Had it not been for the chaos created by Napster ; Itunes, and DRM etc
would not have been born. The music bussiness based on sale of DVD
albums at jacked up prices would have collapsed.
To be honest, the music business hasn't learned jack. The RIAA and the
record labels are still trying to
1] I don't agree with the ticket-price thesis; If Jannat can be a hit and
people are willing to pay money to see that, I think any decent film can be.
The problem is at the supply end, not the demand end; there *is* a quality
issue with the films that come out. I think the industry is going
This holds true for Hollywood, where DVD releases are delayed until a
couple
of months after the film has left theatres. In India, DVDs are released in
a
weird overlap with theatre runtime. The pirates put the films out on VCD
and
online within a day or two of release, and both theatre
On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 11:54 AM, Amit Varma [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I don't buy the contention that pirate VCD copies affect a film's box
office; watching a film in the hall and at home fulfill different needs.
If a reduction in the number of reasonably priced stand alone theatres
can be
On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 6:17 AM, Udhay Shankar N wrote:
http://chronicle. com/weekly/ v54/i43/43b00801 .htm
Muslim Metal
The first time I heard the words heavy metal and Islam in the same
sentence, I was confused, to say the least. It was around 5 p.m. on a hot
July day in the city
On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 4:56 AM, Thaths wrote:
If anyone knows any other interesting blog on Africa, I am
interested :)
http://mashilingi.blogspot.com/
http://www.afrigadget.com/
for socio / geo-political issues this is a site with good articles :
http://kenyaimagine.com
On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 10:32 AM, ashok _ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 4:56 AM, Thaths wrote:
If anyone knows any other interesting blog on Africa, I am
interested :)
Also this one... though it sadly appears to have suffered blog death :
http://koranteng.blogspot.com/
If a reduction in the number of reasonably priced stand alone theatres
can be attributed to the rise of expensive multiplexes then I do
believe that a pirated VCD could reasonably substitute for a family
outing to the former...
Those two don't seem connected to me. The movie-watching
On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 11:10 AM, Amit Varma wrote:
If a reduction in the number of reasonably priced stand alone theatres
can be attributed to the rise of expensive multiplexes then I do
believe that a pirated VCD could reasonably substitute for a family
outing to the former...
Those two
On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 1:40 PM, Amit Varma [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Those two don't seem connected to me. The movie-watching experience at a
big
screen, whether at a multiplex or a stand-alone, is entirely different from
watching a VCD at home. How many people on this list think they are
On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 9:27 AM, Gautam John wrote:
If a reduction in the number of reasonably priced stand alone theatres
can be attributed to the rise of expensive multiplexes then I do
believe that a pirated VCD could reasonably substitute for a family
outing to the former...
I think the
On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 01:40:43PM +0530, Amit Varma wrote:
Those two don't seem connected to me. The movie-watching experience at a big
screen, whether at a multiplex or a stand-alone, is entirely different from
watching a VCD at home. How many people on this list think they are
Of course it
VCD? What's that?
Preferred format for movie pirates in India. Ye olde Video CD, which
typically contains anything from one to four movies on a single disc, in
various levels of DivX compression.
--
Sumant Srivathsan
sumants.blogspot.com
Hi all,
My name is Ashwin, I'm from Bangalore and currently studying in
Singapore. I've heard of silk-list for a long time, decided to jump in
and check it out. I guess I know a few members from the list, thaths,
Bharat and must be a few more. I found the topics discussed here
interesting and
youtube's full of clips of Iranian metal bands. 5 minutes of searching:
http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=-GeKMyU9Z_Afeature=related
http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=SBaGuwUphKwfeature=related
http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=cH3bDGJF9x0
Can't say I'm much into thrash or death metal, but interesting all the
Aditya Kapil wrote, [on 7/14/2008 5:07 PM]:
youtube's full of clips of Iranian metal bands.
Bangalore was full of them at one point. :-)
(or at least, metal bands with Iranian students in them)
Udhay
--
((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))
On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 9:10 AM, Amit Varma [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Those two don't seem connected to me. The movie-watching experience at a big
screen, whether at a multiplex or a stand-alone, is entirely different from
watching a VCD at home. How many people on this list think they are
convenience @home : watch movie in bed... dunno how many 'plexes
offer a 180 degrees service.
