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Black Saturday +day61
How powerful are the record companies?
♬ People tell us that we play to loud
But they don’t know what our music’s about
We never listen to the record company man
They try to change us and ruin our band. ♬
A couple of days ago I hacked up a quick story, Why Apple and iTunes is a "piece of crap": How I couldn’t buy a piece of music for US.99c. I wanted the track, I had the money but because I live in a country that’s !US I’m simply locked out.
Apple the problem?
I pitched the title at Apple and iTunes because this is what I tried first. My main contention was that Apple in a position of influence in the distribution chain is partly responsible for these restrictions. Thanks to Pat for being skeptical enough to respond and John Ahrends for questioning why Apple is responsible. So, "is Apple the only culprit?" I hadn’t looked at other services like Amazon, Lala, rhapsody and play. What I found is the exact same block on purchasing a .99c single. I can’t purchase the track I want because I’m of the release date for the Album is different for each country.
Emperical thinking
I like to think I’m empirical in my thinking. I change the way I see things if there is enough evidence. So was I hasty calling Apple and iTunes to blame? Maybe. I still think Apple have some sort of responsibility simply because iTunes are the are the record stores and iPods are the stereo systems of today. So who is the real problem? If so many eTail distributors do the same thing who is the common factor? I found this letter from Steve Jobs about the negotiations with record companies to remove DRM from iTunes. It makes for an interesting read.
Where now?
♬ When were jammin’ in our old garage
The girls come over and it sure gets hot
We don’t wanna be watered down
Takin’ orders from record company clowns. ♬
So where do I stand trying to enter a competition? I don’t know so I emailed the contest email address:
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Q on Johnny magic contest: Are there any restrictions for foreign entries? (area restricted sale of Johnny Magic single)
Hi I’ve got a question for the competition at
neilyoung.com/forkintheroad/johnnymagic-contest.html
Q. Are there any restrictions for foreign entries?
I ask this because iTunes for Australia has not released "Johnny Magic"
the single. The US site is restricted to US customers for purchasing as
with the UK sites.[0] This includes Amazon and numerous other mp3
distributors. This effectively restricts contestants from Aus *legally*
entering as the competition states [1] by going to iTunes to get the
single.
Regs PR
[0] Purchase trouble
www.flickr.com/photos/bootload/3413400182/in/set-72157615…
[1] Comp entry
www.flickr.com/photos/bootload/3413646313/in/set-72157615…
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and they replied…
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Re: Q on Johnny magic contest: Are there any restrictions for foreign entries? (area restricted sale of Johnny Magic single)
We did not plan to limit entries to the US. The cd becomes available
tomorrow in the US and hopefully soon in Australia. We will change the
instructions.
Thanks.
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Not exactly helpful, but better than nothing. So it’s off to my sisters to get the Mac again. Looks like I can purchase the CD, rip the mp3 and use that legally. Sales of the record in Australia are for 2008APR28 in time for the competition. Sale of the US version of the CD is tomorrow.
♬ That’s why we don’t wanna be good
That’s why we don’t wanna be good
We’re prisoners of rock and roll. ♬
Make up your own mind who is a "piece of crap"?
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