- Fixing Time Warner... according to Business 2.0 (a TimeWarner publication :-)
- Was in Austin yesterday for three huge sales/partner meetings.. they all went very well. Of course, the big news is that we grabbed lunch at Pok-e-Jo's and for dinner (four hours later) I grabbed a brisket sandwich at the Salt Lick at the airport. Thanks to everyone who made the recommendations in the comments.
- In the real world people die. In the real world people kill other people. Some of those folks have MySpace pages that are now memoralized at http://www.mydeathspace.com/deaths.aspx. I give give it 30 days before some reporter says "The MySpace deathcount is at 137" or "There are now 34 murderers on MySpace." In a related story: there have been "72 New York deaths" this week, and there are "57 Los Angeles Murderers" so far this year.
- Google/AOL deal is done, but Google isn't done raising money.
- YouTube is cleaning up its act: "we're constantly trying to balance the rights of copyright owners with the rights of our users." Smart move for them to limit the length of videos... now, how about they do a search for SNL and Chappelle and just turn off the videos they know are not thier property? Why don't they let ABC and NBC executives go into the system and turn off content they know is being stolen? That is the ultimate solution... that is what I would do. Also, if you let someone at NBC turn off stuff themselves they can't complain about you not doing it fast enough, and you can track what they turn off so they don't do something fishy (like turn off competitors shows). If they abuse this abiity to turn off stuff you take away their account.
- Question: What are the best BBQ joints in Los Angeles?
Austin BBQ, MySpace Killers, YouTube cleans up its act, Best BBQ in L.A.
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(Page 1 of 1)2. In LA.... Mr Cecil's!!
http://losangeles.citysearch.com/profile/11465268/los_angeles_ca/mr_cecil_s_california_ribs.html
Posted at 12:29PM on Mar 30th 2006 by Bryan
3. Jason--
For the best BBQ in LA -- this guy is on the case:
http://bbqjunkie.com/
4. The Pig (http://www.thepigcatering.com/index.htm) and Ribs USA (http://www.ribsusa.com/) are great
Posted at 1:00PM on Mar 30th 2006 by Ron
5. "Why don't they let ABC and NBC executives go into the system and turn off content they know is being stolen? That is the ultimate solution..."
Because it's partly a question of who should bear the burden, YouTube should police it's own network. What they have done in this move does seem like a start.
Posted at 1:54PM on Mar 30th 2006 by Steve Taddei
6. Does this new YouTube really rule do anything?
From their own blog entry:
"We know that over 99% of videos uploaded are already under 10 mins, and we also know that most of our users only watch videos that are under about 3 minutes in length."
So they're disallowing less than 1% of videos uploaded in the past. Is that really going to make any dent in the copyright infringement going on there? It's been nice PR though, I'll give them that.
7. For BBQ-
Baby Blues:
http://la.foodblogging.com/2006/02/25/625/
JR's:
http://la.foodblogging.com/2006/02/25/625/
Zeke's Smokehouse:
http://la.foodblogging.com/2005/12/23/smokin-ribs-at-zekes-smokehouse-glendale/
I can't agree with the Mr Cecil's suggestion.
8. Sorry, Baby Blues:
http://la.foodblogging.com/2006/03/14/baby-blues-bbq/
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1. "Why don't they let ABC and NBC executives go into the system and turn off content they know is being stolen? That is the ultimate solution..."
Because, as you hint, it *will* be abused. Major networks don't tend to "get" genuine (and legal) satire. The ultimate solution is not to have people like NBC be able to remove any content, but to let any content owner flag something as an infringement of their copyright and for YouTube to investigate.
Posted at 12:22PM on Mar 30th 2006 by Austin Marshall