Comments on: Hit me! http://moontan.co.za/4Geeks/2006/07/31/hit-me/ 4 tech-fights, 4 to 40 minutes, 4 everyone Sat, 19 May 2012 03:29:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Rheinard http://moontan.co.za/4Geeks/2006/07/31/hit-me/#comment-77 Mon, 31 Jul 2006 08:53:46 +0000 http://moontan.co.za/4Geeks/2006/07/31/hit-me/#comment-77 Thats what I thought. But they've been streaming music for years now. I remember the good old Shoutcast + Winamp days. Plus the various plugins that went around for IRC clients. Thats what I thought. But they’ve been streaming music for years now. I remember the good old Shoutcast + Winamp days. Plus the various plugins that went around for IRC clients.

]]> by: Tom van Aardt http://moontan.co.za/4Geeks/2006/07/31/hit-me/#comment-76 Mon, 31 Jul 2006 08:00:11 +0000 http://moontan.co.za/4Geeks/2006/07/31/hit-me/#comment-76 O course! I forgot the online gaming environment, although people with full time jobs and families hardly get the time :-) About the legality of that: In a recent discussion with someone from SAMRO (they manage music rights in SA), it came to light that restaurants have to pay royalties on their background music. It would hardly seem legal to stream music through SL, now would it? O course! I forgot the online gaming environment, although people with full time jobs and families hardly get the time :-)

About the legality of that: In a recent discussion with someone from SAMRO (they manage music rights in SA), it came to light that restaurants have to pay royalties on their background music. It would hardly seem legal to stream music through SL, now would it?

]]> by: rheinard http://moontan.co.za/4Geeks/2006/07/31/hit-me/#comment-75 Mon, 31 Jul 2006 05:43:13 +0000 http://moontan.co.za/4Geeks/2006/07/31/hit-me/#comment-75 I usually hear the odd new track in virtual clubs in SecondLife. SecondLife allows players (or more specifically players with sim rights) to stream music from their playlist to locations in SecondLife. I'm not actually sure how legal this is. Since you dont pay entry fees for these virtual clubs there is no profitting from the music. I'm sure RIAA will try some way to argue that there is a copyright issue, but in the meanwhile, rocking out in SL is only one way I hear about new music. Like Kobie, I dont listen to conventional radio. I check out indie music sites, go to virtual clubs, and do the MTV thing. Although, MTV is not as much M as it used to be. Here in Australia we have several other music channels on pay. There is ofcourse also streaming services like Live365.com or even Netscape Radio. The iGeneration (thanks to MC Lars for hammering this term in the song with the same name) has so many more exciting ways of getting to music. And by the time you're sick of the "new" music, it's bound to hit mainstream and drive you insane :( I usually hear the odd new track in virtual clubs in SecondLife. SecondLife allows players (or more specifically players with sim rights) to stream music from their playlist to locations in SecondLife.

I’m not actually sure how legal this is. Since you dont pay entry fees for these virtual clubs there is no profitting from the music. I’m sure RIAA will try some way to argue that there is a copyright issue, but in the meanwhile, rocking out in SL is only one way I hear about new music.

Like Kobie, I dont listen to conventional radio. I check out indie music sites, go to virtual clubs, and do the MTV thing. Although, MTV is not as much M as it used to be. Here in Australia we have several other music channels on pay.

There is ofcourse also streaming services like Live365.com or even Netscape Radio.

The iGeneration (thanks to MC Lars for hammering this term in the song with the same name) has so many more exciting ways of getting to music. And by the time you’re sick of the “new” music, it’s bound to hit mainstream and drive you insane :(

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