Sure, I'm not arguing pros and cons here. I'm just saying they're *different
* experiences, and not interchangable. We go to halls a) for the big-screen
experience, b) as a social thing, c) to
On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 3:29 AM, Ashwin N [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My name is Ashwin, I'm from Bangalore and currently studying in
Singapore. I've heard of silk-list for a long time, decided to jump in
and check it out. I guess I know a few members from the list, thaths,
Bharat and must be a
On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 3:59 PM, Ashwin N [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi all,
My name is Ashwin, I'm from Bangalore and currently studying in
Singapore. I've heard of silk-list for a long time, decided to jump in
and check it out. I guess I know a few members from the list, thaths,
Bharat and
On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 22:07, Thaths [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Welcome, Ashwin. You will see many familiar names here: Cheeni,
Srirams (Karra and Bala), Ravi...
Ah Ravi, how did I miss his name!!! :-)
~ash
--
Yogi Berra - A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore.
On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 22:16, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Welcome Ashwin. Teh Singapore Cabal on Silk grows, heh?
Who are the other SGers here? :-)
~ash
--
Henny Youngman - I told the doctor I broke my leg in two places. He
told me to quit going to those places.
Hi Ashwin,
Welcome to the Silk-list.
On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 9:19 AM, Ashwin N [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Who are the other SGers here? :-)
Divya ( Nimbupani ) is one perhaps.
-- Bharat
On 14-Jul-08, at 1:40 PM, Amit Varma wrote:
Those two don't seem connected to me. The movie-watching experience
at a big
screen, whether at a multiplex or a stand-alone, is entirely
different from
watching a VCD at home. How many people on this list think they are
substitutable, and would
On Monday 14 Jul 2008 10:03:35 am Gautam John wrote:
http://blog.wired.com/business/2008/07/bollywood-stung.html
It's been a rough year for Bollywood. The Indian movie industry
reportedly posted a loss for the first six months of 2008. And out of
116 films released during that period,
On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 08:19:58PM +0530, Kiran Jonnalagadda wrote:
I would, given a sufficiently high quality print (DVD-rip). In fact, I
do.
It is perfectly possible to rip and transcode content from a HD medium.
Increasingly, HD content is available on P2P networks (arguably, the
medium
On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 12:37 AM, ashok _ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Also this one... though it sadly appears to have suffered blog death :
http://koranteng.blogspot.com/
I used to listen to the Africa Today (and the more lively Good
Morning Africa) program religiously when I lived in Kenya. They
va [14/07/08 13:32 +0100]:
convenience @home : watch movie in bed... dunno how many 'plexes
offer a 180 degrees service.
Fly business class on an airline that offers flatbeds. I flew economy
yesterday to brisbane (ouch my back) but Thai's seatback TV has several
movies, including some
ss [14/07/08 20:29 +0530]:
I read, or heard today that Bollywood funding is increasingly becoming white
and legal - with 60% of productions now being funded with white money. Even
banks are getting involved - unbelievably. Hence the accounting.
There's even sector based mutual funds targeted
On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 02:29:55PM -0700, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
Fly business class on an airline that offers flatbeds. I flew economy
yesterday to brisbane (ouch my back) but Thai's seatback TV has several
Owch. Commiserations.
I once took a bus from Munich to Moscow, though. That's
Cheeni is on vacation and shouldn't be reading any email. I think
Udhay is referring to this friend of mine who is the lead singer in a
rock band in PK. They have been around for a few years now and perform
on stage once in a while, and quite often at the Dunkin Donuts in
Islamabad - yes, you read
On 7/14/08 10:46 PM, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Who are the other SGers here? :-)
Divya Balaji are in.
Me, Ashwin K, Deepak Jois, Balaji Dutt AFAIK
On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 7:43 AM, Divya Manian [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
On 7/14/08 10:46 PM, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Who are the other SGers here? :-)
Divya Balaji are in.
Me, Ashwin K, Deepak Jois, Balaji Dutt AFAIK
De-lurking to confirm Divya's
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