That's just because you Americans have this weird two party system. Were you to have more parties to choose from, the politicians would have more competition, and would actually care more for their constituents.
Actually, wasn't the app-marketplace supposed to work like this? Originally, all apps were supposed to be web-apps, to which shortcut links could be added on the 'desktop' of the phone.
It wasn't until later, when the world demanded a marketplace of sorts that Apple relented and devised the now hated marketplace processes.
Going around a market app is not the same as going around patents.
One is just using the open web to get your content out there and use the web as it is intended. And the other is just illegal in the eyes of many patent holders.
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No Apple *today*.
If the Ipod had never been produced by Apple, the company would most likely have gone out of business. As it was a failing business when Jobs came back to Apple.
Reading is difficult.
1: The RE/MAX thing was not related to the selling of the tickets, that was actually second email.
2: The attorney may be working for a hospital, and have used a boilerplate disclaimer at the bottom of his email, because of his work at a hospital.
3: Sound advice, but why should we? Why not just toss the email out instead of opening it?
4: It's generally not spam. Sure spammers also send stuff unsolicited, and often mis-addressed. But that's not the case in what Mike is telling here, and not what I have said in one of my previous comments. In my case, I usually send an email back saying they've reached the wrong person, and that I hope they have another way of contacting them. If it's happened that I get email destined for the same person multiple times in a row, I ask the sender to notify said person to pay closer attention to what email address they use.
It happens so often, especially on my gmail address. I get so many emails not intended for me.
2 Nights ago, I got an email from a online take-away ordering system, telling me that my order of a can of Sprite and my Pizza Tandoori was on its way. (seconds later came another email telling me that the order was cancelled by the system, because they didn't trust my email)
Yesterday, I got an email from a restaurant responding to a complaint about how their food had made someone ill. Apparently that someone had given my email address as their own.
It's almost everyday now I get email not intended for me.
If some lawyer decides to sue me for opening my email, they'll have another thing coming. They make a mistake in the address, then it's no fault of mine if I open it.
Some self-published or bundled under indie-publishers have reached the NYT bestseller lists.
Sure there is a lot more noise among the signal. That means you as an artist have to work a bit harder to stand out.
It could also mean that perhaps the idea of a career writer is over. Not many people reached that status anyway.
We are not saying that every example of a new business model is going to fit for everyone. But sticking to your guns on a sinking ship isn't going to get you to the harbor. Now is the time to innovate. Get yourself out there as an author, film maker, comic book artist, musician.
I mean, there are authors who used podiobooks.com to get their stories out there to find an audience, before they sold their books on Amazon. (Morevi, Chasing the Bard, Infected, 7th son, Max Quick. Just to name a few books)
Some of them even appeared in the bestseller lists of the NYT. Meaning there is money to be made by releasing one form of your book for free.
Doesn't mean that every author on podiobooks.com is automatically a NYT bestseller. That took effort to gain an audience and it took quality content to keep that audience captivated enough to drive them to buy your books.
As an artist, YOU have to make it compelling for people to buy your wares. That's what's the main focus is of all those 'new' business models.
If you release a CD, and then sit back and do nothing, don't expect people to flock to the stores to buy your CD.
It's easy to complain that the mentioned business models won't fit your wishes as an artist. But then invent a new model, one that does fit your ideas and wishes and wants. But don't forget that new business models also don't automatically equate with the big bucks.
Create an audience, capture people's attention, create fans among the audience, and you're halfway there. But how to do that, is entirely your own decision. If touring is not your style, maybe use some other means of connecting with your fans. But make it compelling. And don't expect something for nothing.
And stop worrying about them damn pirates, a percentage of them would never have shelled out the money anyway, it's not going to be easy converting them into buying fans.
Instead focus your efforts on the people that do want to pay. Find out why they didn't and see if you can cater to their wishes.
Perhaps the price is too high or perhaps they aren't sure if it is something for them.
The riots in England has nothing to do with Amy Winehouse. Not sure where you put that correlation.
At first the conflict started because the Metropolitan Police killed a drug dealer and then later during the first riots a 16 year old bystander got shot by the police, which really ignited the already very volatile community.
And right now the looting and rioting has devolved into just rioting because it's something to do.
I've seen Mike CwF a few times on Google+ in the past few weeks, and he lets paying members write up their favorite stories of the week(another part of CwF).
