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[–] applemao@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

Another reason corps lobbied for digital and killed off analog as much as they could: easier to control and charge money. Once I own a tape/reel/record, I OWN it, you cannot take it from me without physically taking it. Stop using online digital media for stuff you actually care about.

[–] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 117 points 2 weeks ago
[–] Gerudo@lemm.ee 94 points 2 weeks ago (9 children)

Don't yall just love opening up the Way back machine page and loading up your playlist and using that instead of Spotify?

Fucking idiots.

[–] stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

yeah I was wondering what has music to do with the wayback machine?

[–] Irelephant@lemm.ee 33 points 2 weeks ago

The Internet Archive does more than just the Wayback Machine.
They have a project called Great78, to archive every 78 RPM record, since they are deteriorating. The lawsuits from the music firms are taking issue with that, depsite no-one using it as a replacement for buying or streaming music. The "Damages" are bullshit.
Funding the lawsuit, and potentially losing it does threaten the Wayback Machine, and the archive as a whole.

[–] AugustWest@lemm.ee 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I disagree with the big labels, preservation is important and they are not selling this music anyways (at least not as scratchy old 78 recordings) but... I do stream a lot from the archive and I am not alone. There are apps for a ton of live music, all with bands that agreed to it.

But There is even a 78 app for listening to the 78's.

I won't use Spotify though.

m3u text based playlists kick ass. Everything else... Meh.

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[–] Turret3857@infosec.pub 76 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

this is why I just be buying CDs, cassettes, vinyls and BandCamp/ whatever digital download platform the artist uses and putting it on Jellyfin. Can't buy from the artist directly? well, then we participate the computings oldest profession.

[–] massacre@lemmy.world 35 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Turret3857@infosec.pub 29 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

yes exactly, and nothing else that could possibly be illegal that would implicate me in any sort of case.

[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago
[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 52 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Buy direct from artists. Otherwise...

[–] MadPsyentist@lemmy.nz 51 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

I will get change.org tattooed on my nut sack if anyone can show me proof of a change.org petition changing anything.

[–] zloubida@lemmy.world 25 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Alone, a petition doesn't have any effect. But it's a tool to publicize a cause, and a way to create a movement. Some had a strong effect.

[–] huppakee@lemm.ee 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Please me know if you get a picture of a tattooed ball sack, I have a kink

[–] Jarix@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

I dont believe you do have this kink you speak of. And you can easily just share where the rest of us can find this kink if you continue to uphold this statement with any intent to convince people that you do in fact have this job

(Just having some fun)

[–] WrenFeathers@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago

The only thing it changes is the amount of spam you receive after they sell off your info. The same goes for VoteBlue.

[–] Forester@pawb.social 3 points 2 weeks ago

Historically, they have had impact however with this administration....

[–] CalipherJones@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

It's the internet activist's most powerful weapon... A TEXT FILE

[–] Xanthrax@lemmy.world 43 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

This is an amazing example of how stupid this situation is:

https://youtu.be/sfXn_ecH5Rw

(Adam Neely)

They're mostly focusing on pitch. They're not focusing on rhythm. They're not focusing on timbre. They're focusing on a series of notes. You are INCREDIBLY limited in what you can do with those notes. Not to mention the whole step/ half step pattern.

Edit: I know this is random, but one of my instructors was a backup singer for Katie Perry, and she sucked. If you can find an Asian man with a bald head doing a head bob in the background of Katie Perry concert, I'll give you 10+ points. He also sounds 10× better than her, lmao.

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

It's worse man.

Axis of Awesome has a song called "Four Chord Song" where they show that essentially every pop song is just four chords.

Four fucking chords.

Your paying for lyrics.

[–] ExtantHuman@lemm.ee 6 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

So first, music isn't just chords. Second, there's only so many combinations that actually sound good. There's a whole field of music theory around this. Chord progressions kind of set the tone of the song. Different countries actually have different favored progressions - it's kind of interesting.

You should look into it. Because it sounds like you're just mad at how music works.

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[–] Gronk@aussie.zone 35 points 2 weeks ago

UMG, Capitol Records, Concord Bicycle Assets, CMGI Recorded Music Assets, Sony Music Entertainment, and Arista Music

Are named from the petition, fuck these corporate ghouls

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 31 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Well, okay but that's a relatively new thing. In the olden times the record industry was very honorab-ahahahahaha ahhhhhh fuck. Yeah, no they've always been crooks and scum. But sometimes they did good by accident. That was before the accountants took over, though. Way back.

[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Like when blank music cd’s (specifically for music cd copiers) cost more because they knew people were pirating CDs?

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Sure, or the death of DAT, the overcharging of printed CDs, longboxes, there's a huge list of terrible things.

[–] cobbland@lemmy.ml 31 points 2 weeks ago
[–] SpiceDealer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] huppakee@lemm.ee 3 points 2 weeks ago

Signed it, wether it helps or not worth the effort

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[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 18 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

That's why we pay an extra on any Hardware that could possibly be used to pirate it, so that such lawsuits aren't neccessary, right? Right?

[–] Irelephant@lemm.ee 10 points 2 weeks ago

Thats only in some countries iirc.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 17 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Capitalism is dead, and the labels were part of the poison. This is a death rattle for recording companies. Parasites

[–] Franklin@lemmy.ca 15 points 2 weeks ago

fuck capatalists man, will destroy any good in the world, with their short sited fodder for the profit machine.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 weeks ago
[–] TacoButtPlug@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 weeks ago

Guess I'll increase my monthly donation and boycott the recording industry. Time for torrents.

[–] index@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

There's plenty of music available to listen to, entire centuries of music and more hours of music you can possibly listen to. There's no need to listen and give money to majors.

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[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

its the easiest boycott ever. you can listen to their music while still boycotting them.

also run the archive team warrior if you can. it helps them out with archiving the internet.

[–] SwordandArt@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] rebelflesh@lemm.ee 9 points 2 weeks ago

Back when 4chan was a small cesspool we took down the recording industry, we can do it again with Spotify and all the streaming services.

We beat them once we will do it again.

[–] Snapz@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

Anyone else not being allowed to sign this?

[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 weeks ago

link to actual lawsuit/claims?

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