Jason Scott, creator of the BBS Documentary, was four days ahead of me in commenting on the Times story about the poor broke independent filmmakers I commented on earlier today. He takes the gloves off, and it’s a one-two punch: It is maddening to me to read this, to see yet another set of filmmakers […]
Archive | November, 2005
The Importance of Realistic Expectations
A week and a half ago the NY Times ran a piece about two independent filmmakers who are drowning in debt, even though their film has been screened at 16 different festivals. The catch is that it hasn’t been picked up for distribution. This observation from the article certainly rings true: And Geoffrey Gilmore, director […]
Grateful Dead Prove There’s Really No Such Thing as a Kinder Capitalist
One might argue that the Grateful Dead made their fortune through a combination of luck and savvy marketing. Realizing that after the 60s hippie culture faded away they were unlikely to make it as platinum selling recording artists, the band came to rely on touring as its steady income. Although it’s hard to see it […]
Senate Communications Hearing Orgy with our Spectrum and Internet Rights in the Middle
By Paul on November 29, 2005 in examining the mainstream, intellectual property, just politics, telecomm
Perhaps responding to criticism that he’s been dragging his feet on comm stuff, Senate Commerce Committee Chair has schedule a virtual assload of hearings for the first 11 weeks of the next session on various communications related issues. My guess is that this is all prep work for the forthcoming Telecommunications Act of 2006, and […]
Stream Anything with VLC
Engadget has a how-to for streaming anything with the free VLC player, which is obviously more than a player, since it also includes a streaming server. What’s nice about VLC is that you don’t have to be tied to a patent-protected format like MP3 or some varietal of MPEG video. Streaming makes a great way […]