23:46:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Som</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apparently Guy Hands has reportedly called into question the heavy commitments the music industry has incurred in reference to the major trade organizations of IFPI, BPI, and RIAA.  According to this article in Billboard.biz, the industry spends $250 million annually between these groups.
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		<title>Music Label 2.0</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2007 02:28:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So after the CD industry collapses, we will have a new recording business.  It&#8217;s pessimistic to assume otherwise.  The masses now have access to high quality audio production via personal computer technology, so recorded music has a vibrant future.  The form it takes will largely depend on how the legacy business falls, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=femto.wordpress.com&blog=499438&post=24&subd=femto&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Entertainment Business Remade in Silicon Valley&#8217;s Image</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 22:40:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Som</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just came across an interesting post by Netscape founder Marc Andreessen about the writer&#8217;s guild strike.  In the post, Mr. Andreessen considers how in Hollywood the ideas are owned by the studios and the talent that produces those ideas are merely hired guns.  This runs counter to the system in Silicon Valley [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=femto.wordpress.com&blog=499438&post=25&subd=femto&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Out of Touch CEO</title>
		<link>http://femto.wordpress.com/2007/11/27/out-of-touch-ceo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 20:24:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Som</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reading this Wired interview with Universal chief Doug Morris really brought the point home that the industry&#8217;s top brass have no idea how to bring the industry into the digital age.  It would be sad to watch if it wasn&#8217;t so maddening to witness.  The quote that really hit home for me:
There&#8217;s no one in the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=femto.wordpress.com&blog=499438&post=23&subd=femto&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Jermaine Dupri: Another iPod Generation Hater</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2007 18:21:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Som</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wow, it must be nice to live in a world that doesn&#8217;t intersect with reality.  Jermaine Dupri wrote a post on HuffPo yesterday talking about Jay-Z and how iTunes is destroying the biz.  He reasons that Jay-Z should be lauded a hero for refusing to sell single downloads and has proven the iTunes [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=femto.wordpress.com&blog=499438&post=22&subd=femto&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Ol&#8217; Music Biz</title>
		<link>http://femto.wordpress.com/2007/11/19/the-ol-music-biz/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2007 02:09:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The music biz has been an interesting ride for the 5 years I&#8217;ve been around it.  I think it&#8217;s an exciting time for music, since I&#8217;m starting to finally feel the waves of change.  There&#8217;s no firm footing in the online space, and this has lots of record label people terrified.  All [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=femto.wordpress.com&blog=499438&post=19&subd=femto&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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