End of Copyright as We Know It?

spiegelkickerBroadcasting of sports events is a major business. The control of who is allowed to broadcast which pictures/videos of which sports event at which point in time in which country is tightly controlled. And a lot of money is spent on it, too.

But what happens, if you can take the original videos, subject them to computer analysis and then output a computer version of these videos?

Have a look at this (click on picture to launch video on external site):

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Original copyright: gone

New copyright: created

Very interesting.

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Downturns offer Opportunities for Disruptors

Amidst all the doom and gloom, there is a lot of hope for start-up companies. Here is the good news: during a downturn, people tend to re-evaluate the way in which they do things. They go through the budget line by line. They question all their current expenses. And the are prepared to change things, even when it hurts.

This is bad news for all companies, young and established, who are offering the run of the mill products. The me-toos. But it is actually good news for all start-ups that are challenging the status quo.

I watched a presentation by Craig Elias the other day. Craig is a sales specialist. I have inserted a picture from his presentation below (I combined two slides to generate this one picture):

I agree with Craig. If you are profiting from the status quo, the a downturn will hurt you. If you need people to change their way to do business with you, then this is a great opportunity to get in front of potential customers. Solutions that offer a quick ROI, cut costs, or that reduce risk should be selling pretty well right now.

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Intermittent Blogging

Recently, I have not been able to blog as frequently as I would like to. This is due to the fact that we are ramping up to launch a very interesting new service at my company aiHit. The service will be called DontBuyLists. Can’t really tell you much about it at this stage, but it has something to do with finding companies online. You can register to get access to an early version here or by dropping me an email. 

More information coming soon.