http://14sandwiches.com/2009/02/23/forget-lastfm-techcrunch-and-the-riaa-the-real-scandals-in-ireland/ A technology-media-music party for your brain Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:46:26 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://14sandwiches.com/2009/02/23/forget-lastfm-techcrunch-and-the-riaa-the-real-scandals-in-ireland/comment-page-1/#comment-49881 Andy Sun, 17 Jan 2010 08:32:49 +0000 http://14sandwiches.com/?p=589#comment-49881 You hit the nail on the head- these ig blog sites don;t care about accountability they are here to make money. You hit the nail on the head- these ig blog sites don;t care about accountability they are here to make money.

]]> http://14sandwiches.com/2009/02/23/forget-lastfm-techcrunch-and-the-riaa-the-real-scandals-in-ireland/comment-page-1/#comment-5190 julianlstar Tue, 24 Feb 2009 02:19:27 +0000 http://14sandwiches.com/?p=589#comment-5190 Too issues come to mind here.<br>The Techcrunch Article reveals what can happen when a blog has too much influence. It reports and then due to the superfast relay mechanism of the internet microblogging platforms mostly, information gets reported and re-reported and before long it is quoted as fact. Big blog sites have a voice and an authority but no accountability as such. So fair play to LastFM for the swift and no-nonsense rebuttal. After all if they hadn't they could of lost a large proportion of their user base.<br>I am beginning to think the battle for rights managed content will enter a new phase and it might not be the music or film industry that is going to lead the charge. A number of broadcasters whose revenue model is based around pay-per-view sports have got some big law suits waiting in the wings against organisations and probably ISPs who allow streaming of content from their servers. How this is going to effect everything who knows? But as 'stream for no fee' becomes more popular and a lot of money starts to be lost by the broadcasters, I'm sure they will wade in in the same arbitrary manner as the RIAA. Too issues come to mind here.
The Techcrunch Article reveals what can happen when a blog has too much influence. It reports and then due to the superfast relay mechanism of the internet microblogging platforms mostly, information gets reported and re-reported and before long it is quoted as fact. Big blog sites have a voice and an authority but no accountability as such. So fair play to LastFM for the swift and no-nonsense rebuttal. After all if they hadn't they could of lost a large proportion of their user base.
I am beginning to think the battle for rights managed content will enter a new phase and it might not be the music or film industry that is going to lead the charge. A number of broadcasters whose revenue model is based around pay-per-view sports have got some big law suits waiting in the wings against organisations and probably ISPs who allow streaming of content from their servers. How this is going to effect everything who knows? But as 'stream for no fee' becomes more popular and a lot of money starts to be lost by the broadcasters, I'm sure they will wade in in the same arbitrary manner as the RIAA.

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