In Ben Hur, we were introduced by Hollywood to the concept that some peoples idea of entertainment was pitting a man against a Tiger or Lion as a sport. All that happened was that the “cat” sated it’s enforced hunger by eating the only meat in it’s reach, which unfortunately for the Christian, was [...]
http://www.spotify.com/ Oooops, redirected – where am I going…. Doesn’t matter, the anticipation is building, the music juices are following, the muze is clicked in the groove and…… http://www.spotify.com/en/why-not-available/ Nope not Instant, legal and free in Australia. Unfortunately, due to licensing restrictions we are not yet available in your country. We understand that [...]
Michael Jackson is the “the King” of the moonwalk. The reverse step dance move that was made famous by the Moonwalker video. June 2009 will be remembered by many as the month when Michael departed this cruel world for parts unknown. But, the Music Business was quick off the mark to capitalize on [...]
The content industry is lazy. They like to do lunch on Rodeo Drive and let the lawyers do their business for them. And lawyers always gravitate to the large fee clients. If my name was Mallesons (representing Telstra), I would be able to get an appointment in LA with someone probably called Solomon [...]
It will come as a suprise to many readers, but there are those that still watch, free to air television. Those that do, tend to watch the programming on TV and use the advertising segments as convenient toilet or coffee breaks. But those of us that think that advertising is an inconvenient distraction from observing [...]
Entrepreneurs create by breaking things. When I was about 6 years old, I got into my fathers 10lb Assorted Arnotts biscuit tin. They don’t make them any more – but made of tin, square, with a folding lid (about 450 mm high and 300 mm square, they were ideal for storing “things” in. [...]
In 2000, the OECD announced their “Internet Basket” pricing survey results. Always-On Pricing To take into account the shift toward unmetered pricing the OECD has also compared the price of ‘always-on’ Internet access. The benchmark used to compare these offers is the average price for 150 hours Internet access per month, for OECD countries [...]
Modern capitalism was built substantially if not totally using the concepts that were originally set down by Adam Smith in his work, “The Wealth Of Nations” Smith was actually totally against the idea of the power of a marketplace being concentrated in the hands of a few. In a true open market place as imagined [...]
In the USA we see the RIAA take action against the ilk of the Pirate Bay and solo parent mothers and individual students. But when was the last time they actually took on the RICO organized crime DVD distributors? The RICO funded, managed and controlled Web sites advertising hundreds of movies for once only [...]
Wouldn’t it be interesting if the current push for a global world government actually went to the country with the most votes. As an economist, I am enamoured of the concept of a united world central government overseeing that all people of the world are treated with respect, equally, fairly and without favour. [...]