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Once Again, Give It Away And Pray Isn't A Business Model
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| There's an odd article over at TorrentFreak, which is usually quite good and
| reliable. This one starts out with a title announcing that Nine Inch Nails'
| Donation Model Doesn't Work for Most Artists. That's a questionable assertion
| from the very start, because Trent Reznor and Nine Inch Nails, for the most
| part, haven't used a donation model. Instead, Reznor has very much focused on
| using free as a part of a business model built around giving fans scarcities
| to buy. Yet, TorrentFreak falsely states that Reznor made $1.6 million using
| a "donation" model. That's simply untrue. He made $1.6 million by selling
| scarce goods.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20081026/1928532642.shtml
Neil Gaiman: Piracy vs. Obscurity
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| On Friday, 24th October, I attended an Open Rights Group event where Neil
| Gaiman spoke about the impact of digital “piracy” on authors such as himself.
| His thesis was that the free availability of content from books, even when it
| is contemporaneously for sale in print, is in fact beneficial for the
| creator. This is, he said, because their greatest challenge, in a world
| crowded with writers, is to be “tasted” by potential readers and publishers.
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| He recounted a few of his own experiences with publishing free content on his
| website, noting that in each instance, the net effect was an increase in his
| book sales.
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http://mdzlog.wordpress.com/2008/10/27/neil-gaiman-piracy-vs-obscurity/
Recent:
Bryan Adams pulls a Prince on fan sites
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| Canadian soft rocker Bryan Adams is the latest star to grumble at fans for
| plastering his name and face on unofficial websites.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/10/27/everything_i_do_i_do_it_for_me/
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