Comments on: Is the money in the meta-data? http://nick.piggott.name/blog/2009/10/24/is-the-money-in-the-meta-data/ Nick Piggott's blog about the intersection between new media and radio Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:27:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Phill Clark http://nick.piggott.name/blog/2009/10/24/is-the-money-in-the-meta-data/comment-page-1/#comment-10243 Phill Clark Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:31:53 +0000 http://nick.piggott.name/blog/?p=175#comment-10243 I'd agree totally with the concept of 'Control'. We have no issues as a business with this content being used, however it would be nice to be able to control a clean feed for this data rather that it rely on scraping pages or scripts which weren't designed to have this done to them. Personally, I believe that if it remains a free service with no adverts or ecommerce options then why not, in fact I'd love to see and API from the service soon so more mashup concepts can be created from all the data and analysis. I’d agree totally with the concept of ‘Control’. We have no issues as a business with this content being used, however it would be nice to be able to control a clean feed for this data rather that it rely on scraping pages or scripts which weren’t designed to have this done to them.

Personally, I believe that if it remains a free service with no adverts or ecommerce options then why not, in fact I’d love to see and API from the service soon so more mashup concepts can be created from all the data and analysis.

]]> By: Paul Webster http://nick.piggott.name/blog/2009/10/24/is-the-money-in-the-meta-data/comment-page-1/#comment-10230 Paul Webster Tue, 27 Oct 2009 08:02:39 +0000 http://nick.piggott.name/blog/?p=175#comment-10230 The reason stated by Bauer could be read to suggest that once they have fixed their meta-data so that it accurately reflects their content then it would become available for such mash-ups again. Will be interesting to see. I had not realised that last.fm was being used as the repository for the data. Were they aware that they are holding potentially contentious data? I know that a few stations do submit their own tracklistings there - so maybe OGS could open up their comparison to all such stations - and also allow last.fm users to compare their own profile with stations - then it starts to be a more useful service. The reason stated by Bauer could be read to suggest that once they have fixed their meta-data so that it accurately reflects their content then it would become available for such mash-ups again. Will be interesting to see.

I had not realised that last.fm was being used as the repository for the data. Were they aware that they are holding potentially contentious data?
I know that a few stations do submit their own tracklistings there – so maybe OGS could open up their comparison to all such stations – and also allow last.fm users to compare their own profile with stations – then it starts to be a more useful service.

]]> By: Richard http://nick.piggott.name/blog/2009/10/24/is-the-money-in-the-meta-data/comment-page-1/#comment-10210 Richard Mon, 26 Oct 2009 01:11:29 +0000 http://nick.piggott.name/blog/?p=175#comment-10210 A recent courtcase in Australia ruled that future TV programme listings are not protected by copyright. ( http://bit.ly/obs0Z ) It would be interesting to see what the verdict would be in the UK if Radio stations tested whether past track listings are protectable by copyright. A recent courtcase in Australia ruled that future TV programme listings are not protected by copyright.
( http://bit.ly/obs0Z )

It would be interesting to see what the verdict would be in the UK if Radio stations tested whether past track listings are protectable by copyright.

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