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Weird al headline news mp33/20/2023 ![]() ![]() After configuring it to *not* attempt DNS queries over IPv6, that I might reach the content I so desperately seek this century, I find that myspace persists to mock me. I reflect that perhaps it is a browser compatability issue - I am using Konqueror after all - and try my luck with firefox. I try two other domains, and, only to find the former hopelessly slashdotted and the latter unusable. And so I begin to worry irrationally: "I'm the only one in the world who can't listen to Weird Al!" I've had usability issues with myspace before, but normally after a minute or so of misguided clicking I'm able to stumble upon something that hints at actual content. Looking for an alternate link, I return to Slashdot, only to find more reactions without mention of any download difficulties. There is no download link! Nothing in the navigation menu, the news posts, or the comments make mention of where I can obtain the song, yet visitors proceed to comment on how much they enjoyed it. I (grudgingly) visit myspace, but something's amiss. With significant anticipation, I add it to my other fifteen or so open tabs and proceed to work my way through my article reading queue. Yet one topic in particular grabs my attention.īeing a Weird Al fan, and well-aware of the problems he has collecting from his label, my mind registers the topic both as a must-Read-More and as another chapter to take note of in the long saga of digital music rights. Nobody gives a loose overview of security problem Y, and SCO does transparently underhanded deed Z. The regulars are all present: Government X adopts OSS/ODF, Mr. Our story begins with a skim over the day's Slashdot headlines. This actually happens quite a bit with Indie bands, they sign contracts with small labels (which are usually somewhat vague, as neither have access to top-notch entertainment lawyers) and the labels are bought out by the majors- and the bands find themselves having to deal with exactly the people they were trying to avoid. terms or release them from the contract- so their first few CDs are basically buried forever. ![]() Which is not a good thing, because Sony won't honor the Scotti Bros. Actually I have friends who were in another band on the "Scotti Brothers" label, and found themselves in effect Sony artists. So yes, he is distributed by Sony, but it's not exactly a diabolical plan on Weird Al's part. Weird Al was originally on a very obscure indie label called "Scotti Brothers." Its name was changed to "Volcano" when another label bought them out, then that label was co-opted by Sony BMG. Now I have to get a new goddamned movement for my irony meter! Weird Al is distributed under a faux independent label, Volcano Records, which is owned by Sony BMG, who brought us intrusive DRM and is a proud part of the RIAA intellectual "property" lawsuit cartel. I don't understand the point of working long hours at a high-paying job to support a family you rarely see living in an awesome house you're barely in except to sleep and a cool car you drive to and from work in. I'm told all of this is rare.īasically, if I was paid more per hour, then past a certain point, I'd simply work fewer hours. If I suddenly had a fortune, I'd probably still eat ramen, and I'd probably wear the same clothes, live in about the same amount of space, ride a bicycle in a small town or own a sensible car, and so on. Any idiot can be wealthy if they really try, after all, I did it - which must mean any cretin who isn't wealthy is a lazy bum who doesn't deserve wealth."Īnd me? Technology is the only expensive hobby I have. If they don't have it, the rationalization goes "The rich assholes have all the money, and Bush is an idiot, or the economy sucks for Reason X, and so I don't have the money I should." The wealthy rationalize it like this: "Well, that wasn't so hard. That much, at least, makes sense: Most people generally believe they deserve wealth, as a rationalization for wanting it. ![]()
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