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  • A new economics of P2P file sharing

    What happens when you put three economists from the internet, telecomms, and the music businesses in a room and don’t let them out until they’ve agreed on something useful? A paper published by the research unit of the British composers’ collection society today gives us a clue. The first results of a “knocking heads together”…

  • ‘Parasitic’ Google feels TV’s wrath

    Your reporter holds TV executives in as much esteem as a flesh-eating virus. But even in the uniquely clueless world of television, they’re finally waking up to Google’s ‘parasitic’ nature. C4 chief Andy Duncan has become the latest to awake from his slumber. The problem? Duncan’s “cure” will probably only make Google stronger. Duncan says…

  • The New Green Aristocracy: Ben Pile

    Brilliant analysis on environmentalism and the legitimacy – Andrew. An aristocracy is a form of government by an elite that considers itself to possess greater virtues than the hoi polloi, giving it the right to rule in its own interests. Aristocrats were referred to as ‘the nobility’, or ‘nobs’. These days we prefer decisions to…

  • EMI’s £700,000 taxi bill

    A report by Maltby Capital, the company created to acquire and run EMI, reveals that the British music giant is still spending money like a drunken sailor. A highlight of the out-of-control budget was £700,000 spent with just one London taxi firm. “This was only slightly less than the bills of three investment banks, with…