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I have a guest post at Radical Trust today: Buckcherry Lies to Fans, Breaks Important Tenet of Radical Trust
Full disclosure… Radical Trust is my husband Collin’s excellent blog about transparency in social media marketing and why it’s so important to be truthful and honest in business in general.
The principles of radical trust translate to the music business very well and I hope to continue to post about the relationship between the two periodically.
Tags: buckcherry, Marketing, radical trust, social media, social media marketing
From the Association for Downloadable Media:
On July 28, 2008, ADM issued two sets of standards and guidelines: Advertisement Unit Standards and Downloadable Measurement Guidelines.
These guidelines and standards arose from the collaborative effort of our representative committees and an open comment period in which the entire online community was invited to provide feedback and input.
Advertisement Unit Standards
Final Version issued July 28, 2008. PDF DownloadThe purpose of the Advertisement Unit Standards is to provide baseline recommendations for advertisement units in order to better facilitate advertising transactions relating to downloadable media.
Download Measurement Guidelines
Final Version issued July 28, 2008. PDF DownloadThe purpose of the Download Measurement Guidelines are to establish baseline recommendations for how individual publishers, companies and organizations can measure how downloads are delivered to consumer audiences.
Tags: Advertisement Unit Standards, Download Measurement, new media analytics, new media metrics, podcast advertising, podcast analytics, podcast guidelines, podcast metrics
From Michael Geist:
Canadian Industry Minister Jim Prentice introduced Bill C-61, which many have dubbed the Canadian DMCA, in June 2008. There was an immediate outcry from thousands of Canadians concerned that the bill would render illegal every day activities and harm both consumers and businesses.
The C-61 in 61 Seconds video competition is one way that you can speak out. Just post your video as a response to this video. We will post the best videos on the FairCopyright4Canada channel. Deadline for submission is September 1st. A great panel of judges that includes the Barenaked Ladies Steven Page and Ontario Privacy Commissioner Ann Cavoukian will select the best of the best. The winners will be announced on September 15th.
To make sure that your voice for fair copyright in Canada is heard, be sure to write to your MP, the Minister, and join the Fair Copyright for Canada Facebook group today.
Tags: Ann Cavoukian, c-61, C-61 in 61 Seconds, c61, canadian copyright, Canadian DMCA Video Competition, cdmca, copyright, fair copyright, jim prentice, michael geist
Everything I love at the ceeb goes away in the end… JPod, This is Wonderland … and the latest casualty, Radio One’s Search Engine.
Funny how the show gets canceled shortly after Jesse Brown’s enlightening interview with Jim Prentice,
Join the Save Search Engine Facebook group here.
Tags: Bill C-61, cbc, jesse brown, jim prentice, save search engine, search engine
Muzicons is a new music sharing site that lets you create a widget (or Muzicon) to host on your blog. The idea is that you allow others to “hear” your current emotion.
Here’s mine - “I’m a Moon Around You” by 22-Pistepirkko:
A cute twist on iMeem… bonus: you upload your own mp3.
Via mashable.
Tags: 22-Pistepirkko, finnish pop, music emoticons, music sharing, music widgets, muzicons, social networking, widgets
If net neutrality is not on your current affairs radar, it bloody well should be.
Will Antitrust Law Save Net Neutrality?
Congressman wants to use old regulations to prevent Internet discrimination
By Martin H. Bosworth
ConsumerAffairs.Com
May 12, 2008
The ongoing struggle to protect “net neutrality,” the right of consumers to access content on the Internet equally, took a new turn as members of Congress introduced legislation that would treat interference or content-blocking as violations of antitrust law.
The “Internet Freedom and Nondiscrimination Act of 2008,” introduced by House Judiciary Committee chairman John Conyers (D-MI) and co-sponsored by Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), would require Internet service providers (ISPs) to interact with each other on a “reasonable and nondiscriminatory basis,” and would require network operators to ensure that all content, applications, and services are treated the same and not favored over others when consumers access them.
“Americans have come to expect the Internet to be open to everyone,” said Conyers. “The Internet was designed without centralized control, without gatekeepers for content and services. Many of the innovations and products we use every day, such as search engines, music download services and online video, likely would never have developed in such a restricted environment.”
Tags: Antitrust, internet freedom, Internet Freedom and Nondiscrimination Act of 2008, john conyers, Net Neutrality, Zoe Lofgren
Thank you, you are an inspiration to me. Perhaps with your worthy example the television industry will smarten up and embrace this technology and use it to *everyone’s* advantage.
The music industry blindly chose to fight and are only now trying to catch up in largely futile ways, many of which I’ve written about here.
