The initial idea of this blog came to me reading an article about the US pay TV provider Comcast. Why is this man smiling? He's smiling because he monopolises entertainment content in the US. Then I thought wouldn't it be nice if there was some technology and business model that would break the traditional methods of business in the entertainment industry????
Then I thought, hang on, why don't we extend that thought to any industry, like; Health care, Insurance, Banking, Transport, utilities, food and agriculture, etc.
What interests me and this blog are ways of challenging the norm. Thinking outside the box. Almost all these thoughts will involve technology. New technology, new ways of using old technology. Here in lies my passion. Using technology to disrupt the status quo. So, I encourage you all to post your experiences, ideas, thoughts and take part in the wider debate.
What would I like to disrupt the most?
The Universe.
How would I disrupt it?
By coalescing the ideas of the individuals online into a powerful community for change.
In terms of entertainment content it's not the distribution that's the issue, illegal download and streaming sites prove that's a no brainer. It's the legalities - ownership, copyright, how can you disrupt that? Hiring teams of lawyers like spotify...ouch. Why is it so hard? I own this content, if you would like to see it pay me here. If only it were that simple.
ReplyDeleteI agree, legalities and governance crush the open nature of the Inter-web and these issues aren't easily disrupted. Technology allows us to sling a signal around all sorts of these roadblocks to get the content on a networked device and according to some jurisdiction that's illegal. I would argue that the Internet has no jurisdiction and the comment "a person can be everywhere in the world, all at once" on the Internet (http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/property99/domain/Betsy.html) is an interesting one to exploit. Spotify took massive steps, but are still based on a subscriber model and pay royalties through the nose. Is using P2P technology and subscribing the limit? (http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2011/11/09/141594727/how-spotify-works-pay-the-majors-use-p2p-technology)
ReplyDeleteWhat about the use of swarming intelligence? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swarm_intelligence) the applications to data mining can be seen here (http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10994-010-5216-5). Any and every 'bit' of content, of a Song for example, would exists in an infinite number locations on the Internet. What if these swarming algorithms utilise 'worker bees' pumped with meta data to reconstruct and synchronise content from N number of worker bees in N number of locations. The meta-data and slice of content is then purged to free the resource ready for the next request. No subscription, much the way snap chat deals with its pictures, but with a highly sophisticated seek and synchronise content component. Could call it the KillerBee App ;) .