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Re: [microsound] sonymash

I find this interesting that Sony have bought a software tool that
clearly used for mash-ups. A lot of Sony records artists like Destinys
Child have been the victim of mash-ups, bootlegs, bastard pop or
whatever. You would think they would be against tools that make the
job easy. Saying that, there must be reason why a lot of pop singles
come with a cappellas. Maybe Sony are using ACID as a carrot to lead
donkey bedroom musicians in a direction that benefits the record
industry somehow?

Hmmm.... actually, that's a bit far fetched... maybe?

this is a very interesting point and one worth discussing on the
list...I remember reading an essay somewhere recently about this very
conundrum, i.e. a publishing company manufacturing the software tools
for its own 'subversion' (I use that term loosely)...but then
capitalism does just this: 'produces the means to its own demise'

A sort of dammed if you do and dammed if you don't situation comes with diversifying or not. They have hardware and produce content so it's impossible not to have this happen regularly

For a company the size of Sony it's near impossible not to run into variations of this sort of thing on a regular basis.

Of course it's all in the way they handle or not handle the situations once they come up.

I'm sure ACID isn't some plot, it's simply an acquired company's product that sustains profitability.

It's pretty clear that Sonic Foundry's video software Vegas was the jewel that got them to acquire the company.

Vegas' ability to support their video camera products while running on Sony's PC hardware forms an integrated package (at least in the prosumer market). Sony also clearly aims their computer line to do prosumer multimedia creation (hence need for more or less creative audio tools)

Worse I guess if a company buys apps and hardware to take them out of the competitive marketplace.


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