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May 30, 2005
Back From Iraq! [13.6mb]
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May 28, 2005
Off With Her Head!
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May 24, 2005
MS Geekazoids
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May 20, 2005
Star Wars Kid
Star Wars Kid 1 - Source Footage
Star Wars Kid 2 - Deflecting Laser Beams
Star Wars Kid 3 - Luke and Obi-Wan Approve
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May 18, 2005
[inyc_wmv_feed #3] Brick Fiction
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May 17, 2005
[inyc_wmv_feed #2] Another Pair
Music Geeks
Another PairPosted by Steve Warren at 12:15 AM | Comments (0)
May 15, 2005
[inyc_wmv_feed #1] Tyson Skates!
I've been subscribing to the Blogdigger feed, which provides me with all sorts of unexpected video files. Some suck, but some RULE!!! I'm going to start posting a few of the best clips that come down the pipe.
My first pick would be Tyson Skates! Tyson the incredible skateboarding dog:
Tyson SkatesPosted by Steve Warren at 9:33 PM | Comments (0)
Are Video Enclosures working with my RSS feed?
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Testing Photo Plug-in
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May 8, 2005
Crosspost from NYC Podcasting Association Meetup Group
I worked so hard on this article, I thought I'd post it here as well! I spent a lot of time finding good things to link to in the body of my text. It's not all perfect, as I wrote it late last night, but it's indicative of the style I'm trying to achieve.
The original post can be found somewhere inside this thread about the RIAA:
RE: RIAA on the NYC Podcasting Association Meetup Group
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Here's the full body of my text:
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Does anyone here who's currently podcasting wish they had a bigger audience? Isn't that aspiring to broadcasting (as opposed to narrowcasting?). It seems to me that a lot of people in this group want to reach a wider audience, as opposed to appealing to a niche group.
What's wrong with radio anyway, and why is Adam Curry taking any flack for his new relationship with Sirius? I tend to agree with Mike's sentiments that the KYOU deal sounds pretty lame at first, but that if you *use* radio properly as the marketing tool it has become, you can drive more traffic to your program without giving away your intellectual property rights. Sirius is not "the radio business" as we know it, and is second to XM Radio. Number Two always tries harder, so I think it was a wise move for Adam to join Sirius in their endeavors. I wonder if Adam's going to challenge Howard Stern's Number One position at Sirius by trying harder...
I think the real problem with radio is the companies who have bought up all the bandwidth and control the medium, like Clear Channel. It used to be that federal regulations prevented any one company from owning too many stations in a single market, but in recent history those laws have been abolished by conservative legislation. Clear Channel's failure is because they waltzed right in and controlled the medium too tightly with the intent of maximizing revenue, as opposed to delivering quality entertainment. It's worse than TV these days in the content/advertising ratio, and there's no way to fast forward through the commercials! Clear Channel's stock peaked at close to $90 per share in 2000, and today trades around $30 heading south. What does that tell you besides the US economy is in big trouble?
Personally, I don't think it's in our interest to cling to the term podcasting too tightly. I encourage people to use whatever medium is available to get your program out there. When I first met Frank at the last meeting, we talked a little bit about possible sources of revenue, and I suggested selling CD's of archived programs. To a band, I'd suggest selling stickers, T-Shirts and personalized "collectible" items at your shows and online, while giving your music away for free (or under one of the Creative Commons licenses.)
If you want to talk legal about music distribution, downloading versus streaming is a huge issue when it comes to licensing fees. I wonder what Napster pays in licensing for their Napster To Go program that I subscribe to? They've done their "due diligence" to protect their Windows Media files so that they only last as long as you're a subscriber to the Napster service and paying for the music on a monthly basis. This is kind of like DVD's in that when you rent a disc from Blockbuster or your
local video store, it's *reasonably* protected, even though in both cases it's possible to make near-perfect digital duplications of the content you've borrowed.
If I wanted to create and distribute a music oriented program featuring Jimi Hendrix, Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin and the file I created was compliant with current DRM standards, could I get a non-profit license for around $300/year (similar to ASCAP's Web License) to distribute my program? Not today, but this is the topic I'd like to discuss at our next meeting.
Also, could I distribute my programs in Apple iPod compatible AAC format (how do you create those again?) or would I be limited to PC only Windows Media Player 10 WMA files? Where is the current state of DRM technology at right now? What's coming in the future? Apple has yet to embrace the music rental paradigm that I currently adore.
Anyway - I felt conspicuously absent from this forum this week, as my day job has taken priority over more intellectual pursuits ;-) I hope we can talk some of this through at the informal meetup on the 19th. Until then, I'll chime in as I find the time...
-steve warren
http://www.interactivenyc.com/blog
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