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Archives for February 2007

The Daily Loper – February 28, 2007

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This Boy Is Exhausted Edition

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Are TV Show Promos Mostly Evil or Pure Evil?

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Great story about angry Lost fans (though to be sure, is there any other type of Lost fan these days?) pissed off at ABC’s marketing department for what they are calling “false advertising.” Hee.

Apparently ABC had a promo before last weeks ep that promised that “answers to three of Lost’s biggest mysteries are finally revealed.” The angry fans have decided that decided that the mysteries that were revealed by that episode weren’t big enough. So they are claiming that ABC’s marketing department are a bunch of lying liars who lie.

Not to put too fine of a point on it, but these people are idiots.

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The Daily Loper – February 27, 2007

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Red Wine and Whiskey All The Time Edition

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EMI Is Right, But For The Wrong Reasons

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The impending death of DRM was delayed slightly yesterday when it was revealed that EMI has broken off negotiations that could have enabled online music services to sell unprotected mp3 files. The talks apparently hit a snag when EMI demanded a large advance payment (presumably in unmarked bills) in exchange for allowing retailers like iTunes the right to eliminate DRM from downloadable songs.

An arrangement of this sort would undoubtedly lead to a price increase for downloadable music – although it’s difficult to assess how much of an increase without knowing how much EMI was asking for.

EMI’s thinking seems to be that the payment would be necessary to guarantee revenue that might be lost as a result of selling unprotected music. However, if iTunes, or any other digital music store, were to take EMI up on this offer the unintended consequence would be that the corresponding price increase would validate the widely held belief that unprotected music is intrinsically more valuable than DRM restricted music.

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Filed Under: DRM

The Daily Loper – February 26, 2007

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I Smell Bread Edition

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What I Learned From The Oscars Last Night

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I usually watch TV for one of two reasons: to be entertained or to be educated. Last night’s telecast of the 79th Annual Academy Awards certainly couldn’t qualify as entertainment, so therefore, it must have been educational.

Therefore, I present what I learned from watching the Oscars with some of my fellow ‘Lopers last night:

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The Weekly ‘Loper – February 25, 2007

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While you were busy crying over Anna Nicole, shaving your head or going in and out of rehab, this is what we were doing:

  • See Ya Later, Studio 60 – Jim’s right. (Oh, how I hate to admit that.) Matthew Perry is awesome. Somebody give that man a show! Wait, somebody give that man a good show.
  • Second Life and the Vision Thing – Sherilyn wonders why anybody would want to walk into something like a virtual video store and deal with a surly know-it-all virtual video store employee instead of the way she currently buys stuff online. Though, if it comes to pass, Video Zone is a pretty good name for a virtual video store.
  • Medialoper Focus Group: 24-Hour Party People – Kassia’s focus group reveals what Kirk has been saying all along. DRM is bad. Also, some men have curious man crushes on Tom Cruise. Yikes!
  • Macrovision’s DRM Snake Oil – And see, Kirk was worried that if the Music Industry abandoned DRM that he wouldn’t have anything to write about. Luckily, there are paranoid and shortsighted people in other industires.
  • That’s What I Like: NBC Thursday Nights – So I laugh when people accidentally get hurt. There’s no shame in that. And there are a lot of laughs in NBC’s Thursday night line up.

The Daily Loper – February 23, 2007

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That’s What I Like: NBC Thursday Nights

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NBC’s self-proclaimed “Comedy Night Done Right” finally accomplishes what they tried to do for years with their so-called “Must See TV” lineups -two full hours of the funny. With the current Thursday night lineup, My Name is Earl, The Office , Scrubs and 30 Rock (which has quickly grown on me) they have a comedy juggernaut.

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The Daily Loper – February 22, 2007

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Wok This Way Edition

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