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  1. # Thoughts on piracy and the music business ## Illustrated and introduced by an excellent video! (The relevant part is the spoken intro and the first verse, but the rest is good too) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z01Md4zdavQ The band in this video are Show of Hands — from Devon, UK. As well as playing trad music, they write songs (often to do with current affairs) in a trad/folk/rock/un classifiable style. And they have a fairly unique approach to piracy, as you will have heard if you watch the video. They *encourage* their fans to copy their CDs. They're also highly supportive of fans taping their concerts and posting them on YouTube. In fact, they posted a link to this video and the others from that concert on their blog! They do this because they know that the real money is in live performances. A copied cd is extra free publicity for them, and peer marketing is far more effective than traditional advertising — so much so that facebook have made a business out of it. And a taped concert can only ever give a small taste of what it's really like to be at a live concert. In summary: if piracy is such a big problem to artists, bands and producers, it's because they cannot adapt, and are too myopic/greedy to usenet it for what it is — in the words of Steve knightely, "it's not theft or piracy, it's generosity (and bloody good free marketing for me)". -- #music #piracy #censorship #acta #sopa #pipa

    Thoughts on piracy and the music business

    Illustrated and introduced by an excellent video!

    (The relevant part is the spoken intro and the first verse, but the rest is good too)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z01Md4zdavQ

    The band in this video are Show of Hands — from Devon, UK. As well as playing trad music, they write songs (often to do with current affairs) in a trad/folk/rock/un classifiable style. And they have a fairly unique approach to piracy, as you will have heard if you watch the video.

    They encourage their fans to copy their CDs. They're also highly supportive of fans taping their concerts and posting them on YouTube. In fact, they posted a link to this video and the others from that concert on their blog!

    They do this because they know that the real money is in live performances. A copied cd is extra free publicity for them, and peer marketing is far more effective than traditional advertising — so much so that facebook have made a business out of it. And a taped concert can only ever give a small taste of what it's really like to be at a live concert.

    In summary: if piracy is such a big problem to artists, bands and producers, it's because they cannot adapt, and are too myopic/greedy to usenet it for what it is — in the words of Steve knightely, "it's not theft or piracy, it's generosity (and bloody good free marketing for me)".

  3. # I'm sorry to have to inform you of this ## But what I am about to tell you is backed up by solid evidence. ## It took many long and complicated trials ### Using equipment developed specially for this task. ### Millions of research dollars #### and countless man hours. ## But the result is solid. #### Worth the expense # **Irrefutable.** ## The sad, but real, # *truth*. ## … The smart cover is *no more intelligent* that it's 'dumb' predecessor. #apple #ipad

    I'm sorry to have to inform you of this

    But what I am about to tell you is backed up by solid evidence.

    It took many long and complicated trials

    Using equipment developed specially for this task.

    Millions of research dollars

    and countless man hours.

    But the result is solid.

    Worth the expense

    Irrefutable.

    The sad, but real,

    truth.

    …

    The smart cover is no more intelligent that it's 'dumb' predecessor.

  10. Okay, D* is #buggy. #server isn't recognised as a tag, and a strange p break has been introduced after an open paren! Does it happen to you too? https://diasp.org/posts/642025 #DIASPORA #bug #frontend The excess p break seems to have been added where there was a 'see more' button.

    Okay, D* is gy. isn't recognised as a tag, and a strange p break has been introduced after an open paren! Does it happen to you too? https://diasp.org/posts/642025

    The excess p break seems to have been added where there was a 'see more' button.

  11. A tip for users of #piwik #analytics — if you want to use campaigns, but don't want to clutter things up with bothersome URL parameters (which would, for example, make a QR Code a **lot** bigger), just set up a server redirect/alias that redirects from some shortened URL e.g redirect: waterpigs.co.uk/d4/ to waterpigs.co.uk/lutherie/catalogue/dulcimers/D4?pk_campaign=ads&pk_kwd=catalogue (Real example) then use the shorter URL on your actual advertising . It's a bit of a cheat, but works nicely. #webdesign #server #http #apache

    A tip for users of — if you want to use campaigns, but don't want to clutter things up with bothersome URL parameters (which would, for example, make a QR Code a lot bigger), just set up a server redirect/alias that redirects from some shortened URL e.g redirect:

    waterpigs.co.uk/d4/

    to

    waterpigs.co.uk/lutherie/catalogue/dulcimers/D4?pk_campaign=ads&pk_kwd=catalogue

    (Real example) then use the shorter URL on your actual advertising . It's a bit of a cheat, but works nicely.