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October 28, 2005
The Traitors - Scooter, Karl and Uncle Dick
Scooter Libby was indicted today on obstructing justice and perjury in the investigation of leaks to the media of a CIA agent's identity, not for treason.
Karl Rove is still under investigation.
What about Dick Cheney?
By all accounts, the Vice President told Libby that former Amassador Joseph Wilson's wife was an agent. Cheney would be in a position to know this kind of infomation as Vice President.
So the question is, why wasn't it illegal to disclose this agent's identity to Mr. Libby? Did he really have a "need to know" as part of his job responsibilities and security clearances.
Other than for political revenge against Ambassador Wilson, what was the national security reason for the VP to come know this bit of CIA personnel information?
The three of them hatched this thing up, the of them should be held accountable to the people of the United States.
Oh and the other untouchable is Robert Novak. They don't call him the "Prince of Darkness" for nothing.
Posted by Peter at 02:50 PM | Comments (0)
October 25, 2005
BitTorrent content for the video iPod, Apple turns a blind eye
It was inevitable, pirated versions of Movies and TV shows have shown up in iPod video format on PirateBay.
So one has to ask, is Apple secretly supporting content piracy as way to sell more video iPods? The deals they made with ABC, Disney, Pixar was just a sham.
The real answer is the ads that show up when you search for iPod content on the PirateBay site. Yep, iPods ads show up.
The other item to note is that Apple hasn’t really discouraged the illegal downloading of Films and TV on the iPod yet.
Posted by Peter at 07:52 AM | Comments (0)
October 21, 2005
No mention in the Fortune BT article
In an earlier post, I talked about Dan Roth from Fortune interviewing me for a forthcoming article.
Looks like I didn't make it into his piece.
Here is the story, it's well written and presents some good information. Good job Dan!
Posted by Peter at 09:32 AM | Comments (0)
Creative Unions are messing up new entertainment models
Saw this article and just had to say something.
Unions seek video iPod residuals
The Writers and Actors Guilds now want a piece of the video iPod pie.
ABC recently did a deal with Apple as part of the video iPod product launch. One of the elements of the launch is the ability to download for a fee($1.99 US) episodes of ABC's "Lost" and "Desperate Housewives"
Paying for a TV show that have either been paid for with advertising revenue or cable TV subscription fees is a simply greedy, stupid and shortsighted business model, but then for the unions to want a piece of the $1.99, get a life.
If the creative unions wanted to really upset the business model, they should insist that the programming be provided for free over the internet. TV programming is already being actively traded over the internet today and even if the studios and production companies don't want to admit it, this so called personal one on one "Piracy" isn't dissipating audiences. The audiences are growing, see this story on Battlestar Galactica and how BitTorrent drove audiences for the launch of BSG on the SciFi Channel.
Final word, instead of the unions whining about getting their share of $1.99, they should go back and negotiate a better deal on the DVD revenue.
Posted by Peter at 08:20 AM | Comments (0)
October 05, 2005
Interview with Fortune Magazine
Dan Roth from Fortune Magazine interviewed me today on background for a story that he is doing on Bram Cohen, the creator of BitTorrent.
Hey Bram, you should hire me dude!
Posted by Peter at 01:28 PM | Comments (0)