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Indie Filmmakers Use P2P to Reach Audience
Economic downturn has left many figuring out a way to cut out the middleman, to reach the audience without having to “spend so much money on advertising and promotion.” With Hollywood box office ticket sales on pace to shatter last year’s all-time record by a mind numbing 9%, it seems appropriate to mention why again P2P isn’t the monster the MPAA claims it is. For Indie filmmakers P2P has been a godsend in the current economic downturn, allowing them to bypass mainstream studios and directly connect with fans. “Releasing it for free is just good marketing,”Finnish filmmaker Timo Vuorensola told Time .
Continue reading »People love to share: UK Pirate Party official
p2pnet news view P2P | Politics:- The Pirate Party could be described as the world’s first, and still the only, global political party. In turn, a2f2a.com is the world’s first, and still the only, site founded specifically by music artists and fans for music artists and fans. So it’s appropriate that John Barron, who leads the UK Pirate Party ’s copyright working group subcommittee, is a frequent, and articulate, poster on a2f2a As he points out, the strap-line is “Start your own revolution – cut out the middleman !” – and, co-founded by UK artist Billy Bragg, a2f2a went online recognising artists need to be paid, and fans want to pay them — directly.
Continue reading »UK cops, spy agencies, say No to 3 strikes plan
p2pnet news view P2P | Politics:- Britain’s spy and police agencies have in effect come out in support of file sharers. The UK government is twisting and turning in its efforts to please the entertainment industry by finding a way to impose the same Three Strikes anti-P2P plan that’s giving Hollywood and Big music lobbyist Nicolas Sarkozy so much trouble in France. The plan would have governments such as Sarkozy’s performing as taxpayer-supported Hollywood and Big Music agencies, and ISPs functioning as online copyright police.
Continue reading »a2f2a Goes Live, Let the Debate Begin
Site’s objective is to figure out a viable “direct artist-to-fan model” with the assumption that P2P can’t be stopped technologically, and that file-sharers are indeed willing to pay artists for their work. A few weeks ago I mentioned how Jon Newton over at P2PNet began a discussion with Billy Bragg, English alternative rock musician and member of the Featured Artists Coalition (FAC), over how best to create a stable digital music business model for the 21st century. Together they came up with a2f2a , artists-to-fans-to-artists , a site which is intended to create a community where artists and music fans are able to discuss how they can “cut out the middleman” and ensure that artists are fairly compensate for their work.
Continue reading »Net neutrality, Pirate Bay, Michael Jackson
“Frankly, I’m genuinely dismayed that TPB is percieved as being that important to the p2p/bittorent ecosystem,” says Henry emrich in one of his rare actual post (instead of comment ) posts. Couldn’t agree more. “One of the biggest technological — and cultural — advantages of the p2p phenomenon, is decentralization: instead of the traditional client/server architecture, every p2p’er is — at least in principle — capable of fulfilling both roles, to varying degrees of effectiveness,” he says, going on »»» Some observations: Net Neutrality I stayed out of the thing between Koltai and Surfer, but I do have a few things to say on this topic.
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