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  • On the post: Content Creators Coming To Terms With The Fact That Their Works Will Be Shared

    m3mnoch ( profile ), 18 Jun, 2010 @ 03:59pm

    Re: Re: Re: Re:

    no, no. i think you meant:

    "The fact that modern-day artists can't turn that into profit is entirely their fault."

    artists prior to the 20th century found all kinds of ways to be profitable. the main one? being really, really good at their craft. if no one is willing to pay you to perform or sing or write for them? guess what? time for a new career.

    you know... that reminds me. when did "starving artist" turn into "party like a rockstar?"

    m3mnoch.

  • On the post: Marvel Pricing Digital Comics Three Times Higher Than Paper Copies [Updated]

    m3mnoch ( profile ), 15 Jun, 2010 @ 02:24pm

    Re:

    heh. somebody needs a lesson in fixed costs.

    m3mnoch.

  • On the post: Music In Real Time: Keep Up Or Get Left Behind

    m3mnoch ( profile ), 10 Jun, 2010 @ 02:32pm

    Re:

    links:

    http://blog.virginieberger.com/

    http://twitter.com/virberg

    m3mnoch.

  • On the post: Newspaper Publisher Defends Filing 22 Copyright Lawsuits Against Sites Who Copied Text… With Links Back

    m3mnoch ( profile ), 04 Jun, 2010 @ 11:21am

    yes, but will charles krauthammer sue him?

    because, you know, he just drove off with krauthammer's 'vette right out of his front yard -- without so much as a link back.

    frederick
    http://www.lvrj.com/blogs/sherm/Those_troublesome_Jews.html

    krauthammer
    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/03/AR2010060304287.html

    (warning: the post article is registration required)

    of course, you can't really deep-link to the washington post story anyway because it's behind a paywall. and you can't really find the original quote because that means it's not in google's search engine. but, i guess all that's a different post altogether.

    m3mnoch.

  • On the post: What's Left Of The Sony Betamax Decision?

    m3mnoch ( profile ), 03 Jun, 2010 @ 02:53pm

    weird html in the post

    fyi -- in the first paragraph, the words "striking down" have a weird rollover on them.

    m3mnoch.

  • On the post: Why Do Politicians Keep Using Unlicensed Music In Commercials?

    m3mnoch ( profile ), 25 May, 2010 @ 03:24pm

    Re:

    but, aside from the whole common sense "make sure the musician agrees with you politically before you play their songs on tv without their permission" gaffe, shouldn't we be holding politicians to a higher standard than "joe sixpack?"

    isn't that kinda the point of electing quality leaders?

    m3mnoch.

  • On the post: Bad Ideas: Hurt Locker Producers Preparing To Sue Tens Of Thousands Of File Sharers

    m3mnoch ( profile ), 12 May, 2010 @ 01:44pm

    quick typo

    you've got a dunlap/dunlop mixing in there from the second and third paragraphs.

    m3mnoch.

  • On the post: Netflix Agrees To Delay Fox And Universal New Releases, Annoy Avatar Fans

    m3mnoch ( profile ), 12 Apr, 2010 @ 09:29am

    Re: Blockbuster

    it's a "bad thing" for them because no late fees is a bigger consumer boon than a 20% shorter delayed release.

    and, it's a "bad thing" for them because instant-play convenience is a bigger consumer boon than a 20% shorter delayed release.

    finally, it's a "bad thing" for them because an enormous, long-tail catalog is a bigger consumer boon than a 20% shorter delayed release.

    m3mnoch.

  • On the post: Guy Who Makes Simple Caller ID App For Android Forced To Shut Down Due To Patent Threat

    m3mnoch ( profile ), 25 Feb, 2010 @ 11:27am

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: patent supporter

    he was probably just reading between the lines and saw "turkey basted" instead...

    m3mnoch.

  • On the post: Cable Lobbyist Says Net Neutrality Violates The First Amendment

    m3mnoch ( profile ), 10 Dec, 2009 @ 05:34pm

    the first amendment?

    do corporations even have a first amendment?

    m3mnoch.

  • On the post: Corey Smith Details His Experience In Becoming A Massively Successful Indie Artist

    m3mnoch ( profile ), 10 Dec, 2009 @ 12:02pm

    Re:

    ha!

    aka: good musicians succeed. poor ones fail.

    pssst. regardless what your mom told you, not everyone is a winner and not everyone makes good music. so, just because you *want* to be a musician doesn't mean anyone has to pay you.

    m3mnoch.

