I’ve been thinking about what I want to talk about at Gnomedex later this week, and I keep coming around to a blog post I made about the intrinsic monetary value of digital content, and how it is ascribed.
The $39 Dollar Song and 6 Cent Ringtone didn’t really light up the charts on the TechMeme saturated blogosphere, but it is a valid discussion to have, especially when the business of content is exploding as it is (to use Jeff Jarvis’ parlance).
I know that being from a record company, people will immediately look to me to talk about DRM and the RIAA. I will avoid the latter, and only address the former in the context of the discussion about abstraction and mutability and how it relates to Value.
I have a funny shirt for when I present too 
If you want me to address anything, post as a comment.
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[...] Ethan Kaplan (no relation to Pud) wants to talk about buying digital audio and video: The $39 Dollar Song and 6 Cent Ringtone didn’t really light up the charts on the TechMeme saturated blogosphere, but it is a valid discussion to have, especially when the business of content is exploding as it is (to use Jeff Jarvis’ parlance). I know that being from a record company, people will immediately look to me to talk about DRM and the RIAA. I will avoid the latter, and only address the former in the context of the discussion about abstraction and mutability and how it relates to Value. [...]
Gnomedex Topic – Net Neutrality
There is a lot of freedom at Gnomedex for the discussion leaders to address the topics that are on their minds. I will use my session at 1:30 tomorrow to address the current state of affairs with respect to the Net Neutrality debate. Yesterday’s vote…
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