Saturday March 15, 2008

The Daily Loper - March 15, 2008

Whaddya Gonna Do, Spoon Me To Death? Edition

Todays links of interest:

Fit to be tied: Peanuts, hot dogs and tea for Dodgers vs. Padres in China
The first MLB game ever played in China ends in a tie. Nothing like introducing your sport to the worlds most populous nation and not caring enough to play a few extra innings.
1,700 Bands at SXSW
And let me tell you, ever single one of those band was downloading music and slowing down the Internet at our hotel.
Bebo acquisition could boost AOL
Or AOL could kill Bebo, which seems more likely.

Facebook Coming Under FBI Scrutiny For Online Gambling
First Second Life and now this. At this rate we might as well just move to Vegas.
SXSW: Not Much to Twitter About
Sarah Lacy continues to prove that she just doesn’t get it. 1) SXSW is not a "developer" conferences. That’s sort of like calling it a Mac users group. 2) The attacks against her were a result of her general cluelessness and had noting to do with her gender. Kathy Sierra and Jane McGonigal appeared on the very same stage in front of similarly huge crowds and were treated with the utmost respect. Probably because they both delivered brilliant presentations that connected with the audience in a meaningful way.

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Comedy Central, Attell bang 'Gong'
What the world needed: a remake of The Gong Show.
The Associated Press: Study of 'Daily Show': It's a lot like O'Reilly
Except Jon Stewart isn't a pompous blow-hard who refuses to listen to other people when they speak.
Neil Young v the MP3: let battle commence
Also, Neil Young about to embark on exciting experiment while simultaneously sounding like a cranky old man.
What Motivates the Wine Shopper?
For us, it's the alcohol. Natch.
Los Angeles Says Piracy 'Detrimental to the Public Health, Safety
Arrrrgh!
Bruce Boxleitner Joins Heroes
Posting this because I know that some of the 'Loper women will be happy at the news, because they used to moon over him during the "Scarecrow & Mrs. King" days. And because of that, I'm almost ashamed to report that I've noticed that spoiler-boy Ausiello got the female lead of that show wrong.
RIAA: DRM not dead and likely will make comeback
RIAA spokesperson predicts DRM-limited subscription music services are the future of the industry. Never mind the fact that subscriptions services are the one area where digital sales are declining year over year.
Mamma Mia! Papa John's raking in the dough online
The Deliverator will be at your door in 30 minutes or less.
Microsoft May Build a Copyright Cop Into Every Zune
A few things of note: 1) the Zune Insider blog remains alive and well; 2) despite pricing "flexibility", Microsoft is subsidizing prices to keep them competitive with iTunes; 3) NBC/Universal still doesn't get it.
Can any game break the 'GTA IV' sales records?
Yes. Eventually another one will come along and break these records, as impressive as they are. Unless you think that gaming has peaked, of course.
Lindsay Lohan Accused of Stealing Student's $11,000 Fur Coat
If you've happened to see or hear this story, you've probably come to the same conclusion that we have: everybody involved with it is a total and utter scumbag. When we were students, instead of an $11,000 fur coat, how about paying a year's rent. A pox on all of these people.
WiMax gets closer and further away at the same time
Analysis of the week's biggest news. We're excited and skeptical, but that's mostly because our dreams have been dashed so many times before.
Disaggregating digital distribution
IODA develops ways to eliminate the middleman and bring artists and consumers together -- in a retail sort of way.
Post office changing 100 S.F. addresses
What happens when your street name is changed, but not every single database with your address knows about the change? Or you, for that matter?
Online library gets FBI to back off
The Internet Archive pushes back against a National Security Letter and prevails. Characteristically, Brewster Kahle had a muted reaction to his success.
Which Author Remains Obscure Because of All the Ink Wasted on Barbara Walters?
Ron Hogan digs into a critical (get it, critical?) question raised by Seth Godin about media saturation of certain topics at the expense of others. Special to MediaBistro: fix your page titles!
Fewer new shows on slate for fall TV in wake of writers' strike
But Beverly Hills 90210 makes the cut.
FBI rescinds secret order for Internet Archive records
Huzzah to the EFF and ACLU for fighting this!!
MTV Plans to Increase Its Blending of Ads and Shows
Back in our day, MTV played music videos which were ads. Have times changed?
TorrentSpy ordered to pay $111 million
Because, of course, every single time that someone used TorrentSpy, they were taking money from the studios. Even if they were using it to download something that the studios weren't offering or had no plans to offer?

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