http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005-2006 by the authors Mon, 16 Aug 2004 10:25:55 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/08/16/092902.php#comment-79837 interesting. <i>somebody</i> there knows about us, as i receive stuff from them all the time. but, like a lot of the bigger labels, there's still a sort of schizophrenia when it comes to what to do with this internet thang. i've heard from some people, involved in 'security releases' (which, if you can believe it, involved a custom-burned copy for each reviewer...the idea being that the info on the disc would allow them to trace 'illicit' mp3s from the internet back to the reviewer), who still see the web and blogs as the enemy. very similar to 'real' journalists who look down their noses at blogs. on the other hand, i've spoken to people who think review material should go out with a cdrw, to fascilitate spreading of the music. it's a funny world out there right now. 79837@blogcritics.org Mon, 16 Aug 2004 10:25:55 EDT