Posts by Mark Harris
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Slightly OT but the monsters in the headline made me think of this:
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I think your touch was fine - it's just the raw material that let you down
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Hmm, not sure how that happened, but thanks, Keir.
http://tracs.co.nz/gripping-hand/on-copyright-pt-3/But you can see that there's a whole bunch of failure modes that are screamingly scary to a writer or musician, who, let's be blunt, doesn't want to be in the dot-com game?
And how many bands fail through not being heard? the .com mode you refer to is more about failed business models and over hyped perceptions, because everyone wanted to get rich quick. The positive talk I read from Jeff Price and Suusan Ferris, for example, is about a more sustainable, long-term model. I think there's a difference there, based on the learnings of the past. It's the other ones, who express the doubts but are going ahead with limited change who are more likely to fail, because they don't actually have a model - they're just (reluctantly) following the crowd in the hope that they can make some money.
1. Give stuff away.
2. ?????????
3. Profit.Did you read the links, Keir? That's not what I read at all.
We certainly owe retraining, wouldn't you say?
Owe what to whom? Musicians? Writers? Label managers? Why do "we" owe anything to anyone? The game has changed for everyone and society has to adjust across the board.
This is not about "free music" - this is about a fundamental change in economic paradigm, from a scarcity-based model to an abundance-based one. It has impacts well beyond the struggling artist.
You, and some others, have decided to label me as a "social Darwinist" or "free market advocate", simply for acknowledging the change, and thus dismissing anything I have to say because of that. Well, that's your prerogative, but you haven't come up with an alternate analysis, have you? Something beyond the one-liners, perhaps?
For a lot of people, this is not some academic discussion in the caff between lectures - it's an economic issue they face daily. What's your solution, Keir?
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Kelly's a lot of things, but he's always worth listening to.
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You do that too?
Everybody does. They just pretend they don't.
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Don't know how many of those opinions you looked at Mark, but I thought about half sounded (at least mildly) enthusiastic. Though, ahm, wary. Which makes sense to me.
All of them, actually. I started to respond here, but decided to turn it into a blogpost instead. And I hadn't read Jeff Price's piece properly. He gets it as well, as does Susan Ferris.
it's all very well to talk about "new models" but what if it's just too close to impossible to compete with free?
That's the point - you don't compete with free; you use free to connect with fans and and then sell them something. As Kelly says:
When copies are free, you need to sell things which can not be copied
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Unless of course it's starts to get nasty I get some sort of perverse pleasure watching these wackos.
Kind of like ripping scabs of a partially healed wound?
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And in the meantime, we have who- Simon Power? beavering away to come up with new law.
I believe Chris Finlayson is leading that charge, though I'm not seeing anything from them at the moment.
Anyone willing to bet it's something Mark and Don love?
Not holding my breath, no ;-) but actually, I'd be happy if it was at least fair to all parties, and doesn't include anything that smacks of guilt on accusation. 92C is still an issue, but that's for another day.
it'll be truely astonishing if he takes copyright in NZ in a bold new direction. I wouldn't put a lot of money on ISPs being completely off the hook.
I'd be stunned if this government did anything truly radical that looked to the future, especially after Finlayson's acquiescence to the reintroduction of 92A, and in the current climate of copyright absolutism around the world.
I think a global review of copyright from the ground up is essential, as the ground has shifted mightily since the Internet came along, and the old models just don't work anymore. I'll be ecstatic if I see it in my lifetime, even. But, as above, I'll just keep breathing normally for the moment. ;-)
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But I fear I've lost track of your point here ...
I'm not sure he has one but, if so, I think it's that a comedian isn't consistent politically (WTF?)
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Oh, I note that Jack Ross has written a truly amazing post over at the Imaginary Museum about unpacking his comics library. Sensational stuff.
Thank you for that Giovanni. Some bloody nice memories in there...