Nicole

Member since: Mar 2nd, 2007

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BBC strikes deal with YouTube (AOL TV)

Mar 2nd 2007 6:20PM Mike M

Sure, you can find such clips on there already. But you can find pirated clips all over the web. This is a big step, because it's another sign that major content creators are embracing this new medium. The Viacom deal with Joost, is another solid example. This can only be good for us -- because, as long as internet TV remains an illegal, "user generated" (yeah right) phenomenon, there will be no serous offerings.

However -- legit offerings, that is nothing short of revolutionary. That is true "cable bypass" delivery (see http://advancedmediacommittee.typepad.com/emmyadvancedmedia/2007/01/over_the_top_fi.html ) "cable bypass" -- and that is the future.

Piracy may continue, or it may eventually be defeated (with massive restrictions enforced). Either way, legit offerings will have billions of dollars behind them, in the form of advertising -- and that will push them to the top.

- Nicole

New Songbird developer preview has DRM support (yay?) (Download Squad)

Mar 2nd 2007 6:19PM Brad,

Of course, it would be better if there was no DRM to worry about. But, sicne a lot of have DRM-ed music, supporting it in Songbird is the only way to make it a real competitor. I, for example, haven't tried it until now. But since it will now play my purchased iTunes, I will give it a shot.

Who knows if this DRM thing will burn out. There's obviously been a lot of anti- sentiment on the blogs lately (even by musicians: http://advancedmediacommittee.typepad.com/emmyadvancedmedia/2007/02/the_other_digit.html ) but I just can't see it going away. Thus, I am glad Songbird will accomodate it.

For now...

- Nicole

BBC strikes deal with YouTube (AOL TV)

Mar 2nd 2007 6:03PM Mike M

Sure, you can find such clips on there already. But you can find pirated clips all over the web. This is a big step, because it's another sign that major content creators are embracing this new medium. The Viacom deal with Joost, is another solid example. This can only be good for us -- because, as long as internet TV remains an illegal, "user generated" (yeah right) phenomenon, there will be no serous offerings.

However -- legit offerings, that is nothing short of revolutionary. That is true "cable bypass" delivery -- and that is the future.

Piracy may continue, or it may eventually be defeated (with massive restrictions enforced). Either way, legit offerings will have billions of dollars behind them, in the form of advertising -- and that will push them to the top.

- Nicole