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   Joe Smith, Jun 7th, 2006 @ 9:06am

   
   

   Obviousness

   Long before anyone coined the expression "long tail" it was obvious that the economic opportunity on the Internet was in niche markets. That, afterall, is the basis of the eBay business model - matching up niche buyers and sellers. No need to give credit.

    

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   Paul, Jun 7th, 2006 @ 9:13am

   
   

   Simple explaination

   The writer of the article has probably never heard of "The Long Tail". They were just tasked withh writing this article by deadline.

    

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   dorpus, Jun 7th, 2006 @ 9:15am

   
   

   Turning Rock into Classical?

   I may give people here a hissy fit by being willing to buy things through i-tunes, but are there music groups that convert rock&roll music into classical? I just discovered a group called "King's Singers" that does this with Beatles or Billy Joels tunes, turning them into church choir music.

    

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   Just Another Joe, Jun 7th, 2006 @ 9:40am

   
   

   Plagiarism

   After reading both articles, the Time's piece could boarder on plagiarism because of the similar ideas and arguments. Of course with an endless source of ideas and data available on the web, it could be mere coincidence, but who knows. It would, however, be interesting to read the Time's response after they read Anderson's piece.

    

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   Bob, Jun 7th, 2006 @ 11:35am

   
   

   long tail coincidence

   As more and more people add crap to the internet there is more chance of accidental plagiarism.
   
   I think this might be a unqiue idea.
   
   nope, 1,430,000 result on google.

    

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   Anonymous Coward, Jun 7th, 2006 @ 12:09pm

   
   

   Re: Turning Rock into Classical?

   arthur fiedler and the boston pops

    

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   Spencer Roads, Jun 7th, 2006 @ 1:18pm

   
   

   Re: Turning Rock into Classical?

   Yeah, try the Kronos Quartet -- spectacular cover of Hendrix's Purple Haze, to name one.

    

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   freakengine, Jun 7th, 2006 @ 1:23pm

   
   

   It seems that as it gets easier and easier to do research, fewer and fewer reporters are willing to do the legwork. For example, I recently read a Reuters article with blatant factual errors. When I emailed them about it, all I got was a form letter response. I wonder if the editorial staff even notified the writer of the errors.

    

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   Leo, Jun 7th, 2006 @ 1:24pm

   
   

   A million monkeys

   Who was it that said: "If you sat a million monkeys down to type for a million years, statistically one compose Romeo and Juliet"... i butchered it
   
   So credit wasnt given where its due, who cares? At this point, i am hard pressed to believe that anything written on the net is, at its best, not merely a collection of other people's work cut and pasted with some transitions in betweeen. Need i remind everyone of virtually every high school and college paper they ever wote?

    

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    Leo, Jun 7th, 2006 @ 1:24pm

    
    

    A million monkeys

    Who was it that said: "If you sat a million monkeys down to type for a million years, statistically one compose Romeo and Juliet"... i butchered it
    
    So credit wasnt given where its due, who cares? At this point, i am hard pressed to believe that anything written on the net is, at its best, not merely a collection of other people's work cut and pasted with some transitions in betweeen. Need i remind everyone of virtually every high school and college paper they ever wote?

     

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    Anonymous Coward, Jun 7th, 2006 @ 2:26pm

    
    

    Re: Turning Rock into Classical?

    Apocalyptica (metal played on 4 cellos)

     

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    Jrock, Jun 7th, 2006 @ 2:32pm

    
    

    Re: A million monkeys

    Virtually? Wrote?!?! haha, all jokes aside, I agree. I think we are getting dangerously close to the point in our existence where unique ideas (and especially unique pieces of written language) are extinct. Come on, nothing anyone says is original. We all put words together in ways we have already heard them put together. And if you think you are the first person to come up with your ingenious idea of recycled toilet paper or whatever it is, you are wrong. A hundred thousand other peanut brains already thought it up and it's probably patented, or written about, or on the market. We're all so obsessed with originality but it is just an illusion.

     

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