Creative Component :: design, development & consulting � Music Selling Dilemma : iTunes NOT TO BLAME: "In 1999, I released my CD, Flashlight Tag at Midnight on my own label, Poetic Wax Records. I chose to press 1500 copies through DiscMakers. I was thrilled when Discmakers offered free internet distribution through a company called The Orchard. The Orchard had a strong partnership with the great CDNOW.com. Like I said, I was thrilled.
The way the plan worked was: I sent The Orchard a box of 20 CD’s, which they would distribute for me. If anyone ordered from CDNOW.com [now Amazon.com], The Orchard would mail the CD to the recipient. I know this because I tested it.
I know for a fact that I sold more than 20 CD’s through CDNOW.com. It wasn’t a hot seller, but I watched the ranking and the sales, which was public information.
I let the whole issue go, but out of curiosity, I searched on Amazon.com, and my CD is still out there. I then went to iTunes, and my CD is out there too! Now this is really the crooked part. So you’re telling me that anyone can buy my music at iTunes, and I won’t see a penny of it!?
How do I know this? Because the CD’s are out in my garage. I signed-up for physical distribution of my CD — to move product, yet my CD’s are still here at home."
Creative Component :: design, development & consulting � Music Selling Dilemma : iTunes NOT TO BLAME
Seed: What Buddhism Offers Science
Seed: What Buddhism Offers Science: "The experience of consciousness is entirely subjective. The joy of meeting someone you love, the sadness of losing a close friend, the richness of a vivid dream, the serenity of a walk through a garden on a spring day, the total absorption of a deep meditative state—these things and others like them constitute the reality of human experience. And all of these experiences—from the most mundane to the most elevated—have a certain coherence and, at the same time, a high degree of privacy, which means that they always exist from a particular point of view."
World news from The Times and the Sunday Times - Times Online
World news from The Times and the Sunday Times - Times Online: "ELLEN Johnson-Sirleaf, a Harvard-educated former banker, made history last night by becoming Africa’s first female president."
PE.com | Inland Southern California | Inland News
PE.com | Inland Southern California | Inland News: "When police officers intentionally fired their guns over the past five years, they were aiming at animals at least half the time, according to records from four Inland police agencies.
In most cases, officers had no choice, law-enforcement officials say. They had to shoot because vicious dogs were threatening human lives. But some pet owners and animal-rights groups wonder whether too many dogs are being killed unnecessarily."
Bush meets Dalai Lama
My Way News: "'The Dalai Lama is not a mere religious figure. He is a political refugee who has conducted activities splitting China and undermining national unity,' said Chu Maoming, spokesman for the Chinese Embassy in Washington."
BBC NEWS | South Asia | Fears for Indian 'marathon tot'
BBC NEWS | South Asia | Fears for Indian 'marathon tot': "Budhia Singh, who recently ran 60km (33 miles) in six and a half hours, has appeared in a spate of TV commercials.
The state government says it also fears the long distances may be damaging the boy's heart and lungs.
His mentor, Biranchi Das, dismissed the fears, saying Budhia had regular medical check-ups.
Orissa's sports minister, Debashis Nayak, said the government would not be a mute spectator to the exploitation and would intervene, if necessary, to 'save his future'.
Budhia recently ran non-stop from the holy town of Puri to Bhubaneswar, a distance of 60km (37 miles).
A few days before that, he ran non-stop from Bhubaneswar to Cuttack - 35km.
During a recent visit to Orissa, former top Indian runner, PT Usha, also said running for 50 to 60km so frequently could have disastrous long-term consequences for Budhia's health"
PE.com | Inland Southern California | Riverside Metro
PE.com | Inland Southern California | Riverside Metro
It's very sad when a former friend ends up making the local paper for foolishness.
The breaking of the Monica Lewinsky scandal and this year's Live 8 concerts were voted among the most influential Internet moments of the past 10 year
News: "The second most influential moment voted by the committee came in 1998 when the 'The Drudge Report' -- a then little-known, one-man news site -- beat the mainstream media in breaking the scandal of Lewinsky's affair with President Bill Clinton online.
The Drudge scoop paved the way for the blogging revolution and foreshadowed future online scoops, the committee said. "
Nabbed killer agrees to return to Texas - Nov 7, 2005
CNN.com - Nabbed killer agrees to return to Texas - Nov 7, 2005: "Thompson offered authorities no resistance when arrested, said Marianne Matus, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Marshals Service."
Could it be that he suffered such a culture shock that this convicted killer was more then willing to go back.
Weakened by domestic blows, Bush seeks validation abroad
BREITBART.COM - Just The News: "'Often in second terms, presidents concentrate more on foreign policy because what seems to happen is that their domestic authority tends to get undermined,'"
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