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Is web
surfing losing it's fun? I've got to agree a little bit with the conclusions
that this article gets at, as during the great internet boom of 1999-2000 there
were just so many websites out there and they all were trying to do something to
get people to visit them. But even today I'm still completely addicted to the
net (and being in college lets me have more time than ever to be on the
computer), and while sometimes I do find myself thinking that there is nothing
new to read or see (ie: Slashdot/Salon/CNN hasn't updated in the last 20
minutes) it usually passes fairly quickly as I read some obscure news story and
then go search for more info on that. And the same thing happened way back when
I first started surfing the web in 1995. The main thing is just that the novelty
has worn off, the ability to instantously retrive information is so common place
now that it's just taken for granted. Every once in a while though, something
will make me remember just what makes the Internet so unique and
exciting.
Salon has an article about how the DMCA is being used to wipe out
internet radio by making the licensing fees far too expensive for the small
internet station owners. Instead of the $1,000 a year it currently costs, it
would end up to be about $1,000 a day. I especially like the second to last
question that Salon asks, where the guy points out that internet radio and mp3's
are a great way to discover new music. I know I"ve bought a WHOLE lot more music
after Napster (and the like) came out than before. It's given me a way to sample
new music (especially techno/trance/dance since radio almost never plays it) and
decide for myself if a CD is worth buying. Why music companies don't relieze
this, I'll never know.
AdCritic is back! After being shut down a
few months ago, they have new owners, and a new business plan. It's being
targetted at advertising managers, and to view the commercials you'll have to
pay a monthly fee. Yeah, it doens't make much sense to me either, to make people
pay to watch commercials for products. But that's the marketing industry for
you.
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