Comments on: PM shuts down satirical website http://stilgherrian.com/politics/pm-shuts-down-satirical-website/ All publication is a political act. All communication is propaganda. All art is pornography. All business is personal. All hail Eris. Vive le poisson rouge sauvages! Sat, 11 Oct 2008 23:43:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Stilgherrian http://stilgherrian.com/politics/pm-shuts-down-satirical-website/#comment-819 Stilgherrian Fri, 01 Dec 2006 21:33:56 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/wp/?p=32#comment-819 I've closed comments on this post because it's being hit by the spammers. I’ve closed comments on this post because it’s being hit by the spammers.

]]> By: Stilgherrian http://stilgherrian.com/politics/pm-shuts-down-satirical-website/#comment-25 Stilgherrian Thu, 23 Mar 2006 08:44:02 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/wp/?p=32#comment-25 Garth, you shouldn't be bewildered. It's just how the market works when your business gets a head start as a monopoly. Most people don't think to shop around. Even if they do, "Melbourne IT's website looks professional and trustworthy":http://www.melbourneit.com.au, so people think they're getting something extra for the price. But of course they're not. Perception is everything. [Disclosure: My business "Prussia.Net":http://www.prussia.net is a reseller of domain name registration services by "Enetica":http://www.enetica.com.au.] Garth, you shouldn’t be bewildered. It’s just how the market works when your business gets a head start as a monopoly.

Most people don’t think to shop around. Even if they do, “Melbourne IT’s website looks professional and trustworthy”:http://www.melbourneit.com.au, so people think they’re getting something extra for the price. But of course they’re not.

Perception is everything.

[Disclosure: My business "Prussia.Net":http://www.prussia.net is a reseller of domain name registration services by "Enetica":http://www.enetica.com.au.]

]]> By: Stilgherrian http://stilgherrian.com/politics/pm-shuts-down-satirical-website/#comment-24 Stilgherrian Thu, 23 Mar 2006 08:37:58 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/wp/?p=32#comment-24 Melbourne IT has now admitted "this was handled badly":http://www.stilgherrian.com/politics/wrapping_up_takedown/. My "wrap-up":http://www.stilgherrian.com/politics/wrapping_up_takedown/ covers some other legal and political aspects of this issue. Melbourne IT has now admitted “this was handled badly”:http://www.stilgherrian.com/politics/wrapping_up_takedown/. My “wrap-up”:http://www.stilgherrian.com/politics/wrapping_up_takedown/ covers some other legal and political aspects of this issue.

]]> By: Garth T Kidd http://stilgherrian.com/politics/pm-shuts-down-satirical-website/#comment-23 Garth T Kidd Wed, 22 Mar 2006 03:50:16 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/wp/?p=32#comment-23 ... which reminds me: shouldn't someone refer Melbourne IT to the ACCC on their price-gouging for Australian domain names? It bewilders me that they charge AUD$140 for two years when one can get matching service on a .com address from GoDaddy for a tenth of the price. … which reminds me: shouldn’t someone refer Melbourne IT to the ACCC on their price-gouging for Australian domain names? It bewilders me that they charge AUD$140 for two years when one can get matching service on a .com address from GoDaddy for a tenth of the price.

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