Comments on: Curious branding decisions, me dept http://www.ofrecordings.com/2008/07/04/curious-branding-decisions-me-dept/ An unhealthy obsession with square waves. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:59:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Kevin http://www.ofrecordings.com/2008/07/04/curious-branding-decisions-me-dept/#comment-161 Kevin Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:19:17 +0000 http://www.ofrecordings.com/?p=137#comment-161 I should say: I don't think *having* a handle is really, really stupid, just the particular one that I had. I should say: I don’t think *having* a handle is really, really stupid, just the particular one that I had.

]]> By: Kevin http://www.ofrecordings.com/2008/07/04/curious-branding-decisions-me-dept/#comment-160 Kevin Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:18:48 +0000 http://www.ofrecordings.com/?p=137#comment-160 Well, the real issue is, I do have a handle from my demo scene days, but now that I'm a grown-ass man, I think it's really, really stupid. Well, the real issue is, I do have a handle from my demo scene days, but now that I’m a grown-ass man, I think it’s really, really stupid.

]]> By: n3wjack http://www.ofrecordings.com/2008/07/04/curious-branding-decisions-me-dept/#comment-156 n3wjack Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:53:18 +0000 http://www.ofrecordings.com/?p=137#comment-156 Hmmm. Artists names in electronic music are mostly pseudonyms. Squarepusher, Aphex Twin, Technical Itch, you name it, it's probably fake. To make things even worse, Buzz users are mainly geeks which have some foot somewhere in geek culture such as demo groups, gaming clans or hacking. All of these are also known to be using aliases extensively. So I guess there lies the answer. We're just used to it. :) And if someone recognizes a copyrighted sample they'll have a harder time suing us. :) Hmmm. Artists names in electronic music are mostly pseudonyms. Squarepusher, Aphex Twin, Technical Itch, you name it, it’s probably fake.
To make things even worse, Buzz users are mainly geeks which have some foot somewhere in geek culture such as demo groups, gaming clans or hacking. All of these are also known to be using aliases extensively.

So I guess there lies the answer. We’re just used to it. :)

And if someone recognizes a copyrighted sample they’ll have a harder time suing us. :)

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