re: Cloud Nothings

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It's a fantastic article, and should be paired with David Lowery's counterpoint from a few years back. I think they both make some cogent points. Neither is entirely right or wrong. I think, funnily enough, Albini is focusing only on the good stuff and Lowery only on the bad.

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I'm not familiar with David Lowery's counterpoint, I will need to look it up... Albini's point of view is not surprising, given his "ethics"

My favorite parts were his views on intellectual property:

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Technology has brought to a head a need to embrace the meaning of the word “release”, as in bird or fart. It is no longer possible to maintain control over digitised material and I don’t believe the public good is served by trying to.

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If your little daughter does a kooky dance to a Prince song don’t bother putting it on YouTube for her grandparents to see or a purple dwarf in assless chaps will put an injunction on you. Did I offend the little guy? frick it. His music is poison.

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Music has entered the environment as an atmospheric element, like the wind, and in that capacity should not be subject to control and compensation. Well, not unless the rights holders are willing to let me turn the tables on it. If you think my listening is worth something, OK then, so do I. Play a Phil Collins song while I’m grocery shopping? Pay me $20. Def Leppard? Make it $100. Miley Cyrus? They don’t print money big enough.

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Sorry for the thread hijack... In retrospect, I should have started a new topic.. my bad!