copyright and piracy
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I have been researching new business models for artists working in the low end of the long tail. How can one make a living in a micro-niche? Is it even possible, particularly in this realm of no-cost copies? I proposed the idea of artists directly cultivating 1000 True Fans , which I wrote up in a previous post.
The Technium: The Reality of Depending on True Fans
The Technium: The Case Against 1000 True Fans
[Translations: Japanese , Portuguese ] My 1000 True Fans post provoked much discussion on other blogs. One blogger mentioned in passing that Brian Austin Whitney had suggested a very similar idea a few years ago.
[en] Debunking the myths used to fight file-sharing. There are many good articles about this in English (many which I quote or link to here, just look for them in the French text). Here are the myths: Pirater, c’est donc plutôt comme photocopier un livre à la bibliothèque ou vite graver une copie d’un CD qu’on nous a prêté. Je suis atterrée de voir à quel point le lavage de cerveau opéré par la grosse machine a faire du fric de l’industrie du film et de la musique a été efficace: nombre de personnes dans mon entourage avalent tout rond l’affirmation selon laquelle le téléchargement d’oeuvres protégées par le droit d’auteur est un crime comparable (si ce n’est pire!)
Pirater n’est pas voler, en sept mythes — Climb to the Stars