It’s probably under the radar for most folks, but analyst Cynthia Brumfield is hosting a conference in DC today called the Internet Video Policy Symposium. It’s closed to press and filled with academics, government advisers, economists and former FCC officials. Check out the conference agenda. One of my favorite panels listed: Video is a Bandwidth Hog: Should Broadband Policies Pursue More Capacity?
I’ll be in sessions at the symposium all day, so if you happen to be attending, drop over and say hi.
Allow me to boil the conference down, from the Big Media perspective:
1. Always put your own selfish interests ahead of paying consumer satisfaction.
2. Add every possible know form of DRM, encryption, and proprietary technology available to all media with the hope of making the file unusable. The more misery you inflict, the more “lock” the consumer is to your brand.
3. When all else fails, unleash your army of million dollar lawyers to sue small children, broke college kids, and if needed the very artist who produce the work for you, into oblivion.
What I love about Todd is his optimism. ;)