Economics, Shmeconomics (was RE: IP Protection ...)

[Jeff Bone]

Eirikur Hallgrimsson wrote:

> On Saturday 30 June 2001 17:37, Bill Humphries wrote:
> > Wow! This would be the germ of an idea for a great alternate history
> > novel.

Back in the late 80s, the *actual* "cyberpunk" crowd --- Gibson, Sterling,
Rucker, etc. were about to vacate the generic premises to the wannabes and focus
on "steampunk."  Like most other attempts at adding "punk" as a qualifier to an
existing genre or theme, that never really happened with any significance.
("Cowpunk" was the much anticipated and never-materialized equivalent in music,
"Lone Justice" being one rare example.  "Buck Satan and the 666 Shooters" --- Al
J from Ministry's much-talked-about, perennial and not-quite-mythical side
project --- was widely anticipated to be the icebreaker for the subgenre, but the
one time they played it was pure C&W --- I heard it, swear to whatever, not a
single industrial or dancey influence, just straight old C&W.  Imagine the
bewilderment of all the little indy kiddies that were there...  :-)

$0.02, of no consequence really,

jb