Some day I can only hope to hate an industry as much as some of the regular commentors on this site. I soon hope that bitterness will fill me and make me deaf to any contray believe. In the name of Mike. Amen.
You might want to start by hating whatever school system it was that left you with such a terrible inability to write clearly.
Looks like more and more musicians are realizing that fighting file sharing doesn't make sense, but learning to embrace it has tremendous benefits. Maybe, one of these days, the record labels will figure this out as well.
Ha ha! ahahahahahahahahAHAHAHAHAHHAHA! AHHH, AHAHAHAHAHAHA!
No wonder they're lashing out and doing all sorts of ridiculous stuff like trying to get extra royalties on embedded videos, ringtones and 30 second previews.
Honestly. If you ever find yourself being followed by a black sedan, lose them!
It's no secret that MS has been trying to win over Hollywood, ultimately by selling out their own customers - they'll happily incorporate any DRM scheme that comes along from the entertainment industry if it means they can lock more people into their platform.
So it comes as no surprise that Ballmer would blithely mouth the popular mantra concerning "free" - he's just winking at Dan Glickman.
I believe many of the artists in the article you link to have jobs outside of their online media.
to mean that exactly. In that, perhaps nowadays just being "published" is not enough for a cartoonist anymore, he/she may also need to find other work.
And because of that reality, the true "value" of many things we have come to believe are worth "millions" may be discovered.
I believe many of the artists in the article you link to have jobs outside of their online media.
This goes back to the whole question of "value" and the end of super-stardom.
Technology has made it so that anyone can put out a movie/comic/song/etc. It is now truly up to the market which will survive and how much they will make.
To put it another way, is Sylvester Stallone's acting ability worth millions of dollars?
Is anyone's acting ability worth millions in a world where anyone can put out a movie and get it seen without the whole studio structure behind it?
Or is there something unique about Doonesbury that makes it impossible for it to take advantage of "free" distribution?
Doonesbury was/is not funny. Ever. I doubt you could make much of a business with it or Family Circus or Drabble or any of the horrible, wretched, unfunny wastes of ink which populate most of current newsprint.
The only newsaper comics in recent memory that were funny were written by realists - Gary Larson, Sam Watterson, Berke Breathed - people who got in, made funny and got out while people were still laughing.
Your constant drumbeat of "business model", "business model", "business model", year after year after year appears to have finally been noticed by the people who actually need to hear it.
You've mentioned in the past that you get your share of cease-and-desist letters, but I think this might be the first crack in the RI/MP/AA BPI armor if they actually start responding to you on your fairly solid points and allow themselves to be pulled into a discussion based on facts.
Congratulations.
Or, they can pull a Lily Allen, I guess, and just pretend like they never heard of you.
You know, assuming we don't have real, toe-to-toe nuclear war with the [name your favorite contender] instead.
Millions, perhaps hundreds of millions of people the world over violate copyright knowingly and unkowingly daily. The various IP industries (software, audio, video and soon print) have very little chance of changing this phenomenon without some sort of extremely draconian, nearly world-wide technical intervention.
As people become more and more accustomed to infringement as a part of daily life, the industries call for more and more protection.
These industries are either headed for a major reorganization, or we are all going to end up surgically "enhanced" with government-mandated IP-protection devices.
...given traditional models in both the music and ad industry. It's not that those models necessarily make sense (in fact, I'd argue neither make sense)...
This got me thinking - What the recording industry expects and what really is available are so far out of whack, it's mind-boggling.
The recording industry wants you to sign up for online music (Well, actually, they would probably prefer you buy a brand-new CD), put in credit card/paypal info and then go through menus to select songs for download.
Or, you can go to a bittorrent tracker and get entire discographies with a couple of mouse clicks and no personal information whatsoever.
If you had a machine with a minimal Linux install or something, I could see taking turns with someone playing this game and the 'loser' is the one the system locks up on because it's lost a critical file.
Rebuild the OS and start over...
Maybe drink a shot everytime you finish the game without crashing the OS.
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You might want to start by hating whatever school system it was that left you with such a terrible inability to write clearly.
On the post: More Musicians Realizing File Sharing Isn't Evil; Shakira, Norah Jones, Nelly Furtado Say It's Ok
Rebuttal
Ha ha! ahahahahahahahahAHAHAHAHAHHAHA! AHHH, AHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Mike, you're so funny.
On the post: Music Publishers, Songwriters To Congress: Our Royalties Should Be Guaranteed, No Matter What The Market Says
Mike...
Honestly. If you ever find yourself being followed by a black sedan, lose them!
