"Ownership is for pussies", argues music analyst Bob Lefsetz in an exclamation-ridden blog about music industry marketing and distribution. "You can’t get people to pay first, that’s twentieth century thinking. You give them a taste now, and then get them to pay. Which is why you can listen to so much for free online already. If you’re not making your material available to be listened to online for free, at least in a streaming format, you’re managing your career with your arm behind your back.… Continue

Following the fate of records and tapes, could MP3 also be on the way out? This is the first of five predictions by Carl Franzen writing in the AtlanticWire based on the latest views of different commentators about new directions underway for listening to recordings of music:

* Eliot van Buskirk (Wired) on Lala
* Ian Paul (PC World) and John Healey (LA Times) on Goo… Continue

Virtual trenches immerse students in First World War poetry.

With Armistice Day fast approaching a JISC (Joint Information Systems Committee) project team has taken an unusual approach to ensuring that people continue to learn about the First World War.

The First World War Poetry Digital Archive and the Learning Technologies Group at Oxford University have collaborated on an exciting new venture in the 3D virtual world Second Life to simulate areas of the Western Front 1914-18. The team believ… Continue