Comments on: Using blogs and the media for change: the Sony BMG case study

Comment on Using blogs and the media for change: the Sony BMG case study by: Abram Razzuvaev

Sat, 17 Dec 2005 11:02:27 +0000

Just few adds on russian market. Looks like this have been triggered by BBC.
Nov 03 2005 Lenta.ru covered the story based on information from BBC
Nov 04 2005 Dialog Nauka LAB announce and so on

Comment on Using blogs and the media for change: the Sony BMG case study by: Tim Jarrett

Sun, 04 Dec 2005 21:17:46 +0000

Thanks, Tony. I’ve made the correction and appreciate your not nitpicking!

Comment on Using blogs and the media for change: the Sony BMG case study by: Tony

Sun, 04 Dec 2005 20:38:53 +0000

-Not to nitpick but it’s “arrow in the quiver” - not the reverse.

Love ya!

Comment on Using blogs and the media for change: the Sony BMG case study by: Saskboy

Wed, 30 Nov 2005 14:52:08 +0000

www.hotzlawyers.com
An Ontario Law firm contacted me today through my blog, and asked me to direct Canadian customers affected by XCP DRM, to contact them.

Saskboy

Comment on Using blogs and the media for change: the Sony BMG case study by: Roly Roper

Tue, 29 Nov 2005 04:07:45 +0000

From an Australian perspective;

http://member.telpacific.com.au/rolyroper/index.htm

-Roly

Comment on Using blogs and the media for change: the Sony BMG case study by: Mike

Mon, 28 Nov 2005 23:05:16 +0000

Actually the BBC was quicker off the mark than that. Mark Ward, one of their technology correspondents, ran the story on 3rd November; and I’d suspect *this* was the first time it hit the mainstream:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4400148.stm

The Beeb is better at this kind of thing than most of the mainstream media. It maintains a permanent technology section:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/default.stm

I suspect this has much to do with its simply being able to afford to do so.

Comment on Using blogs and the media for change: the Sony BMG case study by: Anti-DRM

Mon, 28 Nov 2005 20:02:28 +0000

This blog is very interesting. Makes us imagine given the inability of any major anit-virus maker to flag this, as well as the initial silence of major companies such as Microsoft, where big business really stands with regards to profit margins and customer satisfaction.

What is disturbing, is the almost reluctant hesitance in mainstream media picking the story. Thus in this case, independent bloggers were all that stood between a big business and hapless/ sometimes apathetic consumers.

Despite how it turned on Sony BMG, will can independent blogggers effectively curtail the ambitions of unscruplous big business? Unfortunately no. We will inevitably have more episodes such as this one, as it had the tacit support by silence from Microsoft and Anti-Virus companies, plus the frighteningly vocal support of RIAA.

In summary, the only good thing here is that Sony BMG got caught. The sadder picture is, consumers must realise that NO big business has their interest at heart. NONE.

All about the $$$$

Many thanks to independent researchers and bloggers for their labour and under-appreciated service to consumers. The road ahead is a bumpy rough one. Thank God for the events that led to this disclosure.

Comment on Using blogs and the media for change: the Sony BMG case study by: David Fedoruk

Mon, 28 Nov 2005 18:51:29 +0000

These are valuable observations. I am about to start my own blog. There are several things I am quite passionate about and the question in my mind has been whether I should put disparate subjet matter in the same blog or in different blogs.

Let me point out another extremely successfull single purpose blog; that is Groklaw. Perhaps the mainstream press has not quite gotten onto the site yet, however, it is clear that the Pamela Jones site has galvenized the open source community in ways never seen before. That single purpose blog is now covering other legal stories which directly affect consumers and how they will be able to interact on the Internet.

The professional/academic world has long looked down on lay people as “amatures” and “dilatents”, but some of us “amatures” have extensive backgrounds in the subjects we speak about and have the added advantage of not having pear pressure push us in one direction or the other. Kudos to you and all the other bloggers who are making a difference and keeping mainstream media on their toes!

David