In my book Free Ride: How Digital Parasites Are Destroying the Culture Business, and How the Culture Business Can Fight Back , I present a counter-narrative – what I see as the real history of the last decade in the media business. This supposed to be the happy ending. balance of trade, as well as the economy as a whole. MORE >>

Since the development of the Internet and the World-Wide-Web, there’s been this peculiar distinction between “old”, or “traditional” or “mainstream” media and the “new” forms such as blogs, podcasts, Internet radio, and video sharing, such as seen on services like YouTube. MORE >>

Google TV will further the usual shakedown business model–we will steal from you until you get tired of litigating then you will give us a deal on our terms (YouTube, Google Books, etc.).  Yes, unless those sites have already been removed from search results in response to takedown requests, the presenter confirmed. MORE >>

As the Supreme Court itself stated in footnote 14 of Campbell , it's not quite that simple: A parody that more loosely targets an original than the parody presented here may still be sufficiently aimed at an original work tocome within our analysis of parody. Penguin Books USA, Inc. Acuff-Rose Music , 510 U.S. See , e. Fisher v. 109 F.3d MORE >>

In my book Free Ride: How Digital Parasites Are Destroying the Culture Business, and How the Culture Business Can Fight Back , I present a counter-narrative – what I see as the real history of the last decade in the media business. This supposed to be the happy ending. balance of trade, as well as the economy as a whole. MORE >>