tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11534721.post115167050738107701..comments2023-10-11T10:06:53.426-04:00Comments on Dan Ward's Blog: Exposure QuotesDanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10672193314217176187noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11534721.post-1151755368527007482006-07-01T08:02:00.000-04:002006-07-01T08:02:00.000-04:00Ah Hah! Hope you got my e-mail about posting your...Ah Hah! Hope you got my e-mail about posting your "briefing" online ;) It is truly uncanny how sometimes you think of an idea, then low and behold, there it is expressed before you by other people, in a different form. Your going to think I read Exposure and then sent you that e-mail. But it ain't so. Remember lowering your associative barriers? Wow!Gabehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03491164740457304897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11534721.post-1151679930017397912006-06-30T11:05:00.000-04:002006-06-30T11:05:00.000-04:00And that's precisely the philosophy at work in the...And that's precisely the philosophy at work in the Exposure book... and their willingness to 1) make it available as a free download and 2) let me sell copies of it via Rogue Press.<BR/><BR/>They clearly understand & believe that the "bootleg" copies I'm offering for sale don't diminish their value or take away from their market position. In fact, it increases the value of their stuff, by making it more familiar, getting people talking about it, etc... (particularly since they aren't selling it anymore. It might be a different thing if they had a warehouse full of the $50 version, waiting to be sold...)Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10672193314217176187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11534721.post-1151679012771137992006-06-30T10:50:00.000-04:002006-06-30T10:50:00.000-04:00So the Dead typically had very open policies regar...So the Dead typically had very open policies regarding recording their live shows - even providing sound board feeds to fans for better sound quality. Then those fans copied and shared the bootlegs, which undoubtedly increased the overall fan base... i.e. raised demand for all things Jerry and company. Having a library of bootleg live recordings would tend to increase the chances a fan will buy a ticket for the next concert... I've never heard anybody say "nah, I've already heard them live... why bother?"Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13323501105709720347noreply@blogger.com