Comments on: Are My Kids Are Going To Jail? http://theasicguy.com/2008/12/23/are-my-kids-are-going-to-jail/ sharing insights into the people side of ASIC design Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:31:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: tim schneider http://theasicguy.com/2008/12/23/are-my-kids-are-going-to-jail/#comment-423 tim schneider Sat, 31 Jan 2009 04:23:34 +0000 http://theasicguy.com/2008/12/23/are-my-kids-are-going-to-jail/#comment-423 I used to work with a guy who's son worked for ASCAP. He would make the rounds of the restaurants, bars and nightclubs, shaking them down for the 'performance' rights licenses/fees. It's interesting to watch guys like Trent Reznor (Nine Inch Nails) go it alone with online distribution and direct sales/marketing to the customer. The recording industry and music labels are adapting slowly, but it seems that artists, and folks *outside* the industry (e.g.; Apple with it's iTunes Music Store) are having to pave the way. I used to work with a guy who’s son worked for ASCAP. He would make the rounds of the restaurants, bars and nightclubs, shaking them down for the ‘performance’ rights licenses/fees. It’s interesting to watch guys like Trent Reznor (Nine Inch Nails) go it alone with online distribution and direct sales/marketing to the customer. The recording industry and music labels are adapting slowly, but it seems that artists, and folks *outside* the industry (e.g.; Apple with it’s iTunes Music Store) are having to pave the way.

]]> By: Nadav http://theasicguy.com/2008/12/23/are-my-kids-are-going-to-jail/#comment-364 Nadav Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:10:57 +0000 http://theasicguy.com/2008/12/23/are-my-kids-are-going-to-jail/#comment-364 Hi, Well, it's not directly related to the post, but since this blog is about EDA ans ASICs I wanted to request that you review http://www.c-to-verilog.com ; I would love to read about your ideas and comments. Nadav Hi,

Well, it’s not directly related to the post, but since this blog is about EDA ans ASICs I wanted to request that you review http://www.c-to-verilog.com ; I would love to read about your ideas and comments.

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]]> By: Ron Ploof http://theasicguy.com/2008/12/23/are-my-kids-are-going-to-jail/#comment-363 Ron Ploof Wed, 24 Dec 2008 15:41:56 +0000 http://theasicguy.com/2008/12/23/are-my-kids-are-going-to-jail/#comment-363 Harry, The Music Industry is way too complicated. ASCAP and BMI are about "performance rights." There are still others like "mechanical," "publisher," and "artist" ones. One of the biggest legal fights that we have to look forward to over the next few years is around the idea of Copyright and "Fair Use. For over 200 years, publishers have consistently bastardized these terms: Article 1, Section 8, paragraph 8 of the US Constitution makes it the government’s responsibility: “To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries;” The first copyright laws set these “limited times” at fourteen (14) years with the ability to renew for another fourteen (14), for a grand total of twenty-eight (28) years. Over the past 200 years, though, the content creators have lobbied and won multiple limit-extensions, stretching it to the author’s life plus seventy (70) years. Add the fact that the law allows educational purposes for "fair use" and it puts the ASCAP lawsuit into another interesting perspective. But here's the dirty little secret. They KNOW that a school isn't going to take this fight on. Perhaps you could submit it to the Electronic Frontier Foundation for help. If I can recommend a book, I'm reading Remix by Larry Lessig -- the leader of the Creative Commons movement. Harry,

The Music Industry is way too complicated. ASCAP and BMI are about “performance rights.” There are still others like “mechanical,” “publisher,” and “artist” ones.

One of the biggest legal fights that we have to look forward to over the next few years is around the idea of Copyright and “Fair Use. For over 200 years, publishers have consistently bastardized these terms:

Article 1, Section 8, paragraph 8 of the US Constitution makes it the government’s responsibility:

“To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries;”

The first copyright laws set these “limited times” at fourteen (14) years with the ability to renew for another fourteen (14), for a grand total of twenty-eight (28) years. Over the past 200 years, though, the content creators have lobbied and won multiple limit-extensions, stretching it to the author’s life plus seventy (70) years.

Add the fact that the law allows educational purposes for “fair use” and it puts the ASCAP lawsuit into another interesting perspective. But here’s the dirty little secret. They KNOW that a school isn’t going to take this fight on. Perhaps you could submit it to the Electronic Frontier Foundation for help.

If I can recommend a book, I’m reading Remix by Larry Lessig — the leader of the Creative Commons movement.

]]> By: John Ford http://theasicguy.com/2008/12/23/are-my-kids-are-going-to-jail/#comment-362 John Ford Wed, 24 Dec 2008 06:31:12 +0000 http://theasicguy.com/2008/12/23/are-my-kids-are-going-to-jail/#comment-362 WOW, or as my daughter would say, OMG!!! I support your call for the EDA industry to help out the displaced... but, sorry, what really steams me is this royalty matter. ASCAP, and BMI (the other music business extortion outfit) are there to make sure that if people are making money with the aid of their affiliated artists, by making it easier for folks to stay longer, or put them in a good mood, that the artists get their cut. Think nightclubs and bars as easy examples. A trendy department store is another. I remember at one time that there had to be a certain number of speakers in order to qualify. Does a school qualify for any of this? Money making? Fancy sound systems? Do you just live too close to the music capital of the world? Could you see this happening in the schools of Madison, KS? Madness... JMF WOW, or as my daughter would say, OMG!!!

I support your call for the EDA industry to help out the displaced… but, sorry, what really steams me is this royalty matter.

ASCAP, and BMI (the other music business extortion outfit) are there to make sure that if people are making money with the aid of their affiliated artists, by making it easier for folks to stay longer, or put them in a good mood, that the artists get their cut.

Think nightclubs and bars as easy examples. A trendy department store is another. I remember at one time that there had to be a certain number of speakers in order to qualify.

Does a school qualify for any of this? Money making? Fancy sound systems? Do you just live too close to the music capital of the world? Could you see this happening in the schools of Madison, KS? Madness…

JMF

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