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  • On the post: FoxNews Fear Mongering: Online Games May KILL You!

    Derek ( profile ), 04 Jan, 2008 @ 08:56am

    It's obvious

    News reports radical stuff = people read = reporters keep their jobs

    How many of you read this because it labeled "World of Warcraft"? If it had not said that, a lot of people would not read it, cause its the same old bad news we get every day, and we cant read it all.

    By reading the article, you are playing into their hands and assuring that more articles like this are published.

  • On the post: A Business Model Involving Free File Sharing

    Derek ( profile ), 28 Dec, 2007 @ 10:40am

    re: nikki

    Nikki, No one wants to have to give their stuff away for free. You spent your hard earned time making it, so you want people to support you. The problem is that people are used to getting music for free now, and whether it is right or not makes no difference. So basically what you have is no demand to purchase your music. It would be like selling plain old sea shells at a beach, who would buy them?

    In the future, music will no longer be a tangible good that is bought or sold. (you don't have to agree with me, but thats where things are going) Instead, a lot of music will be used as advertisement. For example, Chevy uses a famous song that everybody loves in their car commercial, why? because people will hear it and pay attention, and it sticks in their mind. The same thing would happen when i hear a "badass" song, I would be proud to buy and wear the bands t-shirt.

    The nice thing about this change is that Artists will no longer be able to put out a song and just make money from it. They will have to be more accessible, and more creative. Finishing the song will be just the beginning. (not that its the end now, but you get the idea) This will be much better for the fans in the long run.

  • On the post: Bad Ideas: Trying To Build A Marketplace Of Virtual Goods

    Derek ( profile ), 18 Dec, 2007 @ 05:44am

    Re: Economics of Irrationality

    It is not the same. With digital goods, you get a 100% perfect replica. The handbag may look the same in a well lit room, but it is not the same. If you offered your GF the choice between a real bag and a fake one, the cost being the same, which one would she choose? Probably the real one because she knows it's better quality, maybe comes with a warranty, etc...

  • On the post: Want To See How Pointless Shutting Down OiNK Was?

    Derek ( profile ), 01 Nov, 2007 @ 10:16am

    Re: Re: Re: I remember...

    This is backwards thinking. Trying to stop them is the wrong way to go about it. I agree that it is stealing, and that it is wrong, but it is too late to stop it. There are ways that file sharing can be used as a tool.

    Quick example of idea: file sharing has caused a rapid depreciation in the value of music as a product. The industry will have to evolve into one where music is used as an advertisement or promotion instead of a product. Let people hear your music and get them to come to concerts, purchase merchandise, and buy expanded content. This idea would kill big record labels, because the profit margins are not insane like they used to be, but does anyone really care if they go away? This would also open the market up to tons of potential new music as the record labels would not control 90% of the distribution.

  • On the post: Want To See How Pointless Shutting Down OiNK Was?

    Derek ( profile ), 01 Nov, 2007 @ 06:47am

    Re: RIAA is like the Bush Administration

    I have to disagree with you here. Although I do think Ego might be a small part of the problem, I think the biggest part is MONEY. The record labels have been gouging the industry for decades, and all the sudden things have changed. The record industry was (and is still) not ready to give up their huge profit margin. Because of this, they have failed to innovate and adapt to changing conditions.

    The industry is slowly coming around, but just like in the movie "Mr. Deeds", you almost have to convince the Record labels to hate money.

    Even though the industry has been such a mess i think a lot of good can come from it. The consumers, being fed up, now have a more open mind. This leaves the gate wide open for new companies to come in and innovate.

    In my opinion the company that will succeed will be the one who puts the consumer and artist first, and the money second. This, being impossible for big record labels, means their imminent demise. But for young startups who can pull this off, this will be a great time period.

  • On the post: Want To See How Pointless Shutting Down OiNK Was?

    Derek ( profile ), 01 Nov, 2007 @ 06:33am

    Comparison to Hydra?

    Has anyone ever compared illegal file sharing to a Hydra? no matter how many times the head is chopped off, two appear in its place. If i remember correctly, Hercules, after chopping off a few heads realized that he had to do something DIFFERENT to kill it. I wish the RIAA would see this.

    Note: This analogy would imply that the RIAA is Hercules, which could not be farther from the truth.

  • On the post: International Game Of File Sharing Whack-A-Mole Continues

    Derek ( profile ), 24 Oct, 2007 @ 08:48am

    Change the game

    its like, instead of trying to whack-a-mole, you should develop a new strategy that does not involve chasing the mole. Like a pinball machine, you give the ball a whack (let the file be shared) and it does the work for you (advertising itself and creates awareness)

  • On the post: New Nigerian Scam Involves Cute Little Puppies

    Derek ( profile ), 16 Oct, 2007 @ 08:42am

    Poor Russian Woman

    That poor Russian woman is my mother. She really is in need, i have been eating a sand and water mixture for weeks now and we are so cold.

    please send cash (small bills - USD only) in an untraceable envelope to:

    Help Vlad's poor Russian mother
    P.O. Box. 11111
    402 gullible plaza
    kaput, Nigeria ( don't worry, not the real Nigeria, its one in Russia)

  • On the post: AT&T Buys A Little Head Start On 700 MHz Spectrum

    Derek ( profile ), 10 Oct, 2007 @ 02:36pm

    visa at sams

    I just used my Visa card at Sam's Club yesterday in Tulsa, OK