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Innovation
by Jordan Grodecki on May 30, 2008
This is quite simply, a brilliant idea, which I am utterly amazed nobody has thought of before. Say you wanted to send some content to a friend that you downloaded in a torrent but they don't kn...
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Innovation
by Jordan Grodecki on December 5, 2007
The Songwriters Association of Canada has come up with a pretty cool new idea to do with filesharing (no duh, what else is going to be posted on this blog?).
They are calling for the legalization o...
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Artists
, Companies
, Fun
, Innovation
, Marketing
by Marc on June 1, 2007
DiscRevolt brings a new way for artists to promote themselves with artist trading cards. The cards are both a physical memento for the artist like a CD Jewel case and a stored credit card that authori...
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Companies
, Free and Legal Files
, Innovation
by Marc on May 11, 2007
MyxerTones is an Internet service that takes all the technology out of ringtones. Enter your phone number and phone model. Badabing! You're set. Use it three ways.
1. SURF THE STORED RINGTONES. S...
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Entertainment industry
, Innovation
, Marketing
by Marc on March 26, 2007
The rise of the single is one of the pillars of the digital transformation of the music industry. Last year a landmark point was reached - more singles were sold than albums. That presents a painful d...
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Commentary
, Innovation
, Legal
by Marc on October 6, 2006
The decision against Streamcast (RIAA Wins Against Morpheus) highlights the crippling of innovation that has and will continue to result from broad governmental and legal intervention in technology de...
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Commentary
, Innovation
, Society & Public Policy
, Technology
by Marc on October 5, 2006
Our article The Chill on Innovation covers part of the entertainment industry's battle to thwart threatening technology. But it's an unwinnable war.
The complex world of technologies, market...
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Commentary
, Companies
, Innovation
, Marketing
by Marc on September 8, 2006
Startup Spiral Frog has announced a deal with Universal Music to distribute ad-supported music. Terms were not announced. Files would be distributed in protected WMA format and so not be compatible wi...
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Companies
, Innovation
, Technology
by Marc on September 5, 2006
Software developer POGO has launched P2P file sharing for Java and WAP-enabled GPRS and 3g mobile phones. The software can be used to share ringtones, music, games, videos and themes. There is no ment...
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Commentary
, Innovation
, Marketing
by Marc on August 21, 2006
John Dvorak isn't "Missing the point about YouTube." It's still a big fat Kiss, that's "Keep It Simple, Stupid". He makes a great point that while people focus on the n...
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Companies
, Innovation
by Marc on August 3, 2006
Altnet, known for its legal and secured entertainment file service carried by kazaa P2P software, has launched the Global File Registry. The Registry is set up as a web service where content providers...
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Innovation
, Technology
by Marc on July 17, 2006
Sun has a dream. It is expanding its open source initiatives from Java programming to media rights with Project DReaM at OpenMediaCommons.org. Their open source architecture is another solution in add...
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Companies
, Innovation
, Technology
by Marc on July 16, 2006
Navio provides meta-DRM. Buy your music or other content. They'll store and track it and allow you to export it to a legal restricted format, such as Apple iPod's Fairplay.
Entertainment reta...
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Innovation
by Marc on May 4, 2006
Three new companies - Pando Networks, Perenety, and WiredReach - are covered in File-sharing is the new email. Developers are naturally turning to P2P to go beyond the file attachment limits in email....
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Innovation
by Marc on March 27, 2006
P2P today means storing music and other files on your PC where you control it. That becomes e disadvantage when you have multiple computers and devices or you're away from your PC. This is where w...
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Companies
, Innovation
by Marc on February 26, 2006
Yahoo! Music VP and GM David Goldberg spoke on the need for innovative digital music marketing and the problems with DRM at the iHollywood Forum Music 2.0 conference.
He compared digital music marke...
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Gaming
, Innovation
by Marc on January 8, 2006
GameAccount provides another entry into the P2P gambling field with Tournament Blackjack. P2P gives multiple benefits, according to Meir Moses, Marketing Manager at GameAccount.
"[Players] demo...
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Innovation
by Marc on January 7, 2006
The latest P2P buzz is its integration with your friendly browser. A number of efforts are underway for Mozilla Firefox and Opera browsers that integrate Bit Torrent downloads. Here are two projects.
...
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Companies
, Innovation
, International
by Marc on December 20, 2005
... sort of.
Tiscali has agreed to supply PlayLouder MSP with broadband access. Tiscali is a large European ISP with 4.8 million users and 1.5 million with ADSL.
The good news from the consumer p...
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Companies
, Innovation
, RIAA, MPAA
by Marc on December 5, 2005
BitTorrent recently agreed to remove links to content owned by MPAA companies. No timetable for implementation was given. Unauthorized downloads are still facilitated by the Bit Torrent web site. Sear...
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Innovation
by Marc on October 29, 2005
Social community has long been part of P2P. It was in Napster 1.0 and fully one half of Aimster. Today many P2P clients contain chat, IM, and VoIP. But it's always been a secondary feature.
Com...
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Analysis
, Commentary
, Innovation
, Legal
, Society & Public Policy
, Technology
by Marc on October 15, 2005
It's been six months since the Supreme Court ruling, during which time Kazaa was kablammed Down Under and the music biz became more aggressive with cease and desist letters to major P2P developers...
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Companies
, Innovation
, Marketing
, Technology
by Marc on September 5, 2005
My company RazorPop released TrustyFiles 3.0 last week. TrustyFiles 3.0 with Ultimate P2P uniquely connects to and simultaneously searches and downloads from the major P2P networks (eDonkey, Overne...
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Companies
, Innovation
, Marketing
by Marc on August 25, 2005
PlayLouder, a UK ISP, announced a deal with Sony to allow file sharers to legally share and download Sony files via any P2P software. PlayLouder will pay the record company a licensing fee. Cory Doc...
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Innovation
by Marc on August 23, 2005
Warner Music chairman and CEO Edgar Bronfman Jr. boldy announced a new "e-label" division that eschews the album format and total label control. E-label artists will release a pod of 3 so...
