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1. Comment - Microsoft Aims to Replace JPEG Format

   (Mar 8, 2007 - 12:46 PM)

   Wow, Microsoft is once again trying to revolutionize the internet. With the widespread popularity of the JPEG format, and how integrated it has become in web development, I think Microsoft should apply their efforts to creating an alternative to the GIF format, or making for better transparency support in the PNG format.
   
   Yea yea, so what if HD Photo looks better than JPEG. It doesn't mean crap if I put it on my webpage and my viewers just see a broken file that isn't supported by their browser, or operating system. Does Microsoft expect Apple to freely support this new format out of the gate? What about the ever-growing Linux population?
   
   The only benefit I see coming from this is if the format gets picked up by the digital camera industry.

2. Comment - Record Industry Proposes Huge Streaming Royalty Fees

   (Mar 8, 2007 - 12:22 PM)

   What these clowns in the music industry need to realize is that when someone tunes into an internet radio station, and they like what they hear, that person is more likely going to go out and buy that CD. Charging these kinds of fees would shut down roughly 98% of all internet radio stations, thus reducing the selections of genres people can choose to listen to, which in the end screws no one else but the artists.
   
   Now PC_Tool, consider the market audience of terrestrial radio versus web radio. Terrestrial stations have a set market to work in, thus they can play commercials to help with the fees and operating costs. But what about the web radio station operators? Their audience can be anyone around the globe, so if they have to pay these fees, they have to get the money through donations, or pay it out of their own pockets. And these fees are already on top of server and bandwidth fees, not to mention paying an ISP just so they can connect to their server to stream to the audience. The method of operation is so different between terrestrial and web stations that there is no fair way to implement any sort of fee, unless you screw over the people who ultimately provide the artists their paychecks - the listener.
   
   I suggest that you do your research on how these stations operate and reach their audiences, and compare all the differences. The actions of the CRB threaten the entire music industry. A greater selection to choose to listen to means that more artists can be heard, and make more money when people buy their albums.
   
   Being that I DJ for a small internet radio station, I know how important it is to have listener controlled selection of music. By playing what my audience wants to hear, rather than what I want to hear, I'm able to expand the number of genres that my play lists cover, and increase the number of listeners. And because my listeners expand my play lists, I'm able to get more artists out there, and the end result is that the artists are heard, and their music gets bought.
   
   The RIAA makes enough money as it is, and I feel that everyone should write to their Congressional leaders to stop this.