Wired News covers the problem the digital-video only film studio, InDigEnt, is having sustaining success and making money for itself and the filmmakers who take a chance on producing ultra-low-budget flicks on DV instead of film. The problem, of course, is not getting the movies made — it’s getting them distributed, since that’s where the […]
Archive | January, 2006
Senators Discuss Plugging the A-Hole
Public Knowledge’s Policy Blog has a rundown summary of today’s Senate Commerce Committee hearing on the Broadcast Flag. According to PK Sen. John Sununu was the hero of the day, questioning why Congress needed to interevene and noting that other technologies, like VHS videotape, flourished without government mandated protections. If there wasn’t a consensus on […]
One the US’s Greatest Publishers Going Out of Business
I’ve always been a fan of Loompanics Unlimited, the publisher of such great titles as The Outlaw’s Bible and Understanding U.S. Identity Documents. Before there was a public internet, Loompanics made good on the notion that information wants to be free, publishing information and ideas that no other book publisher would touch. Loompanics is perhaps […]
Newfangled Field Audio Recorder Shootout: Edirol R-1 vs. Sony MZ-M100 Hi-MD
EQ magazine features a short, but useful, comparison of the new Edirol R-1 compact-flash audio recorder and Sony’s top-of-the-line Hi-minidisc recorder. The reviewer finds them to be pretty equal, with each having its advantages: the Edirol is bigger but has built in mics; the Hi-MD media is a lot cheaper than CFs, and isn’t quite […]
FCC To Start Issuing Backed Up Indecency Fines
It’s been rumored for a while, but apparently now it’s official — the FCC’s Media Bureau is going to start issuing broadcast indecency fines from 2005. They’ll be done in packages which will each be signed off on by the FCC’s Commissioners, and are supposed to provide a little more guidance on what the FCC […]