Their business model is failing only due to widespread piracy and theivery, nothing more and nothing less. It isn't a business model replaced with a business model, it's a shop keeper being driven out of business by shoplifters.
wow. nice weepy morality play. that's exactly what this post says is unnecessary. keep on crying it's doing you absolutely no good.
Mike's attempt to say "There is no moral issue at all" is to say we shouldn't look at all the stealing, piracy, and violations of copyright, we should just keep going until the middlemen all die. It's insane, because the replacement for the business model is musical socialism, nothing more or less. What's the point?
how is an artist taking control of and profiting directly from his or her art socialism? it's entrepreneurship at it's finest, the exact opposite of socialism.
and how is letting a bunch of greedy fatcats go out of business socialism? that's competition in a free market; that's capitalism at it's finest, also the exact opposite of socialism.
how is changing the law and getting the government involved in propping up a dying industry NOT socialism? government interference with the market to protect a business that is no longer sustainable is the very definition of socialism.
piracy is totally a business model problem. piracy is also a logical dead end because it cannot be stopped. piracy is a fact of life in the content industry that will never change. that makes it a business model problem: the product you want to sell is now available for free, so now it's time to change your business model and figure out how to sell something that is not available for free.
Please define your initials at least once. BSA could stand for lots of things beyond the Business Software Alliance.
mike is talking about the boy scouts. that's how they strong arm you into buying their cookies. if you don't buy a bunch when they show up at your door, then they report you to the Business Software Alliance who will make your life a living hell.
Hollywood wants nothing more than cheap, easily marketable films that appeal to a broad demographic. Unfortunately those films and concepts are exceedingly, ridiculously, astronomically, rare.
and this is why hollywood is doomed.
a generalized product, with a large budget and targeted at a large audience, will get downloaded on a large scale because everyone knows about it and it's easy to find.
lower budget films targeted at smaller groups of people dedicated to the film's success will more easily turn a profit due to the lower budget, AND not be downloaded on as large a scale because it doesn't appeal to that large of an audience. if the audience is really excited about the film, they may also buy merchandise associated with the film.
there are a handful of blockbuster event films i go see every year, mostly big sci-fi/fantasy releases with my friends or cartoons with the kids, so there is no reason to stop making those films. but for every dark knight or watchmen, there are a hundred other movies that my friends and i don't want to gamble on. we'll either wait for it on netflix, or just download it.
How many times does BREIN, or the RIAA, or whomever, have to do this kind of shit before they're a 'criminal enterprise,' and subject to RICO (or equivalent) prosecution?
They can keep going in perpetuity as long as those lobby checks don't bounce.
penny arcade has parleyed a free webcomic into a video game franchise, an annual expo, and a huge collection of merchandise.
penny arcade is the best example of how to leverage a community to support your work. PA doesn't have a fanbase, it has a standing army of soldiers who will click on and buy pretty much anything tycho and gabe endorse. talk about money for the taking.
So you're claiming that teleco's are obviously guilty before having a trial? And guilt is the only excuse - they couldn't want to avoid an expensive long trial?
obviously guilty, no. but we don't know the whole story, which is the point of the EFF's litigation: getting the whole story.
i think asking for immunity is a clear indicator that you are afraid of being found out that are guilty of, or at least complicit in, an illegal act. i think that's pretty suspicious and warrants further investigation by a third party such as the EFF.
You can't claim that someone is guilty because they don't want to go to court.
yes i can. i just did. you have every right to apologize for the telcos if that's what you want to do.
I hate my teleco as much as the next guy, but I'm happy if they don't go to court, spend millions, and raise prices next year.
they'll raise their prices next year anyway and you know it. i know noting about your service, your service provider, or your geographic location, and yet i can still say with absolute certainty that your bill will go up.
The lawsuits are trying to continually tarnish the Bush administration which has already admitted to illegal surveillance. Why continue to waste tax payer money attacking companies that will only result in raised prices for consumers?
there is more to this than the bush administration or your phone bill. when obama was still a senator, he voted for retroactive immunity for the telcos. this cuts across party lines, which is why we need to hear the whole story.
if one administration can conduct illegal wiretaps in the name of fighting terrorism, what's to stop another administration from doing the same in the name of some other administration appropriate boogeyman? we need to tap your phone calls to make sure you aren't talking to global warming!
