There have to be other waysto keep something like this going, without having to resort to fucking adverts plastered all over everything. As I'm sure you've discovered yourself, as soon as the sponsors move in, they call the shots. I'd subscribe to b3ta, pay a small monthly fee to keep it going. It's a rare entity, and really deserves to survive.
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pabulum,
Fri 22 Feb 2002, 20:24,
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That's really fucking great matebut I fear you're in a minority. The pay for use model wold fix the situation, but we'd feel very weird about trying to implement it, and there's always the worry that the natural attrition that would kill the essence of what we've created, which is essentially an elite collecitve of the best creatives out there, doing shit because it's fun rather than because it has commercial value. I don't know- maybe that's the best way to go, but the pay for use model is so difficult to make work. There's long long discussions about the psychology of this which would probably be beter held off-list.
( crab_bloke),
Fri 22 Feb 2002, 20:43,
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And off-pished too probablyTime for bed. G'night from snowy Glasgow
( pabulum,
Fri 22 Feb 2002, 20:56,
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