Andrew Bowden wrote:
That means they won't come to my DVD store [2]. Boo!
They might never have come though.
Pah, you just want them coming in to your online DVD rental store :)
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The claim is mostly inaccurate because it presupposes that
the friendwould otherwise have bought a copy from the DVD
store. That isoccasionally true, but more often false; and
when it is false, theclaimed loss does not occur.
As people are taking my attempt at humour seriously, I'll have
Are there any thoughts of making the new player in to a widget James?
On the technical side, Christian O'Connell sounds a lot better this
morning. did someone hit the bass button overnight? I have just
heard Oasis Live Forever, and it is about 3 dB quieter than a
equivalent mp3 copy in
The media producers are clearly getting a free lunch here,
they can sell the same thing again and again, never having to
give up any of there own possessions but requiring others to
surrender their items in exchange.
Lord of the Rings. Three big budget films. How do you think they got
As this is the Backstage list, has anyone come up with a
widget to mash up the most ridiculous and rabid tirades from
this and other recent threads with Google maps to produce a
huge cloud of red map pins around Shoreditch?
Ooh, an archive mash-up! I like that idea :)
I fully respect Andrew's point of view as written below, but - with
respect - I struggle to agree with it.
Years ago, before PCs and printers, if people wanted anything copied they
had to go to the local shop or library where they could use a photocopier.
Today, they just use their own scanners
Free lunch? Nah. You've just destroyed the entire model that funded
the film. Thousands of people who would have had work, now have none.
Sure, some people /might/ buy the official DVD, but others won't. The
funding isn't there.
If a film company can't produce a film and make money from it
Yes, the industry model we have NOW may lose out on some sales, but there is
no reason why it can't develop and make a good profit using other
distribution channels and business models. I think we're in danger of trying
to deal with 21st century technology with 19th century thinking and laws.
Years ago, before PCs and printers, if people wanted anything
copied they had to go to the local shop or library where they
could use a photocopier.
And some of them doing photocopies which breached copyright law too :)
Today, they just use their own scanners and printers to make
their
So, how do you propose to fund a multi-million pound film in a different
business model?
I don't propose funding a multi-million pound film, so it is not my concern.
If it can be made, it can be made. If it can't be made, it can't be made. If
people don't want to pay for films, then don't make
Richard Lockwood wrote:
This is the argument that always crops up: Use a different business
model. I've yet to hear someone come up with a workable one. Giving
the end product away - and allowing everyone else to do the same - is
*not* a workable business model.
I wonder if there really is
On 01/03/07, Andrew Bowden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If a film company can't produce a film and make money from it
through its own distribution model, then in the end it will
stop making films. There are plenty of people who would like
to make money doing what they like, but can't find a way
http://www.vecosys.com/2007/03/01/google-adds-traffic-flow-reports-but-t
here-is-a-better-way/
Google Maps adds a traffic info layer. Looks rather good, but it's US
only at the moment.
Example:
http://maps.google.com/maps?layer=tz=10ll=41.883876,-87.632446
J
Dave Crossland wrote:
On 28/02/07, Mario Menti [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In just about every definition, loss can
mean being deprived of something, regardless of whether you physically
possessed that thing in the first place.
What loss are rights holders taking?
Loss of potential revenue
Dave Crossland wrote:
Consider why authors always cede their rights to publishers, and if
they would do this if it was indeed a natural right?
I thought that in certain countries (France springs to mind) you can't
really cede your copyright to publishers, as copyright really is a
Of course it is about laissez-faire economics: business is, as business
always has been.
But if he somehow managed to find an investor to stump up the money for
just such a boat, with the idea that he would make a profit by selling
jaunts on the ship, would you and your mates refuse to pay for a
Please to no more sophomoric nonsense about broken business models and
how we need to walk into the shining future without a backward glance.
Cool. What you don't understand, you call sophomoric nonsense. Think you've
won the argument there, at least with yourself.
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I thought that in certain countries (France springs to mind) you can't
really cede your copyright to publishers, as copyright really is a
considered a natural right.
I think you might mean Moral Rights (the Droit Moral), as opposed
On 01/03/07, Jason Cartwright [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://www.vecosys.com/2007/03/01/google-adds-traffic-flow-reports-but-there-is-a-better-way/
Google Maps adds a traffic info layer. Looks rather good, but it's US only
at the moment.
Example:
On 01/03/07, Deirdre Harvey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
So, how do you propose to fund a multi-million pound film
in a different business model?
I don't propose funding a multi-million pound film, so it is
not my concern.
OK, so this isn't about ethics then, it's about dogmatic laissez-faire
Also the vecosys post also refers to this UK start up that is using UK
traffic data and Microsoft's Virtual Earth.
http://www.dotnetsolutions.ltd.uk/evidence/web20/trafficeye/
A Microsoft Live! Local Web 2.0 Mash-up that combines real time traffic
information with a rich, interactive map allowing
Dave Crossland wrote:
On 01/03/07, Scot McSweeney-Roberts
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dave Crossland wrote:
Consider why authors always cede their rights to publishers, and if
they would do this if it was indeed a natural right?
I thought that in certain countries (France springs to mind) you
The film industry can still be financed. Yes, it may not have
as much money as it would if everyone had to pay something
every time they watched a film. But I don't have as much
money as if everyone had to pay me something every time they
read an email I wrote. The millions spent on film
It's certainly interesting as a concept, although I'm cautious on the
fact that it doesn't really take into account the speed limits on
different roads. Although I've actually no idea how you could take that
into account!
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
And whilst asking, how does the Beeb choose the FROM THE
BLOGOSPHERE comments?
A journalist reads the blogosphere, and chooses something.
The whole blogosphere?
Good job :)
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Jason Cartwright wrote:
I just want to know the effect its going to have on my journey time.
Google's does this with a ridiciously-easy-to-visually-parse colour
coding of the traffic speed. This boils down all the one lane closed
due to barrier repairs crap into something far more usable.
This
That however was my problem with it - the colour coding is easy but
simplistic. A motorway going at 30 mph for me, says bad and wrong, but
under Google's colour coding, that's a yellow.
Meanwhile, (say) an road A-road [1] in a suburban area with a 30mph
would be classed as yellow even though
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But change is good.
For someone so enamoured of
On 01/03/07, Andrew Bowden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
But change is good.
Is it.
I think so. There are many rural communities than shun progress alot,
and a few like the Amish that do a lot. I like change, because in
change there is opportunity :-)
I can't see Lord of the Rings ever getting
On 01/03/07, Deirdre Harvey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
But change is good.
For someone so enamoured of accusing everyone of having hidden
assumptions you are finding it pretty easy to ignore the huge assumption
at the centre of your argument.
Please explain what you think this is :-)
I
Andrew Bowden wrote:
It's certainly interesting as a concept, although I'm cautious on the
fact that it doesn't really take into account the speed limits on
different roads. Although I've actually no idea how you could take
that into account!
I'd do that kind of thing around Birmingham if my GPS receiver worked
amongst all those multi-storey buildings - I've tried before, dismal
failure.
That said, my phone (Hermes) apparently has a dormant, disconnected GPS chip
in which can be activated with a firmware flash, so that's something to
Hi,
I've still yet to do anything towards this, but you might find
http://upcoming.org/event/153405/
The State of the Map ( Open Source Streetmap Conference)
and
http://upcoming.org/event/155807/
(Sheffield Mapping Party)
of interest.
Cheers
Ian
I'll create the database, if you drive every
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