NYMag's Vulture blog is charmingly and amusingly skeptical of us, but, here anyway, we think they've misunderstood us a bit...
Their sweetly naïve mission: to remind people how great paying for things can be -- to "educate consumers and highlight innovations by media companies and Internet providers to make the Web a better place to legally get songs, movies and TV shows." Current plans revolve around a moderate biochemical attack that would institute widespread low-grade amnesia and, hopefully, cause everyone to forget how easy it is to get all that stuff for free.Actually, hold the amnesia nukes for now. In fact, if you take a look at our Creativity Online section, you'll find we're right fond of free as well.
- MTV.com, ABC.com, NBC.com, CBS.com, Fox.com, ComedyCentral.com - Free
- Jaman.com - "independent and classic movies for free"
- Hulu.com - "all free video, all the time"
- Joost.com - "free, online, and on demand"
- EZTakes.com - "available for free"
- Mediazone.com - "free content for sports and cultural programming"
- Babelgum.com - "free, independent online television station."
We don't want people to "forget how easy it is to get all that stuff for free." We're trying to show people new ways to "get all that stuff for free." Yes, even if the artists get rewarded in the process.
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