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On 04/22/2012 01:04 PM, Patrick Shirkey wrote:

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> You do realise that many of the tools being produced by the Linux Audio

> Community are being used in the advertising industry which makes us all

> complicit in supporting it to start with.

>

I'm complicit in supporting it as I live my life, no way to escape it.

Knowing this makes me a lot more susceptible of things that allow me to

transcend this complicity.
> IMO we cannot avoid that fact that advertising and marketing is a very

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> crucial component to global industry which enables the corporate world to

> continue to function. We should seek to manage our own channel and

> therefore the message and brand rather than avoid it all together out of

> some ridiculous fear of becoming Evil. We may even make enough money in

> the process to pay some of our community members and help them to be

> productive and motivated.

>

But realise what kind of community you're talking about. It's a

consortium, not a foundation for instance.
> If we continue to avoid the whole issue that is exactly what the "Evil"

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> marketing companies and corporations would like for us to do so that they

> can have complete control over the message, brand, content and income

> stream...

>

The dilemma, should we join 'm to beat 'm or should we swim against the

stream. In this particular case I favor the latter.
Best,
Jeremy
>

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> Patrick Shirkey

> Boost Hardware Ltd

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