Self destructing DVD players -- the future ?

sbohdan · Post by **sbohdan** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 4:41 am

... And you take one good look at MTV Cribs and The Fabulous Life Of...., and you see them with their multi-million dollar homes, their gluttonous lifestyles

most of the "new" music is not new at all. they just take one old song (usually 20 or 30 years old so teenagers have no clue that they just stole someone elses song) and do a little remake, then make millions of $ and have the face to call themeselves artists. remember that these "artists" make only the fracture of the profits of the recording industry who really didn't contribute at all to the given songs- all they did was putting those songs on CD's and sell them...

killswitch83 · Post by **killswitch83** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 11:38 am

Yeah, I know. And the funny thing is, since I'm a HUGE music connaiseur, I know most of the old songs, and when I hear one of these bubble gum pop performers or bands redo it, it kinda pisses me off, because they're ruining an original. Some songs are best left untouched, but that's not the main point. I really don't believe an artist can ask for "intellectual property" rights on music that's already been done once, even if the artist is dead or the band broken up, I don't care, it's still fair play in my opinion.

Bit_Cloud · Post by **Bit_Cloud** » Sun Sep 11, 2005 12:38 pm

Sounds stupid. Hacking/Modding stuff is fun. And Blu-Ray reports it? WTF? I hope someone finds a way to hack/mod w/o getting caught, just to show those fun-sucking executives!

killswitch83 · Post by **killswitch83** » Sun Sep 11, 2005 1:07 pm

mod the chipset so it doesn't report piracy activities, or bypass the reporting module in the program, whether it's in the firmware, driver, or burning software, just figure out a patch to bypass reporting activities. Sounds simple, but I don't know if it is, lol.

-mogwai · Post by **-mogwai** » Sun Sep 11, 2005 3:50 pm

indie = best

sbohdan · Post by **sbohdan** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 8:58 am

killswitch83 wrote:Yeah, I know. And the funny thing is, since I'm a HUGE music connaiseur, I know most of the old songs, and when I hear one of these bubble gum pop performers or bands redo it, it kinda pisses me off, because they're ruining an original. Some songs are best left untouched, but that's not the main point. I really don't believe an artist can ask for "intellectual property" rights on music that's already been done once, even if the artist is dead or the band broken up, I don't care, it's still fair play in my opinion.

absolutelly right! I've been seriously into music listening since I was 12 (thats when I got the bug and started spending all the money I could get my hands on, on audio hardwer. lol I even collected glass and paper to save up for my first own tape-deck). since then 24 years passed and I consider myself a serious audiophile (martin logans, mcintosh tubes, wadia CD etc.) and do know most of the music of the past, and it does piss me off when I see some little geeks with no voices whatsoever ruining a classic and then crying for loosing rights money

I'm also not sure if artists do have a moral right to be asking for royalties after they received the money for what they created. I mean: I'm an artist myself and by this logic after selling a painting I should be still collecting money every time someone looks at my painting?! what would you say if an architect who was paid for his project would like to receive royalties money for all the years of living in his houses? why should singers or actors be any different ? especially if they actually leached off someone elses intelectual property.

killswitch83 · Post by **killswitch83** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 9:40 am

Exactly, and like I said, they make enough money alone off of concerts, endorsements, and whatever else they have their hands in, to the point they really don't need album sales all that much. I figure charging a flat rate for your time in the studio, less fees and whatnot, and that's all you should walk away with. No wonder musicians and actors who made it big are such gluttons, with their Bentleys and multi-million dollar condos in the West Hills, and so on and so forth. That's the reason why I like independent, local and regional musicians, as well as Christian musicians, especially the hard rock side of it since they suit my tastes, mainly because they don't make all that much money on album sales, at least not until either they go mainstream or their album is a total blockbuster success. Case in point: The Beautiful Mistake. They're a kickass emo band that I don't believe made all that much money off album sales, they weren't played very much, aside from maybe some of the punk and emo stations on XM and Sirius, and the money hasn't taken over their artistic ability. That's another reason why I hate the industry: because people can easily lose themselves in the mounds of money they're making, and forget about the audience they're performing for (read sellout, which would account for most of the mainstream industry). This is why some artists don't make it very far, because they lose themselves in the money, forget the fans, and in turn the fans forget the artist. That's my rant on that, lol.