> Software: > Charge for support > Charge for bespoke software > Charge for custom modifications.
Now this is a model we know works because there's a multiple of companies in the OpenSource world. So it's a no brainer. > Music: > Charge for Live performances/concerts > Charge for physical merchandise Musical revenues are not something I know huge amounts, but this seems to me to be a model which drives the musicians very very hard. To earn money to live they have to perform - and they'll need to do it a LOT. But to prepare their next album, they'll need to stop performing because they'll need to write their album. And is there not a finite amount of gigs people will attend? The number of people who go to a gig a week isn't that high. Where does this model leave people like Kate Bush - internationally regarded and loved, but who hates doing live performances, so doesn't. As for merchandise, I like music, but I can count on my fingers the number of band related merchandise I own. It's a Shirehorses t-shirt. As an aside, Ash recently announced they'd no longer be releasing Albums. Instead they're going for downloadable singles - which of course people will pay for. Tracks they think will be released quicker and more often. > Film: > Charge the cinemas (but give the DVDs etc away) Or do like > some of the community film projects (like the one mentioned > on this list http://www.aswarmofangels.com/ ) > Job done. How does this fund films which don't do very well in the cinemas but have done far better off the back of DVD sales? Clerks is an interesting example. It grossed millions in the US, yet had minimal cinematic release. Yet it's a highly regarded film and I suspect there's more than one person on this list who has a copy somewhere. DVD revenues now regularly eclipse box office reciepts. So your model could destroy huge chunks of the film industry. That might be a good thing, but it's very hard to see how Lord of the Rings would ever have been made under your model. The potential box office revenues alone wouldn't have cut the mustard. To look forward is not easy. To find workable solutions isn't. - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
