Here is a fascinating and quite insightful – and also by the way – hugely entertaining TED talk about the statistical analysis of what makes TED talks popular. While this is a lot of fun, there is actually an underlying message in all this: How you present your story has huge implications for what results [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
An anecdotal statistical examination of music industry potential income with no file sharing. The music industry have managed to convince global Governments that they should have special protectionist legislation enacted. No-one has bothered to have a look at the logic behind their claims. Forget file sharing for a moment. The question should be, [...]
Well believe it or not, it’s not hard. Let me give you (for free) the benefit of the twenty-six years of online activity observation that I have undertaken. Lets first analyse why success on the Internet can be yours, without selling your soul to the content companies. There are three billion plus [...]
The problem with the Internet is that it’s full of lies and misdirection. Some of those lies emanate from Media barons, some from Politicians. Hell, some even come from Bloggers. But when the misdirection is uttered by a music artist who is worshipped by the young and naive, then I feel that I have to [...]
I guess the new star of the Internet, Zynga has started looking for M&A’s. Not that they want to be taken out yet. Fig 1. Farmville User Numbers daily growth through August. – Source – Facebook. User numbers were doubling every two weeks – although have slowed recently mainly due to transaction (caps) [...]
Everywhere I go, Foxtel are popping up their click throughs and getting their revenge. I cant even open up Facebook anymore without a Foxtel “offer” glaring at me. Here’s the latest. Like (Don’t bother clicking – I de-stalkified the url) And they actually think I’m going to click the “Like” link [...]
I promised statistical revelations today about the possible damage that file sharing was causing to physical record sales. I regret that the magnitude of the outcome would dictate that I confirm the results in more than one methodology, so for the moment, I’m afraid, we shall all have to wait a little bit longer. [...]
The various statistics that abound indicate that 69% of the developed world is connecting to the Internet. My basic math’s ability tells me that at least 31% of the world is not connected to P2P. If our (and others) calculations are right and 57% of internet users are utilizing P2P software, then that [...]