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Implications of ‘Daily Show’ Webcasting
May 29, 2008 - 8:18pm — Bibliofuture
Some cable systems are starting to complain that too many of the programs they pay for are being given away on the Web for free.
Story in the NYT:
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/29/the-real-fight-over-fake-news/index.html?ref=techno...
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We need a breaking point
Somehow, somewhere we've got to come up with a means of affixing value to these things. That's not happening right now. For the blood-letting that has been seen in the content production industries as of late, eventually we are going to hit a tipping point. Until that happens, I agree that this has to work out some way some how. We walking into a void for no good reason.
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