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Jogli music

There’s a new music site called Jogli that boasts over 12 million albums and 500 million songs. And it’s all packaged into an easy-to-navigate site

Don’t judge me, but the first thing I looked up when I came across the site was Duran Duran. Maybe I’m nostalgic, or maybe I wanted to age myself. But after searching and finding a link to their not-so-popular New Moon on Monday song (and realizing I hadn’t seen or even thought of searching for that video since I was 12), I watched it.  What a horrible video. But what a good service to see it on.

When Jogli launched the video, it started up (courtesy of You Tube) with additional information such as lyrics (wow! even the lyrics are bad on New Moon on Monday – and yet I still love it) and the song’s album information. 

I won’t touch the copyright implications, although I’m sure this will work as an easy tool for future lawsuits against You Tube. This site is pretty cool, though, and it’s all still in beta.

Viacom might want to know who you are

Google to hand over private user data to Viacom happened while I was away. Does it have serious privacy issues, or is this any different than Google having my name, email address and other personally identifiable information?

If YouTube were to immediately shut down all videos that infringed copyright, would it still remain a success? More importantly, will Viacom just launch its Comedy Central channel on YouTube already so that I can enjoy delightful Daily Show clips after this lawsuit is over?

While Google is busy working on its appeal, the internet blogs are a-buzz with speculation on what this will all mean if the data does go to Viacom. Most internet-folk believe the lawsuit has everything to do with old media not wanting to accept the digital media model. Some think Viacom will use this information to individually sue users like the music industry did a few years ago (a claim the company has denied). 

Not sure what to make of it? ZDNet has created a great Q and A.

Got more questions? Ask me and I’ll try to find an answer.