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  • On the post: Craigslist Realizes It Went Too Far, No Longer Requires Exclusive License To Your Posts

    Aaron deOliveira ( profile ), 10 Aug, 2012 @ 02:29pm

    going the way of the classifieds

    craigslist is ripening for disruption. several different attempts have been made to build value on top of it. pretty soon someone will find enough value to build a new platform that accepts these value builders.

  • On the post: Even The Sex At The Olympics Is Sponsored

    Aaron deOliveira ( profile ), 08 Aug, 2012 @ 10:47am

    Re: Memo:

    4+ years of work to have sex 15 times?

    Assuming Olympic athletes have sex more than just at the games, it would seem far easier just to ask the Olympic athletes themselves. You would only need a 0.3% success rate to reach 15 times.

  • On the post: Legacy Artists Sign Letter Demanding ISPs & Search Engines Pitch In To Return Them To Their Former Glory

    Aaron deOliveira ( profile ), 26 Jul, 2012 @ 02:37pm

    This letter could be signed "We the Obsolete". It's nice when they self select.

  • On the post: Band Explains Why It Loves When Fans Download Unauthorized Copies Of Its Music

    Aaron deOliveira ( profile ), 26 Jun, 2012 @ 04:49pm

    give them your whole catalog

    At this point, why doesn't the band use something like Boxopus to transfer their entire catalog to everyone at the show?

    They've expressed interest in your music. Get them involved with everything you do. Then you've really connected with them as a fan. Now they know you better and are more likely to support you directly.

  • On the post: The New Elitism: File Sharing 'Created' Pop Music And Removing Gatekeepers Is 'Killing Culture'

    Aaron deOliveira ( profile ), 20 Jun, 2012 @ 07:56am

    radio

    Helene Lindvall's article seems to have the subtext of "on the radio" baked into every paragraph.

    These days the only place I listen to radio is occasionally in my car. And because of that my musical tastes have broadened and niched. I've found so many artists that I've never heard on the radio.

    I support them far more than whatever percentage they get from a CD purchase through a label.

  • On the post: Canadian IP Lobby Calls For SOPA North, Complete With Website Blocking And Secondary Liability

    Aaron deOliveira ( profile ), 11 Jun, 2012 @ 03:54pm

    things like this are the sound of gatekeepers dying. i would bet even more ridiculous proposals will make their rounds through the halls of government before these gatekeepers become a historical footnote.

  • On the post: EA Believes That Making A Lot Of Money Is Less Important Than Keeping Games Expensive

    Aaron deOliveira ( profile ), 11 Jun, 2012 @ 10:48am

    I imagine EA still has the experience of the NFL 2k series eating their lunch.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFL_2K

    http://n4g.com/news/504781/nfl-2k13-comes-one-step-closer-to-reality-with-take-two-sales

    2k was successful from 2002-2004 then they got squeezed out.

    EA is ultimatly arguing the "but how do we make 100 million dollar movies/games with lower prices?"

  • On the post: Amanda Palmer Details How All That Kickstarter Money Is Being Spent

    Aaron deOliveira ( profile ), 22 May, 2012 @ 03:38pm

    ebook

    She should write an ebook chronicling all of this with calendar dates. June 1st. Got quotes from artists for turn tables June 5th. Laid out Kickstarter campaign. June 12. Launched campaign. June 16th. Promoted campaign. June 23. Sent personal thank yous to doners. Etc. Etc.

    That kind of information could be valuable to others trying to follow in her footsteps.

  • On the post: Counting Crows Distributes Songs And More Via BitTorrent

    Aaron deOliveira ( profile ), 14 May, 2012 @ 02:49pm

    two phrases

    two phrases i like

    1) low-barrier way to (re)connect

    2) bit-torrent has a bigger install base

    both great realizations

  • On the post: If A Kid Grabs Your Camera In The Street And Snaps Some Photos, Who Owns The Copyright

    Aaron deOliveira ( profile ), 09 Sep, 2011 @ 08:14pm

    Transformative Use

    So what would happen if someone takes the image and does something transformative like the infamous Obama photo?

  • On the post: How Low Has MySpace Sunk? It's About To Be Sold For Less Than $30 Million

    Aaron deOliveira ( profile ), 28 Jun, 2011 @ 03:52pm

    My [______]

    I meet artists in Houston that use MySpace. They're working every angle they can to get their music heard. Their use of MySpace isn't exclusive, but they use it as a tool to promote.

