Make good stuff, then make it easy for people to buy it. There’s your anti-piracy plan. The big content companies are TERRIBLE at doing both of these things, so it’s no wonder they’re not doing so well in the current environment. And right now everyone’s fighting to control distribution channels, which is why I can’t watch Star Wars on Netflix or iTunes. It’s fine if you want to have that fight, but don’t yell and scream about how you’re losing business to piracy when your stuff isn’t even available in the box I have on top of my TV. A lot of us have figured out how to do this.
Jonathan Coulton writes a smart post about MegaUpload, SOPA/PROTECT-IP, Copyright, and being an artist amongst pirates. Grab a cup of coffee on this snowy/rainy Saturday and make this your morning read. (via spytap)
IAWTV Award Nominations 2011 (as a list)
Because I am not really happy with the presentation of the categories on the IAWTV homepage (it’s not handy if you wanna have an overview), I made a simple list for you with all the categories and all the nominations on it.
Read it now, thank me later. :)
Best Comedy Web Series
Gigi: Almost American
PRETTY
The Guild
The Jeff Lewis 5-minute Comedy Hour
Video Game Reunion
Best Hosted (Taped) Web Series
A Comicbook Orange
ETC
Immersion
NextMovie Daily
The Web.Files
Best Drama Web Series
AIDAN 5
Anyone But Me
CELL: The Web Series
Pioneer One
RCVR/Web Series
Best Hosted (Live) Web Series
Geek Beat Live
Indie Intertube
Kevin Pollack’s Chat Show
Stupid For Movies
What’s Trending with Shira Lazar
Best Animated Web Series
CliffsNotes Films
Dick Figures
Red vs. Blue
Sketch 22
The World of Bruce McCall
Best Documentary Web Series
Beyond the Gallery
Deja View
DON’T ASK DON’T TELL
The Founders
White Collar Brawler
Best Variety Series
Fanboy Funhouse
Kids React
Mark Malkoff
Stripped Down Live
Team Unicorn
Best News Web Series
Breakout
Daily Ticker
Tech News Today
The Philip Defranco Show
The Woodward Report
Best Educational Web Series
DadLabs
Engineer Your Space
Financially Fit
The Great Camera Shootout 2011
What You Can Do
Best Writing (Drama)
Vidas Barzdukas - AIDAN 5
Susan Miller & Tina Cesa Ward - Anyone But Me
Mark Gardner - CELL: The Web Series
David Nett Rick Robinson & Andrew R. Deutsch - Night of the Zombie King
David Van Eyssen & Brian Horiuchi - RCVR/Web Series
Best Writing (Comedy)
Jessica Mills - Awkward Embraces
Steve Silverman - PRETTY
Marilyn Anne Michaels & Dominic Conti - The Best Friend
Felicia Day - The Guild
Jeff Lewis - The Jeff Lewis 5-Minute Comedy Hour
Best Writing (Non-Fiction)
Rudy Jahchan - A Comicbook Orange
Grace Helbig - Daily Grace
Benny Fine & Rafi Fine - Kids React
Nar Williams - NextMovie Daily
Scott Lynch - The Great Camera Shootout 2011
Best Directing (Drama)
Ben Bays - AIDAN 5
Tina Cesa Ward - Anyone But Me
David Nett - Night of the Zombie King
David Van Eyssen - RCVR/Web Series
Chris Preksta - The Mercury Men
Best Directing (Comedy)
Sandeep Parikh - Legend of Neil
Steve Silverman - PRETTY
Frederick Snyder - SOLO: The Series
Sean Becker - The Guild
Sean Becker - The Jeff Lewis 5-Minute Comedy Hour
Best Directing (Non-Fiction)
Danny Cameron - DadLabs
Mike Rotman - Kevin Pollack’s Chat Show
Benny Fine & Rafi Fine - Kids React
Sandra J. Payne - The Web.Files
Brett Register - What’s Trending with Shira Lazar
Best Male Performance (Comedy)
Yuri Baranovsky - Leap Year
Jonathan Nail - SOLO: The Series
Jeff Lewis - The Guild
Sandeep Parikh - The Guild
Jeff Lewis - The Jeff Lewis 5-Minute Comedy Hour
Best Male Performance (Drama)
Bryan Michael Block - AIDAN 5
Dingani Beza - Asylum
Kevin McCarthy - CELL: The Web Series
Maxwell Glick - Night of the Zombie King
Daniel Bonjour - RCVR/Web Series
Best Female Performance (Comedy)
Emma Caulfield - Bandwagon The Series
Hillary B. Smith - Fumbling thru the Pieces
Alexis Boozer - Leap Year
Felicia Day - The Guild
Julie Ann Emery - Then we got HELP!
