arstechnica.com — After years of clinging to traditional business models, media companies have finally started embracing ad-supported Internet distribution in a big way. Yesterday's announcement that several major music labels made nice with YouTube may turn out to be a watershed moment for the industry
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radiantbeingOct 10, 2006
OK, make sure you don't do business with any of the following companies that are in the Disney family. This list includes Miramax, who funded the production of Fahrenheit 9/11. Seriously? Get real. People who get their opinions from movies are beyond help. * Walt Disney Pictures * Touchstone Pictures * Hollywood Pictures * Miramax Films * Buena Vista Music Group * Walt Disney Records * Mammoth Records * Lyric Street Records * Hollywood Records * Walt Disney Feature Animation * Walt Disney Television Animation * DisneyToon Studios * Pixar Animation Studios * Walt Disney Television * Touchstone Television * ABC Entertainment * ABC Television Network * Buena Vista Television * ESPN * SOAPnet * Lifetime * Disney Publishing Worldwide * Disney Store * Jim Henson's Muppets * Buena Vista Games
williamdyerOct 10, 2006
Recorded and mass-reproduced performances are about a 100 year old technology. The business model of making money off that technology didn't exist before that.If the Internet makes it impossible to make money off publishing recorded performances, then maybe the business model is obsolete. Bug, meet windshield.
nocturnalOct 10, 2006
I agree wholeheartedly and am ecstatic that things are finally taking a turn for the better. I just hope that other companies can realize that it's 1) a never ending battle and 2) if they thought out of the box, perhaps they too could capitalize on piracy or pirates.
mecole21Oct 10, 2006
www.cbs.com/intertube/overdrive.mtv.comthe other networks have similar sites...
o0joshua0oOct 10, 2006
There is a similar situation in the marketing of sports drinks. Companies have to compete with a product that is both free and easily available (i.e. water). The sports drinks marketers usually compete by trying to position their products as more effective than water, but it looks like the digital media producers will compete by positioning their products as easier to use and less risky than pirating.
moduloOct 10, 2006
They did it! The war is over! The war is over!! ... all of a sudden I'm feeling a little .. like maybe it's too early to be celebrating .. and also a little late for a Matrix Revolutions.. reference.. so .. yeah. Still.. a very encouraging thing to hear.
scheperOct 10, 2006
One battle does not a war win.I doubt the MPAA/RIAA will be pleased with this.
reederOct 11, 2006
Yes, rated ARRRRRRR!!!!Sorry, I had to....