December 2011

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PoOPlists December 31, 2011

It’s time for PoOP – Call for submissions

Dear leader and fearless PoOPmeister Mark Rosen writes: Yes, it’s time to POOP. This year’s list will be the 25th Annual edition of POOP. The rules remain the same: limit yourself to that which will fit on 2 sides of a page, leaving a small margin where the inside binding will go. send me an attached copy, preferably as a Word Doc. send me a few bucks to cover my expenses. I usually lose a bit of buckage on these and my losses seem to be slowly trending upwards. You no longer have to send me a hard copy as…

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IP, Music Industry December 22, 2011

Recording industry and SOPA/PIPA supporters: are you paying attention? Louis CK: Over $1 Million In Sales In Just 12 Days For DRM-Free Download

  Techdirt and the NY Times both report: Louis CK: Over $1 Million In Sales In Just 12 Days For DRM-Free Download. This should be reported as yet another in the long list of projects which work because artists have used the CwF + RtB (“Connect with Fans and Reason to Buy”) model. Yup, Connect with your Fans and give them a Reason to Buy seems so obvious to us, but we still have to endure the content industry telling us that we should pass SOPA/PIPA because it protects artists. Connect with Fans + Reason to Buy.

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Music Industry December 16, 2011

The scene which can laugh at itself will go far

Now that the NY Times is telling your parents about “Skrillex and dubstep taking over America”, it’s time for a little corrective action. (Dubba Jonny – “Not Another UKF Dubstep Tutorial” from the Various Artists compilation UKF Dubstep 2011)