Posts tagged “internet”
Blame internet and outdated business models for the coverage of Kanerva’s SMS mess
Finnish citizens have had to cope with a tremendeous amount of low quality journalism this past week. Our foreign minister, Mr. Ilkka Kanerva, had sent some text messages to a female dancer who then ran off to the yellow press to release them to public scrutiny. Even the (normally) highly respected Helsingin Sanomat fell in [...]
All South Park episodes – available legally
South Park Studios has done something remarkable today. They have made all of South Park’s episodes availble on their website – to anyone in the world, not just the US. There have been numerous examples where movie studios and tv channels have given audiences the possibility to watch shows online, but they are usually limited [...]
Joseph Jaffe – Join the conversation
I finally managed to read through Joseph Jaffe’s Join The Conversation during the Easter holidays. The book is yet another solid show of Joseph Jaffe’s understanding of the internet and how it changes companies’ business models and marketing. Numerous examples of excellent ways of marketing and at least equally bad examples enable the reader to [...]
On the governance of Finnish copyright law
I had the pleasure of having lunch with the former supreme administrative court justice Lauri Tarasti last week. He is writing a suggestion on the governance of the Finnish copyright law to the government of Finland and he wanted to hear my opinions on the law based on my work during the renewal of the [...]
Companies still do not understand the internet
I wrote a column for Talousel?§m?§, a finnish magazine read by thousands of people each week. In the column I argued that companies still do not realise the potential of the internet. They also lack understanding of the new medium and vision to see it as a viable place to do business. I will upload [...]