The fastest growing and most successful Companies in the World are the proof against an increased attention by anyone to the importance of Copyright and Trademark. For sometime I have been lobbying hard against Australia’s involvement in ACTA. Lobbying Koltai? Is that what you call it? Well yes. I don’t have access in [...]
Yesterday, a leading Australian Academic suggested the fortifying of the Australian National Broadband Network with anti EMP measures. My response was that it was pointless as the public wouldn’t like Valve Radio powered wifi routers, and that we should just send flowers to everyone around the world to make them like us. [...]
Every time Governments legislate against or big business prosecutes against file sharing, internet users find a new way to circumvent and continue their activities. As there are more Internet Geeks than enforcement officials, this is hardly surprising. Sometime ago I predicted to Chris that if the “powers that be” continued raining down hellfire [...]
Yesterday, I wrote about two companies that were “listening” to their customers. In August I listed a series of video clips that were not yet available through Amazon. The reality is that the music companies are listening to the consumers. They have identified the enormous growth in digital music sales and are rushing to [...]
Many of our regular readers are wondering if I have gone batty lately. All I seem to be blogging about lately is Farmville this, Farmville that. What ever happened to P2P, the Global Financial Crisis and good old political head bashing? Believe it or not – all of those elements are inside Farmville [...]
Updated 3:14 am 29 August 2009 As Paul Hogan would tell you – “it's all in the eyes”. To control a wild buffalo or the humble sheep, just stare the animal down. Even the media industry understands it. Owning the eyes means access to the soul. Access to the soul equals money, votes, power. So [...]
Tomorrow is the end of the world. For Foxtel at least. Well, as far as having me as their number one unpaid critic. You would think that with all the coverage I was giving them, they would have given me a “comped” account. But no, they ignored me – mostly. Apart from when they took [...]
Every Government knows that to keep the sheep constituency happy – you need to feed them four hours of entertainment daily to “pay” them for the addition to the national coffers (Tax). The other day I found some DVD’s at a barrow stand in a shopping centre selling for $2.00 each. They were all [...]
I spent part of my day yesterday with an industrial behavioral Psychologist. Nope, he was not psyching me, but he was making interesting observational commentary. “It amazes me that when I take the train, walk through the station, or even around the streets of Sydney, everyone appears to be totally immersed in their [phone] [...]
We have all heard the following mantra….. Don’t download movies using P2P. Om Mani Padme Hum….. Downloading is a crime Om Mani Padme Hum….. Stealing movies is a crime Om Mani Padme Hum……. Stealing Music is a crime omph…….. But is it? Or do P2P activities in Australia represent 5% of the country’s [...]