Show threadHenry Edward HardyJan 17

We are seeing the #Enclosures of the #Internet #Commons.

Just as the free #airwaves were #regulated, corporatized, and oligopolized in the 1930's, now we see this #centralization and #capitalization of the internet.

See:

#Television: a struggle for #power

by #Waldrop, Frank C; #Borkin, Joseph, joint author
1938

https://archive.org/details/televisionstrugg00waldrich

#InternetArchive

@jamie

Television: a struggle for power : Waldrop, Frank C : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Bibliography: p. 277-281

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Jed HartmanDec 11, 2022

George RR Martin is producing four short films based on Howard #Waldrop stories.

(At least I assume GRRM is a producer for these; article doesn’t quite say what his exact role is, other than owning the film rights.)

(Article is from October.)

https://deadline.com/2022/10/house-of-the-dragon-george-r-r-martin-night-of-the-cooters-felicia-day-1235151484/

How George R.R. Martin Is Building Out A Howard Waldrop Short-Film Anthology With ‘Night Of The Cooters’, ‘The Ugly Chickens’ Starring Felicia Day – Santa Fe Int’l Film Festival

Days before a Targaryen civil war erupts between Rhaenyra and Alicent on the Season 1 finale of HBO’s House of the Dragon, you’ll find series creator George R.R. Martin staying mum on f…

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