Comments on: Goddess, phone home http://cultureby.com/2008/05/goddess-phone-h.html This Blog Sits At the Intersection of Anthropology and Economics Wed, 23 May 2012 20:32:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Virginia Postrel http://cultureby.com/2008/05/goddess-phone-h.html/comment-page-1#comment-1747 Virginia Postrel Thu, 08 May 2008 20:58:31 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=287#comment-1747 I suspect horsleycarr has pegged what's going on. Brian Doherty (who is, among other things, a punk rock musician and a chronicler of Burning Man) had a good take on the paradox of anti-market indie artists, including DiFranco: http://www.reason.com/news/show/30367.html I suspect horsleycarr has pegged what’s going on. Brian Doherty (who is, among other things, a punk rock musician and a chronicler of Burning Man) had a good take on the paradox of anti-market indie artists, including DiFranco: http://www.reason.com/news/show/30367.html

]]> By: communicatrix http://cultureby.com/2008/05/goddess-phone-h.html/comment-page-1#comment-1746 communicatrix Thu, 08 May 2008 15:08:51 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=287#comment-1746 Wow. Fascinating account of a surprising reaction. Your theory about fringe-dwelling is an interesting one--I wouldn't have thought of it (I think) but it feels possible. One other thought is that precisely b/c she's a pioneer and seemingly very earnest about how her stuff proliferates, she (a), gets inundated by requests and (b) may feel the need to personally vet usage, but lacks the time to do so (see "a"). At least, I hope it's something like that. Because I'm a big fan, and she's a hell of an inspiration, and I'd hate to see her become irrelevant. Wow. Fascinating account of a surprising reaction.

Your theory about fringe-dwelling is an interesting one–I wouldn’t have thought of it (I think) but it feels possible.

One other thought is that precisely b/c she’s a pioneer and seemingly very earnest about how her stuff proliferates, she (a), gets inundated by requests and (b) may feel the need to personally vet usage, but lacks the time to do so (see “a”).

At least, I hope it’s something like that. Because I’m a big fan, and she’s a hell of an inspiration, and I’d hate to see her become irrelevant.

]]> By: horsleycarr http://cultureby.com/2008/05/goddess-phone-h.html/comment-page-1#comment-1745 horsleycarr Thu, 08 May 2008 15:06:56 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=287#comment-1745 maybe she just thinks you're a pompous ass in the pay of the corporate companies she's spent her life protesting about. maybe she just thinks you’re a pompous ass in the pay of the corporate companies she’s spent her life protesting about.

]]> By: Mike Madison http://cultureby.com/2008/05/goddess-phone-h.html/comment-page-1#comment-1744 Mike Madison Thu, 08 May 2008 13:44:38 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=287#comment-1744 If you were really planning to quote from the lyrics, rather than reproduce all or most of a song, did you or your publisher consider going ahead and relying on a fair use argument in case a claim was made? The door to the new knowledge economy swings both ways. If you were really planning to quote from the lyrics, rather than reproduce all or most of a song, did you or your publisher consider going ahead and relying on a fair use argument in case a claim was made? The door to the new knowledge economy swings both ways.

]]> By: Tom Asacker http://cultureby.com/2008/05/goddess-phone-h.html/comment-page-1#comment-1743 Tom Asacker Thu, 08 May 2008 11:22:29 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=287#comment-1743 Grant, did you actually speak with her? Or did an intermediary speak with an intermediary and through this person ask permission to publish her lyrics in a marketing guy's marketing book? Grant, did you actually speak with her? Or did an intermediary speak with an intermediary and through this person ask permission to publish her lyrics in a marketing guy’s marketing book?

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