Everybody demands new business models for the internet until somebody actually tries them....at which point, some groups can't take yes for an answer. Yes, Free Press and Public Knowledge are back to attacking attempts to find new business models for
the internet.
TV Everywhere is a new approach that gives subscribers more access to the content they pay for in more places at no additional charge...and yet still protects and fairly compensates content creators. So, of course, Free Press and Public Knowledge take a break from talking up "innovation without permission" to let everybody know they don't approve of this innovation and think the government should put a stop to it.
So, they want to replace the alleged "corporate gatekeepers" with "non-profit gatekeepers" who know exactly what content owners should be required to do with their video.
And I do mean "non-profit". Free Press' report, "TV Nowhere" (PDF), recommends an amusingly bad model for the cable industry.
TV Everywhere is a new approach that gives subscribers more access to the content they pay for in more places at no additional charge...and yet still protects and fairly compensates content creators. So, of course, Free Press and Public Knowledge take a break from talking up "innovation without permission" to let everybody know they don't approve of this innovation and think the government should put a stop to it.
So, they want to replace the alleged "corporate gatekeepers" with "non-profit gatekeepers" who know exactly what content owners should be required to do with their video.
And I do mean "non-profit". Free Press' report, "TV Nowhere" (PDF), recommends an amusingly bad model for the cable industry.
Newspapers have been forced to compete and to give consumers what they want -- access to content, widely available, sometimes under subscription, sometimes free. If a newspaper refuses to make its content available online, or does so only at high rates, another newspaper can gain revenue by making its content available at more reasonable rates or giving it away for free and relying on ad revenue. Most newspapers haven't charged or required subscriptions to their content because they fear being undercut by their competitors.
Of course, the newspaper industry is busy going bankrupt.
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