Content is a right, not a DVD
Categories: Connect
For many consumers, content doesn’t exist as a physical thing anymore. Instead, content is something you buy the rights to own and enjoy. Once I buy a movie, I own a physical copy as well as the right to rip and burn as many copies as I want for myself. But, this leads some to ask, how many times do I have to pay for it?
TV’s Missed Opportunity
Categories: Connect
People are crazy for premium content Back in history times, our ancestors were restricted to watching only what was on TV. And, even as cable television and satellite TV expanded to give us hundreds of channels, somehow there was still “nothing good on.” In the days of angelfire websites streaming video was a mere myth. [...]
Hulu: No, We’re (Probably) Not Gonna Buy It
Categories: Shop
Over the past few weeks, upon breaking the news that Hulu may start charging for content, the response among my friends has been almost universally the same – a look of shock or disbelief followed by a dismayed, “but, I love Hulu…” I know the feeling, like the person I’m dating thinks they might want [...]
