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Digital Media Winners and Losers of 2006

Posted by Zonk on from the there-were-many-of-both dept.

An anonymous reader writes "MP3 Newswire released its annual list of winners and losers in digital media for 2006. Winners include Azureus, the Pirate Bay, and YouTube. The losers list includes Streamcast, Captain Copyright (and his sidekick Lieutenant Lame), and the Online Guitar Archive. At the bottom of the post are links to past year's winners and losers lists."

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  1. Check out the Captain Copyright site now. by khasim · · Score: 4, Interesting
    http://www.captaincopyright.ca/Default.aspx
    Seems that they've picked up on how dumb their idea was.
    The Captain Copyright site was created for educators because they told us through surveys and focus groups conducted by an independent consultant that they needed tools to help them teach their students about copyright, but none were available.

    I can understand asking for more text books, smaller classes or new equipment ... but what "educator" is going to put "copyright education" on their list?
    1. Re:Check out the Captain Copyright site now. by Azari · · Score: 2, Informative

      I would. There's very little good information on copyright that I've seen that's easily digestible by kids. (In no way saying Captain Copyright is 'good' information, just saying that I've not found a lot to use for my kids.)

      Just because people tend to go overboard about what copyright should or shouldn't do, doesn't mean that kids should be informed about it. I realise that this would qualify me for a 'you must be new here', but just because you might have a low opinion of copyright doesn't make it less worth leaning about, because it's something that people will need to deal with at some point (and probably already are without knowing it).

  2. I'm still not seeing it. by khasim · · Score: 4, Insightful
    Teachers or educators, however you'll have it, face the issue of copyrights, royalties, and public performance caveats all the time.

    I'm sure they do. But I'm not seeing why any of them would list it as something to spend money on teaching it to kids.

    To me, it sounds like their "independent consultant" wasn't as independent as was advertised. Particularly since Access Copyright
    http://www.accesscopyright.ca/
    was involved in the production.
  3. Easy answer... Bleep.com. Go there, it rocks! by Aphrika · · Score: 2, Informative

    No-DRM == winner!
    DRM == looser!

    If you like coffee-table electro then visit bleep.com. Non-DRM'd, MP3'd, cool music from Warp Records and associates. If you like the Aphex Twin, Squarepusher, Plaid or that kind of stuff, then consider that link a Christmas present from the Gods!

    Merry Christmas all!

    DRM'd music? I'd rather feed their bones to pigs...

  4. DivX Stage6 by DigitAl56K · · Score: 2, Informative

    I'll throw in a shameless plug for DivX Stage6. It's in alpha, but you can publish DivX and XVID video files in their original quality all the way up to 1080p with 5.1 MP3 Surround. Stage6 also allows you to easily download the videos directly with no DRM (so long as the publisher permits it), and it's focused around building high-quality content communities.

    A couple of example channels launched recently:
    http://stage6.divx.com/BT
    http://stage6.divx.com/Witness

    DivX Web Player is required for in-browser playback on Windows and Mac (supporting all common browsers on each), and Linux users should be able to play most files in VLC or the like pending direct support for the platform.