Almost-daily ramblings, photos and links
My photo taken on 10 October 2010 at 10.10am. I didn't have much chance to compose the shot for obvious reasons.
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2010/0814/1224276813508.html As yet, alas, the new technologies have produced no new art forms. Mostly, it’s been a matter of bullying, beheadings and bad, bad vibes. Masked and anonymous ranters use the media to vent. Others employ it to steal the copyright of lovely songs and beautiful texts. No wonder Dylan is so mad. Luddite?
Paul McGuinness has been giving his two cents on the future of the music industry and the problems with illegal downloading in an extraordinary article in GQ Magazine. He moans about the negative impact of file-sharing on artists income, how anonymous bloggers attack him any time he raises these issues, and how the concept of “free” has caused irreparable harm to the music industry. Here’s a flavour: My message was quite simple – and remains so today. We are living in an era when “free” is decimating the music industry...
The Music-Copyright Enforcershttp://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/08/magazine/08music-t.html?_r=3&pagewanted=print “We’re about nurturing markets. We don’t want people NOT to use it. We know the market is fractionalizing. You wanna take our music and stream it and have electronic whatevers that play when you stick a chip into something or somebody? Go ahead! Do it! Just pay us!”(via Instapaper)A fascinating article on the life of a copyright collection society executive.
Better Than iTunes: The New Age Of Torrenting - hypebothttp://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2010/08/better-than-itunes-the-new-age-of-torrenting.html (via Instapaper)And who would've thought that torrent sites would end up rivalling iTunes in terms of usability...
An evening meal in the welcoming Bella Vista (with proper free wifi) followed by a stroll on Strandhill beach to watch the last of the surfers return to shore. A perfect end to a perfect day.