Archive for the 'stupid ideas' Category
Signs of Bubble 2.0: Tons of “me too” Black sites launching
3 Comments Published by Siddiq Bello April 22nd, 2008 in Conjecture, Start-ups, Tech Musings, Web 2.0, polemic, round-up, stupid ideas.There has been a ton of talk about Bubble 2.0, it started with Fred Wilson back in March of ‘05, was picked up by Vulture Central in Oct of the same year and has since since spawned everything from an official blog to a Wikipedia entry. However, the only sure sign that Bubble 2.0 is [...]
AnywhereCD and the $12 MP3 Album
1 Comment Published by Siddiq Bello April 23rd, 2007 in Conjecture, Digital Music, Music Musings, Record stores, anywherecd, lawsuits, michael robertson, mp3, pyrrhic victories, stupid ideas, warner music.Last week serial business starter and aging Internet super-star, Michael Robertson, launched the 6th iconoclastic Internet venture in his portfolio of disruptive ventures. The new business, called AnywhereCD, billed itself as an MP3 music vendor with a CD delivery option. And while the business itself is a bit of a yawner, its pricing and sales [...]
The Death Knell Tolls for Pandora and Other Webcasters
1 Comment Published by Siddiq Bello April 18th, 2007 in Conjecture, Digital Music, Foolishness, Pandora, RIAA, RIAA and Record Labels, copyright, last.fm, pyrrhic victories, streaming music, stupid ideas.A couple of weeks ago a little known government body called the Copyright Royalty Board set new rates for webcasters like Pandora, Last.fm and other streaming music services. The new rates made many webcasters and streaming music entrepreneurs apoplectic. Only being tangentially related to the streaming music space I was a bit confused by all [...]
