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• On the post: Level3 Proves That Verizon Is Absolutely To Blame For Netflix Congestion… Using Verizon's Own Blog Post

  

  m3mnoch ( profile ), 18 Jul, 2014 @ 01:14pm

  watching proof of the slowdown

  this guys has my favorite example:
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vs3QhEx_3w
  
  he vpn's in (which, incidentally encrypts his network packets from the netflix packet sniffer verizon is running) and gets a giant burst of speed.
  
  who knew? vpns are FASTER!

• On the post: How Should Law Enforcement Handle Being Filmed? Officer Lyons Provides The Perfect Example

  

  m3mnoch ( profile ), 26 Jul, 2011 @ 12:30pm

  Re: Re: hmm...

  cause, you know, walking around on a public street with a holstered firearm isn't threatening at all....
  
  m3mnoch.

• On the post: How Should Law Enforcement Handle Being Filmed? Officer Lyons Provides The Perfect Example

  

  m3mnoch ( profile ), 26 Jul, 2011 @ 12:27pm

  Re:

  also, their email address: police@ci.oceanside.ca.us
  
  you know, just to keep the phones reserved for emergency purposes.
  
  m3mnoch.

• On the post: Did Universal Music Declare 50 Cent's Own Website Is A Pirate Site?

  

  m3mnoch ( profile ), 21 Jun, 2011 @ 10:49am

  heh. indeed. piracy seems to be marketing.
  
  http://siteanalytics.compete.com/50cent.com+thisis50.com/
  
  m3mnoch.

• On the post: Can We Kill Off This Myth That The Internet Is A Wild West That Needs To Be Tamed?

  

  m3mnoch ( profile ), 27 May, 2011 @ 09:02pm

  Re: Re:

  i'm pretty sure there are some folks in darfur saying "who gives a shit about some song you downloaded on the internet? they're fucking killing us, you asshat!"
  
  ... i'm paraphrasing, of course.
  
  m3mnoch.

• On the post: Microsoft Blaming 'Piracy' Rather Than Basic Economics For Its Struggles In China

  

  m3mnoch ( profile ), 27 May, 2011 @ 11:00am

  symptoms and causes

  their logic amounts to blaming the symptom for the cause rather than the other way around.
  
  "i came down with a runny nose and now it's gone and given me a cold!"
  
  silly people. treat the cause, not the symptom.
  
  m3mnoch.

• On the post: Beastie Boys Embrace Many Different Platforms In 'Leaking' Own Album

  

  m3mnoch ( profile ), 26 Apr, 2011 @ 08:03pm

  Re:

  you speak heresy.
  
  amusingly enough, one of my favorite albums of all time is the beastles by dj bc.
  
  http://www.djbc.net/beastles/
  
  root down reprise absolutely, unequivocally rocks.
  
  m3mnoch.

• On the post: If You Can't Understand The Difference Between Money And Content, You Have No Business Commenting On Business Models

  

  m3mnoch ( profile ), 25 Apr, 2011 @ 10:46pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: AC's dilution of value

  a new britney spears album? yup. worth $0 to me. (sorry britney!) note, $0 is less than my time to find and pirate it is worth.
  
  on the other hand, allow me to introduce to you a couple terms that the game industry has coined that you may be interested in: ARPU and ARPPU.
  
  please also note: zynga gives away all their games for free -- yep. you can play any of their games you want absolutely free of charge. and, indeed, they earned $400 million in profit on $850 million in revenues in 2010 -- on free games.
  
  and i know what you're thinking. they keep costs low through slave labor... yer totally right: http://www.zynga.com/jobs/other.php
  
  even crazier? they're not the only company doing this. not by a long shot.
  
  all this for free, as in F. R. E. E.
  
  wake up.
  
  m3mnoch.

• On the post: If You Can't Understand The Difference Between Money And Content, You Have No Business Commenting On Business Models

  

  m3mnoch ( profile ), 25 Apr, 2011 @ 05:40pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Copying the argument

  wait, what?
  
  so, go ahead and look through your referrer logs. or, since you're on wordpress.com, your stats page ( http://jamesgannon.ca/wp-admin/index.php?page=stats ) in the bottom, right-hand corner.
  
  no, it's okay. go ahead and look. we'll all wait.
  
  ...
  
  now, you're going to tell us that all those sites who are linking to you? 51% of them asked your permission to link to your site first?
  
  really?
  
  m3mnoch.

• On the post: Yet Another Study Shows That Students Inherently Know That File Sharing Is Not Theft

  

  m3mnoch ( profile ), 14 Apr, 2011 @ 02:43pm

  Re: Re: Re:

  oooh, oooh! or....
  
  it could be that entertainment-based content creation -- music, storytelling, plays, performances, etc. -- have historically (aka previous to the 20th century) all been service-based.
  
  perform, or you don't get paid. is that really so different?
  
  to all intents and purposes, the boxing and selling of ideas is a relatively new concept. the boxing and selling of the distribution methods, however, is totally different. conceptually, there's no difference between pages in a book and bandwidth over the wire. they are vessels to deliver ideas.
  
  you can sell access to the idea, not the idea itself, because there's no inherent scarcity in ideas. only in the delivery method.
  
  m3mnoch.