Cheers to your success!
From last100.com:
Inside story: the making of a legal TV ‘torrent’
by Guinevere Orvis
March 26th, 2008
Disclaimer: The views expressed here are my own and not those of CBC/Radio-Canada.
Inside story: the making of a legal TV ‘Torrent’Last week, CBC released an official DRM-free BitTorrent of a prime time show– a first for a major north American broadcaster (see last100 coverage). Since then we’ve been getting hundreds of emails of support and one clear resounding message: give us more. This begs the question (sic), why aren’t broadcasters doing more? Why in the year 2008, seven years after BitTorrent’s birth and a lifetime in Internet years is this a groundbreaking thing? Let’s break down what it takes to get a legal torrent going and maybe we’ll get some answers.
The idea
First, the seed has to get planted. How it happened for us was when two weeks ago, Tessa Sproule (the head of digital strategy of CBC’s Factual Entertainment department) read this post on BoingBoing about how Norway’s public broadcaster had tested the BitTorrent waters and declared them warm & refreshing. Tessa decided she wanted to spearhead the effort for CBC to follow NRK’s lightly treaded path. Unfortunately, not every company has a Tessa. Companies need to have people championing new ideas, or watch their product slowly become irrelevant in favour of products from companies who are willing to innovate.
Still, how do you make it happen? When the average person wants to share a show torrent, they simply record it off TV, strip out the commercials and upload it. But when a media company decides to do it and wants to do it in a completely legal way, there’s a lot more that has to be considered. Let’s start with ownership.
Ownership
In big business, it can be challenging to start something completely new to an organization. Usually it involves convincing lots of people that your idea is brilliant and simply must be tried. Now try convincing people who you don’t even work with, at several different companies, maybe in different countries, all with different mandates. Impossible? Well, no… it’s technically possible in the same way that it’s technically possible that I’m going to win the lottery six times in a row. But, we can certainly hedge our bets a bit better by starting with something we own, or own with very few partners.
Tags: broadcasting, canada, canadian television, cbc, DRM, drm-free, Guinevere Orvis, torrent technology, torrents
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Source: Le Monde
I used to have a colleague who swore by MSN Live Spaces, 100% convinced that that’s where the “kids” were. Um…
Interesting to see Friendster top the list in the Asia Pacific. I thought they were pretty much done…
Bruce McDonald has made a new film:
The newest feature film from vanguard Canadian director Bruce McDonald, The Tracey Fragments is based on the critically-acclaimed novel of the same name by Vancouver author Maureen Medved, who also penned the screenplay, and stars internationally acclaimed young actress Ellen Page (An American Crime, X-Men 3, Mouth to Mouth, Hard Candy) as the scarred protagonist Tracey Berkowitz.
Ellen Page is totally great and Hard Candy was one of one the best (and most difficult) films I saw last year.
So lots going for The Tracey Fragments already: solid cast, b-b-b-brilliant director, Broken Social Scene soundtrack. Wow. I’m so in.
Oh but wait, there’s more. Wanna re-edit Bruce’s film yourself?
Tracey: Re-Fragmented makes available all the footage from the shoot of the film for users to download and re-edit their own related projects including music videos, new trailers or to re-edit the entire movie themselves.
The creative commons licensed initiative also makes available the score of the movie by indie collective Broken Social Scene.
Using Creative Commons, whose licensing options go well beyond the hopelessly outdated and often-misinterpreted traditional copyright model, shows Bruce’s commitment to collaboration, community and the free sharing of ideas. In a time where commercial interests severely outweigh those of artistic expression and freedom within this exploration - Bruce is leading the way by releasing creative control. I love it. This is someone who believes in his work.
From Creative Commons:
McDonald’s decision to embrace CC-licensing for The Tracey Fragments is remarkable in both practice and scope. Fans can choose to do what they will with the massive amount of assets provided ( under the terms of the BY-NC-SA licence), interpreting and re-envisioning the film and its subject material in what is bound to be a variety of ways. By putting the film’s assets in the hands of would-be-editors and film-makers under CC-licences, Tracey: Re-Fragmented recognizes and embraces the concept of a hybrid economy, allowing people to experiment freely with the content around them while retaining the film’s commercial interests.
If you’re interested in participating or reading more, all the details you need are here, thetraceyfragments.com, including the BitTorrent files (in four parts) needed to download the film footage.
Sources: thetraceyfragments.com, thetraceyfragments.blogspot.com, Radical Trust, Creative Commons
Tags: broken+social+scene, bruce_mcdonald, tracey+fragments, tracey+refragmented
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