Tech / tunes links
*We7 rolls out SpiralFrog-style ad-supported music downloads. Song downloads are free, but you have to listen to an ad each time you want to play it. We7 says the ads might disappear after a certain amount of time elapses. RocketSurgeon (which I, in my ignorance have just discovered) says the catalog sucks.
*I am bored by Second Life concerts, etc., but Mashable reports that NBC Universal is starting up an in-world concert series. THIS is the only Second Life phenomenon that still holds any interest for me.
*Colleges vs. the RIAA in the filesharing sword-rattling wars.
*Paid Content on the delayed-play radio deal British company GCap’s trying to pull off: The GCap spokeperson reveals the companies risky play: “We haven’t cleared these rights directly with the rights holders.”
