Public Address | Cafe | Hard News: Unflattering stereotypes about the record industry

Simon Grigg

Sun, 01 Jul 2007 16:50:31 +1200

thanks for the link Russell,.. like you, I've been slightly out of touch for five days....but mine was a conscious avoidance of any cyber link whilst in big bad old Jakarta on a holiday. My first five days without the net of any sort for the best part of a…

Scott Common

Thu, 28 Jun 2007 08:50:36 +1200

Thanks for the link to the PDF (20 things) Russell – I found it to be quite the eye opener. In particular the section about the "long tail" and the changes to how the economics work when you are restricted by how much stock you can hold (never have a…

Ben Austin

Thu, 28 Jun 2007 08:12:08 +1200

I'm not actually arguing against making it free for Britain, I just suspect it could be rather costly if there was a complete digital archive of the BBC online. I believe the BBC is already trying to radically cut costs.

Rich of Observationz

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 12:30:33 +1200

I pay/d my licence fee and I have to pay again?

Some justification for that whinge? The BBC should really provide access to everyone with their TV license.

However that's a slippery slope for them. If they access control BBC content on the Internet, then the next step would be…

Ben Austin

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 10:47:04 +1200

Oh I can't wait to read the letters to the editor in Britain, I suspect 90% will be something along the lines of "I pay/d my licence fee and I have to pay again?!" etc.

Russell Brown

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 10:02:45 +1200

Weird is Good! Absolutely.

Wasn't that great? All his own idea too.

Ian MacKay

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 09:52:16 +1200

Weird is Good! Absolutely. Not the Record industry but Asbergers. Thank you so much the Brown family for such a healthy, funny, sad and optimistic contact. Actually "Weird is Good" could be the flagship motif.

Public Address

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 09:52:16 +1200

Discussion from blog post.