On Digital Media, Episode #23
In this episode, John Federico, Chia-Lin Simmons and Steve Hatch ponder:
- Steve Job’s DRM Rant
- Piper Jaffray’s Gene Munster believes that Apple would benefit from the unlocking of DRM-protected music as people choose their player first and their music store second and consistently, people are choosing Apple’s iPod.
- Karl Kruger doesn’t think you should be walking around New York City and crossing the streets with your iPod. He’s proposing a $100 fine. Puhleeeease….
- Wal-Mart opens a digital movie download service
- Companies that don’t make their video content available in digital, on-demand format will be subject to piracy. Duh.
- TV and Movie downloads to hit $6.3 Billion by 2012
- The top ten reasons why movie downloads suck
- IAC is going to be investing millions in content creation, bucking the trend of consumer generated media
- Mobile ESPN….it’s baaaaack on Verizon’s Vcast Service
- Will the Disney MVNO fail, as well? John and Chia-Lin think it will succeed. Steve thinks it’s next on the DOA list.
Our wine selection was a 2003 Old Moon Old Vine Zinfandel.
Our closing music is Democracy from Alexander Blu.
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