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Blog Entry “Copyright Management in the Age of Mobile Music” - Living Methodology Document
by Maggie Huang — published Dec 26, 2014 — filed under: ,
This blog post outlines the research methodology for a chapter in the Pervasive Technologies: Access to the Marketplace project, in which access to the mobile phone hardware, software, and content is assessed within the intellectual property framework in India and China. This chapter focuses on copyright and access to music content in India.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Blog Entry [Open] Innovation and Expertise > Patent Protection & Trolls in a Broken Patent Regime (Interviews with Semiconductor Industry - Part 3)
by Maggie Huang — published Dec 26, 2014 — filed under: ,
This is the third of a four-part blog series1 highlighting findings from a small sample of interviews with fabless semiconductor industry professionals in Taiwan. These industry insiders was approached for the intent of understanding expert knowledge on the process of integrated circuit design. However, the conversations resulted in leanings far beyond that scope. This post explores some of their views on the current intellectual property system.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Blog Entry Beyond Alcohol and Angel Investors: Building Business Models in an Age of Mobile Music Streaming (Conference Learnings)
by Maggie Huang — published Jan 20, 2015 — last modified Feb 23, 2015 12:39 PM — filed under: ,
This blog post is the first of a series of blogs to document, synthesize, and analyze learnings from attending various music industry trade conferences. This first post introduces the research question, and highlights learnings about the various business models which can be accessible via the mobile, and broadly how the music industry is attempting to respond to monetization challenges.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Blog Entry Changing Usage Models: Desktops to Ubiquitous Cloud-Based Mobile Computing (Interviews with Semiconductor Industry - Part 1)
by Maggie Huang — published Sep 26, 2014 — last modified Dec 26, 2014 12:08 PM — filed under: ,
This is the first of a four-part blog series highlighting findings from a small sample of interviews with fabless semiconductor industry professionals in Taiwan. These industry insiders was approached for the intent of understanding expert knowledge on the process of integrated circuit design. However, the conversations resulted in leanings far beyond that scope. This post explores the trends of personal computing technology, which provides the pretext for the narrowing of the Pervasive Technologies project scope to a focus on the mobile phone.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Blog Entry Comparative Transparency Review of Collective Management Organisations in India, United Kingdom and the United States
by Maggie Huang — published Jul 31, 2015 — last modified Aug 21, 2015 05:12 PM — filed under: ,
This Transparency Review seeks to compare the publicly available information on the websites of music collective management organizations (“CMOs”) operating within India, the United States, and the United Kingdom. A total of 10 CMOs were selected, which included a range of non-profit, government registered organizations to for-profit, private organizations, managing works on behalf of record labels, publishers, composers, lyricists, and music performers. This exercise intends to contribute to the growing body of research on the relationship between transparency and effectiveness of CMOs. It concludes with recommendations and learnings which may lead to more transparent and effective functioning of copyright societies in India, and management of music copyright overall.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Blog Entry Fab to Fabless: Understanding the Process of Chip Manufacturing (Interviews with Semiconductor Industry - Part 2)
by Maggie Huang — published Sep 30, 2014 — last modified Dec 26, 2014 12:06 PM — filed under: ,
This is the second of a four-part blog series highlighting findings from a small sample of interviews with fabless semiconductor industry professionals in Taiwan. These industry insiders was approached for the intent of understanding expert knowledge on the process of integrated circuit design. This post explores the process of chip manufacturing and the foundry business model.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Blog Entry Government Intervention in the Marketplace: Policies for Access or Politics? (Interviews with Semiconductor Industry – Part 4)
by Maggie Huang — published Dec 26, 2014 — filed under: ,
This is the last of a four-part blog series highlighting findings from a small sample of interviews with fabless semiconductor industry professionals in Taiwan. These industry insiders was approached for the intent of understanding expert knowledge on the process of integrated circuit design. However, the conversations resulted in leanings far beyond that scope. This post explores the tension between market forces and governmental intervention in providing access to mobile technology.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Blog Entry Grounds for Compulsory Patent Licensing in United States, Canada, China, and India
by Maggie Huang — published Jul 29, 2014 — filed under: , ,
The research paper seeks to answer questions about the grounds of compulsory licensing in international treaties with specific examples from America and Asia. The grounds for granting compulsory licenses, jurisdictional comparison of compulsory licensing, etc., are examined.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Blog Entry Methodology: Access to Music through the Mobile
by Maggie Huang — published Nov 18, 2014 — last modified Dec 08, 2014 04:22 PM — filed under: ,
Like its predecessors the vinyl, the cassette tape, the CD, and the MP3 player, the mobile phone as the most recent musical carrier have been well documented to be a disruptive technology, one which has made earlier carrier technologies virtually obsolete. The mobile phone has transformed the music industry and its supporting infrastructure — dramatically altering the roles of various intermediaries and stakeholders who enable the creation, distribution, and consumption of musical content.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs