Over the years I have watched with interest the Music Industry attempts to curb people stealing music via the internet. I read an article in December wherein it stated they were going to drop their legal assault and search for more effective ways to combat music piracy.Well it's taken me a couple of weeks but I think I have hit on the perfect solution to their dilemma. Ok there are still a few minor details I haven't quite figured out, like what to call my invention or how much I should sell my idea for, so I need a little input....
I figure that the fashion industry is able to recycle styles every so often so why couldn't that formula be applied to other industries? It may be a bit revolutionary for their tastes but I truly believe the new recording format will help win the war on illegal file sharing which is thought to be costing the industry millions of dollars in lost revenue.
The new, yet unanmed, format takes the form of a black, vinyl disc measuring 12 inches in diameter, which must be played on a specially designed 'turntable.
"I can state with absolute certainty that no computer in the world can access the data on this disc." " I am also totally confident that no-one is going to be able to produce pirate copies in this format without going to a hell of a lot of trouble."
Before I submit my idea to those in the biz, I plan to implement a rigorous testing process, by giving some discs ( that I found at the back of a cupboard), to a group of teenage computer experts who regularly use file swapping software such as Limewire, Utorrent etc and who admit to pirating music CDs.
I'm sure after several days of trying, none of them will be able to hack into the disc's code or access any of the music files contained within it.
Under my new format, raw audio data in the form of music will be encoded by physically etching grooves onto the vinyl disc. The sound is thus translated into variations on the disc's surface in a process that I'm sure you will agree is 'completely revolutionary' and 'stunningly clever.'
To decode the data stored on the disc, the listener must use a special player which contains a 'needle' that runs along the grooves on the record surface, reading the indentations and transforming the movements back into audio that can be fed through loudspeakers.
So what do you think of my idea? Do you think it will fly?
And does anyone know how I can get Shawn Fanning (the inventor of Napster) to return my calls? lol
I plan on sabotaging your invention
ReplyDeleteHow do you plan to do that?
ReplyDeleteSort of smashing your laptop...I'm not to sure yet lol
ReplyDeleteActually the plan they are hoping to implement, rather than trying to sue indiviual downloaders of pirated music will involve having the ISP providers suspend or discontinue the service to those that are caught.
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Thanks Matt, that was mentioned in the similar article I linked to as well. Although I do think my idea would solve the problem much more easily hehe
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ReplyDeleteBrilliant! like your plan a lot!
ReplyDeleteThanks Matt*, I'm still having a little trouble envisioning the ipod, but give me a couple of weeks lol
ReplyDelete*oops I should have said thanks Matt #2 lol
"Meanwhile, music sales continue to fall. In 2003, the industry sold 656 million albums. In 2007, the number fell to 500 million CDs and digital albums, plus 844 million paid individual song downloads -- hardly enough to make up the decline in album sales"
ReplyDeleteExcuse me while I steal from your linked article for a second but going bey those numbers and assuming there are roughly 10 songs per album on average, that would put total album sales 584 millon or so, which while it is a fall off from 2003, isn't necessarily related solely to online piracy like they would have you believe. It is slightly possible that the reason people aren't buying music could be that they are just producing crap right now. Really, name me 5 artists that have come out in the last 5 years that you think will end up in any Music Hall of Fame based on their talent? I would argue they have less a problem with piracy then they do with recognizing talented artists, instead offering up the non talented blonde of the month and hoping it sells. Really, is the world a better place with a CD of Scarlett Johannson doing Tom Waits covers? I think not, it is like the 60s when ever B list actor also thought they were a singer and we got William Shatner covering "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" and Lenonard Nimoy crooning "The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins".
As for the ISP issue, there is talk that in order to enforce the new policy, the RIAA will pay ISPs to play cop. This too seems a sketchy answer, because what happens if their fees for policing downloaders are directly corrolated to the number of people caught. People who may not be downloading may be suspended or cancelled simply to make sure that the ISP collects their RIAA fee.
ReplyDeleteHighly Illogical - Leonard Nimoy
Defense rests your honor.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with you.
ReplyDeletePlus even when artists I like produce a new album it is rare that I like every song on that album......why should I pay for 10 songs when I may not even want to listen to 7 of them?
True, and technology has allowed us to do that which was before impossible, to selctively buy from most albums rather than purchase the entire thing. The RIAA runs with these arguments everytime technology gets more than two steps ahead of them. When the cassette recorder (remember those) first came out, they yammered about that technology, saying people would just tape the music they wanted without buying it, yet that didn't lead to the collapse of the music industry like the chicken littles screaming "The Sky is Falling" would have had us first believe.
