Sorry: this isn't an announcement. But I figure it might be interesting for
at least 3 people......

is Sergio me, Zina? I guess so. Anyway I did mention PE online (it was on
the news sometime before or after Linz). But some things are worth
noticing:

>public enemy sell their new record as mp3 package for downloading on
>www.atomicmusic.com.

Excellent; but then this becomes odd.....

>it is furthermore the first record that is published
>in the liquidaudio format,

I have been recently contacted by the liquidaudio people, as they are
looking for musician that would adopt their standard, which is:

1) very expensive: you pay per conversion.

2) very un"internet": it permanently watermarks files with the name of the
person that "purchases" the download.

3) very lame: it has a "passport" feature which could have been invented by
Kafka.

4) very control-oriented: in order to have a player you have to be a
registered user.

5) somehow micro-Nazi: there is no third party software for liquidaudio.

I wonder then how come PE chose to distribute on two standards which are
politically (and economically) not compatible. Also: you got mp3, why
bother with Liquidaudio (unless...).

>published and distributed on a zip disk!

They'll be happy at Iomega.

>last but not least, chuck d. is now a member of our happy net.radio
>community, having his own rap-channel www.bringthenoise.com.....

Sorry: this sounds like someone "going internet" without any real
thought... Shit: PE have a message to deliver and a style to spread, but
this sounds quite yankee to me.

But watch out: the music industry has announced two new conversion
standards: SDMI (secure digital music initiative) which should create files
that CANNOT be copyed (they can only be downloaded, stored and played) and
MSAudio 4.0, which threatens to do the same.

As if we didn't know: for every protection there's a hacker out there that
(luckily) will set that file free. The problem as I see it is to build a
radically different relationship with whoever wishes to download our
sounds; to me it should be more like software: some stuff you pay for, some
is shareware and some freeware.

My main problem, our main problem, is that we should have a standard which
leaves the option of control but doesn't make it mandatory. If Prince wants
to watermark his files he should be able to do so, but if I don't I should
be free to do the same. This is why mp3 will never make it with the
industry. Unfortunately the industry standard in paramount in the spreading
of a technology. The day Bruce Springsteen puts out his album only on,
let's say, Sucker3.0 (his own new standard), instantly million people will
have that player. Also, it's an ugly world out there, and I wouldn't want
anyone to make profit out of your sounds without your prior consent.

This said, one of the effects of the MP3 craze is that most people I know
have a PE mp3 file in their machine, and none of these files come from
PE.com.... I am not sure this is all for good; sometimes you put months of
effort into making a cd and it should be your choice that people get it for
free. Still, I have an album online.

Sergio Messina/RadioGladio

Quiz
I have a collection of Inuit vocal games on cd which has over 100 tracks.
I'm not sure because my jurassic cd player isn't able to count more than
99. But I'm sure there's more.




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