http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/mediascrums From Beijing to Boston, thoughts on the future digital media world Thu, 22 Jan 2009 22:34:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Ars Technica wrote yesterday that the Isle of Man's investment minister Ron Berry had announced that the Isle of Man would introduce a Blanket License. "At the end of the day, we're not going to stop piracy," said Berry. "Embrace it… Had the music industry embraced [the original Napster], we’d have ... http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/mediascrums/2009/01/22/isle-of-man-goes-blanket-license/ Devon Copley in Brooklyn eMusic CEO David Pakman has begun a bit of a media campaign, pushing back against the as-yet speculative prospect of ISP licensing for music. He told Ars and the Financial Times that ISP-based licensing creates a strong incentive for anticompetitive practices. Should ISPs begin to ... http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/mediascrums/2008/10/05/isp-licenses-and-competition/ Eric Priest This post is not about digital media per se, but without great art at its core, what good is the digital media revolution? And the world lost a great artist this week when Rick Wright of Pink Floyd died after a short battle with cancer. I've always felt Rick was ... http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/mediascrums/2008/09/18/the-time-is-gone-the-song-is-over-thought-id-something-more-to-say/ The recent lunch hour session with Ted Cohen at Bandwidth 2008 in San Francisco triggered a strange Deja vu moment with last month’s Future content models conference in London. An eclectic group of digital media entrepreneurs, marketers, and small label representatives gathered last week in the University Club to adjure ... http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/mediascrums/2008/08/20/major-label-licenses-for-download-platforms-the-mountain-is-finally-moving-%e2%80%93-but-is-it-moving-fast-enough/ EFF's Fred von Lohman and Seth Schoen wrote a post a few days ago that landed with surprising silence in the blogsophere. Using a packet sniffer and a quick look into the "temp" file on a PC, the two discovered that iMeem and LaLa, two of the hottest new ... http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/mediascrums/2008/08/19/drm-dead-for-streaming-music/ By Eric Priest in Beijing This week Google and its partner Top100.cn launched a China-only ad-supported DRM-free music service that could serve as a proof of concept for other such services around the world. A lot of people will be watching this service closely to see if it can successfully monetize ... http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/mediascrums/2008/08/07/first-impressions-googles-new-ad-supported-music-download-service/ Despite the conventional wisdom that in China money is only made with ringtones, Chinese ringtone provider R2G has dared to leave their safe haven and will provide DRM-free music downloads in mainland China. The Wawawa Music Store is an eMusic-like offering, which R2G operates in partnership with California-based indie music ... http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/mediascrums/2008/08/04/licensed-download-service-for-music-in-mainland-china-started/ Devon Copley in Brooklyn My wife and I took a little break from the steamy city this weekend and headed out to Cape Cod. This morning found the two of us sipping coffee and gazing out at the ships in the bay at the Dunkin' Donuts in Onset, MA. ... http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/mediascrums/2008/08/04/media-on-main-street/ Terry McBride, artist manager extraordinaire (Avril Lavigne, Sarah McLachlan, Dido, Barenaked Ladies), made some noteworthy comments recently at a MusicTank event in the UK about revenues in the new world of online digital media. McBride reportedly said that plays of Youtube videos containing Avril's music have collectively generated $2 million in ... http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/mediascrums/2008/08/02/in-search-of-some-real-online-revenues/ The hot question of the day at the i'Summit iSummit in Sapporo Japan is what is an "open" business? Thus far the participants in this current think tank session have constructed a list of elements: Social Access Profitable Open license Transparent Fair Community Two-way feedback (reciprocal) Is this list helpful in defining the concept? Do ... http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/mediascrums/2008/07/31/whats-an-open-business/