You may have seen reference in the media to a new Rolling Stones documentary “Stones In Exile” shot during the year long orgy that the band conducted during the recording of Exile On Main Street – which is about to be re-released. As you would expect the Stones have been doing some PR to support [...]
There are a lot of things to consider when starting a new business. And it is just as challenging to build an existing one. The big problem is that you have to do so many things yourself. And there just aren't enough hours. Last night I was at a dinner party and saw an old [...]
Introduction Over the last several months a number of reports have been published on the impact of file sharing of popular music on Europe's macro economy. The purpose of this paper is to identify a number of arguments that have been made that are provably false or present data that is contrary to other so-called [...]
We are living in a constantly changing world. More of those changes are taking place than we have ever experience before, and for some reason people are shocked by much of the change. But we shouldn't be. Much of what is taking place should not really be surprising, because it is largely predictable. All this [...]
OR <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Why the Music Industry is Losing Money….. Whilst researching statistics for an article I am doing, I came across a little historical gem. The first CD ever issued back in 1982 was “<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />52nd Street” by Billy [...]
(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 [...]
Prologue: (purloined from http://www.fourthturning.com/html/boom_generation.html) The Boom Generation (Prophet, born 1943-1960) basked as children in Dr. Spock permissiveness, suburban conformism, Sputnik-era schooling, Beaver Cleaver friendliness, and Father Knows Best family order. From the Summer of Love to the Days of Rage, they came of age rebelling against the worldly blueprints of their parents. As their [...]
I read a report last night about a new Internet service called Chatroulette. It is a video chat room, where you get hooked up randomly to people and get to do what you do with people who you meet randomly, I suppose… According to the writer of the article there is a lot of full [...]
If you use Facebook you would know that there is a meme that is traveling around it to swap your photo for a photo of a “doppelganger” – someone famous that you look like. It's pretty cool. Suddenly you see pictures of movie stars next to your friend's name and you realize how much they [...]
Late last year I was speaking to industry representatives about the outcome for the iiNet court case. They all believed that it was a lay down misère, (in favour of themselves). After all, there was little old iiNet, a small (by world standards) ISP and there were thirty-four financially well heeled complainants. (Just on [...]