Archive for October, 2009

Supply, Demand, Piracy, and the little lies of Free


One of the more interesting debates I have gotten into recently is one regarding the laws of supply and demand (and cost) for movies and music in the current market. It’s an interesting debate mostly because the “guru of FREE!” Mike Masnick is involved, which means that we are in for some truly fun [...]

Drudgereport Slants the News


Over the last few years, much has been made about the move to “online media”, and that traditional media, from newspapers to radio to television were all doomed as the new wave on online reporters and citizen journalists would take over. Even behemoth CNN has taken to using it’s Ireport setup to take stories [...]