Posts by Mark Harris
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Thanks, Giovanni. Last time I looked neither Glenn Beck nor Bill O'Reilly (neither of which exactly requires any skill to make fun of) were holding elected office.
And yet TDS mocked them before as well. There's no requirement on Stewart to only mock the politicians. TDS has always been about mocking the media. Or did you miss that?
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It's always been ludicrously hard to make money from records in NZ and it's usually had to subsidized by someone.
And in writing, theatre, photography, any of the creative arts that can legitimately be considered as a career overseas. And it's simply a function of size, as you say - not enough people live here.
The Internet can be your best friend here, if you use it right by getting up to speed with what's available. But too many people don't understand it and declare it the enemy.
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Woh! Just read 2.5 pages of comments that really put the "nut" in "wingnut". Then I had to leave it, with 26 pages unread. Them's some scary dudes.
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I love the ad on the side of their page: "Click here to see how you can flush 15-20 pounds from your colon!"
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When B5 came out, I was still a government bureaucrat. It resonated...
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Thing is, Mark, finding a 'business plan' in recorded music- and even more in film and tv- when its value to the consumer is 0c is... not simple.
Who said it was going to be simple, Rob? The only simplicity is in understanding that, whether it's a leap forward or not, that's the way it is now, get over it and find a way to make it work for you. And that's what the majority of the writers in that Hypebot series don't seem to want to do. They're talking about "digital exclusivity" like they can still manufacture scarcity to increase value. Nuh-uh. It doesn't work like that in the digital world.
There's a little more in this than "industry people" wanting to (further) feather their nests.
Of course there is. There's a way of life disappearing, entire business models vanishing, I know this. Those writers don't seem to.
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Paul I'd like to abso-fucking-lutely agree with you.
But I don't think I will.
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<opinion>Some of those people are clinging to a false hope. I think Kevin Kelly (surprise) and the guy from INgroove have it sussed, but most of the rest are still talking about "maintaining exclusivity" and using free as a promo.
I'll stick with Reznor's view from the clip I posted the other day - as soon as it gets published, someone will rip it and put it online for free. It is not possible to stop that technically. If your business model doesn't take account of that, you don't have a viable business model.
And it doesn't matter whether it's music, art, literature or photographs; if it can be delivered digitally, someone is going to give it away, whether you want them to or not.
Now that you know that, formulate a business plan that takes it into account. That is the only sustainable way to make money in this environment.</opinion>
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That would just be icky!
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That is not a fact; it is an opinion, and you know it.
Ah, but Giovanni didn't say which was which, which takes it from an opinion to a truism, which is truer than any fact, and that's a fact.