From the monthly archives:

October 2007

Can EMI save themselves from themselves?

by Jeremy Vaught

An article in the telegraph says that EMI, or at least someone that can begin change, has begun the change.
In case you are not aware, Radiohead has released an album, only available from their website, and letting the fans choose the price of the album. Revolutionary? You bet. So much so, their [...]

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Feist 1234

by Jeremy Vaught

I had never heard this song until a couple of weeks ago I saw it on an iPod Nano commercial. I am clearly not alone in enjoying this song. I have seen many similar posts to this one, so I’ll just put the video down, and let you listen. (again)

And on a side [...]

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Took another trip into Second Life… missing VW Conference already

by Jeremy Vaught

After having committed huge amounts of time to Second Life before this summer, I have pretty much taken the summer off. I jumped in for a while today, and re-enjoyed it. Did some searching around, visited new places, visited old places… Had a short chat with Eric Rice which I haven’t done [...]

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Will themed virtual worlds be attractive?

by Jeremy Vaught

As I’m pondering the question of whether themed virtual worlds will be attractive or not, my mind is going in all directions, so I’m writing this out to get some clarity. The different issues as I see it:
1. Second Life, the VW with the most hype, is not themed, but has themed aspects [...]

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Oops, watch out for fake news

by Jeremy Vaught

I was just reading through my regular routine of news sites on the internet. I read what I wanted to, and decided to see what The Onion had these days. However, after being shocked after I read a few headlines, I realized I was still in ‘news’ mode, and forgot this [...]

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Woman found guilty of sharing songs online… $220,000

by Jeremy Vaught

Certainly a sad day. The way I understand it, is this is the first person of 26,000 sued by the RIAA. Rather than pay the few thousand dollar settlement/extortion, she decided to fight it and take it to jury. She lost.
What is the most sad here is how sharing a few songs [...]

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