January 26, 2009

More on the Lessig - Colbert affair (really funny video)

Larry Lessig and Stephen Colbert have crossed and re-crossed their swords - this one is the latest video, by Stephen Colbert. Hilarious!
Related articles by Zemanta
Jan 26, 2009 4:15:59 PM | Funny stuff

1 Comment

neo
1.

Saw this, its great... check out the interview with indabamusic.com creator...
Good discussion of the Indaba concept with clips of mashups of Colbert.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_G1e_lphz6w

Posted by: neo | February 03, 2009 at 09:14 PM

The comments to this entry are closed.

NEXT POST
Is music's future on the Isle of Man? The IHT on the Music & ISP discussion, quotes me ;) Image via WikipediaThis is a good read: Is music's future on the Isle of Man? - International Herald Tribune.... not just because they quote me (that's a good start, though;) but also because it's a pretty summary of the issues. I paraphrase: "The island, a rainy outpost in the Irish Sea, is promoting an offbeat remedy for digital piracy, which the record companies blame for billions of dollars in lost sales. Instead of fighting file-sharing, the government wants to embrace it - and it is trying to enlist a skeptical music industry in support....Under a proposal announced this month, the 80,000 people who live on the Isle of Man would be able to download unlimited amounts of music - perhaps even from notorious peer-to-peer pirate sites. To make this possible, broadband subscribers would have to pay a nominal fee of as little as £1, or $1.37, a month to their Internet service providers" "A lot of people in the business are concerned with how much money they are losing, but not with how much money they could make," Berry said. Under his proposal, the money collected by the Internet providers would be sent to a special agency that would distribute the proceeds to the copyright owners, including the record labels and music publishers. They would receive payments based on how often their music was downloaded or streamed over the Internet, as they now do in many countries when it is performed live or on the radio. The Isle of Man didn't invent the idea. The concept of a so-called blanket license to distribute music in digital form has been discussed since the days when Napster, before its rebirth as a legal service, thumbed its nose at the music industry" "While the Recording Industry Association of America, which represents the major...
PREVIOUS POST
Jeff Jarvis: what would Google do (book and video) Image via Wikipedia Jeff Jarvis is a leading thinker as far as the future of media is concerned; I have been reading his blog and his books for a few years already, and I can guarantee you: he's inspiration pure! So, I just ordered his new book "What would Google do" and really look forward to reading it - the topic is a perfect theme for anyone looking at future trends, obviously. Here is a short video with Jeff where he talks about the lessons we can learn from Google ("make mistakes and make them well")- check it out. Related articles by Zemanta Open Really is King - especially now! The Future Of Social Media Presentation by Futurist Gerd Leonhard Blogres Slovenia June 2008 52% of Americans would pay $2 / month for Google?

Gerd Leonhard

Keynote Speaker, Think-Tank Leader, Futurist, Author & Strategist, Idea Curator, some say Iconoclast | Heretic, CEO TheFuturesAgency, Visiting Prof FDC Brazil, Green Futurist

The Futures Agency
steve
techonomy
Alan Edgett
The Typepad Team
David Rosen

Search

Other things I use

Recent Comments