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of course, you can't really deep-link to the washington post story anyway because it's behind a paywall. and you can't really find the original quote because that means it's not in google's search engine. but, i guess all that's a different post altogether.
but, aside from the whole common sense "make sure the musician agrees with you politically before you play their songs on tv without their permission" gaffe, shouldn't we be holding politicians to a higher standard than "joe sixpack?"
isn't that kinda the point of electing quality leaders?
pssst. regardless what your mom told you, not everyone is a winner and not everyone makes good music. so, just because you *want* to be a musician doesn't mean anyone has to pay you.
personally, i'm of the opinion that if you don't want to make a sequel, then don't. if you don't want to "lose" money on films, stop making films. lots of businesses lose money. success is hard and certainly not guaranteed or "owed" to you.
no offense, but stop whining and just go away.
i mean, here're the benefits!:
1) for every whiner that just shuts up, there are 3 innovative folks who take his (or her) place -- so we still keep getting more content produced. (insert one of mike's "the industry is growing" studies here...)
2) this gives whiners a chance to find a different job where piracy simply isn't a factor so they can be happy again.
3) and, most of all, we don't have to listen to them whine anymore!
aka, you can become an insider to view techdirt content early.
no matter what you do -- other than pirate it -- and no matter how much you want to pay, you cannot view a dvd of a movie the same day it was released in the theater.
it's certainly one of the reasons i refuse -- absolutely refuse -- to buy riaa-backed music.
i say this vehemently: to hell the riaa.
sure, i pay more for a cd because of it. but i would rather hand a $20 bill to the guy (for his burned cd no less) who just played a small concert of his own inspired-by-gershwin music. of which, i promptly took home and ripped all the tracks to mp3.
i'd rather give money to musicians than a useless suit.
"It is the reason Techdirt is so funny to read, so many people flailing about yelling "free this" and "free that" and nobody thinking past the ends of their noses as to how it would really work in the long run."
heh. funny. i'm pretty sure that music and musicians have existed for millennia without the riaa. that strikes me as a substantially longer "long run" than the ~55 years the riaa has been 'round.
the best part? the riaa will eventually go away whether you think techdirt is funny or not.
not to mention that google isn't in the content business -- they're in the indexing business.
i repeat: google does not make and sell content.
they don't even sell other people's content. they sell algorithmically indexed associations linking disparate 3rd party producers' content. (search, gmail, maps, adsense, book search, etc.)
meaning, they're the middle-man. they point them over there to them over yonder and take a cut for the referral. the more hook-ups they can make, the more money they bring in.
"better lucky than good" is really a fact of life. and that's basically how i sum up cuban's success. i'm sure he's a just-fine business man because it does indeed take skill to capitalize on right-place-right-time opportunities, but just because he's rich, doesn't make him a "thought leader."
he's not really the type of person i'd take advice from.
however, take marc andreessen as the counter example. compare his wikipedia page with mark cuban's. who do you think is good and who do you think is just lucky?
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m3mnoch.
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http://blog.virginieberger.com/
http://twitter.com/virberg
m3mnoch.
On the post: Newspaper Publisher Defends Filing 22 Copyright Lawsuits Against Sites Who Copied Text... With Links Back
yes, but will charles krauthammer sue him?
frederick
http://www.lvrj.com/blogs/sherm/Those_troublesome_Jews.html
krauthammer
http ://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/03/AR2010060304287.html
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of course, you can't really deep-link to the washington post story anyway because it's behind a paywall. and you can't really find the original quote because that means it's not in google's search engine. but, i guess all that's a different post altogether.
m3mnoch.
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weird html in the post
m3mnoch.
On the post: Why Do Politicians Keep Using Unlicensed Music In Commercials?
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isn't that kinda the point of electing quality leaders?
m3mnoch.
On the post: Bad Ideas: Hurt Locker Producers Preparing To Sue Tens Of Thousands Of File Sharers
quick typo
m3mnoch.
On the post: Netflix Agrees To Delay Fox And Universal New Releases, Annoy Avatar Fans
Re: Blockbuster
and, it's a "bad thing" for them because instant-play convenience is a bigger consumer boon than a 20% shorter delayed release.
finally, it's a "bad thing" for them because an enormous, long-tail catalog is a bigger consumer boon than a 20% shorter delayed release.
m3mnoch.
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: patent supporter
m3mnoch.
On the post: Cable Lobbyist Says Net Neutrality Violates The First Amendment
the first amendment?
m3mnoch.
On the post: Corey Smith Details His Experience In Becoming A Massively Successful Indie Artist
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aka: good musicians succeed. poor ones fail.
pssst. regardless what your mom told you, not everyone is a winner and not everyone makes good music. so, just because you *want* to be a musician doesn't mean anyone has to pay you.
m3mnoch.
On the post: One Misguided Tweet Is 'Indisputable' Evidence That Piracy Harms Movies?
so quit.
no offense, but stop whining and just go away.
i mean, here're the benefits!:
1) for every whiner that just shuts up, there are 3 innovative folks who take his (or her) place -- so we still keep getting more content produced. (insert one of mike's "the industry is growing" studies here...)
2) this gives whiners a chance to find a different job where piracy simply isn't a factor so they can be happy again.
3) and, most of all, we don't have to listen to them whine anymore!
it's win-win-win!
m3mnoch.
On the post: Dear PR People: If Your Exec Has A Comment, Our Comments Are Open
Re: Wrong approach
now that's funny.
m3mnoch.
On the post: Dear Hollywood: Don't Be Idiots; Don't Delay Movie Rentals
Re: Re: RTB
no matter what you do -- other than pirate it -- and no matter how much you want to pay, you cannot view a dvd of a movie the same day it was released in the theater.
this is the much-vaunted "reason to buy."
m3mnoch.
On the post: Music Publishers Now Suing Lyrics Sites And Their Execs
just don't buy their music
i say this vehemently: to hell the riaa.
sure, i pay more for a cd because of it. but i would rather hand a $20 bill to the guy (for his burned cd no less) who just played a small concert of his own inspired-by-gershwin music. of which, i promptly took home and ripped all the tracks to mp3.
i'd rather give money to musicians than a useless suit.
m3mnoch.
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Re: Re: Techdirt's Very Existance
so, by this rationale, the declaration of independence is damn near worthless?
bzzzzzt -- wrong.
idea != property. music != property. the point was not missed.
m3mnoch.
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Re: Re: Yeah, that's about right.
heh. funny. i'm pretty sure that music and musicians have existed for millennia without the riaa. that strikes me as a substantially longer "long run" than the ~55 years the riaa has been 'round.
the best part? the riaa will eventually go away whether you think techdirt is funny or not.
m3mnoch.
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The Crystal Ball
http://www.techdirt.com/rtb.php?tid=200
... makes me feel all special and stuff.
m3mnoch.
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no links
m3mnoch.
On the post: Odd Argument: Google Will Lose Out Once Everyone's Comfortable Paying For Stuff
content? no.
i repeat: google does not make and sell content.
they don't even sell other people's content. they sell algorithmically indexed associations linking disparate 3rd party producers' content. (search, gmail, maps, adsense, book search, etc.)
meaning, they're the middle-man. they point them over there to them over yonder and take a cut for the referral. the more hook-ups they can make, the more money they bring in.
you know -- kinda like a digital pimp.
m3mnoch.
On the post: Mark Cuban Remains Confused About Free
better lucky than good
he's not really the type of person i'd take advice from.
however, take marc andreessen as the counter example. compare his wikipedia page with mark cuban's. who do you think is good and who do you think is just lucky?
m3mnoch.
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