Re: [kGen] Next Meeting - topic idea: "edge" people discussion...

[tobyslater <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm in on this idea - as you'll know, Daniel.

As a musician and copyright owner I'd be glad to provide content and discuss
possibilities across the board.

best


tobyslater



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> Hi there Donal,
> 
> How about this for an idea of what to do at the meeting. Kendra's mission
> is to enable content owners/creators and consumers to do what they want to
> do easier, faster and more conveniently. The service providers (ISPs, CDNs,
> payment system providers, etc) are stuck in the middle trying to make this
> happen...
> 
> content owners/creators <-> service providers <-> consumers.
> 
> But do the service providers know how content owners/creators and consumers
> want to relate to each other? Have service providers ever seen these "edge"
> groups talking with each other? These edge groups are talking together more
> and more via chat/email. Are the service providers being left out of the
> discussion? If service providers don't think about the relationship between
> these edge groups then how can they provide services that will enable the
> edge groups to do what they want to do.
> 
> So - that was the preamble by the way! - why don't we get a few content
> owners/creators (film, video, music) together with some consumers (young
> kids, old kids, ex-Napster users, self confessed content junkies - the ones
> who spend wonga) and see if there are any common threads to how they all
> want to relate to each other. Can they work it out? Can we help them? Give
> them some ideas? Or do they know already? In which case we should listen
> hard...
> 
> Cheers Daniel