There’s some great gift advice for parents at What a Crappy Present. Don’t buy your kids CDs from major record labels. You’re supporting an industry that uses graft as its primary business model, and chances are your kids have already downloaded those tunes, anyhow.
When Vivendi Universal bought MP3.com, it signaled the end of one of the finest downloadable music sites on the Web. MP3.com was a fantastic place for artists to distribute their work without having to hand over a large chunk of cash to the established recording industry. The site itself has gone downhill since the purchase, [...]
Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve received mail from a couple of MMORPGs that I used to play (EverQuest and Anarchy Online), offering to give me 30 days of free game play on my old accounts. This is tantamount to offering free crack to a recovered addict, or a “small drink for old-times’ sake” [...]
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