Posts by slarty
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I'm surprised they find it so hard to make money...
Would that be the sort of money deposited in an off-shore facility to pay for your cool lifestyle (aka cash)? Or the sort used to get subsidies (aka paper loss)?
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I do wonder if the larger media companies had been willing to re-examine their business model earlier
But they almost never do. They get "advice" from a bunch of suits who have a vested interest in the fight... as Andrew said the other night, the only people making money in the music industries are the lawyers...
Whether you're a copper looking at drug policy, a traditional union leader watching the British coal industry in the eighties or a music executive today, you have way to much at risk from a change in the underlying status quo.
Your power comes from your understanding of the model - drugs as crime = more coppers = power: conflict = strikes = power: copyright = control = money = power
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the technology doesn't replace the artists, it replaces the middle men
Mr C, nicely put. This is what my less than coherent rants are about... my metaphor is Old White Men. Over the years I've watched what are almost invariably wealthy, anonymous OWM hold back the progress of society, not in nice simple innocuous ways (which I'm afraid Copyright probably is in the grand scheme of things) but in some very serious areas that actually hurt people.
Tobacco, the motor car (my class designed a hybrid for a school project in 1983 - we 14 year olds could work out it is more efficient for town driving), the electricity generation / distribution industry, big pharma, food... in all these areas are versions of the classic conservative / liberal fight.
Personally the thing I find most offensive about the copyright / IP stuff is that it is a classic example of a big economy bullying a small one. Which is how it is, but I don't have to like it.
I think this is the first time I've *ever* seen public protest accomplish something
I was lucky enough (in a strange way) to experience this... disposed of a Prime Minister and got rid of a tax. Not bad eh?
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On another note...
Thanks for the Blend. I didn't quite know what to expect, and found it fascinating. Only a shame we had to duck out in time for the ferry so perhaps missed out on discussion / CD. And where's my PVR ;-) ?
So glad my significant other came along... they hear me rambling on about this stuff and switch off... I just needed to say "what he said" :)
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If you're at the Great Blend 2moro, make sure I remember to offer you a job.
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How does law this bad come to pass?
IMHExperience...
The sniff of an FTA? A life after parliament?
But really... just failing to pay attention in the run up to an election.
There's a deeper issue behind this - an industry that has leached off the 'poor struggling artist' for far too long, based on a transitory business model that is fundamentally unsustainable.
I actually think this might just be the catalyst we need to begin the collapse of the current IP model. Up the revolution brothers (and sisters. In fact both sexes and hermaphrodites).
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I imagine the person who did that would be sued into bankruptcy if they were not actually the copyright holder, or perhaps prosecuted.
So, we just need to find a sympathetic someone who is a legitimate copyright holder...
But personally I would suggest a look at the web sites of political parties, MP's, SOE's and lobby groups may be more fruitful.
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I was discussing over the weekend with various people - including the head of IT for the whole government
It would be a really nice surprise if Dr M actually did something. Generally we do our best to ignore the piffle that comes out of the Ministry of Administrative Affairs (aka SSC)... GSN, GLS...
Yes, Minister.
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This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Viacom International Inc..
Too slow Viacom, already FLAC'd :)
How poetic.
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To be fair, APRA does pay nearly everything it collects directly to creators. Its operating costs are pretty tight. So the Vegas thing doesn't really apply there.
Sorry, I was directing that comment at a more philosophical level - with the exception of a few big names, the artists see stuff all of the cash handed over to download, although it is better than the good old days of physical media.
And then there's sponsorship and franchising... most of the funds are channelled in such a way that the artist must be completely baffled about what revenue they are actually generating.
Ultimately the funds do, in large part, end up in the coffers of large corporates, with some old names picking up some nice contract fees on the way.
The key to any contractual system is integrity: that rests on fairness and trust. The media industry knows that it is broken - like all good conservatives, they're trying to string it out as long as they can... no different to the big-iron car industries in N America (British Leyland anyone)?