The Anti Mike’s Comments

• Aug 6th, 2009 @ 10:17am

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  on Even If You're On A Major Label, Connecting With Fans Is Important
  A correction and comments:
  
  "a subsidiary of Universal Music which has started going down a smarter path lately "
  
  Should be "started doing down a path that I, Mike Masnick, think is smarter"
  
  Comments: Mostly that while they are giving some music away, they are also aggressively marketing the music for sale. They are not following the Masnick theory of give the music away and make it up in Ticket sales (or miniputt games, I guess) but rather to promote their product. It also isn't clear to me that the music they are giving away is exactly the same music that is being pushed through the record label (no way to tell from the article). They are giving away "an album for free" but not "our album for free" so it makes me wonder if there is a difference.
  
  The potential here is they are using a "free sample" to sell the meal, which wouldn't really be a new way to do things, music sampler discs are a pretty old concept.
• Aug 6th, 2009 @ 10:04am

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  on What A Job: Making Sure No Brands Appear In A Movie
  It's usual, it's normal, and it's part of the game. It's part of the process of finding locations.
  
  Heck, how much did that luncheonette place make after being on Sienfeld?
• Aug 6th, 2009 @ 9:41am

  Re: antitrust

  on Rep. Lofgren: A Real Antitrust Issue That Needs Scrutiny Is Copyright
  So this is an indication that forcing licensing can have negative impacts? Oh Noes!