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1 year ago
in Twitter: Waste of time or social tool? on Mathew's comments
Well, I found that you put this post up via twitter, soooo...
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mathewi
That still doesn't answer the question though :-)
1 year ago
in Warner Music: We’re totally screwed on Mathew's comments
I know it's almost unknowable, but it really is the critical piece in measuring whether there was *anything* gained by the massive pushback, from a shareholder, short-term perspective.
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mathewi
Of course, that figure would also have to be balanced against the
massively negative PR the industry experienced by suing high-school
kids, World War II veterans, single moms, etc.
massively negative PR the industry experienced by suing high-school
kids, World War II veterans, single moms, etc.
1 year ago
in Warner Music: We’re totally screwed on Mathew's comments
Here's a calculation I'd like to see 'thewie: the $$$ value *protected* by the media companies over the past years by fighting the emergence of "new media." It'd would be really interesting to see what, if any, money they kept flowing into their coffers by having put so much effort into fighting the emerging onslaught. They could be staring at a black hoel now, but I wonder how much, if any, they kept flowing in the coffers in the meantime?
- Stuart
ps: I tried to login to your new comment doo-hickey but don't know if it's worked or not.
- Stuart
ps: I tried to login to your new comment doo-hickey but don't know if it's worked or not.
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mathewi
If there's a problem, I'll alert the folks in charge of the doo-hickey :-)
As for the protection of revenue by their litigation efforts, it would
be pretty hard to show exactly how much money they "protected," since
there's no way of knowing for sure what CD sales would have been like
in the absence of those lawsuits -- or how much money the industry
could have taken in from digital platforms, if they had spent more on
those types of efforts and less on litigation.
My suspicion is that they protected exactly nothing, and wasted a lot
of time and money for little or no return. But what do I know? :-)
As for the protection of revenue by their litigation efforts, it would
be pretty hard to show exactly how much money they "protected," since
there's no way of knowing for sure what CD sales would have been like
in the absence of those lawsuits -- or how much money the industry
could have taken in from digital platforms, if they had spent more on
those types of efforts and less on litigation.
My suspicion is that they protected exactly nothing, and wasted a lot
of time and money for little or no return. But what do I know? :-)
