Sheeple. Sheeple (a portmanteau of "sheep" and "people") is a term that highlights the herd behavior of people by likening them to sheep, a herd animal. The term is used to describe those who voluntarily acquiesce to a suggestion without critical analysis or research. Usage Dictionary.com defines Sheeple as informal: "people who tend to follow the majority in matters of opinion, taste, etc"; a combination of "sheep" and "people".[1] Word Spy defines it as "People who are meek, easily persuaded, and tend to follow the crowd (sheep + people). Example Citation: The label originated in the United States, and designates people who tend to accept and take statements at face value, especially if it is cited in mainstream media or religion. The term is also used more broadly to describe any exceedingly conformist person. Governance The term can also be used for those who seem inordinately tolerant, or welcoming, of what can be perceived by the speaker as government overreach.
Ironic Usage See also References. Music industry: How to sink pirates. Open Music Model. The Open Music Model is an economic and technological framework for the recording industry based on research conducted at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). It predicts that the playback of prerecorded music will be regarded as a service rather than individually sold products, and that the only system for the digital distribution of music that will be viable against piracy is a subscription-based system supporting file sharing and free of digital rights management.
The research also suggests a price of US$5 per month for unlimited downloads as the market clearing point. Since its publication, a number of its principles have been adopted throughout the recording industry. Overview[edit] The model asserts that there are five necessary requirements for a viable commercial music digital distribution network: Industry adoption[edit] Several aspects of the model have been adopted by the recording industry and its partners over time: See also[edit] References[edit]
Social alienation.
The Problem with music by Steve Albini. By Steve Albini This is an article from Maximum Rock n' Roll #133 written by Steve Albini, and it details the problems encountered when dealing with a major label. Reprinted without permission. Whenever I talk to a band who are about to sign with a major label, I always end up thinking of them in a particular context. I imagine a trench, about four feet wide and five feet deep, maybe sixty yards long, filled with runny, decaying shit. I. Every major label involved in the hunt for new bands now has on staff a high-profile point man, an "A & R" rep who can present a comfortable face to any prospective band. These guys are universally young [about the same age as the bands being wooed], and nowadays they always have some obvious underground rock credibility flag they can wave.
There are several reasons A & R scouts are always young. By now all rock bands are wise enough to be suspicious of music industry scum. These A & R guys are not allowed to write contracts. II. There's this band. STATISTICS. DMR2012.pdf (application/pdf Object) The record industry fights its corner in the download age | Helienne Lindval. Record labels have been on the receiving end of much criticism lately. They've been criticised for heavily lobbying those involved in passing the digital economy bill, accused of greediness, of being dinosaurs, of being unwilling to embrace the internet, of treating artists unfairly – even of being obsolete.
Now they're fighting back in an attempt to justify their existence. A report published this week by IFPI (International Federation of the Phonographic Industry), claims that record companies invest $5bn (£3.3bn) a year worldwide in artists, and that the "ripple effect" of this investment helps generate a broader music sector, including live music, radio and publishing, worth around $160bn annually.
The report also estimates that more than two million people are employed globally in the broader music economy. As much as the anti-label crusaders paint a very black-and-white picture, unfortunately, so does this IFPI report. Download (application/pdf Object) Why do people download music. The state of music piracy: in-depth data from new global report. Rihanna's Talk That Talk was the most-pirated album in the world in the first half of 2012, according to new data which you can read in-depth here. Musicmetric's inaugural Digital Music Index studies the extent of illegal file-sharing across the UK and the rest of the world in the six months to end of Jun 2012.
The research covers music file-sharing patterns via BitTorrent over the six month period. finding that illegal-filesharing topped 33 million albums and 10 million singles in the UK. Ed Sheeran was identified as the most downloaded artist across the majority of the cities sampled, although the singer has previously expressed a sense of ease over his debut album + being illegally downloaded eight times for every legitimate purchase.
The full analysis and commentary can be found here with the raw UK and global data below: Top 20 UK cities for the first half of 2012 based on BitTorrent downloads over that period arranged per capita: City Downloads over 6 month period Global. Google announces free iTunes Match rival, Warner now on board. Google Play has announced a free scan-and-match feature for its music locker service after acquiring the license for Warner Music Group’s catalogue. The Google offering is competes with the likes of Apple and Amazon, whose services already boast the scan-and-match features with 20,000 songs and a 256kbps MP3s upgrade element - they do, however, carry a $25 annual charge. A Google blog post announcing the matching service read: “[We’re] launching our new matching feature to streamline the process of uploading your personal music to Google Play.
“We’ll scan your music collection and any song we match against the Google Play catalogue will be automatically added to your online library without needing to upload it, saving you time.” The Google download store and music locker service will be introduced into Europe on November 13, in the UK, France, Italy, Germany and Spain with the US roll out to follow “soon after”. "People need to access their existing collections. We need one ecosystem. " Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement.
The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), is a multinational treaty for the purpose of establishing international standards for intellectual property rights enforcement. The agreement aims to establish an international legal framework for targeting counterfeit goods, generic medicines and copyright infringement on the Internet, and would create a new governing body outside existing forums, such as the World Trade Organization, the World Intellectual Property Organization, or the United Nations. The agreement was signed in October 2011 by Australia, Canada, Japan, Morocco, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, and the United States.[6] In 2012, Mexico, the European Union and 22 countries which are member states of the European Union signed as well.[7] One signatory (Japan) has ratified (formally approved) the agreement, which would come into force in countries that ratified it after ratification by six countries.
Negotiations[edit] Leaks, publications and consultations[edit] Piracy is NOT Theft: Problems of a Nonsense Metaphor. When talking about piracy the entertainment industry and politicians often use the term "theft. " This is a huge problem according to the Swedish sociologist of law Stefan Larsson. In his thesis "Metaphors and Norms – Understanding Copyright Law in a Digital Society," he explains that these metaphors are in part keeping the wide gap between people's norms and the law intact.
A few years ago best-selling author Paulo Coelho made a Russian translation of The Alchemist available without permission from his publisher. As a result the sales in Russia skyrocketed from 1,000 books a year to over 1,000,000. The above is just one of the many examples which show that there are many positive sides to the act of ‘copying’. Larsson addresses the issue in his thesis “Metaphors and Norms – Understanding Copyright Law in a Digital Society,” for which he just received his doctorate. One of the obvious problems is that it suggests that every “stolen copy” is a lost sale. Piracy vs. Illegal music downloads topped 43m in UK H1 2012 - report.
Illegal-filesharing topped 33 million albums and 10 million singles in H1 2012 in the UK, according to a new report. Musicmetric has released a study that suggests that more than twice as many albums were downloaded illegally over the six-month period as were legitimately bought through digital outlets. Conclusions have been drawn from the data suggesting that the illegal download activity equates to £500m in lost revenue at retail, although that assumes that all illegal downloaders would have bought a particular album had piracy not been an option.
The Musicmetric analysis – the inaugural Digital Music Index – looks at the music downloading habits of the nation, logging approximate locations of users obtaining files via BitTorrent. In 459 of the 694 cities, Ed Sheeran is the most illegally downloaded artist so far this year with album +. London was the top location for illegal downloads in the first half of the year, accounting for over seven million pirated files - mostly full albums.