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…
Archive for the 'copyright and distribution' Category
big ups to PandoraFM
Published by November 15th, 2006 in uncategorized, copyright and distribution, user experience design, user-generated content and >play. 0 CommentsGoogle bringing ads to User Generated Content
Published by November 14th, 2006 in copyright and distribution and user-generated content. 0 CommentsWell, 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 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/
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 […]
Machiavelli and Digital Media
Published by November 4th, 2006 in uncategorized and copyright and distribution. 0 CommentsIn 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 […]
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 […]