On the post: Steve Ballmer Declares 'Free Is Not A Business Model' -- Apparently Unfamiliar With Microsoft's Free Products
Duh
It's no secret that MS has been trying to win over Hollywood, ultimately by selling out their own customers - they'll happily incorporate any DRM scheme that comes along from the entertainment industry if it means they can lock more people into their platform.
So it comes as no surprise that Ballmer would blithely mouth the popular mantra concerning "free" - he's just winking at Dan Glickman.
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My Next Patent
On the post: Could Doonesbury Learn Anything From XKCD?
Re: Re: Re:
I believe many of the artists in the article you link to have jobs outside of their online media.
to mean that exactly. In that, perhaps nowadays just being "published" is not enough for a cartoonist anymore, he/she may also need to find other work.
And because of that reality, the true "value" of many things we have come to believe are worth "millions" may be discovered.
On the post: Could Doonesbury Learn Anything From XKCD?
Re:
This goes back to the whole question of "value" and the end of super-stardom.
Technology has made it so that anyone can put out a movie/comic/song/etc. It is now truly up to the market which will survive and how much they will make.
To put it another way, is Sylvester Stallone's acting ability worth millions of dollars?
Is anyone's acting ability worth millions in a world where anyone can put out a movie and get it seen without the whole studio structure behind it?
On the post: Could Doonesbury Learn Anything From XKCD?
Re: Re: Simple
Yeah, him too.
:)
On the post: Could Doonesbury Learn Anything From XKCD?
Simple
Doonesbury was/is not funny. Ever. I doubt you could make much of a business with it or Family Circus or Drabble or any of the horrible, wretched, unfunny wastes of ink which populate most of current newsprint.
The only newsaper comics in recent memory that were funny were written by realists - Gary Larson, Sam Watterson, Berke Breathed - people who got in, made funny and got out while people were still laughing.
Garfield should be taken out and drowned.
On the post: That Whole Watch An Ad To Get Content Thing? Patented... And The Patent Holder Has Been Suing
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Patent Examiner: "That's been done"
PA: "Ah, but I want to do it on the internet !"
PE: "Approved!"
On the post: That Whole Watch An Ad To Get Content Thing? Patented... And The Patent Holder Has Been Suing
Re: Re: ARRRRRRRRRRRRGH!
I thought it was a test for trademark infringement?
On the post: BPI Unhappy With Techdirt, Seeks To Correct The Record... But Still Gets It Wrong
I Believe it has Started
Looks like you finally got their attention.
Your constant drumbeat of "business model", "business model", "business model", year after year after year appears to have finally been noticed by the people who actually need to hear it.
You've mentioned in the past that you get your share of cease-and-desist letters, but I think this might be the first crack in the RI/MP/AA BPI armor if they actually start responding to you on your fairly solid points and allow themselves to be pulled into a discussion based on facts.
Congratulations.
Or, they can pull a Lily Allen, I guess, and just pretend like they never heard of you.
On the post: Entertainment Industry Propaganda Organization Kicks Off Hilarious Astroturf Letter Writing Campaign
The Coming IP Wars
Millions, perhaps hundreds of millions of people the world over violate copyright knowingly and unkowingly daily. The various IP industries (software, audio, video and soon print) have very little chance of changing this phenomenon without some sort of extremely draconian, nearly world-wide technical intervention.
As people become more and more accustomed to infringement as a part of daily life, the industries call for more and more protection.
These industries are either headed for a major reorganization, or we are all going to end up surgically "enhanced" with government-mandated IP-protection devices.
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Re: Time to go Guerilla
I think large crowds of people randomly showing legally purchased films to each other for free would be really wonderful.
Would the MPAA hire roving bands of armed thugs to beat up fans, smash projectors and overturn cars?
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Time to go Guerilla
On the post: Free MP3s... If You Sit Through An Ad
Good luck.
This got me thinking - What the recording industry expects and what really is available are so far out of whack, it's mind-boggling.
The recording industry wants you to sign up for online music (Well, actually, they would probably prefer you buy a brand-new CD), put in credit card/paypal info and then go through menus to select songs for download.
Or, you can go to a bittorrent tracker and get entire discographies with a couple of mouse clicks and no personal information whatsoever.
I just can't imagine how this is going to end.
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Detentocracy
On the post: Music Industry Copies Language Of Copyright Reformers In Pushing For Three Strikes
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Really. What they have is an "Entitlement Model".
On the post: Win Or Lose, This Video Game Deletes Files On Your Computer
Fun is Where You Find it
Rebuild the OS and start over...
Maybe drink a shot everytime you finish the game without crashing the OS.
On the post: New Zealand Author Claims Libraries Are Involved In Grand Theft By Loaning Books
Perhaps 'author' is not the right career for this guy.
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