  • On the post: Some Actual Backlash For Groups That Unthinkingly Sign Their Name In Support Of Telco Positions

    Aaron deOliveira ( profile ), 22 Jun, 2011 @ 07:27pm

    boy who cried wolf

    What I described is also called a signal vs. noise problem. Each of these organizations that let other people speak for them are creating "noise" around their message. So when they want to substantively speak to their constituents, it is that much harder to get their attention and moreover their action.

    An example of this is Niger Innis'(http://www.hannity.com/guest/innis-niger/10174) recent appearance on Sean Hannity's program where he talked about the signal vs. noise problem among African-American political groups. He said that so often their discussions of issues facing the African-American community were derailed by "noise". Because these groups allow noise they will have the same problem when they try to mobilize their base.

    Any group that allows their messaging, brand building, community building, etc. to be co-opted by someone else is setting themselves up for failure in their own mission.

  • On the post: Some Actual Backlash For Groups That Unthinkingly Sign Their Name In Support Of Telco Positions

    Aaron deOliveira ( profile ), 22 Jun, 2011 @ 03:47pm

    downside

    the downside is that all of the organizations that take this money and do this dirty work create a "boy who cried wolf" problem for themselves. if they ever end up in a media spotlight, someone is going to uncover all of these inane statements they've been making that have nothing to do with their core mission. there will most likely be blow-back from the press, the public or even their own members.

    after a few such organizations get burned, i imagine they will be much more careful about letting others speak for them.

    they are sowing the seeds of their own calamity.

  • On the post: Post A Picture That 'Causes Emotional Distress' And You Could Face Jailtime In Tennessee

    Aaron deOliveira ( profile ), 07 Jun, 2011 @ 03:10pm

    Re: Jurisdiction

    how will this affect sites that are intended to cause distress like thedirty.com

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

    Aaron deOliveira ( profile ), 10 Feb, 2011 @ 02:21pm

    Re: Re: Re:

    transaction costs

    he said that he was willing to pay the 4 pounds for what he wanted.

    the additional transaction costs that occur with purchasing a cd in another country include:

    shipping & handling
    waiting for it to arrive
    format shifting
    knowing that some of the money went to purchase other songs on the CD that he didn't want.

    all of these things make it a more complicated and also more expensive, in more than just money, than just torrenting the file.

    bit torrent has it's own complications and wait times. competing with free means offering something better than what i can get for free.

  • On the post: DailyDirt: Duh… Ads Are Supposed To Change People's Minds

    Aaron deOliveira ( profile ), 05 Jan, 2011 @ 09:01pm

    adkeeper

    for the adkeeper. ads are just content.

  • On the post: Panera's 'Pay What You Want' Restaurants Are Working

    Aaron deOliveira ( profile ), 04 Nov, 2010 @ 05:24am

    Don't forget this guy has already been successful at it

    The Bagle Man & Pay What You Want

    http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090104/2159403281.shtml

    http://pricetheory.uchicago.edu/levitt/Papers/WhatTheBagelManSaw.pdf

  • On the post: Why Copyright Criminals Filmmakers Won't Get Sued? Because They'd Win

    Aaron deOliveira ( profile ), 06 Apr, 2010 @ 07:53pm

    Re:

    i definitely agree with the idea of an easy target. being middle class and educated means that they can hit back. bully's don't like that.

    if they start a fight with an educated middle class or above, they're asking for a fight with alumni organizations, trade organizations, facebook groups, etc, etc.

    i really liked your imagery: "sepia-toned humans toiling against misery in dark, sweaty basements or ghetto community rooms" beautiful writing.

  • On the post: Guy Buys $3 Billion CD-ROM

    Aaron deOliveira ( profile ), 06 Jan, 2010 @ 03:15am

    pricing mistakes

    extreme pricing mistakes like this usually happen when they put information in the wrong field. 287593413357 is probably a serial number of a sku number for them. something that has significance somewhere. when they put it in the price field, the program just said "okay" and charged 2.8 billion.

  • On the post: The Next Big Innovation Will Start Out Looking Like A Toy

    Aaron deOliveira ( profile ), 04 Jan, 2010 @ 08:40pm

    toys

    products that came from literal toys:

    Flickr

    Skype

    ---

    i think he meant more that people would be dismissive and say something to the effect of "that will never amount to more than a toy compared to what we have"

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