Tag Archives: commerce
Wired News: Band Can’t Sell Own Music on EBay
Wired News: Band Can’t Sell Own Music on EBay The link summmarises itself, really. ebay’s Verified Rights Owner program, like similar mechanisms elsewhere, disregards artists who actually own their material and wish to sell their work direct to the public. … more…
anti-telemarketing counterscript
The anti-telemarketing EGBG counterscript is riding high on the blog charts just now, and quite right too. If I had a functioning printer, I’d be printing the PDF version to keep handy…
Riders on the franchise
It seems that back in June, John Densmore (formerly of the Doors) wrote a piece for The Nation in which he explains the long fraught history of attempts to use their music in TV commercials – which he has always … more…
WTF is Weblog Marketing?
WTF is Weblog Marketing? – Tim “Bloggerheads” Ireland addresses the question of commercial intervention in the blogworld. I seriously doubt that the greedhead suits eyeing up the blogosphere as a marketing opportunity will have the slightest comprehension of what he’s … more…
Bush eases US logging restrictions
Bush eases US logging restrictions “its a fine balance between people expressing themselves and preventing US citizens from enacting common sense” Latest bit of ‘corporate criminal, who me?’ from the WMPC: in an effort to control the forest fires that … more…
Giving Rise to the Professional Blogger
O’Reilly Network: Blogging for Dollars – Giving Rise to the Professional Blogger [Aug. 12, 2002] Meg Hourihan proposes that businesses (some, not all) should hire bloggers of proven ability to blog on their behalf. She offers examples: Google coould hire … more…
Alcatel owns US employee’s thoughts
Alcatel owns US employee’s thoughts A US man says he will appeal a court’s decision which ruled that an idea that existed only in his mind belonged to his employer. – my advice is, make sure no thoughts cross your … more…
Hollywood Steps Up Its Assault on the Net
Doc Searls brings the internet radio crisis up to date with an excellent, if not especially optimistic piece at LinuxJournal, Hollywood Steps Up Its Assault on the Net While Webcasting Death March Claims KPIG – lots of linkage.
RAIN: Radio And Internet Newsletter
RAIN: Radio And Internet Newsletter Mark Cuban, formerly of Broadcast.com, and party to the original Yahoo! / RIAA royalty deal for internet radio, confirms the obvious about the CARP deal (which was based on the Yahoo! deal) – that the … more…
Get Ready for Zero-Click Ordering!
America, Get Ready for Zero-Click Ordering! – it may look like a single sentence gag, but go check out the page anyway for a demonstration…(ridiculopathy.com via Gagpipe)