Business
Artists Sock it to the Major Labels – How “Re-performance” is Changing the Game
The New York Times recently reported on how artists are really beginning to make money from their hard work – despite the major record labels. When an artist signs with a major record label, the contract will typically include a provision granting the label with the rights to the performance. The label also gains the [...]
Mickey’s 10 Commandments
Marty Sklar, Walt Disney Imagineering Ambassador, recently discussed Mickey’s 10 Commandments or 10 Rules for creating a successful theme park. Interestingly enough, these principles will apply to office presentations as well. Steps for a successful theme park or presention Know your audience; This is a basic notion useful for all presentations. Disney is basically doing [...]
So – - Where is the Outrage!?
The internet is full of Anti-MPAA rhetoric. Just like their music industry cohorts, the movie industry is busy protecting a business model that will not exist in 5 years. Worse, the MPAA is seeking to ensure that future home entertainment is delivered only through a protected/encrypted path. Why the consumer electronics industry goes along with [...]
Is the Deal Being Made in the Smoke Filled Back Room? – The MPAA Meets with the FCC Behind Our Backs!
The MPAA has had two high level meetings with Commissioners of the FCC behind the backs of the American people. Such closed door meetings are permitted so long as they are disclosed. Single party back room meetings are generally disfavored in the American court system – but then this is not taking place in a [...]
NVIDIA Dictates Advertised Video Card Pricing
Did you wonder why your GeForce purchasing experience may have changed? Have you wondered why you might have seen all cards priced the same or not priced at all? According to this DIGG story, it is all about Nvidia’s “UMAP.” You may recall how this policy was used by the record labels to control the [...]
Yahoo! & Microsoft – No Deal; Yahoo & Google – Deal
In true Deal or No Deal Fashion, Yahoo announces talks with Microsoft have failed. However, Yahoo and Google will be dealing in the future. Looks like Icahn has lost his gambit, unless he wants to do a TWA style deal. SUNNYVALE, Calif., June 12, 2008 — Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO), a leading global Internet company, today announced [...]
Yahoo to Icahn – You Have No Plan But to Dismantle Yahoo!
The Yahoo Board has sent a letter to “activist” stockholder Carl Icahn. He continues to demand that Yahoo sell itself because he believes “that the only way to salvage Yahoo in the long if not short run is to merge with Microsoft.” He said, “the best chance to bring Microsoft and Yahoo together is to [...]
Finally! Notebooks become affordable.
The shape of things to come? As computers became more and more powerful, it was more and more apparent that there was a particular price point that all manufacturers seemed to settle upon – a $600-$1200 range. I can only imagine these prices somehow correlated to labor and fixed costs. However, when it comes to [...]
Revision3 v. Media Defender: It’s Not Rev3′s Fight!
Jim Lauderback, CEO of Revision3, on the This Week in Tech podcast (episode 145) offered additional details and his general business philosophy in addressing the dispute with Media Defender and ArtistsDirect. This is an excellent episode of the podcast and is not to be missed by those interested in the Media Defender activity. The attack [...]
Revision3 Shutdown – WSJ Gets it Wrong!
Update: View Story Leo Laporte’s interview of Jim Lauderback here. It offers a great deal more insight than the WSJ article discussed below and is a great supplement to Lauderback’s blog post on Revision3. The Wall Street Journal in an article for subscribers here has done a masterful job of obfuscating the true ineptness and [...]
