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March 31, 2004

Prince & the new download generation

Prince大好きですが、$25は考えてしまうなぁ。

Despite the availability of more than 200 songs and 14 albums on the iTunes Music Store, Prince ? who recently signed to Sony’s Columbia Records label ? has launched his own music download site, Musciology.

Featuring 99-cent downloads and $9.99 albums, the Musicology Music Store "will have all the latest from Prince & The New Power Generation, and members will pay more than 20-percent less than non-members per download." According to the Web site, "The more U download, the more U save!"

NPG MUSIC CLUB | MUSICOLOGY

NPG MUSIC CLUB MUSICOLOGY

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iTunes Case Study

面白そう。時間のある時に読んでみます。

興味深いAgendaだけでもいいかと。

A research initiative of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law Schoolなんですね、DMPって。はてな、しておこう。

Copyright versus Contract in the United States
15 D. Copyright versus Contract in Europe
23 E. Copyright versus Contract in Asian Countries
23 1. Japan
27 2. China

iTunes Case Study - Digital Media Project

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iPod: this season's must-have for muggers

有名税ですなぁ。真剣に書いてるのかしらねぇ。

West Midlands police have issued a stark warning to iPod users: ditch the white headphones or pay the price.

Fashion-conscious music lovers are apparently being targeted by muggers. The Times tells the sorry tale of 22-year-old language student Roland Baskerville, who lost his 20GB model on the mean streets of Birmingham: "I was walking down the road near to my home when a man who was walking the other way pointed at my headphones."

The thief then asked Baskerville if he was listening to an iPod and, receiving an affirmative answer, he "pulled a knife out and started waving it at me, saying: �0�3�0�4Well hand it over, then.�0�3�0�5 I gave it to him and he ran off. He must have known I was wearing an iPod because of the white headphones."

The police are advising iPod junkies to use less distinctive headphones, something which is apparently akin to asking Victoria Beckham to shop at Oxfam. The Sun quotes one iPod representative as saying: "There are guys who'd rather be robbed than change the colour of the headphones."

The Register

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New: T3 Rotate 1.0

すいません、自分のメモです。

PalmOne City Forums - New: T3 Rotate 1.0

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Good Riddance, Gigahertz?

ふーん。

When Intel said last week that it plans to stop using gigahertz figures to market its microprocessors, analysts said it was about time. A chip's clock speed is almost irrelevant in determining the overall performance of a computer.

Wired News: Good Riddance, Gigahertz

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Fight Against Illegal File Sharing Is Moving Overseas

やば。早くiTunes Music Store Japan始まらないかな。

Recording industry associations in Denmark, Germany, Italy and Canada have filed lawsuits or taken other legal action, aiming mainly at heavy users accused of offering a large number of songs online.

Fight Against Illegal File Sharing Is Moving Overseas

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A Car by Women: No Pink, but Headrest Fits a Ponytail

これも、ふーんですね。一時のトレンドで終わらないで商品として仕立ててくれると興味深いです。

Some features could be seen as clich's about female expectations and tastes: a sealed hood that can be removed only at the dealership, an electronic self-parking device, flowery seat covers and hollowed-out headrests that accommodate ponytails.

Design: A Car by Women: No Pink, but Headrest Fits a Ponytail

至近な例ではSony ErricsonのA1402Sを思い出します。　最新の機能で必要最小限なitemを小さい筐体に入れてデザイン面も最大限に配慮する、という。結果があの製品である事は、大変残念で興ざめでした。SONY側の問題もあり、次期製品に期待、というなぐさめもありますが、今はあまりSONYに期待していませんのでね、なんとも。

高機能化へのアンチテーゼ〜QVGAの小型携帯「A1402S」

「企画の元木さんが女性、ターゲットも女性中心。直接担当したデザイナーも女性。"女性が“この世界観”を作り込んでいる」

→企画がまずいのか、元木さんがダメなのか（可愛いけど）、集まった女性がまずいのか、会社が駄目なのか。とにかくウソやん。

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