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...can’t believe I get paid to do this,” says David S. Goyer during a recent interview discussing his upcoming film Blade: Trinity. The writer of all three Blade films had his work cut out for him on Trinity—it was his first mainstream directing job and it will probably be the final chapter in the popular Blade series. Yet, even at the end of a long day of press interviews, he can barely contain his excitement...
...Matt Goyer was driving with his buddies for ice cream in the summer of 2000 when a commercial came on the radio. Their favorite band, the Tragically Hip, had a new CD out. The savvy computer-science majors sniggered, Yeah, like we're going to buy that when we can just find it free online and download it. "But then we started to think, How is the band going to be a band if we don't buy CDs anymore?" says Goyer. "I felt responsible...
Because the economics of the music business is so bad for musicians, you don't have to send more than a dollar before you have compensated them fairly for downloading an entire album. Goyer doesn't feel guilty about stiffing record companies for their marketing labors. "We'd love record labels to just go away," he says. "They're great for a Britney Spears, but I don't see them providing a lot of benefits for smaller acts...
...tiny site with zero marketing has dished out $20,344 in patronage from 3,049 donors. That's not nearly enough to turn a profit, but in principle the business model works because Fairtunes holds the cash for four months and takes the interest as a transaction fee. Goyer says older users (over, say, 30) take to the idea faster; they recognize it as an honor system, whereas the younger ones often feel entitled to free music. The guilt factor is more likely to work if users see links to the site while they are enjoying their purloined tunes...
...Charles F. Noyes Co., Inc.,'through Herbert C. Born, vice-president, in a $350,000 transaction, has leased for Emily S. Goyer, to Ninth Federal Savings and Loan Asso. of New York City, one of the largest in the nation, with its main offices at Broadway and 42nd St., the property at the northwest corner of First Ave. and 45th St., directly opposite the United