http://www.thecontrapuntist.com Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:43:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/2010/01/26/ten-reasons-why-the-grammys-will-suck-this-year/ http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/2010/01/26/ten-reasons-why-the-grammys-will-suck-this-year/#comments Wed, 27 Jan 2010 04:08:58 +0000 Contrapuntist http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/?p=1499 Music news was sort of bland today, and I am in the middle of writing some reviews.  So Viola and I decided to put a list together explaining why we think the Grammys will suck this year.  Comments welcome, and please let us know if we overlooked something.  Cheers! Kanye West won’t interfere if Taylor [...]

]]> http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/2010/01/26/ten-reasons-why-the-grammys-will-suck-this-year/feed/ 1 http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/2009/09/30/what-rights-do-music-listeners-have/ http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/2009/09/30/what-rights-do-music-listeners-have/#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:47:31 +0000 Contrapuntist http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/?p=1000 The simple answer is zero.  Music fans can purchase a copy of music and listen to it.  That is it.  Any action taken to distribute it is breaking the law.  Yes, that includes Peer to Peer (P2P) networks. Ars Technica published an interesting article the other day regarding some misconceptions.   Some people believe that it [...]

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