Interview with Louie Psihoyos
Teague and I met Louie Psihoyos, director of The Cove, at AFI SILVERDOCS. Psihoyos talked about how he made The Cove, which documents his team’s mission to expose the destruction of ocean wildlife in a secret cove in Japan. We really enjoyed his stories about getting footage using both high and low tech spy tools [...]
Are You Guilty of Media Malpractice?
Last week I attended Making Media Now at Bentley University, where, among other really interesting panels, I saw Andy Carvin talk about crowdsourcing. I was also really glad to hear Robert Greenwald of Brave New Films talk about making media that matters with Lisa Mullins of The World. Greenwald also screened a clip [...]
How Much Would You Pay for an E-Book?
“While Amazon might be able to find a market for $9.99 books on the Kindle, the iPhone-iPod Touch world is a very different place. Very few people are willing to pay that kind of money for any sort of application, let alone an e-book.”
via Why people won’t pay for e-books on the iPhone | Fully [...]
Norway’s public broadcaster launches BitTorrent tracker
“NRK, Norway’s public broadcaster, has decided that its BitTorrent distribution experiment has gone so well that the company will launch its own tracker in order to distribute its programming. Norway’s commitment to openness means that the files are DRM-free and even available for fansubbing.” - Norway’s public broadcaster launches BitTorrent tracker.
Several public broadcasters have experimented [...]
Creative Commons Doesn’t Cannibalize Sales
Chris Anderson recently posted “The best selling MP3 album of the year was free” on The Long Tail blog. Apparently, Nine Inch Nails’ Ghosts I-IV was the best selling MP3 album of 2008 despite being released under a Creative Commons license that allowed for free, legal sharing.
The album grossed more than $1.6 million in revenue [...]
Radiohead’s Pick-Your-Price a Success?
Image from WikipediaThe Chicago Tribune has a good set of numbers from the Radiohead “In Rainbows” release. As you may recall, Radiohead offered the album as a download in advance of the physical release and allowed fans to choose what price to pay for the album (if at all).
A few highlights:
$8 million from [...]
Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem: DRM done right? Or yet another failed attempt?
Here’s what we know so far. DECE will announce details at CES in January. The general principle is something along the lines of a digital rights locker in the cloud that keeps track of what content you have purchased and have rights to play.
Image from Night Star RomanusThe major goals [...]
Indie Films in Hollywood: Too Much of a Good Thing?
Image from Brandon Cirillo’s PhotostreamBy now you’ve probably already read the Wall Street Journal’s take on the state of independent film in Hollywood. If you haven’t, I’ll sum up: Hollywood studios are finding that lower budget indie flicks are not paying off at the box office. No matter how many movies [...]
Dr. Horrible Defeats the Internet
Image from Steve Garfield’s PhotostreamDr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog is alive and kicking! After hordes of fans crashed their servers, the site appears to be back up and running. The first act is now available, streaming, for free. More info on the site crash can be found at Save Hiatus.
Since the [...]
ABC’s Earth 2100: You, too, can be Al Gore!
Our special agent in New Jersey gave us a tip on a new web and television fusion project from a major network:
Earth 2100 is a “television and internet event” set to debut this fall on ABC [Editor's Note: The site now simply says "Coming in 2009"]. Here’s how they describe it:
The world’s brightest minds [...]
