(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 [...]
Interesting to look at the sales figures for the album of the year nominees as the Grammy's come round. (with a tip of the hat to Paul Cashmere) They are as follows: I Am… Sasha Fierce, Beyonce 2.7 million physical sales / 10.9 million Digital Tracks sold from the album The E.N.D. by Black Eyed [...]
On Boxing Day I went to the movies…. Bad idea – so crowded it wasn't even worth queuing up to get a ticket. So went home… The day after, went to the movies again. This time left with enough time that I could get tickets and then stand in line waiting for the show to [...]
Given the attention of Governments to file sharing, it would appear that the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) was obviously caused by you sharing a copy of Lily Allens “Fuck you very much”. We have Ministers flying all over the world to discuss how to criminalize 15 year old kids who can’t yet vote. These [...]
Back in 2002 an opinion piece was published in the Christian Science Monitor debunking the concept of Al Qaida as the “top brand” in terrorism, and how, in doing creating this myth, western security forces were creating a rod for their own backs. The article went on to talk about the phenomenon of “exaggerated enemies” [...]
Isn’t interesting that industries that use outdated business models tend to die. In the 1800’s Candle and Tallow makers were fearful of their futures and even in two hundred years ago, there were people that paid out on the protectionist industry. The following is copied in toto from http://www.panarchy.org/bastiat/petition.eng.1845.html Read it, cogitate [...]
As regular visitors to this blog would know, we have a keen interest in how networking tools and technologies are being used to aid communication. One of the principal tools that we have watched and undertaken extensive research in is how P2P is used in conjunction with content of all kinds. The positioning of the [...]
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 [...]
The opening screens (1 minute and 35 seconds) of the episode are a 3D virtual reality game. The plot as usual is about House diagnosing an unusual ailment. Now far be it for me to spoil the ending for the fans that haven’t yet had the opportunity to view this episode – [...]
Last week I was on a panel at an AIMIA conference which was about commercializing video. Through the day there were presentations from a whole bunch of people, as you would expect. But as they were talking I started thinking, “This is a bunch of hogwash”. Now there were some people there who presented some [...]