phew, finally finished on the UI for adding relationship examples
knockout is pretty slick
warp
nice
I need to spend some time with it
there's a few alternatives too which I should look at, but probably will never get around too.
I'm going to take a break, walk somewhere to get some breakfast. back in 30 minutes to an hour orso.
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ocharles
heh, synchronised break taking!
ocharles just got back from a coffee stroll
ruaok returns from an extended lunch with bmat.
ruaok
bmat is using our data now too. :)
ocharles
what's a bmat?
ruaok
barcelona music and technology
they do broadcast monitoring.
its a tech transfer company out of UPF
ocharles
cool
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alastairp
oh, is that what bmat sounds for
stands
5:34 PM — ruaok returns from an extended lunch with bmat
nice
ruaok
alastairp: I got quite a bit of a run-down of their metadata matching stuff, which was nice to hear
alastairp
cool
I've not actually done anything with them
reosarevok
ruaok: what is broadcast monitoring?
ruaok
they monitor public TV and/or radio broadcasts to see when a piece of music was used.
its basically enforcement for music licensing.
reosarevok
And they can use our stuff?
reosarevok wonders how
I mean, is there any kind of thing that maps to MB and does partial audio matching?
ruaok
yes, because they have labels and other partners giving them metadata and music for their service.
so, for each customer they need a database of music and metadata to do the broadcast monitoring with.
imagine having n databases, not just one. ouch.
reosarevok
I don't really like the idea of helping watchdogs
But well
ruaok
and MBIDs are the best way for them to coordinate all their DBs.
reosarevok
since I guess technically we also help pirates...
I imagine it cancels each other out
:p
ruaok
heh.
regardless, I feel you about enforcers.
ocharles
editing other peoples words is apparently a grave grave offense and would warrent a 5 paragraph essay on how your pro-censorship if you do that
ruaok
but this is strategically important, like last.fm. they deal with a lot of people and if they ask "please give us MBIDs" its really good for us.
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ocharles
woots, I added my first example relationship for documentation
ruaok
ocharles: what was the comment referring to?
reosarevok
a grave offense, probably not. A waste of time, though
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hawke_1
in other news, Google search also helps pirates. :-D
nikki
grr. I still need a warning when doing cmd-w in irc
and/or focus follows wherever-I-want-it-to-be
reosarevok
hawke_1: indeed, some PRO people in Spain keep saying google should be paying them because of that
:p
hawke_1
reosarevok: those people are idiots.
ruaok
lol
hawke_1 imagines a world without effective web crawling.
nikki
reosarevok: tbh it's not just spain where people think google should be paying more :P
hawke_1
You’d have *real* “black market” websites, no one would be able to find them except those in the know.
reosarevok
web crawling is for COMMUNISTS, hawke_1
tsk tsk
CallerNo6
as I understand it, ascap asks for money even when they don't know what was played/performed.
reosarevok
yeah, most (all?) PROs do
It's your duty to prove you didn't play any of their stuff, not the other way around
which is like w.t.f.
hawke_1
I think that if Google should be paying, they should actually provide some utility to users rather than hindrance/roadblocks…see my bitching in the main channel about Google Books
nikki
heh. that definitely sounds like gema, at least :P
hawke_1
reosarevok: that seems fine (that’s their job), but it boggles my mind that the government will enforce that shit)
CallerNo6
so, if ascap bills a venue (based on whatever voodoo and math they cobble together), where does the money go if they don't know what was performed?
hawke_1
CallerNo6: into their pockets
CallerNo6
ah. it must be nice to have pockets.
nikki
indeed
reosarevok
hawke_1: well, they let a private org collect the equivalent of taxes
Starting with that, anything else doesn't surprise me
All that stuff is ridiculous
CallerNo6: if they do know, chances are it also goes into their pockets
hawke_1
lol
well they have to take their 95% cut, right?
I mean, they’re the ones doing the work of finding this!
CallerNo6
somebody at sfmt actually asked the panel if there was a non-profit or advocacy group that helped artists deal with rights organizations.
hawke_1
That’s their first mistake.
The correct answer is don’t fucking deal with rights organizations.
CallerNo6
well, "deal" as in "resolve a dispute" (of course)
hawke_1
or wait
yeah
They could form a group to deal with the rights orgs.
then when that group fucks them, they could form a group to deal with the rights orgs-orgs
then when that group fucks them…etc.
ruaok
ZaphodBeeblebrox: your t-shirt arrive in spain today. :)
ZaphodBeeblebrox
\o/
ZaphodBeeblebrox hopesfor stickers and what was it, a mug? too, but yay t-shirt!
btw t-shirt, the t-shirt i bough from zazzle cam just a few days ago
so now i also have an mb shirt!
ruaok
shot glass I think. I got a whole suitcase of stuff today. including massive amounts of sriracha hot sauce.
ZaphodBeeblebrox
awesome
CallerNo6
so, "it's groups all the way down" is what I hear hawke saying
ZaphodBeeblebrox
yo dawg, i know you like groups, so we put groups in your groups...
reosarevok
hawke_1: if you don't deal with them, they keep all your money
If you deal with them, they just keep most of your money
I can see why they do it :p
ZaphodBeeblebrox
loi
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hawke_1
reosarevok: If you spend more to deal with them than you get out of them … you lose the money you actually did get too.
btw ruaok if youtalk to brewster and stuff, you can tell him that "that crazy guy with "ZaphodBeeblebrox" email has made an internet archive account now
ruaok
email me
ZaphodBeeblebrox
email you? what exactly?
ruaok
a reminder
ZaphodBeeblebrox
aah ok
heh I'll have o remind myself to reind you.. heh
I can do it now
CatCat
still rob @ the website we all love .org?
ruaok
vale
CatCat
pardones, no habla espaniol
vale is "yes"?
CatCat thoguht that was "si" but whatevs
reosarevok
it's "ok"
Which, yeah, fits weirdly there
ruaok
vale here is much more than just ok.
but its hard to define it closer than that.
I just love that word. :)
CatCat
ok it's.. uh "sending" wich probably wont work and takes forever :/