• On the post: Yet Another Study Shows That Students Inherently Know That File Sharing Is Not Theft

  

  m3mnoch ( profile ), 14 Apr, 2011 @ 11:36am

  Re:

  you know. it's just a hunch, but that might explain all this movement around "software as a service" that's been coming on strong of late.
  
  all these startup hackers and next-gen business folks.
  
  you may have heard of a few of these poor, destitute companies getting ripped off... twitter, facebook, groupon, zynga, etc. all started by people who were probably still in college during the time of napster.
  
  that'll learn them!
  
  m3mnoch.

• On the post: News Corp. Claims 79,000 Subscribers To Its Paywall For The Times

  

  m3mnoch ( profile ), 31 Mar, 2011 @ 05:49pm

  Re: Re: Re: some math

  but, because i'm, like, thorough and stuff.
  
  http://socialtimes.com/online-overtakes-newspaper-ad-revenue-so-does-google_b32140
  
  m3mnoch.

• On the post: News Corp. Claims 79,000 Subscribers To Its Paywall For The Times

  

  m3mnoch ( profile ), 31 Mar, 2011 @ 05:38pm

  Re: Re: some math

  oh, and tom. sorry. i meant to answer you too.
  
  two things:
  
  1) you must be thinking per unique page view or something. that's a super tiny, completely unsustainable number. that's closer to arpdau vs arpu.
  
  2) your comment doesn't even make sense. so ad rates 4 years ago were 100x more than today? wow. no wonder newspapers are going to hell. ad inventory is selling for a penny on the dollar today compared to 4 years ago!
  
  m3mnoch.

• On the post: News Corp. Claims 79,000 Subscribers To Its Paywall For The Times

  

  m3mnoch ( profile ), 31 Mar, 2011 @ 05:31pm

  Re: Re: some math

  hey mike.
  
  you should have a dedicated "free faq" page linked from the navigation. it could talk about infinite goods and definitions of monopolies and all kinds of core knowledge a lot of these commenters are missing.
  
  you could even use it as a link-to jump-point sort of thing that points to your past posts on the topics.
  
  m3mnoch.

• On the post: News Corp. Claims 79,000 Subscribers To Its Paywall For The Times

  

  m3mnoch ( profile ), 31 Mar, 2011 @ 10:33am

  some math

  call it $3.50 per unique visitor per month based on this:
  http://publishing2.com/2007/07/17/newspaper-online-vs-print-ad-revenue-the-10-problem/
  
  ahem. so. that means....
  
  pre-paywall monthly ad revenue:
  ads: $3.50 arpu x 21,000,000 users = $73,500,000
  total: $73,500,000 revenue per month.
  
  post-paywall monthly ad revenue:
  ads: $7.00 arpu (more valuable!) x 3,000,000 = $21,000,000
  subs: $1,000,000
  total: $22,000,000 revenue per month.
  
  genius move!
  
  m3mnoch.

• On the post: Best Selling Author Turns Down Half A Million Dollar Publishing Contract To Self-Publish

  

  m3mnoch ( profile ), 22 Mar, 2011 @ 11:21am

  but what about the cottage industries

  for every dinosaur publisher that goes tits up, there's another 10 service shops that cater to authors opening up.
  
  createspace.com for example:
  https://www.createspace.com/Products/Book/
  
  all the services you might need, ala carte, as you need them. and at very reasonable prices.
  
  those dinosaurs are about to get eaten alive by a plethora of quick, nimble author services centers.
  
  m3mnoch.

• On the post: Bon Jovi Thinks Steve Jobs Killed Music; More Old Rockers Shooing Those Darn Kids Off Their Lawn

  

  m3mnoch ( profile ), 15 Mar, 2011 @ 01:24pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

  +1 to this entire thread.
  
  m3mnoch.

• On the post: More Authors Realizing They Can Make A Damn Good Living Self-Releasing Super Cheap eBooks

  

  m3mnoch ( profile ), 09 Mar, 2011 @ 01:25pm

  Re: Re: Re: Amanda Hockling

  there's already a market for this. you can get any book you want via irc. it's free. and for someone who is technically astute, it's not that hard.
  
  however, buying books on the kindle? it's a frictionless, awesome system that helps you find and one-click purchase content you want as well as help you find additional content you might like. it just works. and works well.
  
  it's quick, painless easy and absolutely, without a shred of doubt worth at least $0.99.
  
  m3mnoch.

• On the post: When Musicians Get Excited About Remixes, Cool Things Happen: Jay-Z, Nick Drake And Jason Parker Do Jazz

  

  m3mnoch ( profile ), 14 Feb, 2011 @ 04:59pm

  btw, mad, mad props for hooking me up with spekulation. as a huge mashup fanboy, i've been looking for the next awesome. he's it.
  
  instant fan!
  
  m3mnoch.

• On the post: Once Again, If You Don't Offer Authorized Versions Of Released Content, Don't Be Surprised If People Get Unauthorized Copies

  

  m3mnoch ( profile ), 10 Feb, 2011 @ 12:56pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: They need to understand what market they are in

  um. i think that's what we're saying is the problem.
  
  m3mnoch.

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