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Originally Posted by gibonos

with all due respect it's nobodys busieness how mel's enterprise is operating, what cost, how much etc.

I'm sure that mel would want to give his work for free if there was no money, whatsoever. However he has his cost, his family, other expenses and he can charge, format and sell however he likes. If you don't approve, don't listen and don't complain.

Yes, he's free to choose how he operates, and if he's using manipulative business practices, anyone so inclined to do so, is free to point them out, so people can make informed decisions

Personally I think he delivers best interviews, with best questions and no one had clif thinking and hesitating as many times as mel.

He doesn good interviews, although it is distracting when a guest starts talking about something, and Mel interrupts to say he wants to save that tidbit for the second (paid for) hour. And I wouldn't really call asking a guest a question in the free half, and answering it in the paid half good interviewing either.

That's the hole issue here I he wasn't so people wouldn't complain.

what?

Another thing, what if nothing happens in the near future, no change, no 2012, no nothing, one still has to feed family, would you donate if he was in trouble?

double what?? Mel can support his family any way he likes. Nobody objects to someone earning a living. It's using manipulative business practices and chasing people around with lawyers that smells. If the content stood on it's own, it could just be offered for sale. Packaging fluff interviews with desirable ones and charging for content one doesn't want in order to get content one does, is manipulative. And saying if you don't approve, don't listen and don't complain, is pretty

gibonos