Comments on: Celebrity Blogs and Doctorow’s Law of IP http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2006/05/24/celebrity-blogs-and-doctorows-law-of-ip/ One foot in the muck, the other in utopia Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:21:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Robert Simmons http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2006/05/24/celebrity-blogs-and-doctorows-law-of-ip/#comment-220 Robert Simmons Wed, 07 Jun 2006 19:10:07 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/cote/wp/?p=144#comment-220 The advertising in the form of a watermark is brilliant!! Also, hot linking becomes less of a problem as it gives the owner a chance to change the advertisement periodically. There's no "off" position on your genius switch. The advertising in the form of a watermark is brilliant!! Also, hot linking becomes less of a problem as it gives the owner a chance to change the advertisement periodically. There’s no “off” position on your genius switch.

]]> By: Cote' http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2006/05/24/celebrity-blogs-and-doctorows-law-of-ip/#comment-219 Cote' Mon, 05 Jun 2006 21:59:28 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/cote/wp/?p=144#comment-219 From what I can tell, Joostin, they get their images from places like Getty. You can usually see the watermark on the images. For example, <a href="http://editorial.gettyimages.com/source/search/Product.aspx?p=3&e=0&pg=1&am=-1" rel="nofollow">check out the Celebrity and Entertainment Events search</a>. My thinking is that instead of putting a watermark on there -- which doesn't make Getty any money directly -- they should put ads in there. For what? Probably all the usual consumer goods, but they could be smart and target ads for the audience the celebrity has. The interesting thing is that images are (more) easily trackable on the web, so they could start to do a lot of profiling and numbers around which images were hot, which image/ad combinations caused more clicks, etc., etc. Getty would probably need to hire some ad people, but, hey, money's money. From what I can tell, Joostin, they get their images from places like Getty. You can usually see the watermark on the images. For example, check out the Celebrity and Entertainment Events search.
My thinking is that instead of putting a watermark on there — which doesn’t make Getty any money directly — they should put ads in there. For what? Probably all the usual consumer goods, but they could be smart and target ads for the audience the celebrity has.
The interesting thing is that images are (more) easily trackable on the web, so they could start to do a lot of profiling and numbers around which images were hot, which image/ad combinations caused more clicks, etc., etc.
Getty would probably need to hire some ad people, but, hey, money’s money.

]]> By: Joostin http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2006/05/24/celebrity-blogs-and-doctorows-law-of-ip/#comment-218 Joostin Mon, 05 Jun 2006 21:51:09 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/cote/wp/?p=144#comment-218 Question :: How do I know what celeb images I could use on a weblog? How do i know what images I could use with a link to the source? It seems like something i'd be very into doing for a hobby. But its just not worth getting sued over. For these larger celb blog (Gofugyourself) how do they get the images? Do they ahve some top seacret source of bad celebrity images that the license from? Question :: How do I know what celeb images I could use on a weblog? How do i know what images I could use with a link to the source?

It seems like something i’d be very into doing for a hobby. But its just not worth getting sued over.

For these larger celb blog (Gofugyourself) how do they get the images? Do they ahve some top seacret source of bad celebrity images that the license from?

]]> By: Cote' http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2006/05/24/celebrity-blogs-and-doctorows-law-of-ip/#comment-217 Cote' Thu, 25 May 2006 22:21:22 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/cote/wp/?p=144#comment-217 I don't really know that there's URL, it's just one of the ideas I've pulled from the Doctorow-Lessig copywrong chatter. I don’t really know that there’s URL, it’s just one of the ideas I’ve pulled from the Doctorow-Lessig copywrong chatter.

]]> By: Dan Davies Brackett http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2006/05/24/celebrity-blogs-and-doctorows-law-of-ip/#comment-216 Dan Davies Brackett Thu, 25 May 2006 16:04:22 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/cote/wp/?p=144#comment-216 Which of Doctorow's many prophetic statements on the topic of IP are you referring to as Doctorow's Law? I'm probably just missing an obvious reference, but I can't see any references to it either in this article or the one you link. Which of Doctorow’s many prophetic statements on the topic of IP are you referring to as Doctorow’s Law? I’m probably just missing an obvious reference, but I can’t see any references to it either in this article or the one you link.

]]> By: Cote' http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2006/05/24/celebrity-blogs-and-doctorows-law-of-ip/#comment-215 Cote' Thu, 25 May 2006 15:18:07 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/cote/wp/?p=144#comment-215 I know! You should hear Kim read that gofugyourself entry, though. It's awesome. Maybe I'll get her to record it. I know! You should hear Kim read that gofugyourself entry, though. It’s awesome. Maybe I’ll get her to record it.

]]> By: Andre Charland http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2006/05/24/celebrity-blogs-and-doctorows-law-of-ip/#comment-214 Andre Charland Thu, 25 May 2006 05:42:33 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/cote/wp/?p=144#comment-214 that britney spears photo is just uncalled for! simmer da na;-) that britney spears photo is just uncalled for! simmer da na;-)

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