Last Thursday I went our for my morning walk with my wife, Robyn. She told me that we had a problem with our washing machine. She thought that the motor had given up the ghost. We have had it for some time so we decided not to bother with calling a repair man and to [...]
A study was recently completed by the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute into the smallest number of people that through exerting influence in a network, can bring about change. Apparently the number is slightly less than 10% – provided that the core base is highly committed and not prepared to change themselves. This has quite significant implications [...]
I recently got into an extensive FaceBook conversation/debate with someone that was somewhat ridiculous, but we all do stupid things from time to time. This debate was about CO2 emissions and the role of man. The person on the other side of the debate is a big fan of Lord Monckton, the media shill who [...]
It seems that the election yesterday has resulted in close to a dead heat between the major parties – a hung parliament. This can be seen as a major problem in that it can stop legislation going through, or, as I like to think, a huge opportunity for good sense. And this is why: When [...]
In Australia we are in the early stages of a federal election. The interesting thing about this election is that it was preceded first by a “palace coup” in which the deputy Prime Minister essentially ousted the existing and elected PM. This took place, it appears, as the result of the party apparatchiks determining that [...]
Amazing to think that it wasn't too long ago that EMI Records ruled the waves… This was the company that in the '60's brought us the Beatles, The Beach Boys, Gerry And the Pacemakers, Freddy And The Dreamers… Pink Floyd, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Cliff Richard, The Band… And then more recently artists such as [...]
Historically, music publishing catalogues are valued at a multiple of the NPS (Net Publisher Share) with the multiple increasing or decreasing according to the perception of the future earnings potential. The NPS is the gross margin the publisher keeps after the songwriter has been paid and is made up of a basket of Performing Rights [...]
(Our previous article was the first upset.) This time, Canadians have made the top ten list of countries that are “out to get” the content industries. They share this dubious honour with the following countries. Priority Watch List (Links retrieve country specific pdf reports.) Argentina Canada Chile Costa Rica [...]
The current war in Iraq has been going on longer than World War II. It was 2003 when the US and its allies invaded Iraq. It is now 2010. WWII went from 1939 to 1945 – 6 years. The Iraq war is now over 7 years old. The current government in Australia and the current [...]
Or – The Havenots become the Haves. Preamble It’s a well known fact that when placed under restricting circumstances, all animals will look for an escape or release from the restriction. “The Internet treats censorship as a malfunction and routes around it.” – John Perry Barlow. ——————————————————————————————————————————– The Article IRC stands for [...]