The Creative Apocalypse That Wasn't

Sun, 6 Sep 2015 14:55:55 +1000

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
<http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/23/magazine/the-creative-apocalypse-that-wasnt.html>

"In the digital economy, it was supposed to be impossible to make money
by making art. Instead, creative careers are thriving — but in
complicated and unexpected ways."

Things have certainly changed significantly, but the overblown claims of
the big rightsholders remain as ridiculously overstated now as they ever
were.

Cheers,
        *** Xanni ***
--
mailto:xanni@xanadu.net                   Andrew Pam
http://www.xanadu.com.au/                 Chief Scientist, Xanadu
http://www.glasswings.com.au/             Partner, Glass Wings
http://www.sericyb.com.au/                Manager, Serious Cybernetics

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Mon, 7 Sep 2015 12:21:24 +1000

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
<https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150821/00394032024/world-is-catching-that-creativity-creative-jobs-have-been-growing-not-disappearing-post-napster.shtml>

"A few years back, we did a deep dive into the actual numbers for how
the entertainment industry had been faring in the post-Napster era, and
found that, contrary to the doom and gloom stories the legacy
entertainment industry has been stating, the sky was rising, not
falling. Since then, we've continued to release updated versions of our
Sky is Rising reports, which continue to show the same basic thing: more
creative output than ever before in history, more people creating
content than ever before in history, more people making money as content
creators than ever before in history and more money being spent on
content than ever before in history. In other words, the whole idea that
the internet and file sharing somehow killed the entertainment industry
is complete bunk."

Techdirt comments on the recent NY Times article.

Share and enjoy,
                *** Xanni ***
--
mailto:xanni@xanadu.net                   Andrew Pam
http://www.xanadu.com.au/                 Chief Scientist, Xanadu
http://www.glasswings.com.au/             Partner, Glass Wings
http://www.sericyb.com.au/                Manager, Serious Cybernetics

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