dan tynan on Mar 09 2010 | Filed under: Apple, Cringley, Gadgets, Infoworld, iPhone
James Cameron’s Avatar may have changed how films are made with Avatar, but Steve Jobsis changing how business is done in Hollywood.
dan tynan on Mar 09 2009 | Filed under: Computerworld, Culture Crash, Privacy, Video, Web 2.0
I admit, I was a bit harsh on ZillionTV in my previous post. I based my report on a limited amount of information – essentially, the press release and the Web site – both of which left a lot of room for interpretation.
Shortly after that item posted I heard from ZillionTV and had a nice [...]
dan tynan on Mar 09 2009 | Filed under: Computerworld, Culture Crash, Privacy, Web 2.0
Hollywood has finally figured out how to merge the old media of TV and movies with the new media of the Internet. It’s called ZillionTV, and if you’re anything like me, you may want to run screaming as fast as possible in the other direction.
[Note: Updates to this item coming. Watch this space.]
Like Netflix [...]
dan tynan on Oct 08 2008 | Filed under: Copyrights and wrongs, Cringley, DMCA Madness, Infoworld
Don’t expect to be making legal copies of your DVDs any time soon. A judge has extended the order banning sales of the RealDVD copying software. Hollywood is happy, but are consumers getting a raw deal?
dan tynan on May 14 2008 | Filed under: Cringley, Da Web, Video, Web 2.0
(This post originally appeared on Infoworld’s Notes From the Field blog.)
The longer I stay in this business, the more I think I should have listened to my mother and become a copyright attorney. Don’t get me wrong — I love digging for dirt and punishing the technologically wicked, but just think of the employment opportunities. [...]
