Comments on: The Archive Monetization Principle http://gigaom.com/2005/11/14/the-archive-monetization-principle/ Trusted Insights and Conversations on the Next Wave of Technology Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:47:41 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Patrick Hynes http://gigaom.com/2005/11/14/the-archive-monetization-principle/#comment-34595 Patrick Hynes Tue, 15 Nov 2005 17:41:06 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/11/14/the-archive-monetization-principle/#comment-34595 <p>This is very cool. Not to sound too geeky, but I wouldn't mind seeing some Diagnosis Murder on In2TV!</p> This is very cool. Not to sound too geeky, but I wouldn’t mind seeing some Diagnosis Murder on In2TV!

]]> By: Stephanie Rieger http://gigaom.com/2005/11/14/the-archive-monetization-principle/#comment-34593 Stephanie Rieger Tue, 15 Nov 2005 02:19:07 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/11/14/the-archive-monetization-principle/#comment-34593 <p>"What if newspapers, magazines and others who simply let their archives sit and gather dust follow this model?"</p> <p>I ran into an interesting service last week by The Scotsman. All their archives dating back to the 1820s are now online. One frustrating trend i'm noticing however is the insistance of many of these organizations to copyright public domain materials (i.e. copyright the scans of the material which is technically public domain.) I'm ok with the monetization thing. Let it be add supported but let the pre 1920's material be free to download. Just how long does the long tail really have to be? I bet there's lots more traffic on the Scotsman's coverage of the JFK assassination than a piece of nameless news from 1820. So why not make that stuff free and available to all. (Not that i'm implying that only less valuable stuff deserves to be public domain-far from it.) Ah well...baby steps I guess. At least the stuff is now online.</p> “What if newspapers, magazines and others who simply let their archives sit and gather dust follow this model?”

I ran into an interesting service last week by The Scotsman. All their archives dating back to the 1820s are now online. One frustrating trend i’m noticing however is the insistance of many of these organizations to copyright public domain materials (i.e. copyright the scans of the material which is technically public domain.) I’m ok with the monetization thing. Let it be add supported but let the pre 1920’s material be free to download. Just how long does the long tail really have to be? I bet there’s lots more traffic on the Scotsman’s coverage of the JFK assassination than a piece of nameless news from 1820. So why not make that stuff free and available to all. (Not that i’m implying that only less valuable stuff deserves to be public domain-far from it.) Ah well…baby steps I guess. At least the stuff is now online.

]]> By: chris holland http://gigaom.com/2005/11/14/the-archive-monetization-principle/#comment-34591 chris holland Mon, 14 Nov 2005 20:20:12 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/11/14/the-archive-monetization-principle/#comment-34591 <p>i want VR5</p> i want VR5

]]> By: Om Malik http://gigaom.com/2005/11/14/the-archive-monetization-principle/#comment-34590 Om Malik Mon, 14 Nov 2005 19:03:05 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/11/14/the-archive-monetization-principle/#comment-34590 <p>oh so there will be miami vice reruns.... nice.</p> oh so there will be miami vice reruns…. nice.

]]> By: Sunil Chhaya http://gigaom.com/2005/11/14/the-archive-monetization-principle/#comment-34589 Sunil Chhaya Mon, 14 Nov 2005 17:53:01 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/11/14/the-archive-monetization-principle/#comment-34589 <p>Any news on Bugs Bunny / Pink Panther / Inspector cartoons also being available? I'd pay money for those ones! I have Animania HD on my Dish Network / Voom channels, where it's just a joy to see some of these revived.</p> <p>One yet another channel for distribution that these guys may be missing is HD. No one really seems to have a strategy to really differentiate their product with HD.</p> Any news on Bugs Bunny / Pink Panther / Inspector cartoons also being available? I’d pay money for those ones! I have Animania HD on my Dish Network / Voom channels, where it’s just a joy to see some of these revived.

One yet another channel for distribution that these guys may be missing is HD. No one really seems to have a strategy to really differentiate their product with HD.

]]> By: Jesse Kopelman http://gigaom.com/2005/11/14/the-archive-monetization-principle/#comment-34582 Jesse Kopelman Mon, 14 Nov 2005 17:24:11 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/11/14/the-archive-monetization-principle/#comment-34582 <p>Miami Vice was a rights issue. I think it finally got worked out, which is hwy there is a DVD set and new movie forthcoming.</p> Miami Vice was a rights issue. I think it finally got worked out, which is hwy there is a DVD set and new movie forthcoming.

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