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ignore the 2 ad breaks thing, I haven't paid my $500 to get free tv yet. purely web watch here.
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2 ad breaks, 3 parts.
first part of this week is russell's intro where here states people "don't want to pay for music". (I don't want to pay for petrol, under the new rules I'm so glad I don't have to)
ws_media7_pta2.mp4 be part 3. -
as in the podcast of file 3 is not there
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seems to be an issue with pt3 of eating media 7 file not found?
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I stand corrected, not hates, but ......... views them with a similar.... hard to put into words really, do what ever they can get away with kinda thing,
he bought up the mafia connections of I think it was warners who were bought up by a funeral home or some such story. inferred that's where they got a lot of their business practices from ie the mob.
it was entertaining if nothing else. -
oh and simon if you're still there, peter hated the 4 majors as much as you. one interesting detail he bought out re that is the youtube deal where the majors took 50 million each for the use of music content on youtube. Essentially money not to sue youtube.
Theoretically that money is for use od artists music but not one cent went back to the artists (how would they divide it anyway)
None of that money went to indie labels either. Essentially the major label share holders pocketed it as straight profit.He mentioned similar deals for other things where the majors bypass their acts.
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Just saw a music managers forum talk given by peter jenner who managed pink floyd, the clash and billy bragg at various points in their career.
it started of a bit boring with all he talk of the good old days and blagging your way through situations but he finished up with a really interesting insight into where income is going to come from for music in the future. he was very much of the mind that it isn't the people downloading music that are stealing from copyright holders but isp's. They're the ones that charge more than it costs to deliver the service they are based on the content provided through that service without paying anything through to the people who's content they are supplying. He said ISP's know this and are doing nothing about it for as long as they can, until something makes them such as govt intervening as is the case to a degree in the UK -
and? are you going to take it up with them, they can never learn if you just suck it and keep quiet.
surely you're entitled to a fresh install with 3 lives? -
russell, did you do anything about getting the spore people to address the difficulties in installing their legitimately purchase software? I'd like to hear how they respond.
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hey wade
unreadable as in difficult to get through. the layout didn't help but it was a fairly impenetrable tomb.
yes you did highlight the gordons androidss but my point was no to criticise you writings but to highlight that because so few people do write about this stuff and those that do invariable put a personal slant on it, mainly because their reward is personal, not financial then we have a version of history that is personal that becomes the official story.
This also relates to the blog scene. If only a handful of blogs write on something and their is nothing to challenge their personal view then that has an effect on how the public view things, and its not something they should have to apologise for, but as open minded reasoning people we should keep it in mind more.
You're quite open in claiming your work as a 'strictly personal account' and make no applogy for that, nor should you, but others for lack of alternative works to read have no choice but to absorb some of it as the official record. That's not a criticism of you and your writing, its an observation of the New Zealand predicament.
I'm personally pleased that people like you exist, I wish there were more of you all writing indepth works on their area of interest. It was an interesting time, and I'm sure there are interesting insights into us as a people to be gained from those times,