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Old Time Radio – Sherlock Holmes Series
It is common knowledge that Sherlock Holmes is one of the most portrayed characters in western plays and motion pictures. Before television – radio was the king of home entertainment. Every performance (or “work” in IP speak) that is placed into a fixed form is protected by copyright, which gives the owner rights (including to [...]
Sony Vows – You Will Buy Bundled Singles! …er Albums!
Howard Stringer, CEO of Sony, was interviewed by Welt Online (a german site) and lamented that customers were choosing only the best songs. He said “CD sales will continue to decline. We are observing a fundamental transformation.” He added that now music is now sold in a “singles industry,” – where customers know what they [...]
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 [...]
Walmart – The Music Label Assassin
Walmart announced that it will begin change the way it carries music CDs. Essentially, Walmart is demanding reduced prices and is telling the labels it won’t peddle their back catalog. A previous article detailed why the major labels have been so vicious in their defense of their catalog of music – they want to force [...]
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 [...]
Revision3 CEO: Blackout Caused by MediaDefender Attack
Jim Louderback, CEO of Revision3 an internet site that aims to be the first real U.S. internet television (or monitor) network, describes here how an (in)famous company known for its contract work for the MPAA and RIAA to counter internet piracy purposefully or accidentally shut down the Revision3 business over the long Memorial Day weekend. [...]
Anti-piracy Company shuts down Revision3 – it can happen to you too!
Jim Louderback, CEO of Revision3 an internet site that aims to be the first real U.S. internet television (or monitor) network, describes here how an (in)famous company known for its contract work for the MPAA and RIAA to counter internet piracy purposefully or accidentally shut down the Revision3 business over the long Memorial Day weekend. [...]
RIAA Thinks Subscriptions Will Save Them & DRM
CNET reports here that a representative of the RIAA believes that DRM is alive and well. He also thinks that subscriptions are the savior of labels. We all know the five steps of grieving: Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, and Acceptance. It can be stated without reservation that the record labels are stuck in the first [...]
Ballmer Says We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Yahoo
According to the April 24th WSJ, Steve Ballmer says that they don’t need Yahoo and that if things don’t go his way maybe Microsoft will move forward alone without Yahoo. Why the change, the WSJ alleges that resistence from within Microsoft is the reason. I figure this can be attributed to the fact that there [...]
