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” [...]
There is movement underfoot in the UK to halt the Governments proposed ‘three strikes and your out’, legislation. A few months ago I blogged about the file sharers increasingly successful disappearance act. The Copyright Industry is Removing the Barriers Against Terrorism. In a story entitled MI5 comes out against cutting off internet pirates [...]
I had an epiphany the other day…. For years we have been told that file sharing is illegal. That music piracy is the tool of the Terrorist gangs and is their major source of financing. The content industry has always calculated 15% as the value attributed to physical piracy. This allowance is entered [...]
So I was watching a Battleship Gallactica episode earlier this evening, and for some reason fast forwarded to the end of the dvd (a legal one by the way, borrowed from a friend who loves the writing of Gallactica). And there at the end of the dvd was an anti-piracy ad…. And as I watched [...]
Since 1999, World War III has been raging, slowly escalating in ferocity and intensity as a result of each battle. It is a war between the content industry and the public the world over. The battle lines were drawn when the industry decided to stamp out P2P by squashing Napster. BMG, one of the [...]
The Rand Corporation, a think tank that provides insights into a number of global strategic issues, has just issued a report on the possible connection between Piracy and organized crime. The report concludes that while Piracy of movies and music may seem like a relatively innocuous crime, the proceeds of the crime may support terrorism [...]
There are many parallels in industries and industry sectors. That is why you find that common branding across so many kinds of things. The customer for one product is the customer for another seemingly unrelated product. Once the customer builds trust in a brand they are likely to extend their consumption of the brand to [...]
If it was just in some random blog, you's have to think, “Ah – another nutty conspiracy theory”. But this time it is in what you would have to say is at least a reasonably credible mainstream media outlet, albeit regional: The Phoenix Business Journal. Earlier this week there was an article reporting on a [...]
The implosion of US and global financial markets over the last week has been extraordinary, but not wholly unexpected – after all there have been warnings for some time that things were coming apart. What has been a surprise is the speed of the unraveling in the US. And it would almost certainly have been [...]
Last night I went to a 50th birthday party. I got talking to someone about the forthcoming election. This was a guy who was a small businessman who made it very clear that anyone who voted for anyone other than the John Howard candidate in the election next week had to have rocks in his [...]