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 [...]
Prologue: Most of us remember the Blair Witch Project and it’s phenomenal box office success based on a number of web pages suggesting it was a real occurrence. Mythology – The Aftermath – The Legacy – The Filmmakers That was an exceptionally clever piece of PR marketing, resulting in one of the highest [...]
A white paper has recently been published by the Australian Film Television And Radio School written by Jennifer Wilson. It is called The Digital Deadlock. In it Jennifer lays out some of the problems facing the content industry and the people in it, and the people who want to use content. but are faced with [...]
We start today, with a little wind-up. Just like a clockwork mechanism, a Blog should wind up the tension, to allow the bell to be struck with a clear ringing blow. So get a coffee, put your feet up, take a deep breath and… Why did God prohibit Adam and Eve from partaking of [...]
I often complain about Foxtel’s frequent repeats Tonight, at 10:20 on Showtime, was a rerun of IOUSA, a movie that gives the real story about the US financial deficit – and I'm not complaining. A few weeks ago, we blogged about the P2P Trust value for the movie IOUSA. President Obama has hired [...]
Free-speech via the social networks and P2P would appear to be assisting in lowering the crime rate. In the USA, Internet was an available public commentary resource before any other country in the western world. 1992 was the year that competition hit the USA with tremendous growth in pay-based online services, like Prodigy, [...]
Over the last six months, I have seen more countries agree to put up barriers against free speech, censorship, and political freedom than since the 50's. I refuse to believe that this is not an internationally organised, Government-to-Government co-ordinated action. I am concerned that when the public do realise that their legislators have sold [...]
Here are some more thoughts on something I blogged earlier: I don't know if you have noticed, but I certainly have. Over the last week or so there has been a rising tide of government rhetoric that is tantamount to the Howard message, “We are alert, but not alarmed”. I am not sure what sources [...]
I was on the phone this morning with an old friend from the music biz. I was trying to find out what rumours he had heard about a particular company that I am doing some research on, and also trying to find out whether my friend would be interested in getting involved in the company [...]
I have been staying away from blogging about politics for a while – concentrating on business. But business, economy and politics are inextricably interlinked. For the first time in history we all have the ability to read the tealeaves of global strategy and economy. We dont have to wait 'til we see the story on [...]