In the past, BetaMax or VHS had to win - physical inventory costs made two formats impractical. This time around, in the battle of HD-DVD vs. Blu-ray, does one format have to win? I still see many pressures for a dominant format (e.g. desire for a movie to play on a friend’s player). […]
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big ups to PandoraFM
Published by November 15th, 2006 in uncategorized, copyright and distribution, user experience design, user-generated content and >play. 0 CommentsA 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…
DRM giving content power over consumer electronics manufacturers?
Published by November 10th, 2006 in copyright and distribution. 0 CommentsOne 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 November 8th, 2006 in copyright and distribution, user-generated content and investing / venture capital. 0 CommentsWhether 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/
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 November 6th, 2006 in copyright and distribution, user-generated content and >play. 0 CommentsI’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 […]
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 […]