I would have blogged “live” from “Silicon Valley Comes to Oxford 2005” at the Said Business School in Oxfrod, but, incredibly enough for a school jam packed full of eager young MBA students who want to be the next Google/Flickr/etc, there is NO Wi-Fi. You have to jack in via Ethernet. Apparently they don’t want their students to be building the next Napster during lectures.
I did manage to take some notes at Evan Williams presentation on what Odeo is all about. But was then told is was “all off the record.” Ah.
So I’m going to have to go through my notes and work out what can reasonably be gleaned. Although he did mention something called Twitter. Anyone wanting to know the rest is going to have to buy me several pints…
Luckily, what Craig Newmark and Jim Buckmaster from Criagslist said
was all ON the record – including the jokes – so tune in for that later.
According to The Register an Xtn Data study suggests that iTunes, at 54%, has the biggest digital music market share in the UK, while Napster has 10%, Wippit 8%, MyCokeMusic 6%, MSN 5%, Virgin Digital 3%, Tesco 2%, Woolworths 2% and HMV Digital 1%. However, the figures are not based on sales or subscription figures, but on a poll of 1,000 consumers about awareness of the brands themselves. The study contrasts with iTunes’ recent claim that it has an 80% sales share of the a la carte market.
Really? You don#039t say. Copy-protected CDs are turning music fans off record buying say retailers in the US.
Thus retailers themselves are starting to consider throwing out DRM#039d CDs. Great news for fans – bad news for firms like Sony, who are still reeling from the Rootkit debacle. Today they are trying to exchange Rootkit CDs and provides free MP3 downloads. But the horse has long bolted on this scandal, especially now the bloggers are wading in. Meanwhile, Garnter wades in with the news any DRM_breaker illl know which is that a piece of tape defeats any CD DRM. Tell us something we didn’t know…
Here’s something interesting. DigitalSpy is now bigger in traffic than ITV.com. That’s without any DS URLs appearing at the bottom of crap soap operas of an evening. Amazing. The switch happened half way through the year and never went back. ITV.com’s traffic is now on the decline, while DS’s had flattened but not weakened.
Gina Harkell speaks about her experience being sued by the BPI after her son downloaded music illegally.
Tapeitofftheinternet.com – Oh. My. God.
A while back (2 years ago?) I wrote a column about what would happen when BitTorrent was married with RSS. It happened. I’ve also written about how social software will eventually have a real application when married with a real interest, like music or films. It looks like Tapeitofftheinternet.com is about to bring all of these elements together. Look out broadcast TV. Here we come.
[Copyright conference coverage]: Alexander Ross Partner, Wiggin: Thanks to EU copyright directive there has to be a levy system. Fair compensation is all it allows for – which might be zero. If we introduced a private copy exemption into the Uk we’d have to create a levy system. Any private copy must take account for DRM, which is odd. One way of getting money back from iPods? Supporters say the ‘blanket license’ it the future.
Pete Jenner (former manager of Pink Floyd) on why Podcasting is cool: “Podcasting feels like FM radio did in the 60s.” (Jenner is the second speaker).
[Copyright conference coverage] Steve Greenfield, Snr Lecturer in Law, Univ. Westminster (pictured, standing), said: “Consumers will NOT comply when you try to restrict what they do to consumer content. Eleven years olds now interact with the music industry in a completely different way. The Arctic Monkeys are a great example of how this is working.�
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