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Hulu Beta - 1st Major Initiative By Content Owners

"News Corp. and NBC Universal Monday debuted their joint-venture online video service Hulu.com with a private beta, adding a new rival to Apple’s iTunes and Google’s YouTube services."

Daily Show Makes (Archived) History

For fans who may have not heard the news, Jon Stewart extended his contract to 2011, and Comedy Central now offers archived access to past episodes of The Daily Show.....Another example of how creative content is making its way to consumers for less and less cost. TBS is another example of a station that allows users to watch past episodes of sitcoms.

NBC Live & DIRECT

So, the pricing dispute between Apple and NBC has finally led to this. It may seem like a great solution to the issue for NBC, but the capabilities of the new program seem limited. In related news, Virgin has dropped its downloading service. One big reason was that their service was not compatible with iPods and its Digital Rights Management configurations. Are these signs from consumers that the iTunes store is preferred over other mediums? Will NBC suffer the same fate in a few years since their new system has comparable limitations? For more in this area, check out the similar BBC media player, which was released about a month ago. -G.

Intonation/MCA: Rock/Art

What: The MCA and Intonation Music Festival present a string of daylong performances on the MCA Plaza. Performances include:

Califone
The 1900s
Flosstradamus/Cool Kids
The Eternals
Poster Children
Headache City

When: October 7, 1-6 pm

Where: MCA Plaza (across from the school, just west of the tennis courts)

Why: A great chance to meet others in the group and sample some of Chicago's independent music scene. This event is in conjunction with an art exhibition, entitled Sympathy for the Devil: Art and Rock and Roll Since 1967, which examines the relationship between rock music and contemporary visual art.

My Name is Prince / and I am funky.

"Music industry icon Prince is picking a fight with YouTube over unauthorized use of video content on the video-sharing Web site." I found this recent article about a possible lawsuit coming down regarding copyrighted material being posted to YouTube. If it goes forward, it should be telling toward setting obligations for similar sites. We'll stay posted...

World Music Festival Starts in Chicago

For more info and a schedule of shows...

Suzanne Vega's Avatar Sings in Second Life

I guess this was the first virtual world performance.

Second Life Gets its Own IPL Committee

The Intellectual Property Law section of the American Bar Association has annouced the creation of a new committee "responsible for monitoring developments in and educating members regarding legal issues that affect computer gaming and virtual worlds." For information on the Special Commitee on Computer Gaming and Virtual Worlds, or to sign up, click on picture link.

To Block or Not To Block...

The Morality of Blocking Ads

Can the add-on to the Firefox browser that easily eliminates almost all ads on a Web site – have the “potential for extreme menace to the online-advertising business model?”

Apple Unleashes Wi-Fi Store for new iPods & iPhones

"faster than a speeding bullet, my iPod is already outdated"

Apple announced a price cut for its iPhone today, along with a new iPod that looks like the iPhone and a version of its iTunes store that downloads music directly to the player rather than a computer.

NBC Breaks From Apple

On Friday, Apple announced it won’t sell NBC TV shows for the upcoming television season after NBC’s decision not to renew its iTunes contract.

Google haps....

......for those keeping track!

"To the victor belong the spoils — and the lawsuits. With its $150 billion market cap, Google has become a prime target of the litigious, and we're not just talking about Viacom's billion-dollar YouTube assault. Claiming everything from patent, trademark, and copyright infringement to fraud, dozens of companies have decided that the time is right to cash in by hitting Google with a barrage of lawsuits. Do any have a case? You be the judge."

Jing Project

Hey everyone,

Came across this new media grabbing software. With these types of software being developed more and more, the increasing ease for users may open up some interesting issues within copyright. Will users obtain copyright permissions when grabbing media for their own website (that makes a profit)? Is there an easy method for users to determine what is protected from use and what is not? Does anybody know anything about Ruby?

Kanye West Stronger Video(High Quality)

Check out Kanye's latest video...a play on the anime classic 'Akira'. Also, I thought it was interesting that what he's essentially doing is creating the "mashup" before other artists create the mashup of his song (reversing the order of how mashups are typically released). I define this as a mashup, because it takes two unassociated musical genres and molds them into a derivative work. This song was written with Daft Punk (who released the original song sampled in 2001) and might help redefine how music will be created in years to come. G.-

Happy Blogging.

Thanks for setting up the blog!

Facebook Versus ConnectU

Issue of Discussion: Who owns the concept if no one signs?

Thoughts?

The New Prince

Hey everyone,

I came across this interesting Times article about Prince and how he is changing his approach with regards to new media platforms......[click pic for link]...

G.-

Student Organizational Fair

It was great to meet all of you folks that visited our table today. At the same time, I had an excellent opportunity to talk with some other groups about possible co-op events. This year looks promising, and I can't wait to get it rolling. If anyone has any ideas for events or for the group in general, please just post a comment, shoot me an email or catch me in the hall sometime. G.-

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and so it begins...