metallica sucks those muthatruckerssssssss snakes looking after money and undeserved fame!!! As Nikki Sixx sid the other day: SUCK MY DICK metallica !!!!!ya dont even deserve caps The world need bands with attitude not with pockets full of shittttttyy money metallica u went so LOW!!!!!! fredy Long live melodic HONESTY!!!!!!http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,1136,1136#msg-1136Sun, 19 May 2013 14:52:27 +1000 Phorum 5.2.16 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,1136,1250#msg-1250 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,1136,1250#msg-1250
I think you've hit the nail on the head. You certainly have a better grasp of the technology than I have and I don't think anybody has the answers just yet.

You are right that businesses have to adapt to change and I know for a fact that there are major changes about to happen to one major UK retailer in an attempt to
'embrace' that change. I guess we'll just have to wait and see.

Robert,

Whatever happens I hope you can find a niche for yourself if that's what you want to do. Maybe the web will be the only way to go.]]> Surfpunk NoticeboardSat, 13 May 2000 07:32:15 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,1136,1235#msg-1235 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,1136,1235#msg-1235
Earlier comments were made about just how convenient mp3's were.

Some DVD players can now play mp3 disks which can contain upwards of 120 tracks to a disk. The quality is cd quality if the recording is done right. I was at a party a couple of weeks ago where we listened to a single mp3 disk in the dvd player the whole night.

As well, Canada happens to be light years ahead in terms of internet access speeds. Cable modem access is common with speeds up to 100* that of your standard dial up modem. Even ADSL is coming down in price to affordable annual costs.

Technology is not the barrier here but the culprit. And for those of you who do have portable mp3 players, they plug into any standard stereo, boom box etc. Besides, tons of people do have their computer plugged into their stereo.

What we are facing here is comparable to travel. In the old days you couldn't just pop over to Europe or Asia overnight, hang out for a weekend and then come home. Well nowadays you can. The same with digital media. You can email hundreds if not thousands of people, each forwarding on to others yeilding massive global coverage in a few short hours. The l Love You virus is a prime example to the time of propogation.

And as far as burning CD's, how many cd writers do you think are out there? Definitely enough to impact the market. If you want to bust people, bust those selling home burnt cd's on ebay and other places.

Again this comes down to as much an ethical issue as it does technological. You either support it or you don't. If you don't agree with it, just don't do it. Any of these so called law suits that start to infringe on regulating the internet takes us one step closer to big brother whatching everything we do 24hours a day.

I just hope I'm not around before that becomes reality.

At this point I can't say I'm in favour of Metallica, because the issue here is really the impact to record companies and the artists' dependencies on them. Times are changing.

Consider how much good music people never hear because of Record Companies. We get a fraction of what we would like to hear on the radio because of some shmoe's deal to make somebody a star. The internet is opening doors to artists that never existed before. Unfortunately we can't seem to find a way to keep up with the changes in technology.

For you guys trying to start your own business, I feel sorry, but if the rules change, you have to change along with them. What about the guys that were going to create databases of out of print stuff so that you could request a cd printed on the spot with what you want? We shouldn't lose this ability.

The issue with this approach is how do you get the royalties back to the artists? Technology has created the problem so we need a technological solution to resolve the problem.

Although I hate the concept of regulation, I think it has to happen. We should introduce the idea of encryption into full mp3's and then license the decryption software. Then bust those that make the software available illegally. That way vendors and artists can be licensed to make their work available. Sample mp3's could exist without encryption, but how you regulate them being less than full versions I don't know.

It's not a simple issue, but at least if artists and vendors had control over what they released then we could ensure that the artists aren't getting ripped off. Sounds like you need some regulatory body in the music industry to ensure that royalties are being paid based on the licenses.

That would mean that whoever obtains the decryption software would have to submit data back to the regulatory body to manage things. Although as soon as you go down this road, someone will come up with some new variation of encoding and the cycle starts all over again.

I don't have the answers, I'm just posing thoughts to contemplate.

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]]> Bighair NoticeboardSat, 13 May 2000 04:55:18 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,1136,1219#msg-1219 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,1136,1219#msg-1219the new Metallica song from MI2.Metallica's new one doesn't stand with any of the Crue demos.I can't wait to get the new Crue cd when its out.If Metallica wants to survive,if it's not to late,their gonna have to do something great.I don't know if they can.It's been quite awhile since they have.Metallica also has the right to do what they are doing against the Napster and The 300,000 people.I hate to see Napster go because I do use it,but not for that purpose.I use it for demo's,unreleased and long forgotten b-sides you can't get/find anymore.What about the cd's,lp's or cass. that are npw long out of print.Example would be Black N Blue,In Heat was never released in the States on cd,but I have seen it on Napster.Nobody is taking money from them if it's downloaded.I would gladly pay a monthly fee to be on Napster for this use.I wish and hope that somehow they can monitor what's being transfered and block the user's who are violating infringement laws.I know you own your own store Surfpunk and I'm sure you already know,that is if your in the States,that the Federal Trade Commission is cracking down on the Record Labels
to lower the prices they charge to dealers.Which will save consumers something like 13 million dollars a month?I think that was the total.I can see how you are upset with Napster because I am trying to open my own store where I live and I wouldn't want people getting stuff for free and then coming to me and stealing my stuff to finish what was stolen in the first place.
]]> Robert NoticeboardSat, 13 May 2000 01:49:57 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,1136,1179#msg-1179 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,1136,1179#msg-1179 Surfpunk NoticeboardFri, 12 May 2000 07:22:26 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,1136,1178#msg-1178 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,1136,1178#msg-1178metallica is for MTV shitty people
The last cds from MOTLEY are great but METALLICAS latest cds,,,,mmmmmquite unoriginal, soft,
MOTLEY have attitude even though they dont sound as heavy as KILLTHEMALL
MOTLEY will never be fakethey are here to STAY
METALLICA is here to SELL,,agh!!!

wait and listen to MOTLEYs new cd and u will see!!

Anyway who the fuck need METALLICA anylonger with all the new good bands hangin round nowdays like SYMPHONYX, PANTERA, FREAKKITCHEN, ARTENSION

METALLICA had thier age but now its gone forever



YESTERDAY DONT MEAN SHITTTTTTT

take care my pal!!!!
cya
]]> alfredo NoticeboardFri, 12 May 2000 07:10:26 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,1136,1171#msg-1171 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,1136,1171#msg-1171
WISE UP SUCKER!!!!!]]> Surfpunk NoticeboardFri, 12 May 2000 06:10:01 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,1136,1136#msg-1136 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,1136,1136#msg-1136those muthatruckerssssssss snakes looking after money and undeserved fame!!!
As Nikki Sixx sid the other day:
SUCK MY DICK metallica !!!!!ya dont even deserve caps
The world need bands with attitude not with pockets full of shittttttyy money

metallica u went so LOW!!!!!!

fredy
Long live melodic HONESTY!!!!!!]]> alfredo NoticeboardThu, 11 May 2000 19:25:20 +1000