There's so much juicy quotable stuff here, it's hard to know where to begin...great post, Jack - and as always, great play-by-play, TG
Just to pick a few tidbits out of this piece....
Quote:
They think the net is an anarchistic space....
|
Of course we do - that's the beauty of the Internet
Quote:
...anything intended to commercialise it is to be fiercely resisted - even if that thing is creative, innovative and inventive.
|
that's coz you've conditioned us well - we have come to learn that what you call creative, inventive, and innovative content variably turns out to be overpriced, exclusionary, obtrusive, and hackneyed content.
Quote:
That's CM thinking. We have elevated meanness into a moral position.
|
No, we have elevated choice, technological freedom, and privacy to a moral postion - and that's what really bugging you, isn't it?
You sound an awful lot like the TV exec who accuses Tivo users of stealing content if they skip the commercials....
Quote:
. And, in a way, we get the content we deserve.
|
we certainly do...in fact, I think I'll go get some right now