ArsTech has a very thoughtful response to a pretty hyperbolic article in the London Times about the threats of digital piracy on publishers and authors.
Not surprisingly, this industry is facing very similar problems to the music and film industry largely due to the fact that the key things they’ve done is to manufacture and distribute [...]
Matt “The Pirate’s Dilemma” Mason has weighed in on the debate that Billy Bragg got rolling in a big way last week in the NYT and well documented right here in this blog.
Matt brings a lot of perspective to the table:
“All the people at the extreme ends of both sides of this debate are wrong. [...]
Another brilliant post in TorrentFreak (via Oxford) regarding the roles pirates are playing and will be playing in the mainstream economy:
““Digital piracy has been claimed to endanger whole industries” said Ms Croxson. “A natural question to ask is: Why do some companies develop water-tight technology to safeguard their intellectual property when others appear more relaxed [...]
Over on ArsTech there is a great look at Brad Wardell, CEO of Stardock, and his approach to game design and distribution.
“The way to make money in the world of PC gaming, according to Wardell, is to make sure many systems can play your games, while continuing to make them attractive. Find a market where [...]
Well, that didn’t take very long. Fast on the heels of beating HD-DVD for the right to be the next major format on the scene, the DRM on BlueRay has been completely cracked.
According to NewTeeVee:
“Sony won’t have much time to celebrate winning the format war against HD DVD: Notorious Antigua-based software maker Slysoft says it’s [...]
Once again, TorrentFreak is the place to be for all your torrent info needs. Today they link to a BBC podcast that traces the history of piracy right up to the present:
“The BBC has published a podcast which takes a look at piracy through the ages, also covering the modern concept of ‘intellectual property’. Of [...]
Short little post over on BoingBoing where Cory Doctorow mentions that he heard a great song on a podcast, found the band’s MySpace page and “ripped” the song for his personal collection.
As one who has also acquired music in this way, I am not mentioning this to say what Cory did was wrong but instead to look [...]
The NBC-sponsored web portal Hulu is going public sometime this week after a pretty long beta period. Fortune magazine has a good overview of the relevant details:
“Whether or not that’s true, the world will soon judge for itself. After one year and an estimated $15 million worth of development costs, Hulu, a video website supported [...]
Well, the numbers are already rolling in on the Nine Inch Nails self-release and things are looking pretty good.
BoingBoing: “it only took the band two days to exceed the typical net from a massive-selling traditional CD release. The band sold $750,000 worth of “limited edition deluxe sets,” plus an unknowable further sum from sales of [...]
I have been arguing for some time that the Music Industry has been like a canary in the coal mine as far the film/TV industry should be concerned but so far it doesn’t seem like they’ve learned anything at all.
Wired has a sort of open letter to the industry addressing some of these issues:
” To [...]
