A comparative business model assessment of value-creation capabilities in the computer games industry
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Sunday, 20 June 2010
OUR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY REGIME IS NO LONGER FIT FOR PURPOSE
The internet: Everything you ever need to know
By John Naughton
The Observer, Sunday 20 June 2010
OUR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY REGIME IS NO LONGER FIT FOR PURPOSE
In the analogue world, copying was difficult and degenerative (ie copies of copies became progressively worse than the original). In the digital world, copying is effortless and perfect. In fact, copying is to computers as breathing is to living organisms, inasmuch as all computational operations involve it. When you view a web page, for example, a copy of the page is loaded into the video memory of your computer (or phone, or iPad) before the device can display it on the screen. So you can't even look at something on the web without (unknowingly) making a copy of it.
Since our current intellectual property regime was conceived in an era when copying was difficult and imperfect, it's not surprising that it seems increasingly out of sync with the networked world. To make matters worse (or better, depending on your point of view), digital technology has provided internet users with software tools which make it trivially easy to copy, edit, remix and publish anything that is available in digital form – which means nearly everything, nowadays. As a result, millions of people have become "publishers" in the sense that their creations are globally published on platforms such as Blogger, Flickr and YouTube. So everywhere one looks, one finds things that infringe copyright in one way or another. [including copying and re-purposing this article]
This is a disagreeable but inescapable fact – as inescapable in its way as the fact that young adults tend to drink too much alcohol. The only way to stop copying is to shut down the net. There's nothing wrong with intellectual property (or alcohol), per se, but our copyright laws are now so laughably out of touch with reality that they are falling into disrepute. They urgently need reforming to make them relevant to digital circumstances. The problem is that none of our legislators seems to understand this, so it won't happen any time soon.
By John Naughton
The Observer, Sunday 20 June 2010
OUR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY REGIME IS NO LONGER FIT FOR PURPOSE
In the analogue world, copying was difficult and degenerative (ie copies of copies became progressively worse than the original). In the digital world, copying is effortless and perfect. In fact, copying is to computers as breathing is to living organisms, inasmuch as all computational operations involve it. When you view a web page, for example, a copy of the page is loaded into the video memory of your computer (or phone, or iPad) before the device can display it on the screen. So you can't even look at something on the web without (unknowingly) making a copy of it.
Since our current intellectual property regime was conceived in an era when copying was difficult and imperfect, it's not surprising that it seems increasingly out of sync with the networked world. To make matters worse (or better, depending on your point of view), digital technology has provided internet users with software tools which make it trivially easy to copy, edit, remix and publish anything that is available in digital form – which means nearly everything, nowadays. As a result, millions of people have become "publishers" in the sense that their creations are globally published on platforms such as Blogger, Flickr and YouTube. So everywhere one looks, one finds things that infringe copyright in one way or another. [including copying and re-purposing this article]
This is a disagreeable but inescapable fact – as inescapable in its way as the fact that young adults tend to drink too much alcohol. The only way to stop copying is to shut down the net. There's nothing wrong with intellectual property (or alcohol), per se, but our copyright laws are now so laughably out of touch with reality that they are falling into disrepute. They urgently need reforming to make them relevant to digital circumstances. The problem is that none of our legislators seems to understand this, so it won't happen any time soon.
LiverpoolDaily Post article
Milky Tea and Pacificstream help young entrepreneurs to get started
Jun 14 2010 by Chris Hughes, Liverpool Daily Post
A RECENTLY opened city centre business incubator unit for firms operating in the creative industries sector is almost full to the brim with tenants
Basecamp3, set up just six months ago, supports creative businesses in the Baltic Triangle by providing them with the advice and space they need to get started.
Located in the historic city centre area of Liverpool next to the water front, Basecamp3 is run by Milky Tea and Pacificstream.
Milky Tea is a creative group of designers and Pacificstream is a social enterprise based in Liverpool. Basecamp3 is focused on supporting creative and digital design industries by providing desk and office space as well as business support and advice for new entrepreneurs.
Managed by a team of advisers with experience of supporting entrepreneurs, the incubator helps businesses including game and web designers, film producers and graphic designers.
The new creative incubator provides an environment which is “intellectual property secure” so that companies are confident in sharing ideas and can collaborate on commissions and development work.
Business support services include specific information, advice and guidance, business mentoring and professional development opportunities. Access to online resources, marketing opportunities as well as funding are also provided when needed.
As a result of its initial success, Basecamp3 now has only five desks left.
Businesses currently being supported include SetGo Games, Christian Lavoie and CG Creative Designs.
Roy Jones from Basecamp3 said: “We do it to provide young entrepreneurs with an environment which helps them to get started.”
Acknowledging it can be hard to start a business, Mr Jones said: “We enable them to do that”.
One of Basecamp3’s clients said: “It’s a good idea being in amongst other creatives because on your own, you can get a bit demoralised and so it’s a team effort. I’ve got work with the BBC and I can call on the professionals.”
Milky Tea was founded by coffee drinker Jon Holmes in 1995 and provides services to clients around the country and has previously been involved in providing business support.
Jun 14 2010 by Chris Hughes, Liverpool Daily Post
A RECENTLY opened city centre business incubator unit for firms operating in the creative industries sector is almost full to the brim with tenants
Basecamp3, set up just six months ago, supports creative businesses in the Baltic Triangle by providing them with the advice and space they need to get started.
Located in the historic city centre area of Liverpool next to the water front, Basecamp3 is run by Milky Tea and Pacificstream.
Milky Tea is a creative group of designers and Pacificstream is a social enterprise based in Liverpool. Basecamp3 is focused on supporting creative and digital design industries by providing desk and office space as well as business support and advice for new entrepreneurs.
Managed by a team of advisers with experience of supporting entrepreneurs, the incubator helps businesses including game and web designers, film producers and graphic designers.
The new creative incubator provides an environment which is “intellectual property secure” so that companies are confident in sharing ideas and can collaborate on commissions and development work.
Business support services include specific information, advice and guidance, business mentoring and professional development opportunities. Access to online resources, marketing opportunities as well as funding are also provided when needed.
As a result of its initial success, Basecamp3 now has only five desks left.
Businesses currently being supported include SetGo Games, Christian Lavoie and CG Creative Designs.
Roy Jones from Basecamp3 said: “We do it to provide young entrepreneurs with an environment which helps them to get started.”
Acknowledging it can be hard to start a business, Mr Jones said: “We enable them to do that”.
One of Basecamp3’s clients said: “It’s a good idea being in amongst other creatives because on your own, you can get a bit demoralised and so it’s a team effort. I’ve got work with the BBC and I can call on the professionals.”
Milky Tea was founded by coffee drinker Jon Holmes in 1995 and provides services to clients around the country and has previously been involved in providing business support.
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