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Our thanks to Douglas Arthur for sharing this tale of derring-do and doing down dodgy royalty deals.
TO BE CONTINUED...
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iTunes Is No Digital Vampire - Grooveshark & GooTube named and shamed (again)
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Thu., Nov 3, 2011
There's a response to Pete Townshend's John Peel lecture in The Guardian in which our chums at Grooveshark get a mention. Read all about it here. In the meantime Rupert Loydell has sent this link to an alternative viewpoint about potential benefits of copying culture from the pages of The Wire.
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Trey Blogs About IB Expo
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Thu., Nov 3, 2011
Trey Gunn's has posted his account of IB Expo held in Sweden's last week. "It was a very intense week. The first two days were quite anxiety
producing for nearly everyone. Or so it seemed to me. Each person came
with about 20+ minutes of music to present to the group at large. Then
we would arrange the material and decide who would play on what. We had
very wide array of musicians and instruments. Some could sight read like
mofo’s. Some couldn’t read at all. Some had many years (if not decades)
of experience with improvisation, while others had none. So presenting
the music generally stretched everyone well beyond their comfort zone." Check out Trey's updated blog for more details, audio clips and pictures.
You can also check out more pictures over on the blog and hear some of the musicians featured at IB Expo over on the podcast (also on iTunes) including an excerpt from the new album Invisible Rays by Trey, Morgan Agren and Henry Kaiser.
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Pete Townshend's John Peel Lecture
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Wed., Nov 2, 2011
The Who's Pete Townshend has accused iTunes of being digital vampires in the first John Peel Lecture. Thanks to everyone who wrote in giving this one the heads-up.
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The Eagles Tired Of Grooveshark Taking Their Stuff To The Limit
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Tue., Nov 1, 2011
Digital Music News carries the story that The Eagles are also unhappy with Grooveshark - read all about it here.
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S&BB & Discipline Reviewed
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Tue., Nov 1, 2011
Starless captures a prog-rock universe in a state of exquisite collapse. Discipline marks the beginning of a new creative order - read the full review here.
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2OAPT Pix
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Tue., Nov 1, 2011
Mark Colman's posted a great gallery of photographs of the 2OAPT date in Portland. Here's the team sound-checking and in concert.
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Mister Stormy's Monday Selection
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Mon., Oct 31, 2011
Here's a little gem unearthed by our intrepid Mister Stormy - Adrian and Robert in writing mode and heading towards something that would sound like the chiming sections of FraKctured.
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Grooveshark Is A Criminal Operation
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Sat., Oct 29, 2011
That’s the verdict of one of the comments on the company after reading Flavourwire’s interview with Grooveshark CEO, Paul Geller. Here’s the comment in full which sheds light on the time-consuming nature of dealing with Grooveshark activity:
They act like it is just some simple thing to get your stuff taken down, however they make you do it a track at a time. My label has over 100 albums with an average of 10 tracks per album, that means I have to file over 1,000 take down requests after I find everything, and these jerks won’t even disclose to you who violated your copyright in the first place. On top of that, most of their email addresses just bounce, so you can’t talk to anyone. There is no reason to have a public upload policy, there should be an agreement in place for all content. He sites youtube, but youtube is a major pain, and you have to do take downs in the same single file, tedious way, although their system is easier. Grooveshark is a criminal operation.
That last line (with our emphasis added) also happens to be the conclusion of one of the industry contributors to this article in The Guardian. The Flavourwire piece has also been picked up by Daily Binary News.
Meanwhile back in the original piece on Digital Music News we note there’s this comment from Lisa Thomas Music Services:
I am the publishing administrator for the main songwriters of the Eagles and have spents hours upon hours serving DMCA takedown notices on Grooveshark’s designated agent demanding the site remove all of the compositions owned and controlled by my clients. I have cited the specific url’s of each infringing post in the notices. To date, Grooveshark has not removed any of the material. (I have noticed, however, that the url’s constantly change, meaning that, while Grooveshark might momentarily remove a specific url, another identical replacement is uploaded within 24 hours.)
Grooveshark has not made any effort to serve NOI’s with respect to its use of any compositions owned by any of my clients, and is not paying to use the music on its service, unlike Spotify, unlike Rhapsody, unlike the legitimate music services.
They do not pay labels; they do not pay artists. However, Mr. Geller and his staff surely do not work for free. Perhaps it’s time for the artists who are being ripped off by Grooveshark to begin to contact the advertisers paying Grooveshark for ad space to let them know that association with the "evil" internet companies like Grooveshark will bring them the kind of bad publicity and reputation that’s difficult to undo.
Artists have power. Grooveshark should be mindful of that.
Meanwhile we wonder if there’s any truth in the rumour that Paul Geller aka DJ Pauly Crush (and on Facebook) will be attending Halloween parties dressed as a pirate?
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David Cross Band Play The Peel
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Fri., Oct 28, 2011
The David Cross Band will be trading the boards again next month at The Peel in Kingston Upon Thames. The gig is on Friday 11th November, and it's £12 entry. Check out the Peel website for further details.
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