South Korea Leads the Way to DVD Death

Little piece in the NYT is pretty much the clearest example of the canary in the coal mines for DVDs.

Warner Brothers is changing the way they do business in South Korea.

“It will now start renting moves over the Internet two weeks before they are released on DVDs, making South Korea the first market in the world where movies will appear online before they hit the store shelves.”

Since technology rarely moves backward, it would be tough to make an argument that the same thing won’t be happening here in the States sooner than later.

I wonder what the DRM situation is in S. Korea…

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Whole Foods Tries Green Video

Whole Foods spent March holding in-store and online auditions for teen hosts for a new series of videos about kids and the environment.

This month they will begin to roll out the results.

I watched a handful of the current videos and while it feels like their heart is in the right place it doesn’t strike me as very entertaining – like lots of “kid-news” stuff, it is too much like a simplified 60 Minutes than a truly youthful and innovative approach.

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There is nothing wrong with this sort of video but I fear it is something the adults will go around feeling real good about but that the kids aren’t especially going to watch it.