Out with Godwin, In with the new sycophant Options Rating

[thekohser]

This seems very, very, very, very, very fishy to me.

How does a non-profit 501-c-3 that files a Form 990 intend to keep secret, forever, a severance package for one of the top paid employees of the organization?

What rotten thing is going on here?

(Original and official announcement is here.)

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[thekohser]

According to LinkedIn, Godwin has apparently landed employment as General Counsel at MadRiver Entertainment:

Distribution systems for electronic reading entertainment including periodical comic books, graphic novels, manga, daily cartoons, novels, and short story collections on mobile devices including Android tablets, iPads, and other devices. We securely distribute comics and provide game mechanics to our publishers to enable them to monetize "free" comics.

MadRiver has fewer than 10 employees, its CEO has held positions with 13 different companies over his career, and its CTO is pictured here. Looks like a lot of fun!

[Emperor]

According to LinkedIn, Godwin has apparently landed employment as General Counsel at MadRiver Entertainment:

Distribution systems for electronic reading entertainment including periodical comic books, graphic novels, manga, daily cartoons, novels, and short story collections on mobile devices including Android tablets, iPads, and other devices. We securely distribute comics and provide game mechanics to our publishers to enable them to monetize "free" comics.

MadRiver has fewer than 10 employees, its CEO has held positions with 13 different companies over his career, and its CTO is pictured here. Looks like a lot of fun!

Actually, working for a company where he can help artists get their work out is a big step up from what he was doing at Wikipedia. Too bad it seems to be the same old angle, i.e. monetizing free stuff, rather than a more traditional distribution system. I doubt it's going to work out well for very many comic book writers.

The content generators out there are starting to wise up and the days of the "monetizing free content" business model are numbered. It used to be writers were so thrilled just to see their stuff on the internets that they'd work for free, but not anymore.

[lilburne]

The content generators out there are starting to wise up and the days of the "monetizing free content" business model are numbered. It used to be writers were so thrilled just to see their stuff on the internets that they'd work for free, but not anymore.

Seems that there are still a lot prepared to give stuff away to commercial enterprises. Though the shame argument that creators should be glad to "Get their work out there" is not heard quite so frequently nowadays.