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Whoring for the BSA

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Only in Singapore do you find the government owned media (which is all of them) acting also as the official mouthpiece of an industry special interest group. I found this gem of a piece in TODAYonline.
THEY may find it innocent enough but when users post or share songs or other copyrighted material on their MySpace [...]

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Nike+iPod: Makes running fun

Tuesday, January 9, 2007

When Apple and Nike first announced the Nike+iPod system, I thought it was just another gimmick. After trying it out for myself however, I’m seeing how useful the whole system is.

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Why the copyright cartel in Singapore is still in the red

Friday, December 29, 2006

Because the majors like Universal Music are a repository for morons like Gary See and Doug Morris.
Gary See, MD of Universal Music Singapore says:
“I’m telling you, I’m generally collecting less than S$2,000 a month from downloads from Soundbuzz,” says Mr See. Soundbuzz is a major digital music vendor in Asia, Australia.
The question is, why? Well, [...]

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The Future is Flash

Friday, November 24, 2006

Or Why the Zune will Fail

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UMG Chairman/CEO is a repository of stupidity

Tuesday, November 14, 2006

The moron says here
Yesterday, Microsoft agreed to share revenue from Zune sales with record labels and artists. Forcing the issue was Universal Music Group, which at deadline is the only label named in the program. UMG refused to license its music to the Zune unless it could receive a percentage of each device sold, in [...]

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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 Australia
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 Australia