Tag Archives: Internet

Illegal Filesharing Boosts Music Sales, Says Music Industry

The Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIAA) recently released a study of illegal filesharing and left some interesting findings in its report. For a breakdown and relevant links, check out Michael Geist’s blog post on the matter. For those suffering from link laziness, however, the most important finding is that only 25 percent of illegal filesharers buy less music as a result of their behavior. That means 75 percent either buy the same amount or more music.

I am sure the RIAA is singing “Blame Canada!” now.

Fixing Sites Without RSS Feeds

Yes, back in the day I used to hate on RSS feeds. But that was from my use of them when they first debuted. Since then, the technology has matured. I have a problem where, as an early adopter, I use the initial version of a technology, end up disliking it, and swear it off forever. Besides RSS, that has been the case with blogs, Firefox, Opera, flashdrives, mp3 players, Mac OS x (x = variable, not X), tracked change features, and digital audio files.

The point of this post, however, is to identify a couple links I found through Lifehacker that attempt to create an RSS feed for sites that do not use one (shame!). I have not tested these services, but would like to remember them, which is why I post (also, you may find them useful):