Sunday, November 2, 2003

Dean on the Web, A Halloween Hot-Button for Next Year You Did It!. You blew past the $310,000 goal -- with 8 hours still to go! We'll keep the bats swarming until midnight tonight, as promised. There's still time to get your "Bush Scares Me -- Vote Dean for America" button to wear next Halloween, two days before the general election when the American people send George Bush packing. You're really making it happen. Every day, you push this campaign forward -- by writing letters to Iowa and New Hampshire, by organizing and reaching out in your state, and by taking ownership over the political process with contributions of whatever you can afford. You are shocking the political establishment every step of the way -- and this is only the beginning. [Blog for America] 7:29:32 PM

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Online Music, What Else is New? Let me make this clear. Not paying for music harms the creators. Skating around the big music labels is all well and good, but the artists we love get nothing in this process. In addition, MP3 sound quality is a step backwards from CD. I'm proud to say I've never used Napster or any similar service. Never cared. Apple's music store is a step in the right direction, but the digital divide is a problem. And many people who do have computers, particularly above age 35 and below age 10, are left out when it comes to online music. Music is for everyone, but most digital technologies are not for everyone. When running a business, customers come in handy. Lots people out there couldn't become online customers if they tried. It's so cumbersome. There was a cover story in the December 1993 issue of Musician magazine about how the music industry was going to change. If I recall, the article spoke of downloads in retail music stores. Since that article was published, I've been waiting for the transformation. 10 years of have passed. The only thing that has happened is the decline of the music business. Particular musical genres, such as jazz, have really suffered. The history of online music has been a joke. I'm going to record some solo acoustic songs soon. Unfortunately, they'll probably be in MP3 format. MIT Shuts Down Students. Two MIT students who thought they'd found a way to give their fellow students access to a huge music library without running afoul of copyright law hit a snag Friday when the school shut down the service in the midst of a licensing dispute. [Zeropaid - The File Sharing Portal] 12:46:29 PM