Best Week Ever
May 17, 2006 8:54 PM
Best Week Ever
This is what I've been working on for the last five months...we quietly launched in late April. Yes, I work for media megagiant Viacom...there's no use denying it. But the reason I'm posting is because we get to be the skunkworks, and I want to prove to MTVN & Viacom that you can use open-source software, free, DRM-less video (full episodes of the show in the podcast feed!) and massive linkiness to be a success online. I mean, the fights I had to wage- explaining why one would link to non-Viacom sites, for example, or how it is one might want to change one's site post-launch- basically ate my life in '06. You have no idea how hard it is to explain our version of Digg to lawyers. Now I ask you: what else can I do? In other words, if you had a budget and an international media conglomerate's attention, what would be your next move?
This is what I've been working on for the last five months...we quietly launched in late April. Yes, I work for media megagiant Viacom...there's no use denying it. But the reason I'm posting is because we get to be the skunkworks, and I want to prove to MTVN & Viacom that you can use open-source software, free, DRM-less video (full episodes of the show in the podcast feed!) and massive linkiness to be a success online. I mean, the fights I had to wage- explaining why one would link to non-Viacom sites, for example, or how it is one might want to change one's site post-launch- basically ate my life in '06. You have no idea how hard it is to explain our version of Digg to lawyers. Now I ask you: what else can I do? In other words, if you had a budget and an international media conglomerate's attention, what would be your next move?
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