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    • Thu Aug 28th 20:58 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      Apple's China Debacle: The Corporation as an Agent of Social Change
      @KenC
      Well, of course I know that in China iPods are "mainly used for pirated music" - you can't argue with me on that. And yes, other MP3 players in the market are also primarily used for that purpose. BUT the manufacturers of other MP3 players do not take on a holier-than-thou attitude and claim to be above any links to piracy whereas Steve Jobs said,
      “Let’s understand piracy first: I found you get really unreliable downloads. You have to try several times to get the song, and then you get it and find it was encoded by a ten year old with four seconds missing at the end. You don’t get to listen first, you don’t get artwork, and it’s stealing. We (via iTMS) offer fast, reliable downloads from our vast server farms – we are very, very good at this. It’s not stealing, it’s good Karma."
      So isn't that bad karma that he's courting in China by his own definitions?
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    • Thu Aug 28th 11:25 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      Apple's China Debacle: The Corporation as an Agent of Social Change
      @mollytjm
      But Apple does act as a robber baron. How else to explain their propagation of the iPod in markets where there are few legal music alternatives? Even though Apple states that it's against piracy, a large part of its revenue in the many markets around the world is from the iPod which is mainly used for pirated music. And yes, shareholders benefit from this as Apple has made a lot of money for shareholders but at the expense of copyright holders
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    • Wed Mar 26th 00:17 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      Baidu May Test August Lows
      You fail to mention that in the last few weeks, Baidu is being seriously sued by the official government endorsed Music Copyright Society of China amongst other labels and distributors. And Chinese publications are reporting that some of Baidu’s dubious practises are coming to light with regards to their music search.
      www.chinadaily.com.cn/...
      and Forbes also had an article here:
      www.forbes.com/markets...
      These are serious questions being asked about how Baidu's music search actually operates and whether it crosses the line as some have suggested that there is the possibility that Baidu could be hosting the music files illegally themselves. If this is the case, then we could very well see a case of fraud emerging. Already, another listed company Focus Media was censured heavily by the authorities because 7 of its subsidiary companies were involved in institutionalized mass mobile spam.
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    • Thu Oct 11th 10:56 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      Digital Music Will Be Free When Your Coffee Is
      Many are mistakenly assuming that Radiohead's marketing and distribution model is the way to go for all artists, but as you correctly pointed out, up-and-coming artists can't go along this route as they still need much more marketing. And even worse, the perceived value of their music is low and giving it away for free in a sea of higher quality free material is not going to create a dent in terms of exposure.
      With A-list artists going independent, this will bring in less dollars for labels to subsidize and market up-and-coming artists. It is going to affect the other artists unless the existing model is changed. Music2dot0 has examined this situation in greater detail here: www.music2dot0.com/arc...
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