Posts by Russell Brown
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There's a deeper issue behind this - an industry that has leached off the 'poor struggling artist' for far too long, based on a transitory business model that is fundamentally unsustainable.
Parts of it are way sustainable. APRA had its best year ever last year.
Copyright incomes from synchronisation rights, performance rights and publishing are fine. Selling stuff is harder -- but that's in part because other forms of deriving money from the ownership of music copyrights have flourished.
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Sorry Rob for swearing, but your comment did annoy me, as you are by now doubtless aware. Although I suppose I could have made good by swearing at Mark for balance ...
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It seems to be something that you've happily repeated with others here, which is pretty much why I opted out of this thread.
Which is a seriously sub-optimal result.
Mark, I would appreciate an undertaking to assume the good faith of others in this debate.
It's kinda funny that we become most exercised over an issue that's a mystery to most people, but we should treat each others' arguments with respect.
In other news, should I simply establish a permanent copyright thread?
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Actually Mark Harris- the more tourist dollars have come into South Westland - the HIGHER our rates have become
That was my immediate thought. Big O wouldn't be the only place that's happened
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fucking is not russell....... stop it yourself.
how do you know who I was talking about if its so completely bullshit. I didn't mention his name and you say there are atleast three lawyers in the chat.Don't be silly. You were clearly referring to Graeme.
Graeme by my reading on other matters seems a very thorough and thoughtful man, I like what I've read of what he's said regarding other things. not merely someone who "sees things his way" which I think grossly under represents him.
He posed a reasonable question, which several people set out to answer. Your characterisation of it was mischief-making. I'm ultimately responsible for the nature of the discussions here and that doesn't help me.
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interestingly on the other thread of hysteria the resident known lawyer is getting flak for not getting too worried about 92a. how dare he use his knowledge of the law to remain calm.
Fucking bullshit he is, Rob. Just stop it.
Graeme, as he does, is seeing things his way and asking hard questions on that basis. He's way smart like that.
But no one is giving him "flak". People (including at least two other lawyers) are addressing the questions he raised. It's called a discussion.
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Some of us don't sell advertising at all.
Heh.
Good post, BTW. You have provided leadership on due process, and that was in my mind in writing the above.
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Diffabled is a word.
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Looks like Russell has nailed the colours to the mast(head)...
Not just us. Kiwiblog, Scoop, Throng, Geekzone and many others are running those banners.
Of course, seeing them all the time kinda says "this site isn't selling any advertising this month" ...
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As for deafness, I prefer hard of hearing. I'm not Deaf as my loss is moderate to severe and I have some residual hearing, which permits me to function in a hearing world - to a degree. But functioning in a hearing world, even with hearing aids, taxes my mental resources so it's exhausting sometimes. Smiling and nodding goes a loooooong way sometimes.
My friends in Wellington have a friend in the moderate-to-severe range. She parties with the best of them, and participates socially when people can remember to face her when they speak. But even then, I've known that she's sometimes smiling-and-nodding. I imagine that it works to have another drink and go with the flow.
But that fatigue, I suspect, is common across the differently-abled sector. Our older boy has generally been utterly exhausted for his first two terms at a new school.
I use the graphics card metaphor: the rest of us are wandering around with the latest Nvidia 3D graphics in our heads. ASD people are doing it all on the CPU. Life is a resource hog.
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