Emma Pike, Chief Exec. British Music Rights, Co-Chairman, Music Business Forum, speaking at Copyright Review: Getting The Rights Balance said: “In an experience economy, do we want to slap a two thousand pound fine on customers?”
But, she added: “Right now it#039s the creator which is bearing the full load of value.”
“Intellectual property is the bedrock of the creative economy. The Labour Manifesto committed us to “modernise copyright and other forms of protection of intellectual property rights so that they are appropriate for the digital age…. an information rich society needs an easy exchange of ideas – after all, creativity often comes from collaboration, from putting existing ideas together in new ways. So, we need an IP framework that balances the needs of consumers, creators and businesses.”
James Purnell, Minister for Creative Industries and Tourism, 16th June 2005
“Only one thing is impossible for God: to find any sense in any copyright law on the planet”
Mark Twain
Watch out for our coverage of “Copyright Review: Getting The Rights Balance” hosted by music business network MusicTank, has been organised to analyse and clarify a variety of copyright issues in the wake of reviews and research being conducted by the DTI & DCMS, Patent Office, Treasury and European Commission.
Apple to shift 37 million iPods in 2005: Apple will sell 37 million iPods in 2005 according to Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster. Given that the company has sold a tad under 18 million so far this year, Munster is expecting much in the last quarter. Apple sold just over 8.2 million in 2004.
[InformationWeek]: Sony’s DRM system uses techniques normally employed by hackers and “can crash Windows.” Sony BMG Music Entertainment installed a “rootkit” in the copy-protection software distributed along with one of its music titles which exposes those systems to massive security vulnerabilities. Amatuears can’t even remove it. Sony has countered by saying that the copy-protection software is harmless, and issuing a patch, but hackers distributing code that could take advantage of security holes opened by Sony’s DRM. Great customer service, Sony! This is basically Spyware: its invisible, damages systems and resists removal.
[Ahmedabad.com]: The head of the intellectual property rights association for the Indian Music Industry, said Gujarat in India is a big center for piracy and almost 80 per cent of inlaid covers used in duplicate cassettes, are printed in Ahmedabad.
[BBC]: A group legal action suit over the iPod nano has widened beyond the United States to includes consumers from the United Kingdom and Mexico. Consumers are alleging that the iPod nano screens are easily scratched. Apple says the problem only affects less than one-percent of its players. The law suit seeks a refund and a portion of Apple profits from player sales (yeah, right). In fact, Apple has agreed to replace any defective players, indicating it really may only affect a small number. It#039s doubtful the bad publicity will affect Christmas sales. More: InformationWeek “iPod Nano Class-Action Spreads”.
The guys over at Custom Communication are organising an event called Blogging for Business: How Blogs Can Help and Hurt Your Business in February next year. Out of a lot of events about blogs (and believe me, I’ve been to a few) I’d say this is going to be one of the most properly focused yet. It’s often hard to pin down what, exactly, blogs are capable of in a business sense. This looks like one event which, I think, will have a damn good stab at it.
AOL, the most boring of all ISPs, is jumping into online music, after purchasing Musicnow.com. They’ll be offering a subscription music service similar Napster, Yahoo, and others. Cost? $10 a month for unlimited subscription downloads, and $15 if you want to transfer them to a compatible DAP. Will it work? Maybe. AOL is more “mainstream” than Napster for instance.
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