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile Pollstar said there was a 7% rise in revenue in concerts in 2008, up to 4.2 billion dollars and most artists make their money not from CDs or song downloads, but from playing actual events. Now take a look at the top grossing touring acts and tell me how many of them are even remotely new, versus living off of past glory....1) Bon Jovi, 2) Bruce Springsteen, 3) Madonna, 4) Celine Dion, 5) Kenny Chesney, 6) Neil Diamond, 7) Spice Girls, 8) The Eagles and 9) Rascal Flatts. As for the top ten in album sales, again it isn't that impressive of a list, 10) Jack Johnson, 9) Nickelback, 8) Sugarland, 7) The Jonas Brothers, 6) Kid Rock, 5) Metallica, 4) Coldplay, 3) Lil Wayne, 2) AC/DC, 1) Taylor Swift,
Lee totally disagrees with our view of why sales have slumped, it will be interesting to hear what he has to say.......when he finally tears himself away from the play station to comment here lol
ReplyDeleteNow children...let's play nice...no breaking of the laptops or game stations! They are MUCH to expensive to replace.
ReplyDeleteI think you plan is brilliant. I can't understand why no one has thought of it before!!! LMBO
ReplyDeleteI love the vinyl idea, i bet the sound will be deep & rich, almost like being there live.
ReplyDeleteFirst of all .... I cant believe I actually read that entire blog and then came to the conclusion you are even crazier than I am.... seriously!.... *digs in closet for old tape recorder to place next to turntable and begins creating bootleg copy*
ReplyDeleteThanks for the laugh, I really needed it, having a rough day and you brightened it up. I hope it cools down for you so you can sleep. It is cold here, it was -15 F the otherday, I'll send a little your way, just to help take the edge off :)
ReplyDeleteIts not yours and Matts thread I disagree with. Actually for the most part I agree. If CD's were less expensive, have you noticed you can buy a DVD for less money than a music CD? I think that play's a major part in why some people download music. As for me, I cannot be saved. I have been a pirate for so long now I don't kow any other way. Even well before we were able to download. When I was a kid I would wait until my mates bought a record I liked and then I would tape it onto a cassette. As I think many people did. I even religously recorded the top 40 show every Sunday night, so I guess you could say my career started young lol. I can't actually remember the last time I reached into my wallet to pay for music. Though these days I tend to download movies moreso than music. And I get a little thrill each time I do lol.
ReplyDeleteWhich reminds me, I didn't hear anything against pirating when you asked me to copy a few movies once I was about remove the copyright protection from the DVD's lol
And then what huh? how you gonna get that on your computer to illegally file share it with your pirate mates?
ReplyDeletetickteevee saidI didn't hear anything against pirating when you asked me to copy a few movies once I was about remove the copyright protection from the DVD's lol
ReplyDeleteHey that wasn't me....it was my evil twin lol
That was funny, as was the replies. I also remember putting the tape recorder near the record player to record tapes to play in the car. Too funny.. But, back then, the closest thing in our house to a computer was probably a speak n spell.
ReplyDeleteI'll play the tape into the webcam microphone, you know, make a youtube video thing or something then let some hacker rip the song from the youtube video and upload it to limewire... with my luck the bastard will name it one thing but it will really be JINGLE BELLS and I'll have it stuck in my head for another whole year messing with my brain cell.
ReplyDeletecan I ask why you would go to the effort of taping it...when couldn't you just put the webcam microphone next to the turntable in the first place?
ReplyDeletelike duh!!! for the retro feeling of it all eh! sheesh!!! I have to explain everything!!!!
ReplyDeleteQuestion..................................................Why don't you just buy an external tape drive, that will let you save the songs to your computer and just bypass the whole web cam crap? lol
ReplyDeleteI hate to tell you this but there are programmes out there which you can use to turn your vinyl into mp3 files. You do have to link a turntable with amplifier to your pc and download *pirate* the programme. We tried it out a couple of years ago.
ReplyDeleteActually I did know about those, I was hoping no one would pick on it lol
ReplyDeleteOk I'm scratching this idea, besides the threats and intimidation tactic's of a certain pirate I'm having real problems with the ipod design.....
Have you any idea how heavy a turntable is when you hang it around your neck? And having to stand next to an electric plug socket just so you can play your music is inconvenient as well.
It's ok I've thought of a much better way to make money, and with a lot less effort on my part.....coming to a blog near you soon.
Hey that so wasn't my idea. Remember I wanted to dress him up as Bin Laden and collect that $25 million FBI reward....
ReplyDeleteI remember the music industry trying to stop taping on reel to reel tape recorders.
ReplyDeleteI don't recall that at all, perhaps I just didn't pay attention to it back then.
ReplyDeleteMaybe we aren't old enuf lmfao
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