Too Legit To Quit?
A number of trends that I talked about last year are coming to fruition this year as the line in the sand between the P2Ps and bloodsuckers blurs and they enter an early courtship phase. So check out this story and even this older one on Sony, UMG, BMG and the IODA going Snocap as they try out being ISPs.
Some of the distrust and paranoia seems to be truly evolving. Who would have ever thought we'd see something like this five years ago... Fanning, Rosso & the majors all in bed together? Actually, I figured they'd come around after they were assured they'd get paid and Shawn's now done that. So, check out the latest writing on the wall and don't say I didn't warn you. Act now.
They're bringing the prices so low, people forget about ownership. There's so much content out there now, so much distribution, the value is diluted in the traditional way. The value now turns to customized, quality, content easily distributed on portable hardware. Search will continue to turn profit, but the value of old content is quickly fading.
Also check out this one on Bram Cohen's inroads toward making BitTorrent legit. So, maybe the film industry won't have to go through quite the same growing pains and end up in RIAA's position vis a vis the public. In fact, as of 9/26, he did get over $8M in funding from DCM.
Speaking of which, check out this story about the mom fighting back the RIAA suit. I've long waited to see one of these puppies go to trial. This stuff will slog through the courts for many more years as the majors find ways to profit off the internet and the court system simultaneously. Unfortunately, for them, the ranks of fighting moms continues. Remember how the Russian revolution (and most revolutions) started? Don't fuck with the mothers, boys, stick with Fawning & Grosso, who'll swing at any pitch for a penny.
Either way, we all lose and we all gain as every internet destination will soon have a Mr. Brightsides/Bruce Wayne identity, giving up a cent or two for each song "downloaded", or at least temp-loaded, or streamed and it going to some barcoded endpoint which is hopefully some indie artist like me.... and a darknet/Batman identity along the underbelly of cognoscenti for those who like their webs free of spiders... who spin.
Some of the distrust and paranoia seems to be truly evolving. Who would have ever thought we'd see something like this five years ago... Fanning, Rosso & the majors all in bed together? Actually, I figured they'd come around after they were assured they'd get paid and Shawn's now done that. So, check out the latest writing on the wall and don't say I didn't warn you. Act now.
They're bringing the prices so low, people forget about ownership. There's so much content out there now, so much distribution, the value is diluted in the traditional way. The value now turns to customized, quality, content easily distributed on portable hardware. Search will continue to turn profit, but the value of old content is quickly fading.
Also check out this one on Bram Cohen's inroads toward making BitTorrent legit. So, maybe the film industry won't have to go through quite the same growing pains and end up in RIAA's position vis a vis the public. In fact, as of 9/26, he did get over $8M in funding from DCM.
Speaking of which, check out this story about the mom fighting back the RIAA suit. I've long waited to see one of these puppies go to trial. This stuff will slog through the courts for many more years as the majors find ways to profit off the internet and the court system simultaneously. Unfortunately, for them, the ranks of fighting moms continues. Remember how the Russian revolution (and most revolutions) started? Don't fuck with the mothers, boys, stick with Fawning & Grosso, who'll swing at any pitch for a penny.
Either way, we all lose and we all gain as every internet destination will soon have a Mr. Brightsides/Bruce Wayne identity, giving up a cent or two for each song "downloaded", or at least temp-loaded, or streamed and it going to some barcoded endpoint which is hopefully some indie artist like me.... and a darknet/Batman identity along the underbelly of cognoscenti for those who like their webs free of spiders... who spin.
posted by Intervision at 6:09 PM
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