Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #ownyourmedia, aggregated by home.social.
Another reminder to get any media you like in an offline format. Be it on #Bluray/#DVD, or in a hard drive.
Today you might agree with the reasons why these specific episodes have been removed, but I guarantee that eventually you won’t.
And, if you can afford it, I strongly recommend you buy #physicalmedia directly (not second hand). We need to support those who still produce physical/DRM-free releases, or they will eventually stop (ie Sony).
I travel bad and love it. I only need a book, couple cassettes, and playing cards. I’d lock pick too if it didn’t make travel weird.
I recently discovered a 2011 solo dungeon crawler card game using a standard deck. It fits perfectly on an airplane tray.
https://scoundrelcardgame.net/about.html
(I don’t check bags. I do this on restrictive Iceland Air and TAP)
Breaking in my new CD player with my fave album I bought in 1997.
Oh noes, ran out of space for cassette tapes!
Special thanks to my partner who scores finds like Traveling Wilburys, Screaming Trees, Bikini Kill, and Gene Loves Jezebel.
0742e.p. - sHeFf_pOLy
3 track 10 inch lathe cut clear vinyl
https://minorthreatrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/0742-e-p
#vinyl #lathecut #beats #electronica #sheffield #scratch
#ahh #fresh #sheffield
"FULU own your shit tour in Raleigh, NC w/ guest star @GamersNexus"
https://www.youtube.com/live/u1NSbRkIIK0?si=0jO0xvot5W9ET7tH&t=1401
#drm #ownyourmedia #music #video #art #videogames #books #fulu #DMCA
Tell your kids what physically owning media or medium means.
Put in their hands something they can use themselves. Something they'll recall for years to come.
A painting to put on a wall.
A music CD, vinyl or cassettes for them to listen to.
A dvd, Blueray or VHS for them to watch.
A game on CD, cartridge or any storage for them play with.
A book, an epub on a ereader for them to read.
Then teach them how to copy it and backup it.
Then tell them to choose one and share with a friend or leave it in a place for others to enjoy, a book on a bench, donate a game, the choice is yours.
Let some time go, now choose one item that they still have and take it from them, temporarily.
Tell them that the industry doesn't want them to have it anymore.
Now you can tell them about what renting, streaming, and the industry at large is doing. No need to be annoying.
It's now a good time to tell them that if they love something they must learn to keep it, to defend their rights to own it, because some people in this world have no issues taking it away.
Then if you have the chance to own something more, share with them. An old cassete player, a CD player, a good book and tell them it's now their responsibility to keep it, to maintain it.
#ownyourmedia #ownyourgames #ownyourbooks #freedom #music #art #games #parenting #streaming #nextgeneration
A few years ago, the idea that the movie I was watching was streaming, in high definition, and in real time intrigued me.
Tonight I’m watching a film I bought on DVD more than twenty years ago, stored on my hard drive and now being played from my home FreeBSD server.
It’s reassuring.
Streaming Music
OK, this might ruffle some feathers but bear with me.
Currently I see a lot of people in my social media bubble leaving streaming services like spotify, YouTube music and similar services. That is good.
At the same time they look for new streaming providers to use. Which is bad IMHO. Let me explain.
Regardless of how „good“ (in a moral sense, not technical) a streaming provider is you will never own that music. You’re paying money for nothing in the long run. Nobody can guarantee you that your favourite artists or the service itself will be available in any amount of time.
Sure, they might want to do their best to keep you fed with music and happy but in the end you’re giving away money for what? A short lived service that can go away at the blink of an eye.
Ever since electronic distribution of music started (single files via Apple, remember?) I kept buying physical media. And it’s always the same procedure.
„But streaming is so comfortable! I can do it anywhere!“ Guess what, so can I. My music (and audiobooks) lives on a network share at home and I have a VPN client that keeps me connected so I can listen to music as long as I have some kind of data connection (Wireless or mobile data) Modern routers, commercial NAS and a plethora of instructions on the internet make it easy for almost everyone to get something like that setup! Be brave and try it!