I don't want to pay for both ends of this lawsuit that won't change illegal intrusions that already happened.
and what about the illegal intrusions that haven't happened yet? the telcos broke the law at the behest of the government and neither the telcos, nor the government have been punished. that is a travesty.
the governement and the telcos need to fess up to what really happened and then fix the problem so it doesn't happen again, or they need to sack up and make it clear that they're not going to tell us what happened and that the problem won't be fixed.
i read digital versions of his first two novels for free and ended up buying the print versions for my wife to read. i met rick dakan at notacon this year and i even turned up in one of the youtube videos he posted to his blog. i bought the third novel from him in person and got it signed.
Mike seems to be taking the "if you want privacy you're obviously guilty" approach that he's fought against time and time again for personal liberties. Every reader here would be outraged if someone wrote that about a person, so how is it ok when it's about a company?
woah back up yourself. immunity is not privacy.
immunity is exemption from criminal prosecution or legal liability or punishment on certain conditions. privacy is the the state of being free from intrusion or disturbance in one's private life or affairs.
everyone needs privacy as a matter of course. you only need immunity if you have done or are about to do something illegal.
In the past 10 to 50 years, perhaps even longer, the amount of mercury in the lakes and rivers of the East Coast has risen quite alarmingly. Given that Piven was eating sushi more than twice a week for about three years, I'm surprised that he didn't collapse a lot sooner, or that he is still alive. Mercury builds up fast in the body and sticks around a long time.
i totally agree. mercury poisoning isn't funny.
unless it happens to jeremy piven. then it's hilarious.
On the post: Is Morality Even A Question In Copyright?
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QUIT YER LYIN'!
That issue is one of morals (QUIT YER STEALIN'!) and respect, something that has been lost over the years.
QUIT YER CRYIN'!
On the post: Is Morality Even A Question In Copyright?
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wow. nice weepy morality play. that's exactly what this post says is unnecessary. keep on crying it's doing you absolutely no good.
Mike's attempt to say "There is no moral issue at all" is to say we shouldn't look at all the stealing, piracy, and violations of copyright, we should just keep going until the middlemen all die. It's insane, because the replacement for the business model is musical socialism, nothing more or less. What's the point?
how is an artist taking control of and profiting directly from his or her art socialism? it's entrepreneurship at it's finest, the exact opposite of socialism.
and how is letting a bunch of greedy fatcats go out of business socialism? that's competition in a free market; that's capitalism at it's finest, also the exact opposite of socialism.
how is changing the law and getting the government involved in propping up a dying industry NOT socialism? government interference with the market to protect a business that is no longer sustainable is the very definition of socialism.
piracy is totally a business model problem. piracy is also a logical dead end because it cannot be stopped. piracy is a fact of life in the content industry that will never change. that makes it a business model problem: the product you want to sell is now available for free, so now it's time to change your business model and figure out how to sell something that is not available for free.
On the post: Garth Brooks Complains That The Gov't Ignores Musicians
DO IT FGT!
when that doesn't work, then stop making albums in disgust.
do it sissy. do it now.
On the post: Network World Highlights BSA's Dirty Extortion Tricks
Re: Why are the Boy Scouts of America doing this?
mike is talking about the boy scouts. that's how they strong arm you into buying their cookies. if you don't buy a bunch when they show up at your door, then they report you to the Business Software Alliance who will make your life a living hell.
On the post: Michael Dell Recognizes Blocking What Customers Want To Protect Your Own Biz Model Is Dumb
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"Microsoft doesn’t allow companies to sell netbooks with the Windows XP home edition with more than 1 GB memory"
http://gigaom.com/2009/10/12/notebooks-vs-netbooks-can-you-tell-the-difference/
and since when does Microsoft have such authority?
microsoft can do whatever they damn well please. they are microsoft, after all.
On the post: Access Copyright Says That There Should Be Less Fair Use
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Every increasing free use of content is what we want (we all want something for nothing) but it isn't what is good for us.
so by that logic, you agree with copyright access that we should be continually decreasing speed limits?
sounds like that will not be a popular public policy move.
On the post: Extortion Is Profitable Too, Doesn't Mean That It's A Fair Way To Profit Off Piracy
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On the post: Extortion Is Profitable Too, Doesn't Mean That It's A Fair Way To Profit Off Piracy
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On the post: No, The Music Industry Outlook Isn't Grim... Just For Selling Recorded Music
Re: These idiots are missing the obvious...
Or maybe they're just too stubborn to change their business model.
i have been saying this for years. a blanket license for all media for non-commercial use. i call it "the piracy pass".
On the post: No, The Music Industry Outlook Isn't Grim... Just For Selling Recorded Music
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with no more mega starts like the rolling stones or guns n' roses how will those poor heroin dealers get paid for their art?
On the post: Will 'Paranormal Activity' Teach The Movie Industry A Lesson?
