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 More Conservative Sniping 
On several occasions I have waxed snide about conservative uber-blogger Glenn Reynolds and what I regard as his insufficient concern for the protection of intellectual property. (Here; here; here.)

So it was with pleasure that I noted a recent snippet in his column:

"My wife is a filmmaker, and has had good luck via the Internet -- tens of thousands of people have watched the trailer for her film, and lots have ordered it. She's not delivering the full-length film online, though." (Emphasis added.)
Gee, I wonder why not, considering the efficiency of the Net as a distribution medium? Could it be that distributing over the Internet would be an end to any hope of selling more copies? Can we hope for a conversion here, perhaps on the Lysistrata principle?

posted by James DeLong : 11/19/2004 10:12:08 AM

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11.19.2004
 More Conservative Sniping 
On several occasions I have waxed snide about conservative uber-blogger Glenn Reynolds and what I regard as his insufficient concern for the protection of intellectual property. (Here; here; here.)

So it was with pleasure that I noted a recent snippet in his column:

"My wife is a filmmaker, and has had good luck via the Internet -- tens of thousands of people have watched the trailer for her film, and lots have ordered it. She's not delivering the full-length film online, though." (Emphasis added.)
Gee, I wonder why not, considering the efficiency of the Net as a distribution medium? Could it be that distributing over the Internet would be an end to any hope of selling more copies? Can we hope for a conversion here, perhaps on the Lysistrata principle?

posted by James DeLong : 11/19/2004 10:12:08 AM

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