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Though I have lethth problemth with thmileyth, like tho: :-)
For some reason my brain doesn't go into meltdown, but when someone leaves an opening bracket, I have to mentally give it a closing bracket as well.
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It wasn't until later, when the world demanded a marketplace of sorts that Apple relented and devised the now hated marketplace processes.
But I could be wrong on that.
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Going around a market app is not the same as going around patents.
One is just using the open web to get your content out there and use the web as it is intended. And the other is just illegal in the eyes of many patent holders.
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Re: An execs view?
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And it's quite obvious when it's spam and when it isn't. It would take too much effort to make spam look like this.
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If the Ipod had never been produced by Apple, the company would most likely have gone out of business. As it was a failing business when Jobs came back to Apple.
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1: The RE/MAX thing was not related to the selling of the tickets, that was actually second email.
2: The attorney may be working for a hospital, and have used a boilerplate disclaimer at the bottom of his email, because of his work at a hospital.
3: Sound advice, but why should we? Why not just toss the email out instead of opening it?
4: It's generally not spam. Sure spammers also send stuff unsolicited, and often mis-addressed. But that's not the case in what Mike is telling here, and not what I have said in one of my previous comments. In my case, I usually send an email back saying they've reached the wrong person, and that I hope they have another way of contacting them. If it's happened that I get email destined for the same person multiple times in a row, I ask the sender to notify said person to pay closer attention to what email address they use.
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2 Nights ago, I got an email from a online take-away ordering system, telling me that my order of a can of Sprite and my Pizza Tandoori was on its way. (seconds later came another email telling me that the order was cancelled by the system, because they didn't trust my email)
Yesterday, I got an email from a restaurant responding to a complaint about how their food had made someone ill. Apparently that someone had given my email address as their own.
It's almost everyday now I get email not intended for me.
If some lawyer decides to sue me for opening my email, they'll have another thing coming. They make a mistake in the address, then it's no fault of mine if I open it.
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Sure there is a lot more noise among the signal. That means you as an artist have to work a bit harder to stand out.
It could also mean that perhaps the idea of a career writer is over. Not many people reached that status anyway.
On the post: CoC's 'Victims Of Internet Piracy' Look More Like 'Victims Of Propagandist Exploitation'
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I mean, there are authors who used podiobooks.com to get their stories out there to find an audience, before they sold their books on Amazon. (Morevi, Chasing the Bard, Infected, 7th son, Max Quick. Just to name a few books)
Some of them even appeared in the bestseller lists of the NYT. Meaning there is money to be made by releasing one form of your book for free.
Doesn't mean that every author on podiobooks.com is automatically a NYT bestseller. That took effort to gain an audience and it took quality content to keep that audience captivated enough to drive them to buy your books.
As an artist, YOU have to make it compelling for people to buy your wares. That's what's the main focus is of all those 'new' business models.
If you release a CD, and then sit back and do nothing, don't expect people to flock to the stores to buy your CD.
It's easy to complain that the mentioned business models won't fit your wishes as an artist. But then invent a new model, one that does fit your ideas and wishes and wants. But don't forget that new business models also don't automatically equate with the big bucks.
Create an audience, capture people's attention, create fans among the audience, and you're halfway there. But how to do that, is entirely your own decision. If touring is not your style, maybe use some other means of connecting with your fans. But make it compelling. And don't expect something for nothing.
And stop worrying about them damn pirates, a percentage of them would never have shelled out the money anyway, it's not going to be easy converting them into buying fans.
Instead focus your efforts on the people that do want to pay. Find out why they didn't and see if you can cater to their wishes.
Perhaps the price is too high or perhaps they aren't sure if it is something for them.
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Re: Don't read this. It is theft and putting me in debt.
Muahahahaha!
*twirls mustache*
*pets Persian cat*
*re-adjusts monocle*
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Re: The Dark Side of the Media and Amy Winehouse.
At first the conflict started because the Metropolitan Police killed a drug dealer and then later during the first riots a 16 year old bystander got shot by the police, which really ignited the already very volatile community.
And right now the looting and rioting has devolved into just rioting because it's something to do.
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I've seen Mike CwF a few times on Google+ in the past few weeks, and he lets paying members write up their favorite stories of the week(another part of CwF).
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