Steven M - Posted - 08/25/2010:  13:45:52

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A truly wise and magnanimous leader:)

dwalk - Posted - 08/25/2010:  13:55:58

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Thanks Eric for all your diligence and providing the best banjo forum there is. We should all be very thankful!

BanjoDiva - Posted - 08/25/2010:  14:32:30

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Originally posted by schlange

Hi Folks,

I've decided to take a couple actions as a result of this discussion. I realized that during this whole discussion I've been so busy trying to defend accusations against my personal character that I neglected to address the legitimate concerns of the site's users.

To that end, here's what I'm doing:

First, I updated the MP3 upload form. You can see it now by clicking "MP3 Audio" in the "Add Content" menu in the right-hand red bar, then clicking "Upload an MP3". I've added a couple more help (?) buttons, as well as text warning people of the dire consquences of keeping the "Prevent downloading of this MP3" box unchecked.

Second--I'll be emailing everyone this week who currently has one or more songs posted, to let them know about the "Prevent Downloading" option, and how it effects the potential distribution of their MP3 across this site as well as third party sites and applications.

I hope that satisfies everyone who is concerned with this issue. Now go pick your banjo! :-)

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Good deal!

D.W. - Posted - 08/25/2010:  14:56:53

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Originally posted by schlange

Thor--you can also right-click a song and select "Get Info" to view the name of the poster. I've always passed the name of the poster, as well as a URL to their music homepage, in the feed (see banjohangout.org/rss/Top.xml). Again, this is just a standard podcast RSS feed--whether iTunes changes things so the author is credited it a more obvious way or not isn't something I can control. The only thing I COULD do is insert the poster's name into the description field--but that still won't get you a link to their homepage from iTunes, and it's a "hack" that they would frown upon. Better to follow the podcast standard.

Again, if you want to suggest improvements to how things are done, please do so in the Improvements and Suggestions forum. Thanks!

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Since I was a very early commenter I am going to say all my posts have been nothing less than "attempting to be helpful" and "clarifying".

I'm going to try to be the same here.

1. You are credited "BY USERNAME" in the itunes software.

It looks like this when you play the song from an unsubscribed podcast.

Item #A in the photo is a podcast with no description info.

Item #B in the photo is where the Username credit shows up.







When you subscribe to a podcast the page looks different, but how and where you are credited "BY USERNAME" stays the same and shows up in the same place when you are listening to the tune.

When you "Right Click and then select "GET INFO" from the "pop up menu"- the Result looks like this:

Note- this is the same song and artist as in the first photo example.





I think when people imagine how an artist attribution should show up in a music podcast they imagine something like this:





However this is a VIDEO PODCAST and an I-Tunes U (as in University/educational) podcast. And in NO other AUDIO ONLY podcast will you find anything like that.

Mike Casey - Posted - 08/25/2010:  16:51:46

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Eric, Thanks for a great forum and I apperciate all your efforts to make it happen. As regards character assasinations always consider the source(s). They may actually be opportunities for exposing weaknesses and shortcoming not necessarily those of the person(s) at which they are directed.

PickaFive - Posted - 08/25/2010:  19:12:17

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So Eric, now that you'll have a bit more free time do you have any ideas to help our Arizona Cardinals play professionally before the regular season begins?

Thanks!

Dick Huyett
PickaFive

PickaFive - Posted - 08/25/2010:  19:21:05

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And with a huge breath of fresh air (which is difficult when you are dead), the dead horse realizes that he will receive no more beating and his morale is much improved. "I'm feeling a little better, actually!" with thanks to Monty Python!

PickaFive