Re: [linux-audio-user] Re: Marketing Free Music

From: Dana Olson <dana@email-addr-hidden>
Date: Fri Mar 10 2006 - 12:02:19 EET

On 3/10/06, Cesare Marilungo <cesare@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
> Dana Olson wrote:
>
> >On 3/10/06, Carlo Capocasa <capocasa@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>>I think that you have presented a couple valid points. This motion, however,
> >>>is something that will be only as successful as community wants it to be.
> >>>FWIW, we could talk about incorporating your idea into the Linuxaudio.org
> >>>mission as long as the two remain within the same scope. This way we the two
> >>>could mutually benefit and in the long-run through exposure encourage others
> >>>to adopt similar (or preferably same) strategy.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>Sup Ico! I would absolutely LOVE to integrate this one with
> >>linuxaudio.org. The more integrated the more powerful. This thing will
> >>be, as all free movements, a matter of network effects. The more sites
> >>with the free music logo and working the free music way, the better! The
> >>more support, the better! Thanks!
> >>
> >>Carlo
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >Let's get started! I am ready... Are you?
> >
> >My design skills suck, and I can't even do SVG stuff in Inkscape or
> >whatever, so there goes my idea of using SVG, oh well. I'll do a
> >hi-res idea in Gimp... My skills are crap, as I said, but I think we
> >should indeed have a competition and have votes of some kind to see
> >what everyone thinks about each submission.
> >
> >BTW,
> >Digg for music would be cool! I don't know that Digg's source is
> >available, but it sure would be easily adaptable, I think. We'd still
> >need a big host for it though.
> >
> >Dana
> >
> >
> >
> >
> Dana,
> I don't believe that emphasizing the ogg choice is as important. Yes,
> ogg quality is superior but there are a lot of devices that can't play ogg.
>
> To provide both is enough effort.
>
> FLAC will be the obvious choice in just a few years, or months.
>
> Think about this: If I want to print a cd, let's say the minimum
> quantity (500 copies), the costs are around 800$ for the bare bone jewel
> box. Here in Italy (and nothing is cheap here ATM) I can have a hosting
> service for 30 euros/year with unlimited space. Or you can host your
> music on archive.org and such for free. So, what are we talking about?
> You can provide mp3s, oggs and FLACs of your whole discography.
>
> And anyway, to say we're different because we use ogg and putting a logo
> on our website is just a marketing trick. These are the kind of tricks
> that big media use to brainwash people. I don't want to be a part of this.
>
> c.
> --
> www.cesaremarilungo.com
>

Okay, so stick to MP3 and other patent-encumbered formats if you like.
The world doesn't need open formats I guess.
Received on Fri Mar 10 12:15:12 2006

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