Sympathy for the Don

Please allow me to introduce myself

I'm a man of no wealth or taste

I've been around for a long, long years

Stole a million MAGAs souls on faith

And I was 'round when Hillary

Had her moment of doubt and pain

Made damn sure that Christie

Was ordered home and sealed his fate

Pleased to meet you

All I have is my name

But what's troubling you is 

Why so many play my game

I stuck around New York

When I saw it was a time for a change

Attacked Coumo and his ministers

Chris screamed in vain

I'm orange and fat

And I sold MAGA hats

While the virus spread

And the jobs went away

I rode an SUV

Held a presidents's rank

While the virus raged

And the suckers cheered and stank

Pleased to meet you

The candidate with zero class

But I made sure

That Cruz and Graham kissed my ass.

(Woo woo, woo woo)

I watched with glee

While your Reps and Senators

Fought for ten decades

For the parties they made

(Woo woo, woo woo)

I shouted out

Who killed the Kennedys?

I blamed it on Cruz's dad

And Ted still loves me

(Who who, who who)

Let me please introduce myself

I'm a man of no wealth or taste

And I laid traps for sycophants

And laid your party to waste

(Woo woo, who who)

Pleased to meet you

All I have is my name, oh yeah

(Who who)

But what's puzzling you

Is why I have no shame

(Who who, who who)

Pleased to meet you

Hope you guessed my name, oh yeah

But what's confusing you

Is why I have no shame

(Woo woo, who who)

Just as every kamala is a cop

And all the supremicists saints

As news is fake and you listen to me

Just call me Don

'Cause I'm in need of some restraint

(Who who, who who)

So if you meet me

Have some courtesy

Have some sympathy, and some taste

(Woo woo)

Use all your well-learned politness

Or I'll lay your party to waste, mm yeah

(Woo woo, woo woo)

Pleased to meet you

All I have is my name, mm yeah

(Who who)

But what's puzzling you

Is the nature of my game, mm mean it, get down

Tell me baby, do you like my name

Tell me honey, can ya take my name

Tell me baby, what's my name

I tell you one time, you're to blame

What's my name

Tell me, baby, what's my name

Tell me, sweetie, what's my name

Oh, yeah

Diamonds For Nothing a parody for Minecrafters

Now look at them diggy-diggies that's the way you do it
You play the pick-axe on the MC-YT
That ain't diggin' that's the way you do it
Diamonds for nothin' and chickens for free
Now that ain't diggin' that's the way you do it
Lemme tell ya them miners ain't dumb
Maybe get a arrow on your right arm
Maybe get a arrow on the back of your head

We gotta install these coal-powered ovens
Custom jukebox deliveries
We gotta move these iron bars
We gotta move these chestie's

See the little noob with the skin and the hat
Yeah buddy that's his own hat
That little miner got his own jet pack
That little miner he's a millionaire

We gotta install these coal-powered ovens
Custom jukebox deliveries
We gotta move these iron bars
We gotta move these chestie's

I shoulda learned to play the game
I shoulda learned to play them picks
Look at that miner, she got it stickin' in the camera
Man we could have some fun
And he's up there, what's that? Indie noises?
Bangin' on the creepers like a simoneeze
That ain't workin' that's the way you do it
Diamonds for nothin' and chickens for free

We gotta install these coal-powered ovens
Custom jukebox deliveries
We gotta move these iron bars
We gotta move these chestie's

Now that ain't diggin' that's the way you do it
You play the pick on the MC-YT
That ain't diggin' that's the way you do it
Diamonds for nothin' and chickens for free
Diamonds for nothin' and chickens for free

I want my
I want my
I want my MC-YT!

A new business model for the content industry. (By B)

Hey content industry!

Yes you Sony, Warner, Disney, Universal and ALL the others...

I've got a new model for content sales that will make your life easier and make you more money... Ready? Here goes:

Step 1) Let go of control.

Thats it.

Yes, it really is that simple.

The current problems in the content industry all flow from the attempt to maintain complete control - the DRM systems that specify how often a bit of video or music can even be played are proof of that. If some content providers had their way you would not be able to buy a DVD or a CD you'd only ever be able to rent them and you'd have to provide photo ID and a deposit to do even that.

But it's counter productive.

For an industry to grow (and the content industry has been growing, don't let the fear mongers fool you) the level of consumption needs to increase - so it needs to get easier not harder.

The enforcement of copyright and DRM is just hampering consumption and the industry itself is only maintaining it's position because popular music artists get lured to it with promises of big contracts and promotion, and new and popular video productions need investment and distribution deals.

But look at youtube and you'll star to see the future of content - free video podcasts with increasingly professional production and integrated advertising or user subscription models for regular targeted content.

So why is the content industry (especially the music industry) so mad on maintaining control?

2 words: Price Pointing

The content industry thinks that it's best way to make money is to control the price, something they cant do if they dont have an iron grip on distribution control.

The truth is they DON'T have an iron grip on distribution, they dont even have a marsh mellow grip on it. Most music consumer in the world is done so via piracy and video is rapidly following. Many young people dont even realise that pirating music is illegal.

So the attempt control distribution is just making it harder to get and the result is that uncontrolled music gets a disproportionate slice of the consumer attention pie.

As was recently demonstrated by Paul Heald the enforcement of copyright actually has a negative impact on both the rates of consumption and the income earned from original works:
(The video is long so get a cup of coffee first)





The growth in music and video piracy has proven that when distribution is relaxed consumption skyrockets.

Setting the dogs of war (RIAA and MPAA legal teams) onto the pirates doesn't actually help (watch strict P2P laws in France failing to increase regular sales) because you are reducing consumption - the exact opposite of what a growing industry wants to do.

So the logical thing to do is relax.

Let go of control.

Allow the music to be easily distributed at price points relative to the level of demand rather than a flat fee for back catalog work.

If the content industry developed a solid way for the pricing to self regulate to demand, then they would find the big concerns of piracy go away. They would make more money while expending less overhead in "protecting" their assets, and they would ride the wave of the migration from a physical to a virtual economy.

The truth is that the entire pricing model for content is outdated. Digital distribution has changed the market forever and there is no going back to the level of control offered when the content was nearly impossible to duplicate or steal.

Right now the content industry is throwing all it's eggs into the "subscription" basket, because this model gives projections for consistent recurring revenue.

Yeah, right... the mobile phone industry thought that 10 years ago too...

They have had to learn the hard way that people prefer more flexible pay per use models rather than committing to a life long tax - hence the growth of prepay accounts. Subscription ingages more people and make it easier to pay but the price control is still in the hands of the labels and not representative of the consumption patterns of the users

The content industry will eventually see the same light as the mobile industry. Of course, at this rate it's going to take them another 10 years.