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pjm@see_my_sig_for_address.com wrote:
> On 16 Jul 2004 21:38:12 -0700, surfdrm@yahoo.com (22surf) wrote:
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>>Hello!  Any feedback would rock!  You can download the complete Open
>>Source business plan at http://22surf.org .
>>
>>22surf Summary:
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>>Digital rights management (DRM) is the holy grail of the internet.
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> 	Yeh, right.
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>>is a multi-billion-dollar, ever-expanding market, and an apt solution
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> 	It's a freaking joke invented by Hollywood Pigopolists to
> protect their Malibu Mansions.
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>>will be invaluable to the livelihood of content creators, programmers,
>>and media companies.  The 22surf business plan for generating revenue
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> 	Bullshit on the first two, 'you're right' on the last.
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> 	As always, Creators will get shit-all, pennies if anything,
> and the Moguls will get fat off the rest.
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>>content is used, and consumers will be able to support their favorite
>>artists and musicians without paying corporate taxes.
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> 	I didn't know tax evasion was part of DRM.
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>>22surf encourages artist-hackers to download the 22surf business plan
>>for building profitable archives and marketplaces with Open Source
>>CMS, change and build on it, and join in the following revenue
>>streams:  1) sell keyword advertising throughout free OSCMS hosting
>>services (blogs, galleries, etc.), 2) sell advanced hosting
>>options/extra disk space, 3) charge 5% on content marketplace
>>transactions, 4) charge 5% on Open Source Arts freelance services
>>marketplace transactions, 5) manage/host media assets of large
>>businesses (record labels/movie studios/etc.) with openipmp or Media-S
>>for DRM 6) sell printing services (or partner with businesses) for
>>hard-copy books, prints, CDs, DVDs, etc.  7) create a syndicable
>>friendster/FOAF (friend-of-a-friend) network.
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> 	Ah, yes, the 'open source business model'.  Which means 'Get
> paid nothing for your programming, and find some other way to make a
> living and pay your bills.  Sell advertising, sell printing, whatever.
> Great plan.
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>>All of the above revenue streams may be realized with a small team
>>surfing along with Moore's Law, Metcalfe's Law, and Copyright Law, and
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> 	Solid business proposal there, for sure !!!!  Not.
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