'Real artists' still need to eat.

Taking just the case of musicians, how did they eat before widespread recording was invented at the end of the 19th century?

Piracy hasn't stopped people going to concerts or buying T-shirts. In fact concert tickets are up, at least in Oz and UK,…

... without meaning to suggest I don't see what you did there.

FYI there is copyright stuff being proposed to happen for commissioning and parody/satire

Sweet. Dust off your Daily-Show-knockoff props.

I release there is another thread this could go on, but...

:-)

I'm on set at the moment, just about to do a rehearsal. Damian's going well.

Oh, I might come down and say hello.

Heck, I just started a post with the Ranapia "W" word. Doctor!

Who! That is one hell of an irritating tic that needs to be strangled and thrown in a ditch. You should see me do it live, though — there's a whole range of inflections from "just let me…

Not strictly copyright but you could ask about the satire/ridicule limitations on the use of the parliament video.

The limitations they relaxed a couple of weeks back?

Now in a commercial TV or radio situation, I'd find that quite an understandable position..... but seeing as they are both state-run enterprises that are not strictly relying on ratings…

FYI there is copyright stuff being proposed to happen for commissioning and parody/satire

Crikey. I didn't expect that dispute to go public quite so soon ...

Really? I thought RNZ was the kind of workplace that put the "diss" into "dysfunctional". But, yes, I'm confident that Damian will do the whole geek with gravitas thing perfectly. :)

Oh and all the best to you and Damien for tonight. I'm pretty sure Mr. Christie could have done without this drama:

Crikey. I didn't expect that dispute to go public quite so soon ...

Damian will kick ass.

Radio New Zealand's Morning Report host Sean Plunket says he is "moving on and looking for a new job" after 11 years with state radio.

Radio New Zealand insiders…

They crave the admiration and acceptance that comes from people seeing, hearing or reading their works and that leads to the fame and fortune that comes to worthy creators.

that sentence makes more sense if you startd with the word initially.
admiration and acceptance does' feed you or pay your…

Naturally, I'm interested in what correspondents to the country's cleverest discussion forums think,

I think its essential that you focus as much of the panels time on the importance of media content remaining as copyable as possible. really hammer that home.

Just because something is available to the public (even for free) does not mean is is in the public domain.
Having said that, the intarwebs do make a bit of a mockery of copyright law, but that doesn't mean the law doesn't exist.

That was , kinda, my point, that's…

Sorry.

tub-thumping about the hopeless Clydesdale paper

DuFresne has, as they say, "issues". I remember him throwing a tanty over astronomers not providing him with a spectacular enough meteor shower.

His oh-so-noble defence of Clydesdale's right to be heard of course disingenuously reduces the debate to ONLY the right to be…

..Peering..

There has been plenty of industry action on this over the last 18 months. Problem is, it does not make commercial sense for every ISP to 'peer' with everyone else.

Telecom has launched its Local Peering offering and apparently has a couple of ISPs hooked up already. Can't find…

The Onion has Obama's inbox

BoingBoing: Copyright's Paradox: brilliantly argued scholarly book tackles free speech vs. copyright

'Real artists' still need to eat.

Back in the day, there was patronage there still is support for artists in this country. The point is, you can't just one day decide to be an artist and expect people to give you everything you desire.
I, for one, find it appalling that…

Having said that, the intarwebs do make a…

'Real artists' still need to eat.

Food would surely come under instant gratification. No real artist needs that.

Sarah palin's inbox.

Which I must say is rubbish

Indeed. Still, it might remind people not to base their security on questions that can be answered from publicly available information.

2) Traffic caps – Broadband speed isn't the most critical factor, but rather traffic caps. A hangover of the dial-up volume charging era.

I thought it was quite funny how everyone was up in arms about Comcast's 250GB per month cap in the states.

I live on the rural outskirts…

Re: ACTA there have been a couple of leaks.

I started a wiki when I first learned of ACTA in June. I've put up a copy of my submission to MED, and also my Big Fun Time(tm) in getting any info out of MED. Also some links to other areas.…

Re: ACTA there have been a couple of leaks. I would direct you to wikileaks except it appears to currently be sploded, likely under the wieght of people wanting to see Sarah palin's inbox.

Which I must say is rubbish, at least in so far as what the perpetrators have…

Should rural areas really be left on the outer edges considering their…

1) International bandwidth – There needs to be another undersea cable running, for instance from Kapiti to Sydney, or Castlepoint to Fiji/Honolulu.
2) Traffic caps – Broadband speed isn't the most critical factor, but rather traffic caps. A hangover of the dial-up volume…

(2) Cost of international bandwidth – stories of people resorting to portable drives and flights to LA because Air NZ is cheaper than email are just…

Five! Five broad headings! Our chief weapon is surprise....

Fantastic.

here is the google cache on ACTA – handily, the page came up as a subhead when…

On the digital divide, I'd like to know some specifics about the model they see working to bring broadband to our rural areas…

Excuse the dumb question but what is "peering"? Over the shoulder? Through a window? Surveillance of internet use??

It's actually a really important issue for companies trying to deliver internet media.

I explained it on Mediawatch in 2005.

Nothing has improved.

In respect of questions for the TVNZ7 panel, I would like something on where the internet fits with secondary schooling. Should it be an IT responsibility (which is more about finding your…

1. peering
2. peering
3. ACTA

and I liked I/Ss question about copyright.

Don't know the truth of…

I reckon the copyright question.

And do the panel think there is a demonstrable, material link between economic growth and broadband coverage?

... not the comfy chair!

I'm really pleased that internet issues are being seriously debated. It's a nice change from times when politicians considered the internet a pool of nutters and/or paedophiles.

Others have raised this topics,…

Ask them if they think internet access is now a utility like water, electricity and gas, and therefore should be regulated as such.

Ask them if they think Treasury imposes too high a discount rate on infrastructure…

Sean Plunket will moderate. Fran O'Sullivan and I will ask questions and pass on live questions from viewers. There'lll also be a studio audience asking questions, a live IRC channel, questions submitted via Skype and online polls. Yes, it does sound complex.

Yes, it sounds far too complex, with a…

PA hosts in NZ? Are you made of money Russell?

Hell no — that would be crazy. We're with the hosting service in California that CactusLab uses. Their monthly allocation is freakin' huge, and it's not expensive.

Certainly their ideas can…

all my packets to/from PA appear to go Dunedin->Auckland->Los Angeles->San Francisco->Auckland

PA hosts in NZ? Are you made of money Russell?

Whether they support the compulsory filtering of all data by the ISPs, as the Aussies seem rather keen on.

(BTW all my packets…

Does the panel believe central government has any role in censoring the internet in the name of cyber-safety and, if the answer is yes, how would the panelists ensure any such centralised censorship wasn't captured by vested interests who push to ban sites that cater to…

I see there's news this morning of Auckland City Council considering running libraries and other services as businesses. Libraries provide free Internet access for members of the public who don't have access…

Five! Five broad headings! Our chief weapon is surprise....

Gold.

Apparently the public are not…

I think that they wanted to ask whether Asian crime was a problem in New Zealand

If they'd started out from an angle that East Asians were *less* inclined to criminality than other groups, and went on to consider whether the police were adequately addressing what crime there was, then…

I seem to tune in to Radio Live...even with ads...

I'm not sure if it is the format, the programmes or the announcers.Or just me...

– anything about peering – (for example) Telecom claims we're all moving to VOIP in a few years wouldn't it be a bad thing is half our local calls have to go through LA ?(much less Auckland)

– something about ACTA…

Five! Five broad headings! Our chief weapon is surprise....

Whoops.