From the Brian Leher Show's Video Picks on WNYC, Harlan Ellison rants
righteously on how so many of the big media corporations are perfectly
willing to ask people for free access to all kinds of content - in
this instance an interview with the famed writer to be put on a DVD -
for zero compensation. Something for nothing.
It's a situation that stymies the production end as well, especially
in the blossoming area of web content. There are a lot of people
creating content for the web for little or no compensation, that
content is uploaded to Google or YouTube and they utilize it without
any real accounting done as to how much profit they make from specific
videos they air. It's a racket all around, which will hopefully get
ironed out as more people become wise to the ruse. (There's also some
additional goodies in the video. Enjoy.)
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