Dear Jim Griffin (and the Scoundrels of Choruss)

Mr.Griffin, it seems apparent that you are not in a position to make the claim that by implementing this experimental program on any college campus it would do anything more than steal money from America’s college students, who are in no position to fund such a poor experiment. Furthermore, a system that establishes colleges and universities as collection agencies for record labels is not only a flawed business model for the music industry, but also raises serious questions about the priorities of the people running our institutions of higher learning.Continue reading »

The Hip-Hop Stimulus Plan Part II: Monetizing the Blogosphere

In other words, by using an existing distribution system already in place, labels would create a business model that acknowledges and embraces the Internet as the strongest marketing tool in the label’s arsenal. Continue reading »

miShare Could Be the Start of Something Good

While this technology isn’t exactly groundbreaking, and actually appears years behind the peer-to-peer file sharing capabilities already available in Microsoft’s Zune Player, it certainly introduces a new level of functionality to the iPod. Also, seeing as how the ratio of iPod users to Zune users I know is 60 billion to 1, I think there’s a lot of potential in this product.Continue reading »