--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Stu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <noozguru@> wrote: > > > > TurquoiseB wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Stu" buttsplicer@ wrote: > > > > It might not appeal to you because you're in > > > the industry, Stu, but there is this nifty piece > > > of free software called Miro. > > Wow! Very Cool. Now I will have something to occupy my > coming free-time when the conglomerates won't be able to > pay me to make TV shows.
While I understand and sympathize (especially coming off of a long workless strike), my personal sympathies lie with those who are busy trying to find some way to no longer *work* for the conglom- erates. Or at least no longer have to be dependent on them. I don't know how you feel about Joss Whedon's recent "Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog" project, but I find it really exciting and encouraging. I watched it for free on the Web, I downloaded it for $3.99 from iTunes, and I have pre-ordered 30 copies of the DVD, even though it has not been released yet. I plan to give them away as Christmas and birthday presents this year. Ok, it's just a silly musical, but it was the *heart* and the *intent* behind the project that got me. Basically, Joss said, "If the conglomerates won't let us play in their sandpile because they're being greedy, we'll find another sandpile to play in." And they did. Others will, too. I do appreciate the rare movie and TV series that manages to fight through all the crap and turns out to be art. When I find one, I try to reward it in the only way possible to me from over here in Spain, which is to buy the DVD version when it comes out, even though I already have all of the episodes in downloaded form. I have done that with Deadwood, with John From Cincinnati, with Charlie Jade, with Dexter, with Lost and Battlestar Galactica, and I will undoubtedly do it with Pushing Daisies. But in buying these things I'm trying to reward the *artists* involved, not the conglomerates who are making the lion's share of the profits. They are old and in the way in my opinion, and I for one just can't wait until the artists themselves discover new ways to make money without them, so I can pay them directly instead of having to pay some company that is going to skim 98% off the top.
