iRATE Radio follow up
UPDATE Here’s a quick update since we first looked at iRATE Radio. I’ve been playing with iRate for the past week or so. A few...
iRATE Radio: Music Business Model IV
As part of our continuing search for a viable music industry business model . . . iRATE Radio: An open source, collaborative, web...
Abusing DMCA and other frivolous litigation (SunnComm)
I just came across the story of Alex Halderman, the Princeton University grad student, who had discovered that SunnComm’s copy...
Are Discounters & Big Box Chains Hurting the Music Industry?
Two interesting articles worth discussing: Kevin Laws, a former music biz consultant and now VC, is guest blogging at Tim Oren’s...
GMSV: Magnatune (& follow up)
The San Jose Mercury News picked up last night’s discussion of Magnatune . . . (Good Morning Silicon Valley: “The real winner...
Magnatune: Music as Open Source Shareware (Music Business Model...
Last time we checked in on our Music Business Models, we were looking at Weedshare, a MLM/DRM/P2P method of promotion and distribution of...
WeedShare Music Model
Good Morning Silicon Valley posted a terrific response to the Great Recording Industry Business Model Contest from Weedshare: “Our...
The Napster Cooption Business Model
As promised, here is one of my entries for The Great Recording Industry Business Model Contest. I’ve given this a lot of long hard...
The Great Recording Industry Business Model Contest
My friend John Paczkowski, over at the excellent blog “Good Morning Silicon Valley” has issued a call for entries: The Great...