This is an RSS file. It is intended to be read by a software program called a "feed reader". Search on Google for more details. http://www.simpy.com/user/infosoc http://www.simpy.com/ http://www.simpy.com/img/simpy-icon-16x16.png http://www.simpy.com/user/infosoc 1440 Tagged by infosoc under music industry, business model, piracy, free culture, ]]> Mon, 20 Jul 2009 06:10:00 -0400 Tagged by infosoc under RIAA, music industry, lawsuit, file sharing, ]]> Mon, 22 Jun 2009 05:42:00 -0400 Tagged by infosoc under venture, capital, ]]> Thu, 11 Jun 2009 06:32:00 -0400 Tagged by infosoc under business model, cloud computing, Ray Ozzie, Microsoft, newspaper, online journalism, ]]> Sat, 02 May 2009 08:45:00 -0400 Tagged by infosoc under cloud, computing, ]]> Fri, 17 Apr 2009 05:08:00 -0400 Tagged by infosoc under Amazon, transparenc, ]]> Fri, 17 Apr 2009 04:14:00 -0400 Tagged by infosoc under broadband, FCC, ]]> Sat, 04 Apr 2009 04:13:00 -0400 Tagged by infosoc under ISP, copyright infringement, music industry, online music, file sharing, ]]> Mon, 02 Feb 2009 01:15:00 -0500
The host occasionally sounds a bit awkward speaking some of the somewhat technological (not that much technological) issues like DRM.

The author sometimes speaks a bit nicer to the music industry than typical geek blogs do. He does not mention shady aspects of the litigation campaign. He emphasize the fault of Napster as well as the fault of the studios. This sounds like a good point. His characterization of rootkit was a bit strange to me, but I suppose it is not off the mark much.

He predicts that live concert is the way to earn living for artists, citing examples like Madonna. Online distribution is a marketing like singles on radio used to be to sell albums. Minor artists can get noticed via online venues including SNS.

A possible business model for the music studios is to gather bits of revenue sources here and there, and he thinks that it is too late for them to transform themselves. I am not so sure, but it is a possibility. I would not be surprised if there emerges one or two big source of revenue for them somewhere. He does not discuss much about legislative route to preserve the industry, and thinks that DRM is dead. Perhaps. Not that sure about this either, though. If music industry moves based on that recognition, that would send some ripples to other entertainment industries perhaps. Music, after all, is smaller in size, and consumed repeatedly and carried portably. In other words, the music industry need the DRM the most, benefit from the DRM the most, compared to news, TV, movie, books, magazines, and other industries, I think. Other content industries would be interested more in first-access control than copy control since the consumption tend to be one-time for a large portion of the consumers. Tagged by infosoc under music industry, business model, ]]> Wed, 28 Jan 2009 11:56:00 -0500 Tagged by infosoc under Google, online advertisement, economic downturn, ]]> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 12:13:00 -0500 Tagged by infosoc under music, industry, ]]> Fri, 26 Dec 2008 07:48:00 -0500 Tagged by infosoc under lawsuit, France, file sharing, provider liability, inducement, ]]> Mon, 17 Nov 2008 04:08:00 -0500 Tagged by infosoc under Japan, competition, mobile phone, iPhone, globalization, Android, ]]> Sun, 16 Nov 2008 01:44:00 -0500 Tagged by infosoc under Second Life, user community v management, ]]> Thu, 06 Nov 2008 04:27:00 -0500 Tagged by infosoc under RIAA, lawsuit, copyright infringement, ]]> Sun, 10 Aug 2008 02:25:00 -0400 Tagged by infosoc under transparency, privacy, ]]> Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:30:00 -0400 Tagged by infosoc under iPhone, pornography, ]]> Sun, 13 Jul 2008 04:34:00 -0400 Tagged by infosoc under video game, anonymity, ]]> Sat, 28 Jun 2008 03:07:00 -0400 Tagged by infosoc under Java, open source, ]]> Mon, 23 Jun 2008 05:44:00 -0400 Tagged by infosoc under venture capital, statistics, ]]> Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:45:00 -0400