Category Archives: ethan kaplan

Quote of The Day

I was about to comment on the whole slapfest at Gnomedex, relishing in the fact, of course, that I am on the other side of the continent, and am absolutely unqualified to write about any of the high school drama going on.
However, I did stumble upon Ethan Kaplan’s blog today — the chap who was [...]

Some Thoughts On the Personalities At Mesh

Interesting meeting some of these folks in person. Here are my thoughts on what some of them were like, or seemed like.

Live at Mesh 07 @ 1711h: The Future of Entertainment, Part 2

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EK on DRM: Its a very small piece of a very large problem. I don’t think that the removal of it will make a difference with respect to revenue at EMI. The larger problem is that people have a free alternative and there’s no way around that, including DRM. The issues around [...]

Live at Mesh 07 @ 1640: The Future of Entertainment, Part I

With Jian Ghomeshi, Amber MacArthur, McLean Mashingaidze-Greaves, and Ethan Kaplan.

JG: Sam the Record Man will close down, an icon for Torontonians. 20 years ago that was *the* place for music, making it there was a sign of legitimacy. 10 years ago, signing to a major label was a sign that you’d arrived. [...]