  • On the post: One Misguided Tweet Is 'Indisputable' Evidence That Piracy Harms Movies?

    m3mnoch ( profile ), 30 Nov, 2009 @ 12:17pm

    so quit.

    personally, i'm of the opinion that if you don't want to make a sequel, then don't. if you don't want to "lose" money on films, stop making films. lots of businesses lose money. success is hard and certainly not guaranteed or "owed" to you.

    no offense, but stop whining and just go away.

    i mean, here're the benefits!:

    1) for every whiner that just shuts up, there are 3 innovative folks who take his (or her) place -- so we still keep getting more content produced. (insert one of mike's "the industry is growing" studies here...)

    2) this gives whiners a chance to find a different job where piracy simply isn't a factor so they can be happy again.

    3) and, most of all, we don't have to listen to them whine anymore!

    it's win-win-win!

    m3mnoch.

  • On the post: Dear PR People: If Your Exec Has A Comment, Our Comments Are Open

    m3mnoch ( profile ), 23 Nov, 2009 @ 11:29am

    Re: Wrong approach

    "MG Siegler's TechCrunch"

    now that's funny.

    m3mnoch.

  • On the post: Dear Hollywood: Don't Be Idiots; Don't Delay Movie Rentals

    m3mnoch ( profile ), 26 Oct, 2009 @ 06:21pm

    Re: Re: RTB

    aka, you can become an insider to view techdirt content early.

    no matter what you do -- other than pirate it -- and no matter how much you want to pay, you cannot view a dvd of a movie the same day it was released in the theater.

    this is the much-vaunted "reason to buy."

    m3mnoch.

  • On the post: Music Publishers Now Suing Lyrics Sites And Their Execs

    m3mnoch ( profile ), 26 Aug, 2009 @ 11:45am

    just don't buy their music

    it's certainly one of the reasons i refuse -- absolutely refuse -- to buy riaa-backed music.

    i say this vehemently: to hell the riaa.

    sure, i pay more for a cd because of it. but i would rather hand a $20 bill to the guy (for his burned cd no less) who just played a small concert of his own inspired-by-gershwin music. of which, i promptly took home and ripped all the tracks to mp3.

    i'd rather give money to musicians than a useless suit.

    m3mnoch.

  • On the post: Yes, People Dislike The RIAA Because Of Its Actions, Not Because Everyone Hates Music Business People

    m3mnoch ( profile ), 17 Aug, 2009 @ 02:00pm

    Re: Re: Techdirt's Very Existance

    say what?

    so, by this rationale, the declaration of independence is damn near worthless?

    bzzzzzt -- wrong.

    idea != property. music != property. the point was not missed.

    m3mnoch.

  • On the post: Yes, People Dislike The RIAA Because Of Its Actions, Not Because Everyone Hates Music Business People

    m3mnoch ( profile ), 17 Aug, 2009 @ 01:44pm

    Re: Re: Yeah, that's about right.

    "It is the reason Techdirt is so funny to read, so many people flailing about yelling "free this" and "free that" and nobody thinking past the ends of their noses as to how it would really work in the long run."

    heh. funny. i'm pretty sure that music and musicians have existed for millennia without the riaa. that strikes me as a substantially longer "long run" than the ~55 years the riaa has been 'round.

    the best part? the riaa will eventually go away whether you think techdirt is funny or not.

    m3mnoch.

  • On the post: More Bands Look To Give Reasons To Buy

    m3mnoch ( profile ), 14 Aug, 2009 @ 05:25pm

    The Crystal Ball

    btw, mike. i just wanted you to know -- i LOVE the crystal ball.

    http://www.techdirt.com/rtb.php?tid=200

    ... makes me feel all special and stuff.

    m3mnoch.

  • On the post: Journalist Demands Google Give Up Its 'Fair Share' To Newspapers

    m3mnoch ( profile ), 16 Jul, 2009 @ 11:30am

    no links

    hrm. i just noticed -- osnos's article doesn't have a single link throughout.

    m3mnoch.

  • On the post: Odd Argument: Google Will Lose Out Once Everyone's Comfortable Paying For Stuff

    m3mnoch ( profile ), 10 Jul, 2009 @ 10:13pm

    content? no.

    not to mention that google isn't in the content business -- they're in the indexing business.

    i repeat: google does not make and sell content.

    they don't even sell other people's content. they sell algorithmically indexed associations linking disparate 3rd party producers' content. (search, gmail, maps, adsense, book search, etc.)

    meaning, they're the middle-man. they point them over there to them over yonder and take a cut for the referral. the more hook-ups they can make, the more money they bring in.

    you know -- kinda like a digital pimp.

    m3mnoch.

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