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The Far Side – By Gary Larson

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Re: The Far Side – By Gary Larson

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Post by mjklin »

nullhole wrote: post #3

Worth noting is Gary Larson's original response to the WWW was an open letter asking fans not to post his cartoons online. Akin to the Bill Gates letter on copying software, but, perhaps, more understandable. This website is a reversal of that original position. He was thoughtful then, and is thoughtful now. The original letter: https://www.portmann.com/farside/index.html?home.html And the reversal: https://www.thefa…

God cooking the earth in the kitchen: and just to make it interesting…a sprinkling of jerks!

(Not that I think about this comic all the time interacting with you fine internet citizens)

Re: The Far Side – By Gary Larson

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Post by Staple_Diet »

psunavy03 wrote: post #53
omoikane wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think the expectation from the early days of the internet was that information could be contained, and the realization from recent years is that the expectation no longer holds. So creators either have to make their own contents accessible or someone else will do it anyways, possibly poorly. Gary Larson might have arrived at this realization relatively late, but I don't think he is the last one.

Witness all the artists who refused to put their music on iTunes or streaming. How'd that exclusive CD deal with Wal-Mart work out, Garth?

Tbh seems like he knows his audience. Surely plenty of people still buy CDs for their car stereo rather than streaming Spotify or something, especially the kind of people who listen to country music.

I can respect those that tried to resist the onset of streaming, it really did/does screw over artists.

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