The death of the CD Single

Written by Kelsey Brookes Thursday, 11 June 2009 23:18

I know it's only tangentially related to the topics we discuss here, but I believe this is a Sign Of Things To Come™.

JB Hi-Fi are ditching CD Singles.

Long the staple of music fans who only want the good stuff, the CD single has been increasingly irrelevant in an era of cheap, legal music downloads where you no longer need to put up with the tacked-on B-sides.

I've often been heard to utter the phrase "Physical media, how quaint." when faced with DVDs or CDs. When you can have an AppleTV or Boxee, why on earth do you need to carry around little plastic discs everywhere?

So goodbye CD Single, I have no doubt your brethren, DVD Director's Cut and TV Box Set will join you soon in that great irrelevancy in the sky.

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Stop motion music video

Written by Kelsey Brookes Thursday, 11 June 2009 23:14

This stop-motion music video was made with over 4000 still frames, with every frame being hand-painted on the performer's faces:

Find out more about the production over at BoingBoing

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Composers for copyright reform

Written by Kelsey Brookes Thursday, 11 June 2009 23:03

Composers are fighting for their right to get paid for their work. In April 2007 a U.S. federal court ruling determined that downloaded music was not considered a performance, essentially preventing composers from claiming royalties from online sales.

With the online channel growing as traditional media distribution falters, actual creators are seeing their earnings reduce while cheaper online methods see increased profits for distributors.

Read more on this issue over at Reuters.

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Cisco predicts growth of web video

Written by Kelsey Brookes Thursday, 11 June 2009 22:31

While a more cynical observer might feel that Cisco are simply scaring up new business, their predictions of a five-fold increase in web video by 2013 are probably not too far off the mark.

With online streaming services such as NetFlix, Hulu and VidZone (to name a few) becoming more popular both on the desktop and in embedded devices, the demand for online video (and higher quality video along with it) is set to explode.

The real question is - can our ISPs handle the challenge? Is that Cisco calling?

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