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Why did Amazon patent a seamless background photo setup?(pdfpiw.uspto.gov)
2 points by taylorlb 12y ago|0 comments
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by taylorlb 13y ago
There should be an option for page owners to clean their likes based on engagement if they want to.
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by taylorlb 13y ago
Armen Boladian isn't quite just a "former record producer". He founded and ran Westbound records who put out the majority of George Clinton's music and many other groups.
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by taylorlb 13y ago
rate limiting would increase it's usefulness
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Square discontinues monthly pricing option(squareup.com)
5 points by taylorlb 13y ago|3 comments
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Silicon Film: The technology that almost was(f-stopeight.com)
2 points by taylorlb 13y ago|0 comments
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by taylorlb 13y ago
It's great to hear someone talk about this. I've struggled with the same situation my entire life. When I was a kid I was constantly told by adults how bright I was, that I could do anything if I applied myself, and it became this
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by taylorlb 14y ago
I've really enjoyed talking to my family and strangers about their irrational fears that exist around children. It's incredibly fascinating to me. That said, I have been totally terrified to board an airplane for the last 3 years (use to fl
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by taylorlb 14y ago
My relatives keep mentioning the possibility of my son being stolen, which seems absurd to me. I was very curious what the real odds of your child being stolen by a stranger in the US are. EDIT: The post motivated me to do some quick Googli
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by taylorlb 14y ago
Very likely true! It's complicated and murky indeed. He may own a good part of the song that he has created, but not enough to ever see it released without a claim from the Mix-A-Lot song publishers.
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by taylorlb 14y ago
See my comment and link above.
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by taylorlb 14y ago
From Section 115 of the 1976 U.S. Copyright Act... (2) A compulsory license includes the privilege of making a musical arrangement of the work to the extent necessary to conform it to the style or manner of interpretation of the performance
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by taylorlb 14y ago
Very not-straightforward. A compulsory mechanical license to distribute a derivative work as a sound recording does not automatically grant you copyright over the derivative arrangement of the song itself. You kind of own the sound you reco
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by taylorlb 14y ago
Speculating... but a statutory license is not equal to a copyright in this case.
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by taylorlb 14y ago
While it would have been nice for Glee to acknowledge Jonathan's influence, an arranger can only claim copyright when the original songwriter has granted that privilege to said arranger, which I don't believe was the case when Coulton recor
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by taylorlb 14y ago
When they originally made the change from 'fan' to 'like' in 2010 I thought it was enough of an issue to write something about it. It wasn't a very popular complaint at the time though. http://shufferingandshnacking.com/?p=255
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by taylorlb 14y ago
This is a good example of the fundamental attribution error. The author seems to mistake his coming of age and discovering a world of available music for the rise of independent music and endless consumer choice. Independent labels have flo
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by taylorlb 14y ago
The headline is a bit misleading for what is actually a somewhat interesting study on the effect of leaks on album sales (rather than post-release piracy on music sales in general). I've long believed that a leak of a great album can help g
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by taylorlb 15y ago
and not just monetarily free, but free from ownership by any one interest or group
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by taylorlb 15y ago
The buzz/concern about the merger is semi-premature. Universal will be fighting for years in order to pass regulatory in the EU. IMPALA, who tied up the Sony/BMG merger for 3 years, is dead set on blocking the UNI/EMI merger: http://www.mu
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by taylorlb 15y ago
Really cool. I get that the Twitter usernames come in with the lyric "they're calling me" but it might be more sticky if the usernames show up sooner. Not sure everyone would want to keep flying around for so long.
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by taylorlb 15y ago
He was one of the initial people to offer funding to the founders apparently.
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by taylorlb 15y ago
Will be a useful feature for notable people that have a 'profile' and a 'page' and don't want to manage two properties. Now you can have as many 'followers' as nature will allow, where as you could only have 5k 'friends'. That said, I think
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Ask HN: Questions for an already successful startup?
1 points by taylorlb 15y ago|0 comments
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by taylorlb 15y ago
I actually know one of the people hiring the position and have traded a couple emails with him about my interest. I also had someone he respects recommend me so perhaps I'm already doing better than I thought I was. I put the ads on hold af
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by taylorlb 15y ago
It's a marketing position. I don't expect much to come from running ads, but I am curious to see if it can give me some sort of mind share advantage perhaps. Maybe someone unrelated to the position sees it and then emails someone who is inv
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Ask HN: Using search ads to target potential employers Good or Bad?
7 points by taylorlb 15y ago|6 comments
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by taylorlb 15y ago
I get the Zuckerberg quote, but Demi Moore endorsing the product can't be relevant to anyone who might request an invite to a just launching music service.
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by taylorlb 15y ago
I got a notice from Amazon as well. Though they specifically said they plan to terminate if and when the law passes, so the program (at least at AMZN) isn't dead quite yet.
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by taylorlb 15y ago
The headline seems a bit alarmist to me. Is Facebook itself not essentially also an ad targeting firm with millions of profiles?

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