The Weekly ‘Loper – March 12, 2006

While you were shooting steroids meant for Barry Bonds into Slobodan Milosevic, here is what we were concentrating on:

• The Battle Royale: Download Royalties – Every time there’s a new content delivery system everyone freaks out over how big their cut will be.
• A History of the Ricky Gervais Show – Jim’s latest obsession. This week anyway.
• Apple Launches Subscription Multi-Pass Video Service – What happens if The Daily Show and The Colbert Report are in reruns for a week or two? Does your monthly sub — I mean “Multi-Pass” carry forward?
• What Really Keeps Studio Executives Awake At Night – You mean besides hookers and cocaine? How about that they have no idea what’s actually in their libraries.
• Will Origami Introduce The Era Of UMPC? – I would like to include the winner of the 1998 Computer Haiku competition.

  “Windows NT crashed.
  I am the Blue Screen of Death.
  No one hears your screams.”

• RIAA: Stop Taping Songs Off of the Radio! – What does the RIAA have against little kids anyway?!