„But they keep recommending new stuff!“ True but you could also just read review blogs. Buy a music magazine. You do not need to be spoon fed stuff.
„But streaming pays the artists!“ Yes, some more than others but a sold CD is not just money in their pocket but a solid metric on how well received something is. Playing a popular song on repeat 24/7 for weeks is a metric too but I highly doubt that artists really earn that much more.
Also the best way to support your artists is usually buying CDs directly from them. Even better when it’s „in person“ at a concert! (Yes that’s not viable for everybody but it’s an option.)
„Physical media is so expensive“ Nope, it’s not. Buy used. Most CDs are almost as good as new when you buy them. Go to any flea market, car boot sale, garage sale or online marketplace. Buy bulk! There are people out there selling complete collections of their stuff for silly low amounts of money. Have your friends join in and buy in bulk and divide the loot, sell of what you don’t want.
Own your media! You’ll be happy that you’ve done it when the next streaming service turns evil, goes belly up or simply disappears! Plus if you ever should be forced to end a subscription because money is tight: you still own your music!
PS: The above also applies to movies and books although getting them on your NAS digitally and in a universal format can be more tricky.
#music #OwnYourMedia #Streaming
I've been doing a lot more with my #Homelab lately.
Most recently I copied my late dad's extensive music library over to the RAID and set up #Ampache on #YunoHost to stream it wherever I am. I'm also adding music I've bought myself since starting to wean off of purely subscrition-based access to music.
Right now I'm scanning everything to add replaygain metadata for comfortable listening.
Maybe I'll even add what I'm currently listening to to my #website 🤔
Music hoarding find of the day. #SelfHosting #OwnYourMedia
https://github.com/guillevc/yubal
Silicon Valley subscriptions: Scam or necessary evil? 🏴☠️
Streevo says: OWN YOUR MEDIA locally. No overlords.
POLL: What's killing your wallet?
A) Netflix $15/mo
B) Spotify $10/mo
C) Cloud storage $$$
D) ALL OF IT 💀
#RethinkSubscriptions #Fediverse #Streevo #DigitalOwnership #OwnYourMedia #MyLibrary
The startup ecosystem in Silicon Valley rewards speed because most founders are chasing valuation, not value
Streevo? We're building *outside* that bubble—local media ownership for the post-subscription era. Who's with us? 🚀
#Startups #SiliconValley #RethinkSubscriptions #OwnYourMedia #Fediverse #Streevo
Today I bought my daughter her first set of CDs at #EasyStreetRecords in #Seattle. On the way home she wanted to open them and it was hilarious teaching her how to break through the plastic with a car key.
We then remembered that my 2011 KIA Sorento actually has a CD player!
It’s the first time I’ve ever used it and holy hell it was glorious! Both of us were AMAZED at how much better the music sounded then when streaming via Apple CarPlay. Massive difference.
Gotta say, Amazon Kindle Bulk Downloader by @treetrum is fantastic!!!
📕📗📘📙
It Is one of the most #punk things I’ve been able to use in a long while! Quickly and easily grab all your #kindleDownload content via the command line. And Sam is busting his butt making it better and solving issues as we run up to #amazonKindle download cutoff date!
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Please #boost to spread reach before everyone looses access to ownership [edit:] IN 3 DAYS! 🙏🏻
@jsnell thanks for sharing more focus on this tool, Jason! Its a great help!
It feels like we’re in a punk, diy, sprint down to the wire next week to get as many people’s books liberated as possible.
Seems like LG are getting out of the DVD/BD player market. There's nothing official yet (that I'm aware of) but the UBK 80 and 90 models are marked as discontinued on their web site and there's lots of stores selling their demo units as refurbished on ebay.
If you want to get one this might be a good time.
Sony and Panasonic still make players, for now at least. #physicalmedia #ownyourmedia