2006 November archive at >play

Archive for November, 2006

big ups to PandoraFM

Published by nate November 15th, 2006 in uncategorized, copyright and distribution, user experience design, user-generated content and >play. 0 Comments

A big shout-out to PandoraFM for some free promotion of >play. If you haven’t checked it out, PandoraFM’s a great way to track your Pandora listening in Last.fm. I wish there was something similar for MOG…

Google bringing ads to User Generated Content

Published by exnicios November 14th, 2006 in copyright and distribution and user-generated content. 0 Comments

Well, it looks like Google is ready to start talking publicly about their plan to begin monetizing UGC with ad revenue (as if Mentos wasn’t getting enough positive buzz from the Mentos/Diet Coke vids anyways). Also, interesting stuff in the post about how Google searches videos, but it fails to mention the detection software used […]

DRM giving content power over consumer electronics manufacturers?

Published by nate November 10th, 2006 in copyright and distribution. 0 Comments

One of the questions we have for our copyright panel is: “Do technologists have increased market power due to their disruption of traditional content creation and distribution?”
As a counterpoint, I enjoyed this piece of news about Universal charging Microsoft for each Zune player sold. Perhaps content providers are actually the ones finding increased market power […]

Behind the Scenes: GooTube

Published by nate November 8th, 2006 in copyright and distribution, user-generated content and investing / venture capital. 0 Comments

Whether the details in this post are true or not, it highlights the intersection of business models and legal frameworks, and brings up some fascinating issues and strategies that come into play when thinking about investing in businesses based on user-submitted content.
Post is here:
http://www.blogmaverick.com/2006/10/30/some-intimate-details-on-the-google-youtube-deal/

Deliveries in the Rear?

Published by nate November 7th, 2006 in enterprise. 2 Comments

A comment on the Enterprise 2.0 panel:
The way I see it, the new collaborative technologies are coming in the backdoor. CFOs don’t give their CIOs budget to implement new stuff. CIOs only have the freedom to pay for “must-haves.” Even if CIOs did have budget, they can’t fully understand what the company departments need.
Business managers […]

afternoon keynote: SNOCAP CEO Rusty Rueff

Published by nate November 6th, 2006 in copyright and distribution, user-generated content and >play. 0 Comments

I’m excited to note that Rusty Rueff, CEO of SNOCAP, will be delivering the afternoon keynote at >play. Previously Rusty was a SVP at Electronic Arts. I’ve seen Rusty talk before - I’m looking forward to hearing what he has to say with the floor and microphone to himself. From what I’ve […]

Machiavelli and Digital Media

Published by tyler_elliston November 4th, 2006 in uncategorized and copyright and distribution. 0 Comments

In Massachusetts, there is an old ordinance declaring goatees illegal unless you first pay a special license fee for the privilege of wearing one in public. In New York, one can supposedly be fined $25 for flirting. Society deemed it inappropriate for men on a street corner to whistle and “flirt” with passersby; so they […]

looking for lessons

I thought I’d start off the discussion around copyright with a link I received from one of our panelists for this year’s >play conference.
It seems copyright is the one area of law most affected by technological progress. Technologists relentlessly develop new methods of creating and disemminating content. These shifts disrupt existing media business […]

Published by brendan_reddy November 1st, 2006 in uncategorized, gaming and mobile. 1 Comment

Check this out: Robotube Games, an online/mobile gaming company, has just put itself up for sale on eBay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220042303462

Is this viral marketing or what?

Prediction markets and games development

Published by brendan_reddy November 1st, 2006 in gaming. 1 Comment

Prediction markets are breaking out of their esoteric niche and finding more and more applications in helping managers make decisions. For example, HP used to forecast the price of DRAM chips based on discussions of 10 top executives; by creating a prediction market, i.e., creating a trading system and giving employees across the company “money” […]