February 2012
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“If Yahoo was making a legitimate claim on patent infringement, my guess is they...”
– Back to Innovation? Scott Thompson’s First Shameful Move | PandoDaily
just when you thought yahoo hit bottom
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Over 800 Starz Titles to Leave Netflix Streaming... →
ifc:
popculturebrain:
Including Toy Story 3, Scarface, Party Down, and more. So get watching.
Folks you have your homework assignments.
Pilot Season
phillamarr:
For non-show biz people, the best way to describe pilot season is this: you know how when the Lotto prize goes up to $100 Million and everyone starts buying 4 and 5 tickets at a time because if lightning strikes it could change your life forever. It’s like that, except even if you get a pilot most of them never become series and most of the ones that do get canceled before anyone’s...
Rushfield Babylon: NikkiLeaks Addendum →
richardrushfield:
Valiant Nikki watcher David Poland points out the other interests that Nikki’s pro-Baron Cohen/Anti-Academy screed served: namely pleasing Nikki’s true masters WME boss Ari Emmanuel, and possibly some folks at Paramount - another of her string pullers - along the way.
When people ask why I…
Barney Rosset, 1922-2012 →
lareviewofbooks:
Barney Rosset, one of the most significant publishers of the 20th century, editor of Grove Press and The Evergreen Review, who fought censorship in famous legal battles over the publication of Lady Chatterley’s Lover and Tropic of Cancer, is dead at 89. Rosset introduced American readers to…
“Games need to become a project-based ecosystem rather than a company-based...”
– Kill Screen’s Jamin Warren wrote a great piece on Double Fine’s recent success. You should read the whole thing here. (via kickstarter)
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“It is not, as it turns out, necessary to be a micromanaging psychopath with...”
– A VC: The Management Team - Guest Post From Joel Spolsky
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“Has there ever been a trade story about a remake of a well-known Hollywood...”
– Jeff Wells on Variety on the upcoming remake of Hitchcock’s Rebecca bashed on the Daphne DuMorier novel. At least they aren’t calling it a Rebecca reboot. (via richardrushfield)
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Terry Gilliam School of Film: 10 Lessons for...
nevver:
Growing up is for losers.
Film school is for fools.
Auteurism is out. Fil-teurism is in.
Put your ideas in a drawer. Take them out as needed.
All you’ve really got in life is story.
Command the audience with your lens.
Nothing can defeat a director who is one with his actors.
Surround yourself with improvisers.
Directing is not for the faint-of-heart. Or the sane.
Be an...
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“That comment struck me as reflecting the same type of thinking as that of...”
– Will Richmond, Video Nuze (1/31/2012)
“Piracy is the new radio. That’s how music gets around.”
– i don’t think that is how it has to be. music in the cloud can change this.
Neil Young on Music Quality, Record Labels and Steve Jobs - John Paczkowski - Dive Into Media - AllThingsD (via davehyndman)
January 2012
29 posts
Seinfeld and Soup Nazi Return in Super Bowl Ad →
Jerry Seinfeld wants the new Acura NSX. He loves it so much, the new ad from Acura would have us believe, that he would do anything to be the first person to own one. Unfortunately, Jerry is number two on the list, and the ad shows us just how far he’s prepared to take that first spot…
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“Kickstarter didn’t greenlight the movies; the people did.”
– Many Kickstarter-Funded Films Played at the Sundance Film Festival - NYTimes.com (via fred-wilson)
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How Much Does Katy Perry's Label Actually Make On... →
“Now, when you’re a tech columnist, you get e-mail pitches every day from P.R....”
– Financing the Stuff of Dreams Through Kickstarter. A fantastic piece by NY Times tech columnist David Pogue, be sure to check it out. (via kickstarter)
How Much Do Music and Movie Piracy Really Hurt the... →
parislemon:
Kal Raustiala and Chris Sprigman of Freakonomics discuss the claims that piracy leads to $250 billion a year in loses and 750,000 American jobs lost:
The good news is that the numbers are wrong — as this post by the Cato Institute’s Julian Sanchez explains. In 2010, the Government Accountability Office released a report noting that these figures “cannot be substantiated or traced...
“A well-organized, well-funded, well-connected, well-experienced lobbying effort...”
– David Binetti
The week the web changed Washington - O’Reilly Radar
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WatchYet Another Post On SOPA.
I generally don’t blog politics. It can be bad for business. However, the SOPA/PIPA legislation, which pitted new tech against old media, requires a response.
Piracy is a serious problem that may or may not need additional attention (we already have the DMCA to protect copyright interests). However, the legislation as drafted is bad law. While hardly...
Kill Hollywood, Not Movies
parislemon:
The fallout from the failure of SOPA and PIPA is just as interesting as the main topics themselves. First, many on the web with loud voices are finally waking up to how corrupt the lobbying/political system is in this country. Second, directly-related, there’s a quickly growing anti-Hollywood sentiment.
The most forceful stance has to be Y Combinator putting out a new RFS...
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“While we believe that online piracy by foreign websites is a serious problem...”
– Obama for America on SOPA
(via joshuanguyen)
Yes we can.
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“The “effects of piracy within the United States are mainly redistributions...”
– How Copyright Industries Con Congress (via cacioppo)
Soup: Jon Stewart takes over Stephen Colbert's... →
soupsoup:
Dear Super PAC Super Members, Hi there. I’m Jon. It looks like I’m running this thing now. All the details are in the press release below. Quick question: does anybody know where the key to the Super PAC bathroom is? Thanks, Jon Stewart President Pro Tem Americans For A Better…