I was slammed into reality the other day by the fact that a Solicitor that I have known for many years who dealt in the area of the law known as Trade marks which falls under the auspices of Intellectual Property Law, got some basic knowledge about the Australian Copyright Legislation wrong. (No 'P' it's [...]
In 1981 I submitted my thesis for consideration. “Increasing the GDP by decreasing the cost of telecommunications to small business” (SME SOHO).Since that time, I have arguably been engaged in an experiment (to which I have devoted my life and entrepreneurial efforts, some successful and some not), to prove the conclusion in my paper.i.e.: By [...]
Located in the Antipodies (Australia), I have for a long time lamented the lack of timely local Television Programming of current US Sci-Fi Television shows. Why? Because Rupert Murdoch cut a deal for content in Australia that was so expensive that no-one else could afford to play. As a result, to lower [...]
Today’s article is only for open minded individuals. If you consider that all conspiracy theories are garbage and are not open to the what, why, how and when, then please go and join a monastery and put in a request to come back in the next life as an ostrich. The content industry has [...]
The Music Industry’s future was pre-determined 300 years ago. Louis XIV and his ultimate beheading resulting from the Revolution has curious parallels to today’s file sharing activity and the P2Pvolution. The peasants rose in revolt against the high taxes and lack of bread. (And maybe because the early Ipods were self powered, but [...]
Hollywood is not the only casualty of P2P. In 1998, Forrester Research published a report on the online “adult content” industry which speculated on an industry-wide aggregate figure of $8-10 billion The prefix porno- is derived from the Greek term for a prostitute; hence, it may be argued that pornography is as old [...]
The price of DVD’s and CD’s have steadily decreased over the last twenty-six years. I started a Video Store (Video World) in Darwin in 1982. Trying to obtain content was an interesting experience. Beta was available but VHS was yet to make its appearance outside Japan. My initial stock of 42 titles was Beta. e.g.: [...]