Best Female Performance (Drama)
Maya Sayre - AIDAN 5
Rachael Hip-Flores - Anyone But Me
Taryn Southern - BlackBoxTV: The Series
Jourdan Gibson - CELL: The Web Series
Jery Ryan - Mortal Kombat: Legacy
Best Host (Taped)
Casey McKinnon - A Comicbook Orange
Brad Powell - ETC (Entertainment, Technology, Culture)
Khail Anomymous - Immersion
Burnie Burns - NextMovie Daily
Kristyn Burtt - The Web.Files
Best Host (Live)
April Grant & Amanda Shockley - Indie Intertube
Kevin Pollack - Kevin Pollack’s Chat Show
Curt Smith - Stripped Down Live
Mark Keizer & Wade Major - Stupid For Movies
Shira Lazar - What’s Trending with Shira Lazar
Best Cinematography
Iskra Valtcheva & Michael Morlan - CELL: The Web Series
C. Kim Miles - Mortal Kombat: Legacy
Andrew R. Deutsch - Night of the Zombie King
Joost Van Starrenburg - RCVR/Web Series
Christopher Charles Kempinski - Riese: Kingdom Falling
Best Design (Art Direction/Production)
Ben Brown & Jason Mowry - AIDAN 5
Eric Whitney - Continuum
Greg Aronowitz - Dragon Age: Redemption
Kelly Wasserman - RCVR/Web Series
Jonathan Nail & Michael Levine- SOLO: The Series
Best Costume Design
Shawna Trpcic - Dragon Age: Redemption
Katie Broad - Fallout: Nuka Break
Megan Leson - Riese: Kingdom Falling
Kristin Ingram - The Guild
Jenny Green Dan Crawley & Thais Yuki - Video Game Reunion
Best Makeup/Special Effects
Jamie Register - A Good Knight’s Quest
Greg Aronowitz & Kimberly Graczyk - Dragon Age: Redemption
Ralis Kahn Bianca Appice & Shintaro Kakioka - Fallout: Nuka Break
Michael Del Rossa - RCVR/Web Series
Kimberly Graczyk - The Guild
Best Visual Effects (Digital)
Shawn Likely - AIDAN 5
Chad Briggs - Continuum
Keegan Douglas - Mortal Kombat: Legacy
Lawson Demming Rocket Studios & Tunnel Post - RCVR/Web Series
Chris Preksta - The Mercury Men
Best Editing
Tony E. Valenzuela - BlackBoxTV: The Series
Fawaz Al-Matrouk - Goldilocks
Jeff Cowan - RCVR/Web Series
Matthew Lyons & Kirby Jinnah - Riese: Kingdom Falling
Chris Preksta & Tyson VanSkiver- The Mercury Men
Best Original Music
Mike Jackson - AIDAN 5
Brian Satterwhite - CELL: The Web Series
Peace Nistades - Dragon Age: Redemption
Rob Gokee - Night of the Zombie King
Rob Gokee - SOLO: The Series
Best Web Site Design
AIDAN 5
Engineer Your Space
RCVR/Web Series
Ruby Skye PI
The Guild
Best Interactive/Social Media Experience
CliffsNotes Films
Kids React
RCVR/Web Series
Stupid For Movies
What’s Trending with Shira Lazar
Best Supplemental Content
Kids React
RCVR/Web Series
The Further Adventures of Cupid and Eros
The Mercury Men
Vampire Zombie Werewolf
Best Distribution Platform
blip.tv
Crackle
DailyMotion
Hulu
Joost.com
The Move (that’s stuff for a film)…
It’s postponed for a week. The movers are terribly busy. Anyway, this week, next week, who cares. Word from customs is, my move from Germany to Switzerland after more than 18 months of living here is not on their list of exceptions (the list of exceptions by the way is so secret no one knows if it even exists, it’s probably just an urban legend).
So, I have to pay sales tax, which is 8 % here in Switzerland, on everything I bring to Bern. Fun. Even my 20 year old towels and gifts. Now I have to figure out how much everything is worth. How much would you pay for a bunch of VHS cassettes with my daughters early stage figure skating on it? It’s priceless, right?
The writers of the show
Moving again…
If you follow my posting(s) you might know by now, that I’m finally moving all of my stuff from Germany to Switzerland. For about 5 years I had an apartment in both countries.
Yesterday I’ve learned that Switzerland has a time limit to move your stuff for free to Switzerland. It’s 18 months. So with my 5 years, I’m clearly beyond that time limit. But there are exceptions and I still hope that my case is one of the exceptions, because I left Switzerland for at least one weekend per month and I had a freaking second household.
But, you never know how customs works. I’m still waiting for an answer from the customs office. Hopefully they answer soon, because the move is scheduled for November 18th.
Stay tuned…