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and this is why hollywood is doomed.
a generalized product, with a large budget and targeted at a large audience, will get downloaded on a large scale because everyone knows about it and it's easy to find.
lower budget films targeted at smaller groups of people dedicated to the film's success will more easily turn a profit due to the lower budget, AND not be downloaded on as large a scale because it doesn't appeal to that large of an audience. if the audience is really excited about the film, they may also buy merchandise associated with the film.
there are a handful of blockbuster event films i go see every year, mostly big sci-fi/fantasy releases with my friends or cartoons with the kids, so there is no reason to stop making those films. but for every dark knight or watchmen, there are a hundred other movies that my friends and i don't want to gamble on. we'll either wait for it on netflix, or just download it.
On the post: Peter Sunde Brings Criminal Charges Against BREIN, Claims They Falsified Documents Against The Pirate Bay
Re: Hrm.
They can keep going in perpetuity as long as those lobby checks don't bounce.
On the post: Could Doonesbury Learn Anything From XKCD?
penny arcade
penny arcade is the best example of how to leverage a community to support your work. PA doesn't have a fanbase, it has a standing army of soldiers who will click on and buy pretty much anything tycho and gabe endorse. talk about money for the taking.
On the post: Can Trent Reznor Reinvent The Video Game Business, Too?
w00t a NIN video game!!
i can't wait to get into the beta.
On the post: Gov't Needs To Reveal Who Lobbied For Telco Immunity On Warrantless Wiretaps
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obviously guilty, no. but we don't know the whole story, which is the point of the EFF's litigation: getting the whole story.
i think asking for immunity is a clear indicator that you are afraid of being found out that are guilty of, or at least complicit in, an illegal act. i think that's pretty suspicious and warrants further investigation by a third party such as the EFF.
You can't claim that someone is guilty because they don't want to go to court.
yes i can. i just did. you have every right to apologize for the telcos if that's what you want to do.
I hate my teleco as much as the next guy, but I'm happy if they don't go to court, spend millions, and raise prices next year.
they'll raise their prices next year anyway and you know it. i know noting about your service, your service provider, or your geographic location, and yet i can still say with absolute certainty that your bill will go up.
The lawsuits are trying to continually tarnish the Bush administration which has already admitted to illegal surveillance. Why continue to waste tax payer money attacking companies that will only result in raised prices for consumers?
there is more to this than the bush administration or your phone bill. when obama was still a senator, he voted for retroactive immunity for the telcos. this cuts across party lines, which is why we need to hear the whole story.
if one administration can conduct illegal wiretaps in the name of fighting terrorism, what's to stop another administration from doing the same in the name of some other administration appropriate boogeyman? we need to tap your phone calls to make sure you aren't talking to global warming!
I don't want to pay for both ends of this lawsuit that won't change illegal intrusions that already happened.
and what about the illegal intrusions that haven't happened yet? the telcos broke the law at the behest of the government and neither the telcos, nor the government have been punished. that is a travesty.
the governement and the telcos need to fess up to what really happened and then fix the problem so it doesn't happen again, or they need to sack up and make it clear that they're not going to tell us what happened and that the problem won't be fixed.
On the post: Book Authors Realizing They Need To Connect With Fans Themselves... Because Their Publishers Sure Don't
rick dakan is a great example
i read digital versions of his first two novels for free and ended up buying the print versions for my wife to read. i met rick dakan at notacon this year and i even turned up in one of the youtube videos he posted to his blog. i bought the third novel from him in person and got it signed.
On the post: Gov't Needs To Reveal Who Lobbied For Telco Immunity On Warrantless Wiretaps
Re: Woah back up
woah back up yourself. immunity is not privacy.
immunity is exemption from criminal prosecution or legal liability or punishment on certain conditions. privacy is the the state of being free from intrusion or disturbance in one's private life or affairs.
everyone needs privacy as a matter of course. you only need immunity if you have done or are about to do something illegal.
On the post: Gov't Needs To Reveal Who Lobbied For Telco Immunity On Warrantless Wiretaps
Re: Re: Right
no, but we would know who lobbied for it, and those who oppose retroactive immunity can boycott any corporation that lobbied for it.
On the post: A Teaching Moment For Lily Allen [Update: And *Poof* Goes Her Blog]
Re: Awesome...
this was all that came up for me in my reader:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/sep/24/lily-allen-filesharing-twitter
On the post: Jeremy Piven Sends Cease & Desist To Stop Play From Mocking Him
Re: mercury poisoning is real
i totally agree. mercury poisoning isn't funny.
unless it happens to jeremy piven. then it's hilarious.
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