It was with great excitement I was going to listen to Joi Ito live for the first time. Unfortunately his presentation did not do justice to his message about creative commons. It turned into a history lesson we did not need. In the mobile world creative commons thinking is a huge driver for growth. Content [...]
Much of the discussion around how to make mobile music work focus on the business model. “The record labels are too greedy” or “the mobile operators are too greedy” etc. But there is one huge obstacle in the storefront being on a mobile device. We do not have the same search, filtering and recommendation options [...]
Just had to let off some steam after yet another embarrassing statement from a so called industry expert. An article about how full length music is overtaking ringtones. In it we read that.. “[w]ith some operators now offering full track downloads at a comparable price to iTunes, there is little justification for a ringtone retail [...]