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Stop SOPA and PIPA
Get educated here: Internet Blacklist Legislation, Hollywood and SOPA, More about SOPA and PIPA
Take action here: http://grassroutes.us/campaigns/2/iframe and here
Why The Movie Industry Can’t Innovate and the Result is SOPA
From: steveblank
“This year the movie industry made $30 billion (1/3 in the U.S.) from box-office revenue.
But the total movie industry revenue was $87 billion. Where did the other $57 billion come from?
From sources that the studios at one time claimed would put them out of business: Pay-per view TV, cable and satellite channels, video rentals, DVD sales, online subscriptions and digital downloads…
The music and movie business has been consistently wrong in its claims that new platforms and channels would be the end of its businesses. In each case, the new technology produced a new market far larger than the impact it had on the existing market.”
This is one of the best commentaries I’ve read concerning SOPA and Hollywood.
Full article here.
Macgo – Mac Blu-ray Player – mac news
If you’ve been waiting for Blu-ray playback on OS X your wait is finally over. Macgo for OS X (and Windows) is being touted as “the first and best Blu-ray player for Mac.” All I can say is, it’s about frakking time. Grab yourself an external drive, download the software (on sale now for $39.95 or 3 month trial for free) and enjoy spinning the forbidden blu fruit on your Mac.
The Obligatory Steve Jobs Post in Haiku
Steve had a triumphant return
Apple is on top of the world
Michael Dell suck it.
‘Baby Monkey (going backwards on a pig)’ – the iOS game
Are you one of the 9 million viewers who can’t get enough of Perry Gripp’s ultra cute video/song ‘Baby Monkey (going backwards on a pig)‘? You might be happy to learn that the video game version has just dropped and with Mr. Gripp’s blessing to boot.
You can check out Touch Arcade’s review here or just go download the game already it’s only $0.99.
