For a decade, Hollywood hasn’t aggressively fought piracy because it saw people would pay if they made them a good deal.
But as streaming has gotten worse and more expensive, consumers turned back to file sharing. Now the industry plans to get Congress to pass new legislation to stop them.
More and more people are buying physical DVD/Blu-ray media.
I have been saying for some time, you can't depend on streaming services to keep your favorite shows available.
Same for music.
Oppenheimer's Christoper Nolan encouraged fans to embrace "a version you can buy and own at home and put on a shelf so no evil streaming service can come steal it from you."
Fedi on Fire first beta is now released! I just had to try and do it... Watch those endless Fediverse posts flow! :meow_hearteyes: Check it out at https://fedionfire.stream
Toward our goal of celebrating each other we're scheduling a 24 hour distributed stream parade for new years day.
This one is not just music, there will be watch parties, premieres, hangouts, performances, discussions, djs, gaming and whatever else anyone wants to bring to the table.
Let's hang and drum up some interest for our casting friends and self powered streaming.
Do you broadcast on #owncast or #peertube ? Private mention if you want to get in on the parade.
We're after a few more streamers/performers/broadcasters.
We need some volunteers also.
We are working on an event URL, in the interim please refer up this thread and the linked blog post for where we are at, the hows and what we need for the New Years Day 24 Global Stream Parade. RFF will be the lobby and info desk for the day.
DM or join the matrix if you want to participate or help in any way.
Spotify officially demonetises all tracks with under 1,000 streams
This is just an insanely bone-headed move that is so pointless.
These artists don't even get paid that much money, and yet Spotify wants to cut off their revenue.
I'm done with Spotify. In fact, I think I'm flat-out done with music streaming services. All of them are exploitative. back to buying digital albums for me.
MASSIVELY pissed at #Amazon for ads in my husband's TV-watching on #AmazonPrime! I buy almost EVERYTHING there...yet they want to nickel and dime me for $2.99/mo extra to avoid ads.
Let's see how they like me cancelling my monthly #delivery on $400/mo worth of cleaning products, pet products, and cooking products! I'm an #Uber driver by-day and it's nothing for me to stop by #Target instead!
David Zaslav is the guy who started cutting content and killing films to "save money" and bolster the APPEARANCE of WBD's stock price. Seems his tactics were exactly what we expected, a short term gimmick, good for a single fiscal quarter, and disastrous in the long term.
He will absolutely earn MILLIONS from this terrible performance as CEO. There need to be more significant consequences for millionaire CEOs running companies into the ground.
There are jobs and livelihoods at stake.
Just been blown away by how good Narrator and Live Captions are on Windows and it makes me even angrier that they aren’t just building an OS but an ad-and-AI infested surveillance nightmare. Mainly because it shows, yet again, what we could achieve in technology if everything wasn’t tied to a toxic business model and a suicidal system of perpetual growth with finite resources.
This should also shame the Linux folks (not volunteers, multi-billion/trillion-dollar corporations who profit from it).
If you want Live Captions on Linux, check out https://github.com/abb128/LiveCaptions – you can also find it on Flathub and it works splendidly and, unlike the Windows version, it automatically saves a transcript. This is perfect for making your live streams and videos more accessible. And it’s free and open source.
As streaming replaces physical media, don't assume movies and shows you 'buy' will remain bought. They can disappear from the platform, or the platform itself can disappear.
We have fired up the chat machine. We are assembling for a hangout on the video channel NOW and are pleased to have a live acoustic performance from @SabiLewSounds on the bill.
You are all invited to be comfy with some friendly fedizens and artists.
Being interrupted by ads is far more likely to make me start avoiding a product or brand than actually buying their stuff because I start to associate them with being annoyed.
Clearly my reaction is not common enough to make ads unprofitable. It would be nice if it were.
Now that streaming services are re-introducing or forcing ads (like YouTube), I'm cancelling in return.
Testing HTTP based adaptive bitrate systems such as MPEG DASH and HLS needs test content.
We offer a set of streams for this - and we've just updated them to include live, low latency, audio description and alternative language and webcast versions:
Yes, the #dopamine cartel … there's no more such thing as "art"
« The tech platforms aren’t like the Medici in Florence, or those other rich patrons of the arts. They don’t want to find the next Michelangelo or Mozart. They want to create a world of junkies—because they will be the dealers. » The Honest Broker
Major labels get more profit, smaller indie labels and unsigned artists get less.
"A new threshold of minimum annual streams that a track must meet before it starts to generate royalties. The threshold, according to MBW, will de-monetize tracks that had previously received 0.5% of Spotify’s royalty pool."
Tonight makes three years I've been streaming with #Owncast; three years I haven't had a single issue with the streaming server, adaptive rate video player, and chat interface that I personally control; and three years I've been serving the music more than I serve platforms.
Come over and watch me try to contribute something with a fraction of the value lead dev Gabe and all contributors to the project have.
Please join again as we cut the RFF #owncast video simulcast channel over to live in a few hours Wed 2100 US EST, Thur 0200 UTC for a live acoustic stream from @SabiLewSounds
We are going to have more chat hangouts and hopefully more live performances, busking, listening parties or whatever else in line with our ethos you'd like to use your community station platform to share. DM if you are keen.
Comfy tzag all. We've just fired up the chat machine. Join us on the RFF #owncast video channel for a hangout and live acoustic performance with @SabiLewSounds
You can chat with your fedi handle if you like, or with a random anonymous name, or just enjoy listening.