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Re: McGuinness: ISPs should fix my business

Gerd Leonhard — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:26:51 -0000

Greetings everyone, I just posted my reply to Paul's speech here: http://www.mediafuturist.com/2008/02/welcome-to...
I guess I just couldn't resist - there is just too much bizarre stuff in this speech. Cheers, Gerd Leonhard (Music & Media Futurist, Author of Music2.0)

"Let me ask you this, Paul: do you really advocate web sites, communities and networks scanned and censored, emails read and screened, Instant Messenger conversations monitored, Skype calls supervised, USB sticks DRM’ed, hard-drives sealed, flash memory cards locked, rootkits and software locks on our computers, a read-only web, the end of remixes, and the implementation of an online police state that without a doubt will only bring us new censorship and the demise of fair use and free speech while the un-paid and unlicensed trading of music will soar to new heights in 100s of new ways that we don’t even know about today..."

Re: Copyright News Links 08-16-08

Gerd Leonhard — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 11:10:23 -0000

Further to this discussion, you may like my video on the Future of Copyright: http://gleonhard.blip.tv/file/1028802/#
About the Future of Copyright: 1) An actual distinction between ‘Copy’ vs ‘Performance’ of digital content no longer exists 2) Even if it did: the ‘Selling of Copies’ is no longer a growing business, or a sustainable model 3) The exclusive right to ‘make copies’ is becoming impossible to enforce 3) Criminalization of Sharing and Policing of Web-Access is not the kind of ‘Justice’ our society can afford 4)New Permissions & ‘Usage-Rights’ for Digital Music can and will solve this problem..

Re: Can Engagement Really Become the New Standard?

Gerd Leonhard — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:59:24 -0000

Very interesting post. I love the "Engagement Advertising as the 4th Type of Web Based Ad" !
You and your readers guys may also enjoy a recent presentation I published on "Social Media Futures", here : http://www.mediafuturist.com/2008/07/the-future...

Re: louisgray.com: There is No Social Media Overload

Gerd Leonhard — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:02:03 -0000

Very interesting post, Louis, and very timely. You and your readers guys may also enjoy a recent presentation I published on "Social Media Futures", here : http://www.mediafuturist.com/2008/07/the-future...